the non-linear order of revelations is often considered by many scholars to signify lack of coherence, disunity, and fragmentariness. it seems that 'coherence' and the related terms have veiled a significant linguistic feature of the qur’an, namely, the non-linear nature of revelations, which might be used to make a distinction between ordinary and quranic discourse. we will argue that to unvei...

E A R L Y in radiation genetic investigations it was reported that X-ray-induced sex-linked recessive lethals were not homogeneous in composition. Instead they included: ( 1 ) apparent intragenic changes without observable cytological abnormalities (point mutations) ; (2) deficiencies; and (3) changes associated with and, for the most part, inseparable from chromosome rearrangements (OLIVER 193...

Novel simple user-friendly python programme was developed to predict linearity and non-linearity in pharmaceutical optimization. Optimization is the process of obtaining optimum formulation. There are independent dependent variables optimization techniques regarding formulations. The number levels factor usually selected based on linear/ non-linear relationship existing between variable. run af...

The dosimetric characteristics of germanium (Ge) doped optical fibres are investigated as a potential alternative for electron beam therapy postal audits. 6 mol% Ge-doped fabricated cylindrical (CF) and flat (FF) established in terms signal fading, linearity dose-response, energy- dose rate dependence. Pilot audit study irradiations made with linear accelerator located at the Royal Surrey Count...

In the section Shared Error and Complex Dosimetry Systems for Dose Reconstruction under the subheading “Incorporating multiple realizations of dose into dose-response analysis,” the first sentence of the seventh paragraph incorrectly refers to equation 6 and equation 7. This should instead should refer to Eqs 4 and 5. The correct sentence is: Note that many of the properties 1–4 above (from Str...

Personal dosimeters based on PIN detectors have been widely used because of their simplicity and real time operation. In this paper, the optimal filter thickness and material designed by the Monte Carlo method is 1.0 mm Al plus 0.2 mm Cu. From the results of radiation characteristic analyses, the developed dosimeter has good performance when it is compared with the other conventional those as d...

Present investigation aims to establish the dosimetric characteristics of a novel fabricated flat fibre TLD system for postal radiotherapy dose audits. Various thermoluminescence (TL) properties have been investigated for five sizes of 6 mol% Ge-doped optical fibres. Key dosimetric characteristics including reproducibility, linearity, fading and energy dependence have been established. Irradiat...

Constancy checks of a well-type ionization chamber should be performed regularly as part of a quality assurance regime. The goal of this work was to test the feasibility of using a linear accelerator and an orthovoltage unit to check the constancy of a well-type chamber's response to an external radiation source. The reproducibility, linearity with dose, variation with dose-rate, and variation ...