Directions are readily available to navigate city roads but what about the road to cancer recovery? Where’s the map to direct patients through the twists, turns and unmarked pathways of the health care system? Increasingly, the North American solution isn’t a map but rather a personal guide known as a patient navigator. But unlike the United States, where patient navigation is a somewhat helter...

This paper describes some new approaches to the quality inspection of hazels, analyzing thermographic images. On the one hand we present a quality inspection system checking large amounts of hazels carried on a conveyer belt and on the other hand a system, which permits a more detailed quality classification controlling single objects. We emphasize the characteristic properties of thermographic...

Background Intuitive understanding of hypothetical genes’s signal peptide, transmembrane helix (TH) domain and LipoP box of any pathogenic microorganisms is a prerequisite for the rational development of drugs and vaccine candidates. A protein harboring these sequences may serve as receptor and conveyer for various biostimulations generated during host-pathogen interaction. Identification and a...

Software for modelling by Monte Carlo (MC) method the dosimetric devices such as dosimetric wedge (ModeDW) and stack (ModeStEB) irradiated with scanned electron beam on moving conveyer was developed by authors. Integration of computer modelling of a dose distribution in films located in a wedge and stack made of arbitrary materials expands the procedure opportunities of the dosimetric devices i...

Emotion is an integral component of human speech, and prosody is the principle conveyer of the speaker's state. In this study we show how specific emotional states are expressed in the prosody of spontaneous speech. The significance of prosodic meaning to communicating judgements, attitudes, and the cognitive state of the speaker makes it essential to emotion-intention tracking and to natural-s...

This article presents a bio-inspired circularly polarized ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna for metallic and low-permittivity substances. design is based on leaf-shaped radiator, two shorting stubs, slots etched F4B substrate. Initially, the designed using characteristics mode analysis (CMA) by analyzing first six characteristic modes (CM) angles. The w...

Belt-positioning booster seats are recommended for children who use vehicle seat belts as primary restraints but who are too small to obtain good belt fit. Previous research has shown that belt-positioning boosters reduce injury risk, but the belt fit produced by the wide range of boosters in the US market has not previously been assessed. The present study describes the development of a method...