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• Dosimetric comparison between three dimensional treatment planning system, Monte Carlo simulation and gel dosimetry in nasopharynx phantom for high dose rate brachytherapy

  Authors:Zeynab Fazli, Mahdi Sadeghi, M. Zahmatkesh, Seied Mahdavi, and Claudio TenreiroFrom:Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (Vol. 9, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July-September 20134,026 words Report 1450LByline: Zeynab. Fazli, Mahdi. Sadeghi, M. Zahmatkesh, Seied. Mahdavi, Claudio. Tenreiro Purpose: For the treatment of nasopharnx carcinoma (NPC) using brachytherapy methods and high-energy photon sources are common...

• Dose enhancement in gold nanoparticle-aided radiotherapy for the therapeutic photon beams using Monte Carlo technique

  Authors:Nitin Kakade and Sunil SharmaFrom:Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 20152,237 words Report 1610LByline: Nitin. Kakade, Sunil. Sharma Background: Gold nanoparticle (GNP)-aided radiation therapy (RT) is useful to make the tumor more sensitive to radiation damage because of the enhancement in the dose inside the...

• A model of error propagation in conjunctive decisions and its application to database quality management

  Author:Irit Askira GelmanFrom:Journal of Database Management (Vol. 23, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 201210,512 words Report 1450LThis study centers on the accuracy dimension of information quality and models the relationship between input accuracy and output accuracy in a popular class of applications. These applications consist of dichotomous...

• Doppler-bearing Passive Target Tracking Using a Parameterized Unscented Kalman Filter

  Author:S. RaoFrom:IETE Journal of Research (Vol. 56, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 20103,172 words Report Byline: S. Rao Target motion analysis (TMA) using conventional passive bearing together with frequency measurements is explored. This approach offers one tactical advantage over the classical bearings-only TMA. It...

• Monte Carlo simulation of a multi-leaf collimator design for telecobalt machine using BEAMnrc code

  Authors:Komanduri Ayyangar, M. Kumar, Pradush Narayan, Fenedit Jesuraj, and M. RajuFrom:Journal of Medical Physics (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-March 20103,511 words Clinical report Byline: Komanduri. Ayyangar, M. Kumar, Pradush. Narayan, Fenedit. Jesuraj, M. Raju This investigation aims to design a practical multi-leaf collimator (MLC) system for the cobalt teletherapy machine and check its...

• What to do (and not to do) with time-series cross-section data

  Authors:Nathaniel Beck and Jonathan N. KatzFrom:American Political Science Review (Vol. 89, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 199510,561 words Article Some concerns on the use of time-series cross-section (TSCS) models have raised the question on the accuracy of estimation which appears in published studies. A study that uses Monte Carlo analysis reveals that the...

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  From:Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics (Vol. 11, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 201511,453 words Article 1350LAbstract: 004 Clinical implementation and application of Monte Carlo methods in photon and electron dose calculation th L. Aggarwal , S. Pradhan, N. Sharma, S. Sharma, A. Kajaria Institute of Medical Sciences...

• Intrinsic Noise Analyzer: A Software Package for the Exploration of Stochastic Biochemical Kinetics Using the System Size Expansion

  Authors:Philipp Thomas, Hannes Matuschek, and Ramon GrimaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 12, 201212,771 words Article 1540LAuthor(s): Philipp Thomas 1 , 2 , 3 , Hannes Matuschek 4 , Ramon Grima 1 , 2 , * Introduction Chemical kinetics is by its very nature stochastic. This stochasticity has several origins, chief among them being that...

• A Fast EM Algorithm for BayesA-Like Prediction of Genomic Breeding Values

  Authors:Xiaochen Sun, Long Qu, Dorian J. Garrick, Jack C. M. Dekkers, and Rohan L. FernandoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 9, 20126,785 words Article 1700LAuthor(s): Xiaochen Sun 1 , Long Qu 1 , 2 , Dorian J. Garrick 1 , Jack C. M. Dekkers 1 , Rohan L. Fernando 1 , * Introduction Genomic prediction of breeding values for economically important traits of farm animals...

• Estimating Diarrhea Mortality among Young Children in Low and Middle Income Countries

  Authors:Christa L. Fischer Walker, Martin J. Aryee, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, and Robert E. BlackFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 3, 20124,088 words Article 1610LAuthor(s): Christa L. Fischer Walker 1 , * , Martin J. Aryee 2 , Cynthia Boschi-Pinto 3 , 4 , Robert E. Black 1 Introduction Although child survival rates have made improvements in the past decade, 8.8 million...

• A Machine Learning Method for the Prediction of Receptor Activation in the Simulation of Synapses

  Authors:Jesus Montes, Elena Gomez, Angel Merchan-Perez, Javier DeFelipe, and Jose-Maria PenaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 23, 201310,566 words Article 1460LAuthor(s): Jesus Montes 1, Elena Gomez 1, Angel Merchán-Pérez 1,2, Javier DeFelipe 2,3, Jose-Maria Peña 1,* Introduction Most information in the mammalian nervous system flows through chemical synapses. These are...

• Assessing the impact of uncertainty on flood risk estimates with reliability analysis using 1-D and 2-D hydraulic models

  Authors:I. Escuder-Bueno and A. Serrano-LombilloFrom:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 16, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 5, 201230 words Brief article Byline: L. Altarejos-Garcí,a, M. L. Martí,nez-Chenoll, I. Escuder-Bueno, A. Serrano-Lombillo To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Reduction of radiation biases by incorporating the missing cloud variability by means of downscaling techniques: a study using the 3-D MoCaRT model

  Authors:T. Trautmann and V. VenemaFrom:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20, 201228 words Brief article Byline: S. Gimeno Garcí,a, T. Trautmann, V. Venema To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Bridging the gap between GLUE and formal statistical approaches: approximate Bayesian computation

  Authors:M. Sadegh and J. A. VrugtFrom:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 17, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 5, 201326 words Brief article Byline: M. Sadegh, J. A. Vrugt To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Logistic regression applied to natural hazards: rare event logistic regression with replications

  Authors:M. Guns and V. VanackerFrom:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (Vol. 12, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 18, 201225 words Brief article Byline: M. Guns, V. Vanacker To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Estimating bacteria emissions from inversion of atmospheric transport: sensitivity to modelled particle characteristics

  Authors:S. M. Burrows, P. J. Rayner, T. Butler, and M. G. LawrenceFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 13, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  June 4, 201332 words Brief article Byline: S. M. Burrows, P. J. Rayner, T. Butler, M. G. Lawrence To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link:...

• Deterministic and probabilistic investigation on multiple crack interactions in a semi-infinite domain

  Authors:Eui-Keun Kim, Habeun Choi, Kyoungsoo Park, and Won-Hee KangFrom:Mathematical Problems in EngineeringPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20155,291 words Technical report 1540LThe investigation of multiple crack interactions in fracture mechanics is important to predict the safety and reliability of structures. This study aims to investigate the interactions of multiple parallel cracks in a...

• Damage localization of an offshore platform considering temperature variations

  Authors:Shuqing Wang, Min Zhang, and Huajun LiFrom:Mathematical Problems in EngineeringPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20155,945 words Report 1510LModal parameters are sensitive indicators of structural damages. However, these modal parameters are sensitive not only to damage, but also to the environmental variations. Development of vibration based damage...

• Calculation of credit valuation adjustment based on least square Monte Carlo methods

  Author:Qian LiuFrom:Mathematical Problems in EngineeringPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20153,274 words Report 1520LCounterparty credit risk has become one of the highest-profile risks facing participants in the financial markets. Despite this, relatively little is known about how counterparty credit risk is actually priced...

• Prediction uncertainty assessment of a systems biology model requires a sample of the full probability distribution of its parameters

  Authors:Simon van Mourik, Cajo ter Braak, Hans Stigter, and Jaap MolenaarFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 17, 20147,285 words Article 1500LAuthor(s): Simon van Mourik (1,2), Cajo ter Braak (1), Hans Stigter (1), Jaap Molenaar (1,2) Introduction By combining experiments and mathematical model analysis, systems biology tries to unravel the key...