PURPOSE To calculate organ S values (mGy∕Bq-s) and effective doses per time-integrated activity (mSv∕Bq-s) for pediatric and adult family members exposed to an adult male or female patient treated with I-131 using a series of hybrid computational phantoms coupled with a Monte Carlo radiation transport technique. METHODS A series of pediatric and adult hybrid computational phantoms were employ...

  Inequality, nowadays, is one of the main concerns in developmental plans and as a result expansion of basic opportunities and their fair distribution is a part and parcel of any roadmap to development. However, the economic policies of the country can inform any attempt in this regard. To estimate the extent to which such policies have impacted equal and timely access to education in Ir...

This section revisits the original EP algorithm as a min-max optimization problem. Recall in the main text that we approximate the true posterior distribution p(θ|D) with a distribution in exponential family form given by q(θ) ∝ exp{s(θ)λq}. Now we define a set of unnormalized cavity distributions q\n(θ) = exp{s(θ)λ\n} for every data point xn. Then according to [Minka, 2001], the EP energy func...

reports on distribution and abundance of bats from iran exist since mid-nineteen century, but studies on this subject are very scarce and have been conducted very infrequently by european biologists who visited iran occasionally. until now, six caves have been investigated and eight species of cave-dwelling bats have been reported from ilam province in south-western iran. the present paper has ...

In this study‎, ‎a new polynomial rank transmutation is proposed with the help of‎ ‎ the idea of quadratic rank transmutation mapping (QRTM)‎. ‎This polynomial rank‎ ‎ transmutation is allowed to extend the range of the transmutation parameter from‎ ‎  [-1,1] to [-1,k]‎‎. ‎At this point‎, ‎the generated distributions gain more&lrm...