Effects of Repeated I-Iodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy on Tumor Size and Tumor Metabolic Activity in Patients with Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.

I-iodobenzylguanidine (I-MIBG) radiotherapy has shown some survival benefits in metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). European Association of Nuclear Medicine clinical guidelines for I-MIBG radiotherapy suggest a repeated treatment protocol, although none currently exists. The existing single-high-dose I-MIBG radiotherapy (444 MBq/kg) has been shown to have some benefits for patients with metastatic NETs.

Normal viscous force of pendular liquid bridge between two relatively moving particles.

In this work, Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of a pendular liquid bridge formed between two relatively moving particles are performed to evaluate the normal component of the viscous force exerted on the particles. The viscous force obtained are non-dimensionalised in order to clarify the parameters which can affect the dimensionless force. The DNS results are compared with the viscous force models in literature which are commonly used in DEM simulations.

Multidirectional lip-closing force in adults with mandibular deviation.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between multidi-rectional lip-closing force and facial soft tissue morphology in adults with mandibular deviation. Fifteen Japanese adults with mandibular deviation participated in this study. The deviation value was defined as the horizontal distance between soft tissue menton and the facial midline.

First Isolation of carbon dioxide-dependent Proteus mirabilis from an uncomplicated cystitis patient with Sjögren's syndrome.

An uncomplicated cystitis caused by CO2-dependent Proteus mirabilis was observed in a 64-year-old Japanese female patient with Sjögren's syndrome in the Aomori Kyoritsu Hospital, Aomori, Japan. The initial P. mirabilis isolate came from a midstream urine specimen containing large numbers of Gram-negative, rod-shaped organisms that failed to grow on both Drigalski agar and sheep blood agar incubated in ambient air.

Measurement accuracy with a new dental panoramic radiographic technique based on tomosynthesis.

Objective: To investigate measurement errors and head positioning effects on radiographs made with new dental panoramic radiograph equipment that uses tomosynthesis.

Materials And Methods: Radiographic images of a simulated human head or phantom were made at standard head positions using the new dental panoramic radiograph equipment. Measurement errors were evaluated by comparing with the true values.