The aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate recent developments in the field Mechanism and Machine Science achieved by Italian community through international collaborations, ranging from theoretical contributions experimental practical applications [...]

PURPOSE High-dose-rate electronic brachytherapy (EBT) provides a non-surgical treatment option for non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). This matched-pair cohort study compared the outcomes of treatment with EBT to those of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) in patients with NMSC. MATERIAL AND METHODS At four treatment centers, patients treated with EBT were case matched to patients treated with MMS ...

The in vivo repair processes of Alteromonas espejiana, the host for bacteriophage PM2, were characterized, and UV- and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS)-sensitive mutants were isolated. Wild-type A. espejiana cells were capable of photoreactivation, excision, recombination, and inducible repair. There was no detectable pyrimidine dimer-DNA N-glycosylase activity, and pyrimidine dimer removal appear...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the concordance of the Modified Morisky Scale (MMS) with a pharmacist assessment of medication adherence during a medication review. METHODS This retrospective study examined the electronic medical records (EMRs) of patients ≥18 years who received a medication review by a pharmacist from October 2008 to September 2009 at a homeless behavioral health clinic. In addition t...

The HH 24 MMS protostellar system was observed in the 6.9 mm continuum with a high angular resolution (0.5). HH 24 MMS was resolved into two sources. The separation between sources 1 and 2 is ∼0.9 or 360 AU. The spectral energy distribution suggests that the 6.9 mm flux is almost entirely from dust. The 6.9 mm image and the spectrum suggest that HH 24 MMS may be a protostellar binary system. To...

Drying paddy with low-pressure superheated steam (LPSS) can effectively increase the γ-aminobutyric acid content in paddy. This study aimed to investigate characteristics and mathematical models (MMs) of thin-layer drying LPSS. The experimentally obtained data were fitted by nonlinear regression 5 MMs commonly used for calculate goodness fit MMs. Then, LPSS was modeled two machine learning metho...

INTRODUCTION Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is the treatment of choice for high-risk facial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) as it offers the greatest chance of cure with maximum preservation of healthy tissue. Its use in Spanish public health care hospitals is still limited, however, due to the controversy surrounding its cost. OBJECTIVES To determine the cost of MMS with fresh tissue to treat hi...

Abstract: In the near future, precise road line location data is said to be applied to car navigation system and ITS to increase the driving safety. It is important to maintain road data freshness and accuracy. A MMS(Mobile Mapping System) can acquire this road database, while offering an unbeatable productivity with the combination of navigation, and videogrammetry tools. The proposed MMS, fea...