Introduction This pilot study aimed at exploring the utility of the proliferation tracer F-18 fluorothymidine (FLT) and positron-emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (FLT-PET/MRI) for early treatment monitoring in patients with melanoma brain metastasis (MBM) who undergo targeted therapy or immunotherapy. Material and Methods Patients with newly diagnosed MBM underwent b...

The processing of meat industry waste into meat-and-bone meal (MBM) provides the opportunity to use it as fertiliser in cultivation agricultural crops. This study was conducted years 2014–2017 at Experimental Station Tomaszkowo, Poland assess MBM effects on yield and quality maize cultivated for grain. An example effective nutrients contained applied doses 2.0 3.0 t ha is 2016, which affected b...

In this paper a novel approach to contour-based 2D shape recognition is proposed. The main idea is to characterize the contour of an object using the multifractional Brownian motion (mBm), a mathematical method able to capture the local self similarity and long-range dependence of a signal. The mBm estimation results in a sequence of Hurst coefficients, which we used to derive a fixed size feat...

Segmentation plays a vital role in determining the tumor in brain MR Images. The analysis is done using multifractional Brownian motion (mBm) to devise the tumor in brain MR images. The spatially varying feature is extracted using mBm and corresponding algorithm. Then segmentation is carried out based on multifractal features. An algorithm for segmentation is proposed by modifying the well-know...

Objective Mindful breathing meditation (MBM) and loving-kindness (LKM) are common components of effective mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). This study examined the differential effects MBM LKM on purported therapeutic process variables mental health outcomes via component analysis.Method The research design was a randomized controlled trial with four conditions: MBM, LKM, combined (MBM + ...

The very rare occurrence of a gas-solid chemical reaction has been found to take place on a molecule within a compact non-porous crystal without destroying its long-range structural order and retaining similar crystal structures when yellow crystals of FeII4(mbm)4Cl4(MeOH)4 were exposed to air to give black [FeIII4(mbm)4Cl4(OH)4]·2H2O. The latter cannot be synthesised directly. The original clu...

PCR primers for the detection of materials derived from ruminants, pigs, and chickens were newly designed on the basis of sequences of the Art2 short interspersed repetitive element (SINE), PRE-1 SINE, and CR1 long interspersed repetitive element (LINE), respectively. These primers amplified the SINE or LINE from total DNA extracted from the target animals and from test feed containing commerci...