The aim of this study was assess the patient setup errors for various tumor sites based on clinical data from a sufficient number of treatments with volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) using daily pretreatment CBCT imaging guidance. In addition, we calculated and compared the planning target volume (PTV) margins for all disease sites based on an analysis of specific systematic and random er...

In kidneys, stimulation of adenylyl cyclase causes egress of cAMP, conversion of cAMP to AMP by ecto-phosphodiesterase, and metabolism of AMP to adenosine by ecto-5'-nucleotidase. Although much is known about ecto-5'-nucleotidase, the renal ecto-phosphodiesterase remains uncharacterized. We administered cAMP (10 microM in the perfusate) to 12 different groups of perfused kidneys. AMP was measur...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Detection of AmpC-mediated resistance in Gram-negative organisms poses a problem due to misleading results in phenotypic tests. There are no recommended guidelines for detection of this resistance mechanism and there is a need to address this issue as much as the detection of extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs) since both may co-exist and mask each other. Though res...

An approach to the study of protein receptor sites in protein mixtures or supramolecular assemblies by using fluorescence spectroscopy is described. This approach, fluorescent photoaffinity labeling, combines the merits of photoaffinity labeling to attain site-directed reactivity with the probing power of fluorescent ligands. A fluorescent photoaffinity label for cyclic AMP receptor sites of cy...

PURPOSE Information regarding antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) for gastric cancer surgery is limited. The present study investigated the efficacy of single-dose AMP for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 2011 and 2013, 1,330 gastric carcinoma surgery patients were divided into two AMP administr...

This paper rejuvenates the notion of conformance testing in order to assess security networks. It leverages Testing and Test Control Notation Version 3 (TTCN-3) by applying it a redefined System under (SUT). Instead testing, as is classically done, software/firmware/ hardware element, an intangible object, namely network, tested infer some its properties. After brief introduction TTCN-3 Titan, ...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the geometry and position of the femoral tunnel between the anteromedial portal (AMP) and outside-in (OI) techniques after anatomic single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Materials and Methods We evaluated 82 patients undergoing single-bundle ACL reconstruction with hamstring autografts using either the AMP (n=40) or OI ...

Sparse superposition codes, or sparse regression codes (SPARCs), are a recent class of codes for reliable communication over the AWGN channel at rates approaching the channel capacity. Approximate message passing (AMP) decoding, a computationally efficient technique for decoding SPARCs, has been proven to be asymptotically capacity-achieving for the AWGN channel. In this paper, we refine the as...

Halide, Pyridine Complexes, Zinc, X-Ray Data Zinc dichloride reacts with aminomethylpyridine (AMP) to the corresponding 1:1 adduct 1, whereas ZnBr2 forms an ionic 1:2 complex of the type [(AMP)2ZnBr]+ Br~ 2, which loses one neutral coligand upon heating in M e-C (0)0E t to yield nearly insoluble (AMP)ZnBr2 3. The condensation reaction of these compounds with acetone yields propylideneaminomethy...

The effect of different N-N spectator ligands on the reactivity of platinum(II) complexes was investigated by studying the water lability of [Pt(diaminocyclohexane)(H2O)2]2+ (Pt(dach)), [Pt(ethylenediamine)(H2O)2]2+ (Pt(en)), [Pt(aminomethylpyridine)(H2O)2]2+ (Pt(amp)), and [Pt(N,N'-bipyridine)(H2O)2]2+ (Pt(bpy)). Some of the selected N-N chelates form part of the coordination sphere of Pt(II) ...