At ASDEX Upgrade (AUG), a new compact solid-state detector has been installed to measure the energy spectrum of fast neutrals based on the principle described by Shinohara et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 3640 (2004)]. The diagnostic relies on the usual charge exchange of supra-thermal fast-ions with neutrals in the plasma. Therefore, the measured energy spectra directly correspond to those of co...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND In late 2001 at our institution, we started offering induction radiochemotherapy as a treatment option for superior sulcus tumors. Our aim was to evaluate treatment choices and outcome in this patient group treated over the past 7 years at our institution. METHODS The records of 34 patients were retrospectively reviewed and 33 were assessable for the analysis. RESULTS Tw...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVE This systematic review examines validity and responsiveness of three generic preference-based measures in patients with low back pain (LBP). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA LBP is a very common incapacitating disease with a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Health state utility values can be derived from various preference-bas...

This study assessed health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and musculoskeletal function in patients with musculoskeletal disorders after participation in group-based aqua-exercising, compared to before participation. Physiotherapists instructed group-based aqua-exercising for 30 min twice a week for 8 weeks in 39 patients (81% women, mean age 55 ± 12 years), with musculoskeletal disorders locat...

A case-referent study of 345 prostate cancer cases and 1,346 referents was carried out in the Netherlands to investigate the relationship between work environment and prostate cancer risk. Cases were selected from the Cancer Registry of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre IKO. Referents (men diagnosed with benign prostate hyperplasia) were recruited with assistance of the pathology laboratories in ...

In an occupational mortality analysis of 486,000 adult male death records filed in Washington State in the years 1950-1982, leukemia and the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas show increased proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) in workers employed in occupations with intuitive exposures to electromagnetic fields. Nine occupations of 219 were considered to have electric or magnetic field exposures. These ...

Although shoreface nourishments are an increasingly interesting option for coastal managers to counteract coastal erosion, their design is often highly empirical. A better understanding of the way shoreface nourishments interact with the initial beach profile may help to reduce the degree of empiricism in nourishment design. Literature study has shown that numerical modelling is commonly used t...

Aberer, K. Al-Naemi, S. Anand, S. Andersson, M. Aye, L. Balsters, H. Bergmann, A. Berse, H. Berveghieri, D. Bettini, C. Bichler, P. Biliris, A. Blanken, H.M. Bode, T. Boehm, K. Boueehna, 0. Branding, H. Bressan, S. Breunig, M. Brodsky, A. Burgard, W. Busse, R. Butleris, R. Castellanos, M. Ciferri, R.R. Collet, C. Connor, R. Cutts, Q. de Cambray, B. Doherty, M. Dong, G. dos Santos, C.S. Dupont, ...

Although early texts state that 2 “the mechanism of the positive column is fairly well understood”, Chapman warns us 4 that, “We should heed the warning of Cobine (1958) ......., that no sources are infallible, that all proofs should be questioned, and that no discharge phenomena are so well understood that data can be applied precisely.” On the face of it, the Ip-VC curve in our experiments is...

Purple areas represent the estimated density of the hub distributions (bottlenecks) and blue areas represent non-hub (non-bottlenecks) areas. (A) Comparison of the estimated density of distribution of miRNAs numbers between hubs (bottlenecks) and non-hubs (non-bottlenecks). (B) Comparison of the estimated density of the distribution of virus types between hubs (bottlenecks) and non-hubs (non-bo...