research results and facts of indigenous sheep production were reviewed with the aim of delivering relevant information for the beneficiaries. the common production system used in ethiopia was the extensive type, which was characterized by small flock sizes and the flock being periodically devastated by diseases. some indigenous sheep groups of the country were characterized and their names wer...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive disease, in which more than 80% of patients present distant metastases at the time of first diagnosis. Chemotherapy is considered as the main treatment of extensive disease of SCLC (ED-SCLC), while the role of radiotherapy in the treatment of ED-SCLC is controversial. A case-control study was undertaken of patients diagnosed as ED-SCLC between 2004...

Extensive stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) represents approximately half of all diagnosed small cell lung cancer worldwide. It is notorious for a high risk of local recurrence although it's sensitive to chemotherapy. Nearly 90% of intrathoracic failures happen in the first year after diagnosis. The cornerstone of treatment for ES-SCLC is etoposide-platinum based chemotherapy. Consolidativ...

OBJECTIVES Current National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines recommend thoracic consolidation radiation therapy (TCRT) for patients with Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) with response to systemic chemotherapy, based on two randomized clinical trials, which varied in patient selection and radiation therapy doses administered. The current pattern of practice among US...

The effectiveness of optimized fuzzy controllers in the production scheduling has been demonstrated in the past through the extensive use of Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) for the Work-In-Process (WIP) reduction. The EA strategy tunes a set of distributed fuzzy control modules whose objective is to control the production rate in a way that satisfies the demand for final products, while reducing W...