This report considers the technical features of smart cards and how they affect the way in which smart cards might be used in the health sector. This is an important issue since the government has highlighted smart cards as a likely means of improving patients' access to the NHS. We seek to contribute to the debate by undertaking a review of the technology and predicting technical development o...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women after skin cancer. In Iran, the presentation age of this cancer is younger than the global average. There are different therapeutic methods for treatment of breast cancer and the choice of treatment depends on the stage of the disease as well as its type and characteristics. Therapeutic methods include surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic therapie...

BACKGROUND Induction chemotherapy with cisplatin plus fluorouracil followed by radiotherapy is the standard alternative to total laryngectomy for patients with locally advanced laryngeal cancer. The value of adding chemotherapy to radiotherapy and the optimal timing of chemotherapy are unknown. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with locally advanced cancer of the larynx to one of three tr...

introduction: radioisotope scanning is the best method for objective assessment of salivary gland function. thus, it was used in a randomized trial of concomitant pilocarpine for assessment of radiation-induced xerostomia, in addition to subjective evaluation by an approved questionnaire and objective standard xerostomia grading. methods: patients randomized in placebo-controlled trial of piloc...

Smart homes have attracted much attention due to the expanding of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and smart devices. In this paper, we propose a smart gateway platform for data collection and awareness in smart home networks. A smart gateway will replace the traditional network gateway to connect the home network and the Internet. A smart home network supports different types of smart devices, such as...

ABSTRACTIntroduction: Radiotherapy is a cancer therapy that uses ionizing radiation to damage cells. Ionizing in the head and neck area can disrupt function integrity of oral mucosa cause mucositis. In Bandung, prevalence risk factors mucositis (HNC) patients undergoing radiotherapy have not been studied. Some textbooks claim radiotherapy-induced HNC occurs at almost 100%. Various associated wi...

background and aims. salivary glands are very susceptible to radiation and any disturbances in their function are detrimental to the hard tissues in the oral cavity. the aim of this study was to evaluate posterior class v dental caries in patients with head and neck cancers undergoing radiotherapy. materials and methods. in this study, twenty seven patients undergoing conventional radiotherapy ...

The present study compared the dose-volume histograms of patients with Stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with carbon ion radiotherapy with those of patients treated with X-ray radiotherapy. Patients with Stage IIIA NSCLC (n = 10 patients for each approach) were enrolled. Both radiotherapy plans were calculated with the same targets and organs at risk on the same CT. The trea...

Smart cards have been proliferated into many aspects of modern life. Historically, the ownership of smart cards has remained with the smart card issuers. Although this ownership model is favoured by a wide range of industries and service providers, it does not provide optimum convenience and flexibility to cardholders. One potential solution could be to shift the control of smart cards from the...

Smart systems such as physical infrastructures infused with information technology offer a great opportunity for satisfying the customer needs and managing the resources more effectively and efficiently. In this paper, we examine the smart infrastructures in terms of their sustainability potential, which in turn requires a consideration of human aspects. We consider the currently defined metric...