BACKGROUND Intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) of head and neck (H&N) tumors may benefit from plan adaptation to correct for the dose perturbations caused by weight loss and tumor volume changes observed in these patients. As cone beam CT (CBCT) is increasingly considered in proton therapy, it may be possible to use available CBCT images following intensity correction for plan adaptation....

The aim of the article was to explore pet welfare in Municipal Adaptation Plans (MAPs), based on a literature review and case studies 40 MAPs accepted Poland as part “Let’s Feel Climate” project, supported by Polish Ministry Environment 2017–2019. study summarizes concept climate change importance adaptation measures with particular emphasis urban heat islands stress, acknowledged literature, o...

The work presented is part of the selfBACK EU project and describes a case-based recommendation system that creates exercise plans for patients with non-specific low back pain (LBP). The submodule of selfBACK presented in this work focuses on the adaptation process of exercise plans: An evolutionary inspired method is created to increase the variation of personalized exercise plans, which today...

Climate change challenges communities to visualize spatial patterns of risk, assess their vulnerability to those risks, and prepare adaptation plans to lower vulnerability. This paper outlines the design and implementation of a prototype web-based spatial decision support system (SDSS), referred to as the Community Adaptation Viewer (CAV), to assist adaptation planning. Thin-client, Javascript ...

The models@runtime pattern proposes to leverage models as executable artefacts. A runtime model describing the state of the system is causally connected to the running system. Models@runtime engines typically play an active role in the definition of the adaptation plan that specifies the set of concrete tasks describing how the system should be adapted to reflect the change made on the runtime ...

This study provides an assessment of local government progress in adaptation to marine climate change in Australia's coastal communities. Globally, coastal communities are vulnerable to a diversity of marine climate change impacts, and adaptation responses will need to be tailored to suit each unique socioecological situation. The responsibility of adaptation planning is largely placed on munic...

The Kraljic matrix has been largely used in many different industries as an efficient tool for developing differentiated purchasing strategies. However, its application on construction industry is unknown, as well as the lack of systematical approach on criteria prioritization which is one of the key issues of the methodology. This paper describes the application of Kraljic matrix on a large co...

Urban areas are increasingly seen as having distinct need for climate adaptation. Further, as resources are limited, it is essential to prioritize adaptation actions. At the municipal scale, we suggest that priorities be placed where there is a gap between adaption need and existing adaptation effort. Taking Seattle, USA, as an example, we present this gap in terms of four categories of adaptat...

As software systems today increasingly operate in changing and complex environments, they are expected to dynamically adapt to the changing environments sometimes with multiple co-existing adaptation goals. This paper proposes an adaptation framework to facilitate adaptation with multiple concerns by using reusable and composable adaptation modules. Rather than using one-size-fits-all approach,...