Introduction: Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) is a very promising new therapy for the treatment of recurrent B-Cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Iodine-131 is the most frequently used nuclide in clinical RIT, but its usefulness has been limited by dehalogenation of monoclonal antibodies labeled via conventional methods. To circumvent this problem, we have synthesized a tr...

PURPOSE To determine whether nonglaucomatous optic disc cupping in children violates the ISNT rule (which states that for normal optic discs the neuroretinal rim width is greatest in the order inferior >or= superior >or= nasal >or= temporal). METHODS Digital ocular fundus photographs from a random cohort of children with large optic disc cups of nonglaucomatous origin were analyzed in masked ...

Control- and user-plane separation (CUPS) network slicing are two key technologies to support increasing traffic diverse wireless services. However, the benefit of CUPS in decoupling coverage data service functions has not been fully utilized facilitate slicing. In this paper, we present a novel CUPS-based end-to-end (CUPS-E2E) scheme. First, base stations (BS) classified into control BSs (CBS)...

Introduction The orthopaedic industry has expended significant research effort in recent years in reducing wear of UHMWPE articulating surface components. One such approach has been in the development of a heavily crosslinked polyethylene. Crosslinking for long has been known to improve the wear resistance of industrial polyethylene. Clinical experience for over 20 years and an increasing magni...

Dual-layer and tri-layer broadband antireflective (AR) films with excellent transmittance were successfully fabricated using base-/acid-catalyzed mixed sols and propylene oxide (PO) modified silica sols. The sols and films were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), transmission electron microscope (...

We propose Bayesian Deep Q-Network (BDQN), a practical Thompson sampling based Reinforcement Learning (RL) Algorithm. Thompson sampling allows for targeted exploration in high dimensions through posterior sampling but is usually computationally expensive. We address this limitation by introducing uncertainty only at the output layer of the network through a Bayesian Linear Regression (BLR) mode...

Feature learning and deep learning have drawn great attention in recent years as a way of transforming input data into more effective representations using learning algorithms. Such interest has grown in the area of music information retrieval (MIR) as well, particularly in music audio classification tasks such as auto-tagging. In this paper, we present a twostage learning model to effectively ...

This study focuses on a real-world case that is defined as an extension of the container loading problem (CLP) with weakly heterogeneous types boxes. A company producing plastic cups wants to increase its efficiency in operations. To solve problem, hybrid approach including static rule rank orders and integer nonlinear programming (INLP) models developed. INLP form box sizes according propertie...

In the present research work, hydro-mechanical deep drawing (HMDD) process of 2024 aluminum alloy is performed experimentally and numerically for elevated temperatures. The main variables forming include fluid pressure, pre-bulge temperature. effects these parameters on thickness distribution uniformity index final product have been investigated. Using hardness test, preferred crystallographic ...

The disposition of the Anlage fields of the neural plate and the intraembryonic mesoblast in the upper layer of the chicken blastoderm was studied at the primitive streak stage prior to the regression of Hensen's node (stages 5V to 6V, L. Vakaet (1970) Arch. Biol. 81, 387-426). Chicken blastoderms were cultured by New's technique on a mixture of thin egg white and agar. The anterior half of the...