Despite extensive use of iodine-131 ((131)I) treatment for Graves' hyperthyroidism, the optimal regimen of pretreatment with antithyroid drugs is still a matter of discussion. Our aim was to evaluate the success of (131)I treatment in patients with Graves' disease without and with pretreatment with methimazole (MMI). In a prospective randomized study 156 patients with Graves' disease were treat...

Given a large number (the “flock”) of moving physical objects, we investigate physically reasonable mechanisms of influencing their orbits in such a way that they move along a prescribed course and in a prescribed and fixed configuration (or “in formation”). Each agent is programmed to see the position and velocity of a certain number of others. This flow of information from one agent to anothe...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of selenium (Se) on the thyroid uptake and retention of radioiodine ((131)I) and on the serum levels of thyroid hormones. Experimental rats were divided into four groups with 10 animals in each group viz: untreated controls, (131)II-treated, Se-treated and (131)I+Se-treated. Group II and Group IV animals were injected intraperitoneally with ...

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 P R O C E D U R E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 R E S U L T S AND DISCUSSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T 12

Whatever else it is, communication research is gendered work. This has been true since its inception as an academic field, and in its commercial, civic, and educational wings as well. The specific gendering of its work has varied across time, region, and institution. But across all contexts, gender and affiliated relations of difference have been constitutive forces in the (re)production of the...

One important task in cooperative robotics is the self–organization of robotic chain formations in unknown environments. Surveillance and reconnaissance in sewers, ducts, tunnels, caves or narrow passageways, in general, are some of the applications for this type of formation. In Hettiarachchi et al. (2008) we provided simulation results for a novel chain formation algorithm that addresses this...