PURPOSE To assess the characteristics of bone metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma and the radiation field arrangement based on imaging studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-three patients (84 lesions) with bone metastasis from a primary hepatocellular carcinoma completed palliative radiation therapy. All patients underwent one of following imaging studies prior to the initiation of radiat...

in this paper, we present the concepts of a fuzzy soft left (right) ideal and fuzzy soft interior ideal over an ordered semigroup s . some basic results of fuzzy soft left (right) ideals and fuzzy soft interior ideals are investigated and the supported examples are provided. different classes, regular, intra-regular, and simple ordered semigroups are   characterized by means of fuzzy sof...

BACKGROUND To investigate the antibiofilm efficacy of nitric oxide (NO) on soft contact lenses. METHODS Nitrite (NO precursor) release from various concentrations (0-1000 μM) of sodium nitrite (NaNO2, NO donor) was measured by Griess Assay. Cell viability assay was performed using human corneal epithelial cell under various concentration (0-1000 μM) of NaNO2. Biofilm formation on soft contact...

The unique properties of gallium based liquid metals (GaLMs) can be harnessed for realising various effects, enabling the formation numerous soft electromechanical actuators and eventually lead to applications in more complex systems.

Context. In a previous paper (Paper I) we showed that multi-phase gaseous halos of late-type spiral galaxies, detected in the radio continuum, in Hα, and in X-rays, are remarkably well correlated regarding their morphology and spatial extent. Aims. In this work we present new results from a statistical analysis in order to specify and quantify these phenomenological relations. Methods. This is ...

In this paper, we introduce two different notions of generalized supra soft sets namely supra A--soft sets and supra soft locally closed sets in supra soft topological spaces, which are weak forms of supra open soft sets and discuss their relationships with each other and other supra open soft sets [{it International Journal of Mathematical Trends and Technology} (IJMTT), (2014) Vol. 9 (1):37--...

Interplay between structure and function in atomically thin crystalline nanoribbons is sensitive to their conformations yet the ability to prescribe them is a formidable challenge. Here, we report a novel paradigm for controlled nucleation and growth of scrolled and folded shapes in finite-length nanoribbons. All-atom computations on graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) and experiments on macroscale mag...

Three types of Bloom syndrome B-lymphoblastoid cell lines, as well as one derived from a normal person, treated with 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide and N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (0.3 micrograms/ml for 24 hr), were studied for tumorigenicity in nude mice, colony formation in soft agar, cytogenetic changes, and immunoglobulin markers. When normal and Bloom syndrome cells with normal sister c...

Mice bearing germ line mutations of p53 develop sarcomas at a significant rate. Since they are susceptible to a variety of other malignancies, they are not ideally suited to the study of sarcomas. To test the possibility that targeted mutation of tumor suppressor genes in early mesenchymal cells would induce formation of sarcomas, the Prx1-cre transgenic mouse was crossed to mice-bearing floxed...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate Candida albicans biofilm formation on denture liners and to analyse the efficacy of cleaning protocols. MATERIAL AND METHODS Specimens were prepared from four silicone-based soft denture liners. After artificial ageing and surface free energy determination, specimens were incubated with saliva (2 h) and Candida albicans ATCC 10231 for either ...