PURPOSE The purpose of this paper was to observe and compare long-term curative effects and complications of FIGO stage IIB cervical cancer patients (n = 232) treated with high-dose-rate (HDR) californium ((252)Cf) neutron or cobalt ((60)Co) photon intracavitary brachytherapy (ICBT) combined with external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT). MATERIAL AND METHODS The EBRT dose to the small pelvis was 50 ...

A concrete room with a single-legged maze was constructed in order to simulate a medical accelerator room. Gamma and neutron measurements were performed along the maze with a) a 252 Cf source and b) a tungstenmoderated Cf source placed inside the room. The measurements were repeated after placing an inner borated polyethylene door of varying thickness (2.54 -10.16 cm) at 2 different locations. ...

INTRODUCTION. ....... ......................................................... 237 Review of previous studies. ...................................................... 238 Materials and methods.. ......................................................... 239 Protein content in relation to cultural conditions. ................................... 339 Relation between number of seeds per .ear and pe...

Sequencing and analyses of 16S rRNA gene amplicons were performed to estimate the composition of the rumen methanogen community in 252 samples from eight cohorts of sheep and cattle, separated into 16 different sample groups by diet, and to determine which methanogens are most prominent in the rumens of farmed New Zealand ruminants. Methanobacteriales (relative abundance ± standard deviation, 8...