Abstract Background Millions of people are diagnosed with non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) worldwide each year.While surgical approaches are the standard treatment, some patients are appropriate candidates for radiation therapy for NMSC.High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy using surface applicators has shown efficacy in the treatment of NMSC and shor
This article addresses the nature of autonomist impulses and initiatives that developed on the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England, in Mains Terminal Strip the late 20th Century.Drawing on recent discussions of the process of decolonization of island territories and the broader field of study of ethnopolitical mobilization in support o
Private integer comparison has been an essential computation function for many applications, including online auction, credential identification, data mining, and joint bidding.In the setting of two-party computation, two parties with private inputs ( $x$ and $y$ ) want to jointly compare them without revealing the value of those inputs to others (
The speckle phenomenon produced by coherent waves interfering with each Solar Covers other is undesirable in laser imaging systems.For each of the laser speckle reduction methods in the literature, it is difficult to reduce speckle to an extremely low level (< 3%) and also ensure good image quality.Therefore, a compound speckle reduct