A criterion for finding a configuration of jets for a given multiparticle event: • is derived uniquely from minimum formal input; • guarantees minimal distortion of physical information in the transition from particles to jets; • is optimally stable with respect to data errors; • does not restrict geometric shape of jets; • allows jets to share particles; • amounts to finding a matrix via minim...

Background: To enhance the dose to tumor, the use of high atomic number elements has been proposed.Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of gold nanoparticle distribution on dose enhancement in tumor when the tumor is irradiated by typical monoenergetic X-ray beams by considering homogeneous and inhomogeneous distributions of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) in the tumor.Method...

AbstractBackground More studies are needed to document nation-wide use and effectiveness of curative definitive radiotherapy (Def-RT) in the treatment prostate cancer (PCa). Patients methods For 38,960 men diagnosed with PCa without distant metastases from 2006 2015 data Norwegian Prostate Cancer Registry a national database (NoRadBase) was analyzed. Overall survival ...

The effects of vitamin A (VitA) deficiency on the host intestinal immune response and disease susceptibility to coccidiosis were investigated in broiler chickens following oral infection with Eimeria acervulina (EA). Day-old male broilers were fed milo-soybean meal diets either with 8,000 IU VitA/kg feed (CONT) or without added VitA (A-DEF). At 25 d, a group of randomly selected birds from each...

Let X be an irreducible symplectic manifold and Def(X) the Kuranishi space. Assume that X admits a Lagrangian fibration. We prove that X can be deformed preserving a Lagrangian fibration. More precisely, there exists a smooth hypersurface H of Def(X) such that the restriction family X ×Def(X) H admits a family of Lagrangian fibrations over H.

This paper aimed to describe the prevalence of dental caries in Quilombola schoolchildren aged 5 12 years using DEF-T (decayed, extracted and filled teeth) DMF-T missing indices. A cross-sectional study. The sample consisted 47 schoolchildren, between old, both sexes, a municipal school located community Tocantins state (Brazil). participants underwent clinical oral examination, performed by de...

Digestive organs originate from the endoderm. Morphogenesis of the digestive system is precisely controlled by multiple factors that dictate the cell fate and behavior so that the specific digestive organs are timely formed in the right place and develop into right size and structure. We showed previously that digestive organ expansion factor (def) is a gene whose expression is enriched in the ...

Small colony variants (SCVs) of bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus are characterized by a reduced colony size and are linked to increased antibiotic tolerance and resistance. Their altered expression of virulence factors, slow growing properties and their ability to form biofilms make the eradication of SCVs challenging. In the context of biofilm-related infectious diseases involving S. aureus...

Inhibitors of the oncogenic Ras-MAPK pathway have been intensely pursued as therapeutics. Targeting this pathway, however, presents challenges due to the essential role of MAPK in homeostatic functions. The phosphorylation and activation of MAPK substrates is regulated by protein-protein interactions with MAPK docking sites. Active ERK1/2 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2)-MAPKs locali...

We'll review the study of Galois deformations. Here's the setup. Let G be a pro nite group, and let ρ : G→ GLn(k) be a representation of G over a nite eld k of characteristic p. Let Λ be a complete DVR with residue eld k, and let CΛ denote the category whose objects are artinian local Λ-algebras with residue eld k, and whose morphisms are local homomorphisms. Let ĈΛ denote the category of compl...