A qualitative analysis of perceived risks and benefits of mosquito abatement and bite prevention strategies in Northeastern U.S. communities.

Mosquito-borne disease (MBD) incidence is increasing in the United States (U.S.), presenting an evolving health threat.

Spatially fractionated radiotherapy with very high energy electron pencil beam scanning.

To evaluate spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) for very-high-energy electrons (VHEEs) delivered with pencil beam scanning.. Radiochromic film was irradiated at the CERN linear electron accelerator for research using 194 MeV electrons with a step-and-shoot technique, moving films within a water tank.

Molecular recognition of peptides and proteins by cucurbit[]urils: systems and applications.

The development of methodology for attaching ligand binding sites to proteins of interest has accelerated biomedical science. Such protein tags have widespread applications as well as properties that significantly limit their utility. This review describes the mechanisms and applications of supramolecular systems comprising the synthetic receptors cucurbit[7]uril (Q7) or cucurbit[8]uril (Q8) and their polypeptide ligands.

Monte Carlo calculated absorbed-dose energy dependence of EBT3 and EBT4 films for 5-200 MeV electrons and 100 keV-15 MeV photons.

Purpose: To use Monte Carlo simulations to study the absorbed-dose energy dependence of GAFChromic EBT3 and EBT4 films for 5-200 MeV electron beams and 100 keV-15 MeV photon beams considering two film compositions: a previous EBT3 composition (Bekerat et al.) and the final composition of EBT3/current composition of EBT4 (Palmer et al.).

Exhaled volatile organic compounds in the detection of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

There is an apparent need for novel non-invasive colorectal cancer (CRC) screening tests that are more acceptable to patients and can reliably detect CRC or reduce the number of unnecessary colonoscopies performed in cancer-free patients. An emerging number of studies demonstrate the potential value of exhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as a diagnostic and triaging test for CRC. A systematic appraisal and meta-analysis of the published evidence was done to determine whether exhaled VOCs can be used in the detection and screening of CRC.