Relationship between crystallographic texture and cavitation resistance of as-cast X8CrNi25-21 and X6CrAl13 steels

In this paper, results of the cavitation resistance evaluation of as-cast X8CrNi25-21 austenitic steel and X6CrAl13 ferritic steel having a various grain orientations, are shown. It was found that the austenitic steel with a preferred // ND orientation (where ND is a normal direction to the surface that was exposed to the cavitation process) exhibits a superior cavitation resistance over other examinated materials

Initial basalt target site selection evaluation for the Mars penetrator drop test

Potential basalt target sites for an air drop penetrator test were described and the criteria involved in site selection were discussed. A summary of the background field geology and recommendations for optimum sites are also presented

OC-0483: ISIORT-Europe Data Registry: main characteristics of IORT treatments

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Facile Preparation of Drug-Loaded Tristearin Encapsulated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Using Coaxial Electrospray Processing

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Aesthetic outcome after breast conserving surgery and either intraoperative radiotherapy or whole breast external beam radiotherapy for early breast cancer: Objective assessment of patients in a randomized controlled trial in Lublin, Poland

The international randomized controlled TARGIT A (TARGeted Intraoperative radiotherapy) trial demonstrated non-inferiority between the technique of TARGIT (Intra-Operative RadioTherapy (IORT) with Intrabeam®) and whole-breast external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) as part of the treatment for women with early breast cancer. The aim of this sub-study was to see if the single high dose of IORT leads to impaired aesthetic outcome in a group of patients participating in the trial at a single site. Frontal digital photographs were taken of women and analyzed, blinded to treatment received, by BCCT.core software. This produced scores for various measures of color. 29 women (16 EBRT, 13 IORT) between 49 to 79 years old had photographs taken at baseline (up to 2 days prior to surgery), and again at 12 months (median 364 days). At 12 months there was a significant difference in cEMDL (p=0.002, Wilcoxon Two-Sample test, 2-sided) and other measures, indicating more “redness” in the breasts of the women in the EBRT group compared with the IORT group. This difference persisted after adjusting for tumor size, body mass index and age (p=0.0198, multiple regression analysis). This study provides further evidence for the early beneficial effect of TARGIT on aesthetic outcome