Breast conserving surgery with adjuvant radiation therapy is supported by mult iple clinical t rials as being a safe alternative to total mastectomy. 2 Outlined by Arm I of RTOG Protocol 1005, 1 one current standard of care for external beam radiation (EBRT) is delivery of 50 Gray (Gy) in 25 fract ions to the whole breast with a sequential 12 Gy photon or electron boost to the post-lumpectomy b...

This paper presents a computational approach to forecast photovoltaic (PV) power in kW based on a neural network linkage of publicly available cloud cover data and on-site solar irradiance sensor data. We also describe a control approach to utilize rooftop air conditioning units (RTUs) to support renewable integration. The PV forecasting method is validated using data from a rooftop PV panel in...

We describe and apply an iterative, t ime-domain deconvolution approach to receiver-function estimation and illustrate the reliability and advantages of the technique using syntheticand observation-based examples. The iterative technique is commonly used in earthquake t ime-function studies and offers several advantages in receiver-function analysis such as intuitively stripping the largest rec...

There are no direct comparison data between infliximab and entanercept in the treatment of psoriasis. This study was a mult icenter, randomised control trial done in the Netherlands to compare the efficacy, outcome of etanercept vs. infliximab in the management of moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. Patients (age 1875 years old) with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) ≥10 and/or ...

In many situations, a knowledge source may not give definite hypothesis; it can only express its belief and disbelief in mult iple hypotheses, We present a scheme of uncertainty management in such a system. Disbelief is given a considerable importance in our approach Various experts influence one another and show co-operative behavior by mutual ly changing their confidence factor values. The fi...

The Assumption-Based Truth Maintenance System (ATMS) is an important tool in A I . So far its wider use has been l imited due to the enormous computational resources which it requires. We investigate the possibility of speeding it up by using a modest number of processors in parallel. We begin with a highly efficient sequential version written in C and then extend this version to allow parallel...

Recunoaşterea de vorbire în general şi recunoaşterea de cuvinte izolate în particular sunt procese intens computaţionale care consumă mult timp într-un sistem automat de recunoaştere de vorbire. Această problemă este de fapt gâtuirea sistemelor de recunoaştere de vorbire în timp real. Lucrare de faţă abordează optimizarea procesului de recunoaştere prezentând o metodă inovativă de recunoştere î...

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) patients have high scores on f and low scores on k scales of mmpi. the higher f scors than k scores show that they overreport their symptoms and problems. 128 subjects in four groups (32 in each group) were selected for the study. the groups included: a) out - patients combatants with ptsd (with mean age of 28) b) combatants without any psychiatric problem ...

A lot has changed over the last two years in how engineering faculty teach and their students learn. Engineering educators were contemplating imminent changes 2019/2020 when COVID pandemic struck. The discussion was almost decades old. Social, economic, developmental factors coupled with advances technology paved way for more mult idisciplinary engineering. Engineers have been tackling new prob...