introduction bnct is an effective method to destroy brain tumoral cells while sparing the healthy tissues. the recommended flux for epithermal neutrons is 109 n/cm2s, which has the most effectiveness on deep-seated tumors. in this paper, it is indicated that using d-t neutron source and optimizing of beam shaping assembly (bsa) leads to treating brain tumors in a reasonable time where all iaea ...

Relative to RF, the lower power-consumption and lower mass of high bandwidth optical telecommunications make this technology extremely attractive for returning data from future NASNJPL deep space probes. JPL is building an R&D optical communications telescope laboratory (OCTL) at the Table Mountain facility in Southern California. The telescope, scheduled for delivery in spring 2003, will among...

Wall-to-bed (or wall-to-fluid) heat transfer issues in trickle bed reactors (TBR) has an important impact on operation and efficiency in this category of reactors. In this study, the hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of trickle bed reactors was simulated by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. The multiphase behavior of trickle bed reactor was studied by the implementation of ...

Progress in animal radioimmunotherapy has been reviewed by high lighting 22 successful experiments using human \enografts in rodent models. Significant tumor growth delay has been observed in all experi ments with five groups reporting tumor control 100 days post-tumor implantation. The radiobiological significance of these experiments is analyzed through a proposed framework for the comparison...

XRF (X-ray fluorescence) is a powerful technique for elemental analysis with a high sensitivity. The resolution is presently limited by the size of the primary excitation X-ray beam. A test-bed for confocal-type XRF has been developed to estimate the ultimate lateral resolution which could be reached in chemical mapping using this technique. A polycapillary lens is used to tightly focus the pri...

Turbidity currents in the ocean and lakes are driven by suspended sediment. The vertical profiles of velocity and excess density are shaped by interaction between the current and bed as well as between the current and the ambient water. This paper presents 48 series of experiments in which saline gravity currents flow through a laboratory sinuous flume. flume contains three successive bends wit...

Acoustic seabed characterisation is known to make available very useful information for various marine related applications. Most existing single-beam echo sounder (SBES) classifications require ground truthing in order to have confidence in the final results and sometimes to relate labels to geological features. A statistical feature extraction approach, with an emphasis on quality control, is...

studying gaussian beam is a method to investigate laser beam propagation and abcd matrix is a fast and simple method to simulate gaussian beam propagation in different mediums. of the abcd matrices studied so far, reflection and refraction matrices at various surfaces have attracted a lot of researches. however in previous work the incident beam and the principle axis of surface are in parallel...

Abstract The steady and stoichiometric delivery of metal-organic precursor mixtures is essential for the production complex, functional nanomaterials in gas phase. Chemical vapor synthesis (CVS) a corresponding process which enables complex oxide nanoparticles such as perovskites. While there exist vast number compositions that form perovskite structures, many technically relevant materials con...

OBJECTIVE To share four Canadian cities' experiences with bed bug infestations and to explore public health roles in managing them. METHODS We summarize presentations from a workshop at the 2010 Canadian Public Health Association Conference which examined the re-emergence of bed bugs in Canada and compared management approaches of municipal and public health authorities in four large Canadian...