The effect of different tillage systems on the size distribution of aggregates and organic carbon distribution and storage in different size aggregates in a Hydragric Anthrosol were studied in a long-term experiment in Chongqing, China. The experiment included three tillage treatments: conventional tillage with rotation of rice and winter fallow (CT-r) system, no-till and ridge culture with rot...

Acquired hemophilia is a rare disorder associated with serious bleeding in nonhemophilic patients. We had a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed as acquired hemophilia with a factor VIII inhibitor level of 27.5 BU/mL. She was presented with gross hematuria and severe right shoulder pain, and was successfully treated with daily oral cyclophosphamide and prednisone for 2 weeks. After the remission...

A n otherwise healthy 47-year-old man reported a history of right shoulder pain subsequent to an injury he sustained several months earlier while boating. The patient recalled trying to lift a heavy object out of the water when his right arm was forcibly externally rotated. The patient related that his arm was sore for several days after the injury, but his pain receded and became manageable. H...

This paper proposes the RT-Middleware for robot system integration. “RT” means “Robot Technology” which is applied not only to industrial field but also to nonindustrial field such as human daily life support systems. We have studied modularization of RT elements and have developed software platform RT-Middleware which promotes application of RT in various field. Robotic system development meth...

This paper describes a robot system which can follow a specific person while avoiding obstacles and other people walking around. This system consists of various functional modules, which are a stereo-based robust person detection and tracking, a laser range finder-based map generation, and an on-line randomized motion planning, implemented on a self-contained wheeled mobile robot. All these mod...

The Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) strains present in an area can determine the type and severity of disease produced. Using real time RT-qPCR, we screened a series of representative samples collected throughout Florida from 1964 to 2002 for CTV strain presence. We found that contrary to previous reports, the historical samples were infected with both the T30 and T36 strains, the latter often at l...

Background and Objective: Recent experimental studies using ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy (FLASH-RT) have shown improved normal tissue sparing comparable tumor control compared to conventional radiotherapy (RT). Pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton with superior dosimetry characteristics has begun draw attention the delivery of conformal FLASH-RT for preclinical studies. This review aims ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the quality of life (QOL) in patients with localized prostate cancer (PC) after intensity-modulated radiation therapy assisted with a fluoroscopic real-time intensity-modulated radiation therapy (RT-IMRT) tumor-tracking system versus the QOL after radical prostatectomy (RP). Between 2003 and 2006, 71 patients were enrolled in this longitudinal prospectiv...