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osomiasis with being water-borne, but had divergent perceptions on the symptoms, lifecycle and treatment of the infection. Trends of schistosomiasis and at-risk populations were perceived differently in Ndumo and Ntalale. Although respondents from the two localities acknowledged schistosomiasis as water-borne disease, the study showed lack of in-depth knowledge on the life cycle of the diseases. We therefore recommend that health education be implemented together with other strategies such as improvement in access to water and sanitation in the two study areas to achieve effective control and prevention of the disease.We describe a 61-year-old woman with bilateral parkinsonism caused by unilateral infarction limited to the territory of the lenticulostriate arteries. Although dopamine transporter imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography (DaTSPECT) demonstrated reduced putaminal tracer binding concordant with the size and location of the vascular lesion, the specific binding ratio was within the normal range. Five months after onset, the patient was free from parkinsonism without the use of any antiparkinsonian agents. When patients show bilateral parkinsonism, it is important to consider infarction of the lenticulostriate arteries. Additionally, DaTSPECT might be useful for predicting the prognosis of parkinsonism caused by infarction.

While there is evidence to show the positive effects of automation, the impact on radiation oncology professionals has been poorly considered. This study examined radiation oncology professionals' perceptions of automation in radiotherapy planning.

An online survey link was sent to the chief radiation therapists (RT) of all Australian radiotherapy centres to be forwarded to RTs, medical physicists (MP) and radiation oncologists (RO) within their institution. The survey was open from May-July 2019.

Participants were 204 RTs, 84 MPs and 37 ROs (response rates ∼10% of the overall radiation oncology workforce). Respondents felt automation resulted in improvement in consistency in planning (90%), productivity (88%), quality of planning (57%), and staff focus on patient care (49%). When asked about perceived impact of automation, the responses were; will change the primary tasks of certain jobs (66%), will allow staff to do the remaining components of their job more effectively (51%), will eliminate jobs (20%), and will not have an impact on jobs (6%). 27% of respondents believe automation will reduce job satisfaction. 71% of respondents strongly agree/agree that automation will cause a loss of skills, while only 25% strongly agree/agree that the training and education tools in their department are sufficient.

Although the effect of automation is perceived positively, there are some concerns on loss of skillsets and the lack of training to maintain this. These results highlight the need for continued education to ensure that skills and knowledge are not lost with automation.

Although the effect of automation is perceived positively, there are some concerns on loss of skillsets and the lack of training to maintain this. These results highlight the need for continued education to ensure that skills and knowledge are not lost with automation.

There has been little success targeting individual genes in combination with radiation in head and neck cancer. In this study we investigated whether targeting two key pathways simultaneously might be more effective.

We studied the effect of combining dacomitinib (pan-HER, irreversible inhibitor) and gedatolisib (dual PI3K/MTOR inhibitor) with radiation in well characterized, low passage xenograft models of HNSCC in vitro and

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Dacomitinib showed differential growth inhibition in vitro that correlated to EGFR expression whilst gedatolisib was effective in both cell lines. Neither agent radiosensitized the cell lines in vitro. In vivo studies demonstrated that dacomitinib was an effective agent alone and in combination with radiation whilst the addition of gedatolisib did not enhance the effect of these two modalities despite inhibiting phosphorylation of key genes in the PI3K/MTOR pathway.

Our results showed that combining two drugs with radiation provided no added benefit compared to the single most active drug. Dacomitinib deserves more investigation as a radiation sensitizing agent in HNSCC.

Our results showed that combining two drugs with radiation provided no added benefit compared to the single most active drug. Dacomitinib deserves more investigation as a radiation sensitizing agent in HNSCC.

To prospectively evaluate the feasibility of solid gold marker placement in oesophageal cancer patients and to quantify inter-fractional and intra-fractional (baseline shift) marker motion during radiation treatment. Radiotherapy target margins and matching strategies were investigated.

Thirty-four markers were implanted by echo-endoscopy in 10 patients. selleck kinase inhibitor Patients received a planning 4D CT, daily pre-treatment cone-beam CT (CBCT) and a post-treatment CBCT for at least five fractions. For fractions with both pre- and post-treatment CBCT, marker displacement between planning CT and pre-treatment CBCT (inter-fractional) and between pre-treatment and post-treatment CBCT (intra-fractional; only for fractions without rotational treatment couch correction) were calculated in left-right (LR), cranio-caudal (CC) and anterior-posterior (AP) direction after bony-anatomy and soft-tissue matching. Systematic/random setup errors were estimated; treatment margins were calculated.

No serious adverse events occurred. Twenal baseline shifts on margin calculation was rather small.

This study demonstrated that the implantation of gold markers was safe, albeit less stable compared to other marker types. Inter-fractional motion was largest cranio-caudally for markers in the distal oesophagus, which was reduced after soft-tissue compared to bony-anatomy matching. The impact of intra-fractional baseline shifts on margin calculation was rather small.Postprandial hyperglycemia has orchestrated untimely death among diabetic patients over the decades and regulation of α-amylase activity is now becoming a promising management option for type 2 diabetes. The present study investigated the binding interactions of three structurally diverse dichalcogenoimidodiphosphinate ligands with α-amylase to ascertain the affinity of the ligands for α-amylase using spectroscopic and molecular docking methods. The ligands were characterized using 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy and CHN analysis. Diselenoimidodiphosphinate ligand (DY300), dithioimidodiphosphinate ligand (DY301), and thioselenoimidodiphosphinate ligand (DY302) quenched the intrinsic fluorescence intensity of α-amylase via a static quenching mechanism with bimolecular quenching constant (Kq) values in the order of x1011 M-1s-1, indicating formation of enzyme-ligand complexes. A binding stoichiometry of n≈1 was observed for α-amylase, with high binding constants (Ka). α-Amylase inhibition was as follow Acarbose > DY301>DY300>DY302.