Traditional quality assurance checks of a patient's radiation therapy plan involve printing out treatment parameters from the treatment planning system and the "record and verify" (R&V) system and visually checking the information for one-to-one correspondence. In a paperless environment, one can automate this process through independent software that can read the treatment planning data direct...

There are several reports about thermal anomalies associated with the impending earthquakes (EQs); among which underlying mechanism is linked main shock long, intermediate and short-term precursors. In this paper, we analyzed from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) based Land Surface Temperature (LST) of three different magnitudes shallow depth EQs in Pakistan. Our focus to i...

In the results section, there are errors in Eqs 17, 20, and 22. Please view the complete, correct equations here. Wn 1⁄4 W0 þ X1 þ X2 ..... þ Xn ð17Þ Wn 1⁄4 W0 þ X1 þ X2 ..... þ Xn m ð20Þ pðXnÞ < pðXn mÞ ð22Þ Reference 1. Xiong F (2015) A Collision Probability Model of Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus Formation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0130366. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130366 PM...

In the Environmental Quality Standards for Noise in Japan (EQS) revised in 1998, the problem of environmental noise at areas facing roads is evaluated by obtaining the numbers and the rates of buildings at which noise levels exceed the standard value. The Standards allow for the estimation of noise levels, instead of requiring actual measurements, in cases where taking the actual measurements w...

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This study comprises a detailed analysis of data for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), and perfluorooctanoic (PFOA) over 600 wastewater treatment works effluents (WwTW) as well samples upstream downstream each discharge effluent into its receiving water. has allowed an investigation not only the effectiveness removal perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds during but also implications com...

The phenomenon of Lithosphere-Ionosphere coupling is a popular topic for researchers the last two decades. This study aims to analyze seismo-ionospheric anomalies (SIAs) in East Asia induced by M > 6 earthquakes (EQs) from Total Electron Content (TEC) permanent IGS stations operating around vicinity corresponding epicenters considering case successive EQs Taiwan. Our results showed remarkable T...

Anomalous groundwater changes started three months before the 2011 M9.0 Off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku Earthquake (Tohoku EQ), Japan. Groundwater level and temperature decreased almost simultaneously in a 2000-m well at a spa, Goyo-onsen, in Iwate Prefecture, 155 km northwest of the epicenter. Since the source of Goyo-onsen, located above the edge of a coseismic rupture area of the Tohoku ...

Norwegian allows filler-gap dependencies into relative clauses (RCs) and embedded questions (EQs) – domains that are usually considered islands in other languages. We conducted a corpus study on youth-directed reading material to assess what direct evidence children receive for islands. Results suggest the input contains examples of both RCs EQs, but significantly less frequent than long-distan...

– Theoretical studies suggest that the final earthquake (EQ) and neural-seizure dynamics should have many similar features and could be analyzed within similar mathematical frameworks. Herein, by monitoring the temporal evolution of the fractal spectral characteristics in EEG time series and pre-seismic electromagnetic (EM) time series we show that many similar distinctive symptoms (including c...