Proton therapy of prostate by anterior beams could offer an attractive option for treating patients with hip prosthesis and limiting the high-dose exposure to the rectum. We investigated the impact of setup and anatomy variations on the anterior-oblique (AO) proton plan dose, and strategies to manage these effects via range verification and adaptive delivery. Ten patients treated by bilateral (...

This doc gives my initial ideas on the dimensions/criteria for different genres of applications (or domains if you prefer), following my summary presentation at the Dagstuhl workshop. The application genres were • Engineering – control applications − large scale systems engineeringaircraft, chemical plants... • Administrative systems − large scale social systems (engineering ??) • User driven s...

With an advent of gaining popularity in cloud computing, there is a huge demand in ad-hoc services by the end users. These ad-hoc services cannot fully be provided by a service provider; hence Cloud mashup is a solution for this requirement. Cloud mashup is technology where end users can integrate different services of cloud service providers and create their own customized ad-hoc services. Thi...

Introduction: Radiation therapy is the main treatment method for head and neck cancers, which comprise 3–5% of all cancers. A major side effect of this treatment is complication of the parotid glands, i.e. xerostomia, which occurs at relatively low doses. This complication leads to mouth dryness which is the most common problem for head and neck cancer survivors. There are dif...

Most spreadsheet surveys both for reporting use and error focus on the practical application of the spreadsheet in a particular industry. Typically these studies will illustrate that a particular percentage of spreadsheets are used for optimisation and a further percentage are used for ‘What if’ analysis. Much less common is examining the classes of function, as defined by the vendor, used by m...

The acceleration of technology in business since the 1980s suggests that traditional management techniques, systems, and strategies employed in a business environment should be challenged. As a consequence of this acceleration, end-user computing (EUC) and end-user development (EUD) have also grown. Definitions of EUC developed in the 1980s continue to be used by contemporary researchers withou...

s from Report SEVENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF Tfl| government cinchona plantation^ AND FACTORY IN BENGAL FOR THE YEAK 1937-38 The market prices of quinine salts continued to ^ steady during the year. Imports, which had b.ee falling oil for some time past, showed signs of rally1?1'' in spite of the increased consumption of ^ cinchona products. This may mean merely an impr0? ment in general trade ...

We used a pulsed Doppler technique to examine the flow velocity pattern in the right ventricular outflow tract in 33 adults. In the patients with normal pulmonary artery pressure (mean pressure < 20 mm Hg, 16 patients), ejection flow reached a peak level at midsystole (137 + 24 msec, mean + SD), producing a domelike contour of the flow velocity pattern during systole. In contrast, the flow velo...