Dosimetry of proton beams using 3D imaging of chemical dosimeters is complicated by a variation with proton linear energy transfer (LET) of the dose-response (the so-called 'quenching effect'). Simple theoretical arguments lead to the conclusion that the total absorbed dose from multiple irradiations with different LETs cannot be uniquely determined from post-irradiation imaging measurements on...

introduction: neural stimulation is a promising new technology for the treatment of medically-intractable seizures.  transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) is a simple, non-invasive, low cost technique which is widely used in neurophysiology. in a few studies that have been performed at different frequencies the therapeutic effects of this technique were not obvious. repetition of low frequenc...

Active modulation of quantum dot thin film photoluminescence (PL) has been far-reaching potential applications in biomedical and optoelectronic systems, but challenges remain achieving large PL depth fast temporal response. Here, we report an efficient voltage-controlled optical down-converter by optically exciting a colloidal within light-emitting diode under reverse bias. Utilizing field-indu...

We provide a theory of dynamo (alpha effect) and momentum transport in three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics. For the first time, we show that the alpha effect is reduced by the shear even in the absence of magnetic field. The alpha effect is further suppressed by magnetic fields well below equipartition (with the large-scale flow) with different scalings depending on the relative strength of ...

The aim of the present work is to develop two-channel emitters to probe local hydrophobicity by means of fluorescence quenching within different biomimetic supramolecular environments. To achieve this goal, the dansyl (Dns) and tryptophan (Trp) fluorophores have been covalently attached to cholic acid (CA) in order to ensure simultaneous incorporation of the two emitting units into the same com...

The effect of ionic activity on the quenching of the quinine dication fluorescence by chloride and bromide ions is examined in solutions of sufficiently low ionic strength to enable ionic activities to be taken into account by means of the Debye-Hückel equation. An equation for the dependence of the Stern-Volmer constant on the ionic strength is derived in a novel way and an iterative, linear l...

PURPOSE In this article, we evaluate a plastic scintillation detector system for quality assurance in proton therapy using a BC-408 plastic scintillator, a commercial camera, and a computer. METHODS The basic characteristics of the system were assessed in a series of proton irradiations. The reproducibility and response to changes of dose, dose-rate, and proton energy were determined. Photogr...

Fluorescence excitation transfer immunoassay is a form of homogeneous assay suitable for the measurement of both large and small molecules. F6rster in 1948 [1] demonstrated that energy can be transferred through space from a fluorescent donor to an acceptor molecule; immunoassays based on this observation have now been developed. In fluorescence excitation transfer immunoassay, antibody is labe...

In this paper, the interaction of lomefloxacin (LMF) and/or cefazolin (CFZ) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was studied by fluorescence quenching in combination with UV-vis spectroscopic method under simulative physiological conditions. The fluorescence quenching constants, binding distance, and binding constants for BSA–LMX and/or CFZ systems were determined. The fluorescence quenching of BSA ...