In this work, we present a functionalization strategy of starch-poly(lactic acid) (PLA) blends with organic acids. Lactic and acetic acid were used as agents, oleic was also included in the previous acids, aim finding synergy that thermodynamically benefits products provides hydrophobicity. The ratio starch sorbitol 70:30, added agent replaced 6% plasticizer; meanwhile, thermoplastic (TPS)–PLA ...

An autopilot scheme of volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT)/intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) planning with the guidance of prior knowl-edge is established with recorded interactions between a planner and a commercial treatment planning system (TPS). Microsoft (MS) Visual Studio Coded UI is applied to record some common planner-TPS interactions as subroutines. The TPS used in this...

Previous studies in slices have shown that low-frequency stimulation at 5 Hz, i.e., theta pulse stimulation (TPS), completely reverses long-term potentiation (LTP) in area CA1 when delivered within 1-2 min after induction but produces progressively less depotentiation at longer delays, until it has no longer any impact at 30 min after induction. The present study examined whether LTP in the fre...

The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy and efficacy of an automated treatment plan verification, or "secondary check", tool (Mobius3D), which uses a reference dataset to perform an independent three-dimensional dose verification of the treatment planning system (TPS) dose calculation and assesses plan quality by comparing dose-volume histograms to reference benchmarks. The accurac...

The Taiwan Photon Source (TPS) is a 3 GeV synchrotron light source being built at the campus of NSRRC. Designs of various diagnostics are under way, and will be deployed in the future, to satisfy stringent requirements of TPS for commissioning, top-up injection, and operation. These designs, including beam intensity observation, trajectory and beam positions measurement, destructive profile mea...

Our work evaluates the variation of Dosimetric Leaf Gap (DLG) along the travel path of each Varian Millennium 120-MLC leaf pairs. Traditionally, the Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) utilize a single value of DLG measured under the middle leaf-pair. The TPS models the shape of the leaf tip as straight as opposed to rounded edge. To overcome this limitation, the TPS retracts each leaf tip by half...

We present a new impulse-based method, called the Tethered Particle System (TPS), for the dynamic simulation of deformable biological structures. The TPS is unusual in that it may capture a gradual process of deformation using only instantaneous impulses that occur in response to particle collisions. This paper describes the method and its application to synaptic vesicle clusters and deformable...

UNLABELLED AUTHORS: Franchi L, Baccetti T. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study is to evaluate the dentoskeletal features of subjects with either Class II or Class III malocclusions in the mixed dentition using both conventional cephalometric analysis and TPS morphometric analysis applied to posteroanterior (PA) cephalograms. DESIGN TPS analyses of PA cephalograms on 49 Cl-II, and 20 Cl-...