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Weight loss in head and neck cancer patients little noticed in general practice
INTRODUCTION: In head and neck cancer patients, weight loss increases morbidity and mortality, and decreases treatment tolerance and quality of life. Early nutritional intervention has beneficial effects on these factors. AIM: We observed patientsâ weight courses after specialistsâ care and surveyed nutrition-related documentation by general practitioners (GPs). METHODS: From a Head and Neck Oncology Centre (HNOC) study, 68 patients were asked to participate in an extended general practice cohort. Twenty-six patients participated in the prospective three-monthly weight measurements during the year after HNOC care. We extracted nutritional information contained in referral letters (n=24) and medical records from the year before referral (n=45) and after HNOC care (n=26). An impaired nutritional status was assigned to weight loss =10% within six months or Body Mass Index (BMI
Accuracy of a method based on atomic absorption spectrometry to determine inorganic arsenic in food : Outcome of the collaborative trial IMEP-41
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Stretched-exponential decay functions from a self-consistent model of dielectric relaxation
There are many materials whose dielectric properties are described by a
stretched exponential, the so-called Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts (KWW) relaxation
function. Its physical origin and statistical-mechanical foundation have been a
matter of debate in the literature. In this paper we suggest a model of
dielectric relaxation, which naturally leads to a stretched exponential decay
function. Some essential characteristics of the underlying charge conduction
mechanisms are considered. A kinetic description of the relaxation and charge
transport processes is proposed in terms of equations with time-fractional
derivatives.Comment: 17 page
Nonlinear coupled Alfv\'{e}n and gravitational waves
In this paper we consider nonlinear interaction between gravitational and
electromagnetic waves in a strongly magnetized plasma. More specifically, we
investigate the propagation of gravitational waves with the direction of
propagation perpendicular to a background magnetic field, and the coupling to
compressional Alfv\'{e}n waves. The gravitational waves are considered in the
high frequency limit and the plasma is modelled by a multifluid description. We
make a self-consistent, weakly nonlinear analysis of the Einstein-Maxwell
system and derive a wave equation for the coupled gravitational and
electromagnetic wave modes. A WKB-approximation is then applied and as a result
we obtain the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation for the slowly varying wave
amplitudes. The analysis is extended to 3D wave pulses, and we discuss the
applications to radiation generated from pulsar binary mergers. It turns out
that the electromagnetic radiation from a binary merger should experience a
focusing effect, that in principle could be detected.Comment: 20 pages, revtex4, accepted in PR
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