AIMS Prostate brachytherapy may be associated with a lower risk of radiation-induced second primary cancer (SPC) as a significantly smaller volume of normal tissue is irradiated when compared with external beam techniques. Limited data are available as it has been a routine treatment option for less than 20 years. This study identified cases of SPC in patients who underwent I-125 prostate brach...

INTRODUCTION Different sexual function-preserving surgical techniques aimed at improving voiding and sexual function in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer have been described. The objective of this systematic review is to determine the effect of sexual function-preserving cystectomy (SPC) on functional and oncological outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Relevant databases w...

This review discusses the rationale for earlier use of single-pill combinations (SPCs) of antihypertensive drugs, with a focus on telmisartan/amlodipine (T/A) and telmisartan/hydrochlorothiazide (T/H) SPCs. Compared with the respective monotherapies, the once-daily T/A and T/H SPCs have been shown to result in significantly higher blood pressure (BP) reductions, BP goal rates, and response rate...

Sebagian besar pasien hipertensi membutuhkan 2 hingga 3 obat untuk dapat mencapai target terapeutik yang disarankan oleh berbagai organisasi ahli. Penggunaan single pill combination (SPC) merupakan salah satu solusi meningkatkan kepatuhan demi kontrol adekuat. Efek anti-hipertensi kombinasi dari kelas mekanisme kerja berbeda 2-5 kali lipat lebih tinggi dibandingkan monoterapi, serta dosis dikur...

The aim of the research is to control the quality of the pulp and the functional condition of the refiners using statistical process control (SPC) and fuzzy modelling techniques. The on-line measurements and the SPC parameters are combined with the Mamdani type fuzzy models. The models and the “indexes” are used for the optimisation and the fault diagnosis purposes in the industrial scale pulp ...

The objectives of this experiment was to evaluate the subsequent growth and organ weights, blood profiles and cecal microbiota of broiler chicks fed pre-starter diets containing fermented soybean meal products during early phase. A total of nine hundred 1-d-old chicks were randomly assigned into six groups with six replicates of 25 chicks each. The chicks were fed control pre-starter diet with ...

—This letter is concerned with a family of modified turbo-type codes, referred to as turbo-SPC (single parity check) codes. A technique based on the SPC code is introduced to replace puncturing for rate adjustment. A noticeable feature of the proposed scheme is the significantly reduced decoding complexity compared with the standard punctured turbo code. The cost reduction factor becomes more n...

Following the trend of turbo codes and low density parity check (LDPC) codes, single-parity turbo product codes (TPC/SPC) are being seriously considered for application in future high-density recording systems. Recent work on TPC/SPC codes has focused on ideal partial response channels with additive white Gaussian noise. This work extends the investigation to a more realistic equalized Lorentzi...