BACKGROUND Dosimetric comparison of two dimensional (2D) radiography and three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) based dose distributions with high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitry radiotherapy (ICRT) for carcinoma cervix, in terms of target coverage and doses to bladder and rectum. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty four sessions of HDR ICRT were performed in 22 patients. External beam radiothera...

The 2004 Harvest Survey of Canadian canola (1) had higher than average chlorophyll content due to a cooler than normal season combined with an early damaging frost resulting in immature seed. As a result, chlorophyll levels in many No. 1 Canada Canola (1CC) export shipments increased to over 30 mg/kg (2). Dockage has been suspected in contributing to the chlorophyll levels in canola cargoes but...

Twenty-two patients with unreduced hip dislocation or fracture dislocation were prospectively evaluated. Intraosseous aspiration, marrow fluid analysis and core biopsy histological analysis was performed from the supero-lateral (test group) and central part (control group) of the femoral head. After appropriate surgical treatment and postoperative management, they were followed up for 2 years b...

This study evaluated the efficacy of computed tomography (CT)-based three-dimensional (3D) dose-volume parameters of the rectum as predictor for late rectal complication (LRC) in cervical cancer patients treated with radiotherapy alone. Eighty-four patients treated with a combination of external radiotherapy and high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy between January 2000 and December 2004 w...

INTRODUCTION: Major gynaecological surgeries are associated with highest incidence of post-operative nausea and vomiting as high as 60-83%.Propofol is believed to be an antiemetic and therefore is usefull to decrease incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting when used in low dose. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 60 ASA I,II patients undergoing abdominal/vaginal hysterectomy under central neuraxial ...

this study investigates the effects of garlic extract on salinity and ph stress resistance of white leg shrimp post larvae (0.1±0.01 g). the experiment was carried out on the basis of completely random model with 5 dietary treatments which include 0 (control treatment), 1cc (treatment 1), 2cc (treatment 2), 4cc (treatment 3) and 8cc (treatment 4) per 100g food in triplicate. 1500 shrimps were r...

As recommended by the GEC-ESTRO work group, it is important for the 3D image guided CT, or MRI based brachytherapy of cer-A B C D vical cancer to verify what dose is received by 0.1 cm 3 , 1 cm 3 and 2 cm 3 (D 0,1cc , D 1cc and D 2cc , respectively) of the bladder and rectum volume (1). Intracavitary brachytherapy was applied with applicators type Fletcher tandem and ovoids, once a week on a HD...

Materials and Methods Volumization of the deep medial cheek (DMC) and lateral cheek compartments were performed on nine cadavers at 1cc intervals up to 4cc. To define the zone of augmentation (ZOA), computer-overlay of interval 3D photographs with baseline surfaces was performed and color projection maps generated. The lower limit was set at 1mm projection change from baseline, as this correspo...

PURPOSE To present a novel needle, catheter, and radiation source system for interstitial rotating shield brachytherapy (I-RSBT) of the prostate. I-RSBT is a promising technique for reducing urethra, rectum, and bladder dose relative to conventional interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT). METHODS A wire-mounted 62 GBq(153)Gd source is proposed with an encapsulated diameter of 0.59...

Abstract Although glimepiride (GLM) is the first-line treatment of Type II diabetes, low extraction recovery still a significant limitation in previous plasma analysis methods. An optimized solid-phase method GLM human with excellent recovery, 100 ± 0.06%, was achieved using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry and Gliclazide (GLZ) as an internal standard. extr...