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Ion Sources for Medical Applications [PDF]
Ion sources are key components of accelerators devoted to different types of medical applications: hadron-therapy facilities (accelerating protons or carbon ions), high-intensity accelerators for boron-neutron capture therapy (using intense proton beams), and facilities for isotope production (using different ion species).
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Social preferences of future physicians. [PDF]
We measure the social preferences of a sample of US medical students and compare their preferences with those of the general population sampled in the American Life Panel (ALP).
Dow, William H, Kariv, Shachar, Li, Jing
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In this paper, we give an overview of the different types of linac accelerators, with special emphasis on their use for a hadron-therapy facility.
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Teaching statistics to medical students using problem-based learning: the Australian experience [PDF]
Background: Problem-based learning (PBL) is gaining popularity as a teaching method in UK medical schools, but statistics and research methods are not being included in this teaching.
A Howe+3 more
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Therapy Control and Patient Safety for Proton Therapy [PDF]
This contribution describes general concepts for control and safety systems in proton therapy. These concepts are illustrated by concrete examples implemented in the Proscan facility at PSI.
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Background: A stressful learning environment can hinder student achievement. Building on sociolinguistic theory, student learning is enhanced wherever the mother-tongue language is the same as the teaching instruction medium language.
Saleh Ali Alrebish
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Background: A course in family medicine (FM) could dispel the possibility of negative stereotyping about this speciality, and instil in students a greater interest. However, when is it preferable: at the beginning or at the end of undergraduate training?
Mónica López-García+5 more
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