Introduction: Previously, 186Re and 188Re radioisotopes have been produced through appropriate activities, and each of them has been used for therapeutic applications. The 186Re and 188Re have unique properties, which make them proper for the treatment of  tumors in different sizes. The long-range 188Re, is suitabl...

abstract background and objective: often, discharge of children against medical advice has a negative effect on the well-being of the patient. to determine the prevalence of discharge against medical advice (dama) among hospitalized children and examine the reasons given by parents/guardians for such discharges. methods: a retrospective 2-year medical records audit of children aged one day to 1...

Background: Inclusion of inhomogeneity corrections in intensity modulated small fields always makes conformal irradiation of lung tumor very complicated in accurate dose delivery.Objective: In the present study, the performance of five algorithms via Monte Carlo, Pencil Beam, Convolution, Fast Superposition and Superposition were evaluated in lung cancer Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy plannin...

A parting gift.

BACKGROUND When a woman has had a previous caesarean birth, there are two options for her care in a subsequent pregnancy: planned elective repeat caesarean or planned vaginal birth. While there are risks and benefits for both planned elective repeat caesarean birth and planned vaginal birth after caesarean, current sources of information are limited to non-randomised cohort studies. Studies des...

OBJECTIVE To compare the outcomes of planned vaginal versus planned caesarean delivery in a cohort of extremely obese women (body mass index ≥ 50 kg/m(2)). DESIGN A national cohort study using the UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS). SETTING All hospitals with consultant-led maternity units in the UK. POPULATION Five hundred and ninety-one extremely obese women delivering in the UK b...

Unexpected events may perturb operations and generate conflicts that must be addressed promptly to limit delay propagation other negative impacts on the network. The real-time railway traffic management problem deals with disruptions in networks, including tracks, junctions stations. When they happen station areas, new decisions involving train platforming, rerouting, ordering timing made real ...

A critical aspect of global ebusiness information technology (IT) governance is ensuring that it is integrated and that it enables economic viability of a company. Poorly thought through purposes will result in poor IT governance, the aim is to improve IT governance and business efficiency and effectiveness. A framework for global ebusiness IT governance is developed in this paper. It is based ...