The specialty of radiation therapy has increased in complexity over the years, yet as technology improves, the goal of improving outcomes while decreasing toxicity remains critical. Malignant gliomas remain among the most devastating of all malignancies, yet as conventional treatments (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy) have become optimized overall survival has improved. The underlying mole...

We propose an efficient mutual exclusion algorithm with respect to remote memory reference(RMR) complexity that measures remote accesses to shared memory. The worst-case RMR complexity for one access to a critical section with N processes has been proven to be θ(logN). Though our algorithm has the same worst case RMR complexity, the algorithm becomes efficient with increasing the number of proc...

This paper presents a reliable multipath routing (RMR) protocol to improve routing performance for ad hoc networks. The protocol uses a new loop-free route update scheme to accept backup paths that are longer-lived. Power information is also utilized so routing paths do not include nodes that are going to run out of battery. Furthermore, a dynamic route maintenance mechanism was developed to er...

Studies examining the effects of diet (D) and diet-plus-exercise (DE) programs on resting metabolic rate (RMR) report equivocal results. The purpose of this study was to use meta-analysis to determine if exercise prevents the decrease in RMR observed with dieting. Results from the 22 studies included in this analysis revealed that the majority of studies used female subjects ages 31-45 years, w...

Harmful parasite infestation can cause energetically costly behavioural and immunological responses, with the potential to reduce host fitness and survival. It has been hypothesized that the energetic costs of infection cause resting metabolic rate (RMR) to increase. Furthermore, under terminal investment theory, individuals exposed to pathogens should allocate resources to current reproduction...

BACKGROUND While it is known that dietary supplements containing a combination of thermogenic ingredients can increase resting metabolic rate (RMR), the magnitude can vary based on the active ingredient and/or combination of active ingredients. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a commercially available thermogenic fat loss supplement on RMR and hemodynamic variables in hea...