the characterizations of natural diatomite from birjand deposit (iran) were studied such as chemical compositions, specific surface area, total pore volume, pore size distribution and xrd. the diatomite that was treated only with sulfuric acid displayed a larger surface area, expanded total pore volume and increased pore size in comparison with both washed natural diatomite with deionized water...

when the degree of saturation at intersection approaches one, webster’s optimum cycle length equation becomes inapplicable, because the cycle length will becomes very big when the degree of saturation approaches one and will be fully unrealistic when the degree of saturation becomes greater than one. this is not a problem for hcm2000 method. but optimum cycle length calculation in this method h...

Since at least the early 1990s, stage and risk migration have been seen in patients with prostate cancer, likely corresponding to the institution of prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening in health systems. Preoperative risk factors, including PSA level and clinical stage, have decreased significantly. These improved prognostic variables have led to a larger portion of men being stratified w...

OBJECTIVES To examine the treatment outcomes of the prostate cancer (PCa) patients treated by radical prostatectomy (RP) who could be good candidates for active surveillance (AS) and test the confidence and reliability of the AS criterias for predicting advanced stage disease (RP Gleason score≥7 or Pathological stage T3). METHODS Between 2005 and 2012 the records of the 401 patients who under...

Recently, Eclipse treatment planning system (TPS) version 8.8 was upgraded to the latest version 13.6. It is customary that the vendor gives training on how to upgrade the existing software to the new version. However, the customer is provided less inner details about changes in the new software version. According to manufacturer, accuracy of point dose calculations and irregular treatment plan...

the effect of sonication time (in three levels 0,2,4 min ) and mono- di glyceride (in three levels 0,0.3,0.6 %) on improving the quality of cupcake were studied. color analyze (l*, a*,b*) for dough samples and specific volume, porosity shelf life, color analyze and texture of cake were done. results showed that increasing the levels of each factors (sonication and emulsifier) made a decrease in...

BACKGROUND The study aimed to calculate chest-wall skin dose associated with different frequencies of bolus applications in post-mastectomy three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) and to provide detailed information in the selection of an appropriate bolus regimen in this clinical setting. METHODS CT-Simulation scans of 22 post-mastectomy patients were used. Chest wall for clinical ...

The scientific community use PDEs to model a range of problems. The people in this domain are interested in visualizing their results, but existing mechanisms for visualization can not handle the full richness of computations in the domain. We did an exploration to see how Diderot, a domain specific language for scientific visualization and image analysis [8,13], could be used to solve this pro...

the aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of controlled fermentation of lactobacillus plantarum on sensory properties and staling of semi-loaf wheat bread. for this purpose, the effect of fermentation times (8, 16, 24 h) and sugar contents (0.5, 1, 1.5%) on activity of mentioned starter in fermentation of wheat flour (with 76% extraction rate) in a split plot design were examined. afte...