BACKGROUND To test the hypothesis that prognostication of treatment outcome is feasible by biomarker response at midcourse of chemoradiotherapy (CRT)/radiotherapy (RT), with respect to the plasma load of Epstein-Barr viral (EBV) DNA in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred seven patients with stage IIB-IV NPC were prospectively studied. Plasma EBV DNA load was measu...

During the interception of a high-speed gliding vehicle (HGV), predicted intercept point (PIP) is updated many times, so interceptor must continuously adjust its trajectory. In this paper, we propose an online guidance correction algorithm for interceptor, which can effectively meet position constraints and energy management process. Firstly, simplify interceptor’s maneuvering problem to two-bo...

Healthy People 2000, with its Midcourse Revisions, presents 319 objectives to improve the health of Americans by the year 2000 (1,2). Because these objectives are national, not solely Federal, the achievement of these objectives is dependent in part on the ability of health agencies at all levels of government to assess objective progress. To permit comparison of local and State health data wit...

Healthy People 2000, with its Midcourse Revisions, includes 319 objectives to improve the health of Americans by the year 2000 (1,2). Because these objectives are national, not solely Federal, the achievement of these objectives is dependent in part on the ability of health agencies at all levels of government to assess objective progress. To permit comparison of local, State, and Tribal health...

In a search for new Galactic planetary nebulae from our systematic scans of the AngloAustralian Observatory/United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope (AAO/UKST) Hα survey of the Southern Galactic Plane, we have identified a Population I Wolf-Rayet star of type WN7h associated with an unusual ring nebula that has a fractured rim. We present imagery in Hα, the 843-MHz continuum from the Molonglo Observato...

Healthy People 2000, with its Midcourse Revisions, presents 319 objectives to improve the health of Americans by the year 2000 (1,2). Because these objectives are national, not solely Federal, the achievement of these objectives is dependent in part on the ability of health agencies at all levels of government to assess objective progress. To permit comparison of local and State health data wit...