It is vital to assess the performance of emission computed tomography (ECT) systems prior to their use for clinical examinations. Generally, performance tests of ECT systems are time-consuming, expensive and require more than one phantom to scan and then analyse the data. There is non-availability of such type of phantoms that can provide all neces

A new methodology was developed to fabricate solid molybdenum nitride microdisc electrodes for the first time. The MoN microrods were produced by heating Mo microwires in dry NH3 atmosphere for several hours. They were characterised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The latter r

Today, student travel represents one-fifth of all international arrivals in a travel industry, commanding a market value of $320 billion. More importantly, student travel facilitates increased intercultural contacts with people from different cultures than before. Against this background, this paper discusses the value of student travel for develop

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of bottle gourd which belong to family of cucurbitaceae (Lagenaria Siceraria (LS) on hyperglycemia by assessing the cells viability, adipogenesis, adipolysis, glucose uptake, adiponectin and leptin using 3T3-L1 adipocytes as a model. Fresh bottle gourd were washed thoroughly with distilled water a

The unsolved mystery on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 has been one of the most highly discussed air crashed incidents in recent times. The doomed flight was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with a total of 239 people on board. Even after years of investigation and searching efforts that ended recently, investigators

In radiography it is imperative to protect patients and their caregivers from adverse effects of x- radiation when they undergo diagnostic procedures. However, in certain circumstances some radiation practitioners ignore radiation protection measures that should be practiced during x-ray examinations and allow the next-in-line patient and caregiver

It is essential to monitor patient’s dose to ensure the proper implementation and practices of radiation protection in diagnostic X-ray imaging and to reduce the risks of radiation exposures. Our study aimed to estimate the entrance skin dose and exit dose in abdominal radiography using nanoDot OSLD. Siemens Multix Top X-ray system was used. Kyot

Objectives: The aim of this research was to study the impact of heel effect on entrance surface dose (ESD) of ovaries in lumbosacral radiography with two orientations of the phantom in terms of tube axis. Methods: Siemens Multix Top general radiography system was used. Imaging exposure factors were chosen as, 77 kVp and 32 mAs for anteroposterior (

A statistical combination of searches is presented for massive resonances decaying to WW, WZ, ZZ, WH, and ZH boson pairs in proton–proton collision data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The data were taken at centre-of-mass energies of 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to respective integrated luminosities of 19.7 and up to 2.7 fb−1. The r

A search for massive resonances decaying to a Z boson and a photon is performed in events with a hadronically decaying Z boson candidate, separately in light-quark and b quark decay modes, identified using jet substructure and advanced b tagging techniques. Results are based on samples of proton– proton collisions collected with the CMS detector