Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have increased in popularity since they play a relevant role in many applications, such as environmental monitoring, fire detection, and health care, to mention a few.These applications periodically collect data that is relayed to a single sink employing a many-to-one communication pattern.This pattern requires energ
PurposeThe development of brain metastases (BM) can significantly increase the psycho-oncological burden in cancer patients, requiring timely intervention.In addition, this aspect may negatively affect the course of the disease and treatment outcome.However, screening for psycho-oncological burden is often overlooked in clinical routine.Therefore,
OBJECTIVE: We present our experience in a series of 17 consecutive pediatric patients submitted to retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy (LRB) was performed in 5 boys and 12 girls.Mean age was 8.1 years and age range from 2 to 12.Two or three trocars were used to expose the inferi
The concentrations of primordial radionuclides (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) in commonly used building materials (brick, cement and sand), the raw materials of cement and the by-products of coal-fired power plants (fly ash) collected from various manufacturers and suppliers in Bangladesh were determined via gamma-ray spectrometry using an HPGe detector.Th