Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): differences in target volumes and improvement in clinically relevant doses to small bowel in rectal carcinoma

Abstract Background A strong dose-volume relationship exists between the amount of small bowel receiving low- to intermediate-doses of radiation and the rates of acute, severe gastrointestinal toxicity, principally diarrhea.There is considerable interest in the application of highly conformal treatment approaches, such as intensity-modulated radiat

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Online Dual-Network-Based Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Solving Partially Unknown Multi-Player Non-Zero-Sum Games With Control Constraints

In this article, a novel online method for multi-player non-zero-sum (NZS) differential games of nonlinear partially unknown continuous time (CT) systems with control constraints is developed based on neural networks (NN).The issue of multi-player NZS games with saturated actuator is elaborately analyzed and the unknown dynamics model is learned Co

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Responses of Land-Use Changes to Drought and its Disparate Impact on Livelihoods of Farmers and Herders in the Agro-Pastoral Ecotone of Northwestern China

The agro-pastoral ecotone is an ecologically fragile region where drought is the main factor influencing land use and livelihoods.In this paper, we took two farmer villages and two herder villages in Ar Horqin Banner, located in the agro-pastoral ecotone of northwestern China, as the research areas, and where Plant Proteins we conducted participato

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Training for Emergencies - How Germany is Preparing for Large-Scale Emergencies Using the EUROMED 2024 Civil Protection Exercise as an Example

Every year, numerous major events with thousands of participants take place around the world, for which extensive safety measures are taken to ensure the well-being and safety of visitors.Nevertheless, incidents that lead to injuries and deaths occur time and again.This year, Germany is looking forward to the UEFA EURO 2024, an international footba

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