A differentiated approach to complex treatment of radioiodine-induced salivary gland lesions by A. V. Kopchak, V. А. Makarenko

“…The prospective study included 60 patients (5 men and 55 women, aged 45.0 ± 0.5 years) with chronic radioactive iodine-induced salivary gland lesions following radiation treatment. …”
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Multiple Bony Injuries on Bone Scan in a Case of Unsuspected Child Abuse by Ya-Wen Chuang, Chien-Chin Hsu, Chin-Chuan Chang, Chia-Yang Lin, Hsiu-Lan Chu, Ying-Fong Huang, Yu-Chang Tyan

“…The images unexpectedly showed multiple increased radioactive foci throughout the whole body. It was a strong probability of child abuse. …”
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Temperature Field Variation Law of Low Exothermic Polymer Grouting Material in Repairing Void Damage of Frozen Soil Subgrade by Bei Zhang, Baolin Wang, Yanhui Zhong, Shuangjie Wang, Xiaolong Li, Shilun Wang

“…Furthermore, during the exothermic stage of the curing reaction, the temperature distribution isotherms changed from a layered radioactive distribution to a ring distribution that decreased from the inside to outside. …”
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A fully contained sample holder capable of electron-yield detection at soft X-ray energies by S. Olivia Gunther, Patrick W. Smith, Jacob A. Branson, Alexander S. Ditter, Stefan G. Minasian, Alpha T. N'Diaye, Bianca Schacherl, David K. Shuh

“…The design is modular and should be adaptable to a number of different endstation configurations, enabling spectroscopy of air-sensitive, radioactive and vacuum-sensitive (biological) samples.…”
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Tracer transport in fractured porous media: Distribution of tracer concentration within the rock matrix and the implementation of time domain random walk algorithm by Qing Zhao, Shuo Meng, Longcheng Liu

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HAZOP Analysis and Research of Temporary Acid Adding System for High-Discharge Waste Liquid by Zan Guo, Shuliang Zou, Wenge Ma, Haiyin Dai

“…To prevent the formation of salt from fission products of high-level radioactive liquid wastes (HLWs), a certain amount of acid is added to maintain the acidity of liquid waste. …”
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Exchange Character of Caesium Ions onto Zirconium Tungstate by R.R. Sheha, S.H. El-Khouly

“…Amorphous zirconium tungstate, an inorganic ion-exchanger, was synthesized under optimum conditions and used as a cation-exchange material for the removal of caesium ions from radioactive waste solutions under simulated conditions using batch techniques. …”
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An Economical Modification Method for MIL-101 to Capture Radioiodine Gaseous: Adsorption Properties and Enhancement Mechanism by Peng Wang, Bing-Bing Qi, Ao-Tian Gu, Kai-Wei Chen, Chun-Hui Gong, Yang Yi

“…Radioactive iodine is one of the inevitable by-products of nuclear energy application. …”
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Phosphorus-modified Zr-based metal-organic framework materials for their effective removal of thorium from aqueous solutions by Yinghao Zhuang, Shuai Sun, Kai Jia, Lei Shi, Xiangshan Yang

“…Thorium is a promising nuclear fuel; however, even a small amount in nuclear wastewater can cause significant radioactive pollution. Therefore, it is urgent to develop effective adsorbents for the efficient removal of thorium to solve this problem. …”
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Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model by Sümer Şahin, Muhammad Ali

“…The assumed environmental radioactive releases provide the sound theoretical and practical bases for the estimation of emergency planning zones covering most expected scenario of severe accident and most recent multiunit Fukushima Accident. …”
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The Transformation and Leachability of Fly Ash/Cement Waste Forms Subjected to the Simultaneous Effect of Heat and Chemistry by Zhao Zheng, Hua Wen, Yuxiang Li, Min Qin, Yao Wang

“…The utilization of cement waste forms with high content of fly ash is a potential method in large-volume immobilization of low- and intermedium-level radioactive waste at near-surface. However, the migration behavior of radionuclides in fly ash/cement waste forms under geological environment is still unclear. …”
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Detection Efficiency of NaI(Tl) Detector in 511–1332 keV Energy Range by I. Akkurt, K. Gunoglu, S. S. Arda

“…In this paper the absolute efficiency, peak to valley ratio, and energy resolution of a 3′′×3′′ NaI(Tl) detector were determined experimentally for 511, 662, 835, 1173, 1275, and 1332 keV photon energies obtained from 22Na, 54Mn, 60Co, and 137Cs radioactive sources.…”
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Relative measurement and extrapolation of the scintillation quenching factor of $$\alpha $$ α -particles in liquid argon using DEAP-3600 data by DEAP Collaboration

“…We performed a relative measurement of scintillation quenching in the MeV energy region using radioactive isotopes ( $$^{222}$$ 222 Rn, $$^{218}$$ 218 Po and $$^{214}$$ 214 Po isotopes) present in trace amounts in the DEAP-3600 detector and quantified the uncertainty of extrapolating the quenching factor to the low-energy region.…”
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The unconscious sibling rivalry in psychoanalytic institutions by Simona Reghintovschi

“…What unconscious elements fuel the ‘radioactive atmosphere’ of psychoanalytic institutions – those unconscious sources of the chronic conflicts that sometimes plague the relationships among members of psychoanalytical societies and obscure the path of a constructive resolution of conflicts, creating a toxic climate that stultifies members’ creativity, hindering progress and further development? …”
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99mTc-labeled benzenesulfonamide derivative-entrapped gold citrate nanoparticles as an auspicious tumour targeting by Adli A. Selim, Tamer M. Sakr, Basma M. Essa, Galal H. Sayed, Kurls E. Anwer

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Radiation Pneumonitis after Radiotherapy of Neck Lymphoma by Min Wei, Jun Cai, Tao Tong, Shihua Yu, Yonghua Yang, Weijia Zhang, Jiyuan Yang

“…In routine work, radiation pneumonitis (RP) is the most significant complication of acute treatment-related toxicities in lung cancer; however, serious radioactive pneumonia is rare for the radiotherapy of neck lymphoma because the volume of the lungs affected by radiation dose was very small. …”
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From Quantum Unstable Systems to the Decaying Dark Energy: Cosmological Implications by Aleksander Stachowski, Marek Szydłowski, Krzysztof Urbanowski

“…Our special attention is focused on radioactive-like exponential form of the decay process of the dark energy and on the consequences of this type decay.…”
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Novel Bi-SBA-15 derived rice husk for iodine adsorption from off-gas stream by Ahmed Al-Mamoori, Israa Sh. Mohammed, Huda D. Abdul Kader, Abdullah Mohammed Al-sadoon, Hasan Sh. Majdi

“…Nuclear energy is considered a reliable renewable energy source although it releases some radioactive wastes that are not friendly to the environment. …”
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Step-by-step combination of 99mTc and ICG with endoscopic near infrared cameras in SLN mapping early-stage vulvar cancer by A. Rafael Guijarro-Campillo, Pablo Padilla-Iserte, Víctor Lago, Raquel Quintana-Bertó, Marta Arnáez-De La Cruz, Aníbal Nieto, Santiago Domingo Del Pozo

“…Vulvar cancer guidelines recommend inguinal sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy as the standard of care for patients with unifocal squamous cell carcinoma tumors less than 4 cm and clinically non-suspicious nodes in the groin [1]. The use of radioactive tracer is mandatory, while the application of blue dye is optional [2]. …”
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Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma in a Young Female: Case Report and Review of Literature by Jenna Van Beck, Sobia F. Khaja

“…Given the rarity of TGDC carcinoma, treatment is not well agreed upon and can include the Sistrunk procedure, thyroidectomy, nodal dissection, and postoperative radioactive iodine treatment. Here, we describe the presentation, workup, and treatment of a 20-year-old female with papillary thyroid carcinoma present within both a thyroglossal duct cyst and the thyroid gland.…”
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