Introduction: A study was performed to evaluate radiation dose distribution and dose gradient around cylindrical applicators for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy systems with 192Ir, 60Co brachytherapy source applied for rectal and vaginal cancers treatments.   Materials and Methods: Two additional computed tomography (CT) based plans were generated using a ...

Personnel monitoring of more than 40,000 radiation workers in India is being carried out routinely using a Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) made thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) badge based on CaSO4:Dy phosphor embedded in Teflon discs [1], and a photographic film badge. Till recently the TLD badges were read using the manual type TLD badge reader system with an external interface unit for...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Since 1969 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), together with the World Health Organization (WHO), has performed postal TLD audits to verify the calibration of radiotherapy beams in developing countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS A number of changes have recently been implemented to improve the efficiency of the IAEA/WHO TLD programme. The IAEA has increased the n...

The present paper describes how to apply the Chebyshev orthogonal collocation technique to solve steady-state and unsteady-steady two-dimensional problems. All problems are solved using one single computer algebra, Mathematica . The problems include: (1) steady-state heat transfer in a rectangular bar, (2) steady-state flow in a rectangular duct, (2) steady-state heat transfer in a cooling cyli...

BACKGROUND Third location decompression (TLD) refers to the initial process, undertaken by military personnel at the end of an operational deployment, whereby adjustment from military operations commences. TLD has been shown to be useful for personnel in formed units (FU). AIMS To examine the subjective utility of TLD for personnel deployed as individual augmentees (IAs) by comparing their ex...

Tandem systems formed with different thermoluminescent dosemeters were evaluated in standard diagnostic radiation beams. The utilized materials are commercially available, and the aim of this study was to carry out a performance comparison. The results show that the energy dependence of the materials, except TLD-100, were very high. Therefore, there are several possibilities of pair combination...

The failure of shape constancy from stereoscopic information is widely reported in the literature. In this study we investigate how shape constancy is influenced by the size of the object and by the shape of the object's surface. Participants performed a shape-judgment task on objects of five sizes with three different surface shapes. The shapes used were: a frontoparallel rectangle, a triangul...

We extended the analysis of the thermal conductivity measurements of helium confined in cylindrical channels of glass capillary arrays to the case of rectangular channels. Measurements were made on plates with channels of 1x10 micro-m cross section, and simultaneously on bulk helium. To our great surprise the results show that the finite-size scaling-function for this geometry does not differ m...

We report analytical results for the development of the viscous fingering instability in a cylindrical Hele-Shaw cell of radius a and thickness b. We derive a generalized version of Darcy's law in such cylindrical background, and find it recovers the usual Darcy's law for flow in flat, rectangular cells, with corrections of higher order in b/a. We focus our interest on the influence of the cell...

In order to solve the shortcomings of traditional TLDs (tuned liquid dampers), such as their narrow frequency bands and occupation large amounts space, based on deep-water theory, a new type TLD incorporating Karmen vortex street theory is proposed named KV-TLD. A shaking table experimental test conducted fully analyze its vibration damping characteristics effectiveness in terms control confirm...