a full field MLC (Kári, Karlinger, Légrády, Bérczi, & Czifrus, 2011). Binary MLC is a special type of intensity modulated arc therapy that can be used for tomotherapy and helical tomotherapy. The robot-controlled accelerator uses the cyberknife system, and rotates the robot arm with 6 axes that produce 6MV X-ray radiation. The race-track microtron (RTM) is an accelerator with beam recirculation which best suits applications with relatively high beam energy and low current (Kári, Karlinger,…
Diseases affect both human and animal populations. The epidemic is worse in a wildlife case scenario. This is because the animals are scattered in the wild. It is hard to account for the infected animals. Furthermore, it is even harder to avail treatment to the infected animals. Wildlife is very important to our ecosystem. Besides, they are a tourist attraction. Therefore, wildlife must be protected from extinction. Australia continent is very famous for koalas. Koalas are very…
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in 1869 discovered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (The ALS Association, 2015). ALS is more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after Lou Gehrig, a great American baseball player whose career unfortunately ended abruptly due to this incurable degenerative disease. ALS is the deterioration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that leads to muscle weakness. This significant decrease in muscle strength eventually…
Immune Mediated Development of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Guillain-Barré syndrome is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy that presents with ascending motor weakness, sensory abnormalities, and loss of reflexes. Guillain-Barré syndrome can be divided into 4 major clinically distinct forms: acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP), the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS), acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN), and acute sensorimotor axonal neuropathy (AMSAN). There are a…
Language (ASL): Visual gesture language using manual symbols to represent concepts or ideas. American Sign Language has its own grammatical structure and syntax. ASL is primarily used by signers in the United States. Disabilities – this defined as a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of person’s society in which he or she lives. (World Health Organization) Hearing Impaired - A hearing impairment is a hearing loss that prevents a person…
touch. The nervous system allows the brain to interpret information gathered from our senses in the form of electrical charges. Sometimes, due to implications or diseases that we receive, our nervous system fails to translate these charges correctly, and we lose one or more of our senses. To combat this issue, neuroscientists have begun researching for a ‘sixth sense’ in humans. It is an idea that an external system – an electroencephalogram…
any harm. Bifidobacteria are a good producer of acids and in this way are able to reduce the pH, as a result harmful bacteria prefering alkaline environment are destroyed. Bifidobacteria Improve the liver health it is also able to produce vital B-complex vitamins. Helps in preventing tumour…
The human body has a protection system called the immune system to fight off pathogens. The immune system uses two different types of immunity to defend the body against pathogens; they are the innate and adaptive immunity response systems. Working as frontline providers, we must be able to identify and treat different types of disorders and diseases. The active immunity is an important part of the immune system because it protects the body from infectious diseases agent that is mediated by B-…
What are Neurotransmitters? The functions of the brain rely heavily on a complex system of communication. The brain’s process of communication is supported by a series of cells called Neurons which submit chemical charges known as Neurotransmitters. Neurons are the foundation for the brain’s functions and consist of three basic parts such as the Cell Body, Dendrites and Axons. The chemical transmissions from Neurotransmitters are the product of messages being communicated from one Neuron to the…
Intel has as an advantage of bargaining power with suppliers, since the material used to manufacture the system are abundant such as metal, silicon and plastic, thus gives intel the advantage of working with several suppliers who have the best quality and giving them at an affordable price. The threat of substitute is low; this is because mobile phone, computers…