Uranium integral fission product yields for a spectrally-shaped 14.1 MeV neutron source at the National Ignition Facility.

This paper describes the experimental results for an energy tuning assembly created to modify the National Ignition Facility deuterium-tritium fusion neutron source into a notional thermonuclear and prompt fission neutron spectrum, which has applications in integral measurements, nuclear data benchmarks, and radiation effects on microelectronics. The Monte Carlo neutron transport utilized MCNP5 to estimate the ETA-modified fluence using the ENDF-B/VIII.0 and IRDFF-II continuous energy nuclear data libraries, and SCALE Sampler was used to estimate the systematic nuclear data covariance using ENDF-B/VII.

Early Palliative Care Is Associated With Reduced Emergency Department Utilization in Pancreatic Cancer.

Objectives: Most patients with pancreatic cancer have high symptom burden and poor outcomes. Palliative care (PC) can improve the quality of care through expert symptom management, although the optimal timing of PC referral is still poorly understood. We aimed to assess the association of early PC on health care utilization and charges of care for pancreatic cancer patients.

Measurement of the Gd(p,n)Tb excitation function from 4-18 MeV using stacked-target activation.

The  Gd(p,n)Tb excitation function was measured between 4-18 MeV using stacked-target activation at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-Inch Cyclotron. Nine copper and eight titanium foils served as proton fluence monitor foils, using the  Cu(p,x)Zn,  Ti(p,x)V, and  Ti(p,x)Sc monitor standards, respectively. Variance minimization using an MCNP v.

Stepping to an Auditory Metronome Improves Weight-Bearing Symmetry in Poststroke Hemiparesis.

Asymmetry in weight-bearing is a common feature in poststroke hemiparesis and is related to temporal asymmetry during walking. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an auditory cue for stepping in place on measures of temporal and weight-bearing asymmetry. A total of 10 community-dwelling adults (6 males and 4 females) with chronic poststroke hemiparesis performed 5 un-cued stepping trials and 5 stepping trials cued by an auditory metronome cue.

Gentamicin bladder instillations decrease symptomatic urinary tract infections in neurogenic bladder patients on intermittent catheterization.

Introduction: This study aimed to determine if gentamicin bladder instillations reduce the rate of symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) in neurogenic bladder (NGB) patients on intermittent self-catheterization (ISC) who have recurrent UTIs. Secondary aims were to examine the effects of intravesical gentamicin on the organism resistance patterns.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our prospective NGB database.