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Vision 20 ∕ 20 : Proton therapy by Smith, Alfred R.

“…The first patients were treated with proton beams in 1955 at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in California. In 1970, proton beams began to be used in research…”
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Doxycycline Prophylaxis for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Naval Special Warfare Trainees, United States1 by Spiro, Jeffrey, Wisniewski, Piotr, Schwartz, Julia, Smith, Alfred G., Burger, Sara, Tilley, Drake H., Maves, Ryan C.

“…In 2015, several severe cases of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) among US Naval Special Warfare trainees prompted the introduction of doxycycline…”
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Doxycycline Prophylaxis for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Naval Special Warfare Trainees, United States by Spiro, Jeffrey, Wisniewski, Piotr, Schwartz, Julia, Smith, Alfred G, Burger, Sara, Tilley, Drake H, Maves, Ryan C

“…In 2015, several severe cases of skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) among US Naval Special Warfare trainees prompted the introduction of doxycycline…”
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Intensive Care Unit Preparedness During Pandemics and Other Biological Threats by Maves, Ryan C., Jamros, Christina M., Smith, Alfred G.

“…In the twenty-first century, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 2009 A(H1N1) influenza, and Ebola have all placed strains on critical care systems. In…”
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Commissioning of the discrete spot scanning proton beam delivery system at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Proton Therapy Center, Houston by Gillin, Michael T., Sahoo, Narayan, Bues, Martin, Ciangaru, George, Sawakuchi, Gabriel, Poenisch, Falk, Arjomandy, Bijan, Martin, Craig, Titt, Uwe, Suzuki, Kazumichi, Smith, Alfred R., Zhu, X. Ronald

“…Purpose: To describe a summary of the clinical commissioning of the discrete spot scanning proton beam at the Proton Therapy Center, Houston (PTC-H). Methods:…”
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Decoloration of textile Acid Red 18 dye by hybrid UV/COP advanced oxidation process using ZnO as a catalyst immobilized on a stone surface by Malakootian, Mohammad, Smith, Alfred, Gharaghani, Majid Amiri, Mahdizadeh, Hakimeh, Nasiri, Alireza, Yazdanpanah, Ghazal

“…Azo dyes are one of the most important groups of synthetic dyes. These dyes are compounds resistant against decomposition by biological processes and are used…”
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Proton therapy by Smith, Alfred R

“…Proton therapy has become a subject of considerable interest in the radiation oncology community and it is expected that there will be a substantial growth in…”
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The Trach Trail: A Systems-Based Pathway to Improve Quality of Tracheostomy Care and Interdisciplinary Collaboration by Cherney, Rebecca L., Pandian, Vinciya, Ninan, Ashly, Eastman, Debra, Barnes, Brian, King, Elizabeth, Miller, Brianne, Judkins, Samantha, Smith, Alfred E., Smith, Nan M., Hanley, Julie, Creutz, Eileen, Carlson, Megan, Schneider, Kevin J., Shever, Leah L., Casper, Keith A., Davidson, Patricia M., Brenner, Michael J.

“…Objective To implement a standardized tracheostomy pathway that reduces length of stay through tracheostomy education, coordinated care protocols, and tracking…”
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A machine learning approach identifies distinct early-symptom cluster phenotypes which correlate with hospitalization, failure to return to activities, and prolonged COVID-19 symptoms by Epsi, Nusrat J, Powers, John H, Lindholm, David A, Mende, Katrin, Malloy, Allison, Ganesan, Anuradha, Huprikar, Nikhil, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred, Mody, Rupal M, Jones, Milissa U, Bazan, Samantha E, Colombo, Rhonda E, Colombo, Christopher J, Ewers, Evan C, Larson, Derek T, Berjohn, Catherine M, Maldonado, Carlos J, Blair, Paul W, Chenoweth, Josh, Saunders, David L, Livezey, Jeffrey, Maves, Ryan C, Sanchez Edwards, Margaret, Rozman, Julia S, Simons, Mark P, Tribble, David R, Agan, Brian K, Burgess, Timothy H, Pollett, Simon D

“…Accurate COVID-19 prognosis is a critical aspect of acute and long-term clinical management. We identified discrete clusters of early stage-symptoms which may…”
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SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with self-reported post-acute neuropsychological symptoms within six months of follow-up by Andronescu, Liana R, Richard, Stephanie A, Scher, Ann I, Lindholm, David A, Mende, Katrin, Ganesan, Anuradha, Huprikar, Nikhil, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred, Mody, Rupal M, Jones, Milissa U, Bazan, Samantha E, Colombo, Rhonda E, Colombo, Christopher J, Ewers, Evan, Larson, Derek T, Maves, Ryan C, Berjohn, Catherine M, Maldonado, Carlos J, English, Caroline, Sanchez Edwards, Margaret, Rozman, Julia S, Rusiecki, Jennifer, Byrne, Celia, Simons, Mark P, Tribble, David, Burgess, Timothy H, Pollett, Simon D, Agan, Brian K

“…Chronic neuropsychological sequelae following SARS-CoV-2 infection, including depression, anxiety, fatigue, and general cognitive difficulties, are a major…”
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The M. D. Anderson proton therapy system by Smith, Alfred, Gillin, Michael, Bues, Martin, Zhu, X. Ronald, Suzuki, Kazumichi, Mohan, Radhe, Woo, Shiao, Lee, Andrew, Komaki, Ritsko, Cox, James, Hiramoto, Kazuo, Akiyama, Hiroshi, Ishida, Takayuki, Sasaki, Toshie, Matsuda, Koji

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the University of Texas M. D. Anderson proton therapy system (PTC-H) including the accelerator, beam…”
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Persistent COVID-19 Symptoms at 6 Months After Onset and the Role of Vaccination Before or After SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Richard, Stephanie A, Pollett, Simon D, Fries, Anthony C, Berjohn, Catherine M, Maves, Ryan C, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred G, Mody, Rupal M, Ganesan, Anuradha, Colombo, Rhonda E, Lindholm, David A, Morris, Michael J, Huprikar, Nikhil, Colombo, Christopher J, Madar, Cristian, Jones, Milissa, Larson, Derek T, Bazan, Samantha E, Mende, Katrin, Saunders, David, Livezey, Jeffrey, Lanteri, Charlotte A, Scher, Ann I, Byrne, Celia, Rusiecki, Jennifer, Ewers, Evan, Epsi, Nusrat J, Rozman, Julia S, English, Caroline, Simons, Mark P, Tribble, David R, Agan, Brian K, Burgess, Timothy H

“…Understanding the factors associated with post-COVID conditions is important for prevention. To identify characteristics associated with persistent…”
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The more important heavy charged particle radiotherapy of the future is more likely to be with heavy ions rather than protons by Jäkel, Oliver, Smith, Alfred R.

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Treatment planning with protons for pediatric retinoblastoma, medulloblastoma, and pelvic sarcoma: how do protons compare with other conformal techniques? by Lee, Catherine T, Bilton, Stephen D, Famiglietti, Robin M, Riley, Beverly A, Mahajan, Anita, Chang, Eric L, Maor, Moshe H, Woo, Shiao Y, Cox, James D, Smith, Alfred R

“…To calculate treatment plans and compare the dose distributions and dose-volume histograms (DVHs) for photon three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy…”
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SARS-CoV-2 variant replacement constrains vaccine-specific viral diversification by Dearlove, Bethany L, Fries, Anthony C, Epsi, Nusrat J, Richard, Stephanie A, Ganesan, Anuradha, Huprikar, Nikhil, Lindholm, David A, Mende, Katrin, Colombo, Rhonda E, Colombo, Christopher, Bai, Hongjun, Larson, Derek T, Ewers, Evan C, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred G, Berjohn, Catherine M, Maves, Ryan C, Jones, Milissa U, Saunders, David, Maldonado, Carlos J, Mody, Rupal M, Bazan, Samantha E, Tribble, David R, Burgess, Timothy, Simons, Mark P, Agan, Brian K, Pollett, Simon D, Rolland, Morgane

“…Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine breakthrough infections have been important for all circulating severe acute respiratory syndrome…”
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COVID-19 Patient-Reported Symptoms Using FLU-PRO Plus in a Cohort Study: Associations With Infecting Genotype, Vaccine History, and Return to Health by Richard, Stephanie A, Epsi, Nusrat J, Lindholm, David A, Malloy, Allison M W, Maves, Ryan C, Berjohn, Catherine M, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred G, Mody, Rupal M, Ganesan, Anuradha, Huprikar, Nikhil, Colombo, Rhonda E, Colombo, Christopher J, Madar, Cristian, Jones, Milissa U, Larson, Derek T, Ewers, Evan C, Bazan, Samantha, Fries, Anthony C, Maldonado, Carlos J, Simons, Mark P, Rozman, Julia S, Andronescu, Liana, Mende, Katrin, Tribble, David R, Agan, Brian K, Burgess, Timothy H, Pollett, Simon D, Powers, John H

“…Abstract Background Patient-reported outcomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are an important measure of the full…”
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Anatomical Site, Viral Ribonucleic Acid Abundance, and Time of Sampling Correlate With Molecular Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 During Infection by Lantry, F Julian, Epsi, Nusrat J, Pollett, Simon D, Simons, Mark P, Lindholm, David A, Colombo, Rhonda E, Fries, Anthony C, Maves, Ryan C, Ganesan, Anuradha, Utz, Gregory C, Lalani, Tahaniyat, Smith, Alfred G, Mody, Rupal M, Colombo, Christopher J, Chi, Sharon W, Madar, Cristian, Huprikar, Nikhil, Larson, Derek T, Bazan, Samantha, Broder, Christopher C, Laing, Eric D, English, Caroline, Lanteri, Charlotte, Mende, Katrin, Tribble, David R, Agan, Brian K, Burgess, Timothy H, Richard, Stephanie A

“…Abstract Background Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs are the standard for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis. If less invasive alternatives to NP swabs (eg, oropharyngeal [OP] or…”
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Initial beam size study for passive scatter proton therapy. I. Monte Carlo verification by Polf, Jerimy C., Harvey, Mark C., Titt, Uwe, Newhauser, Wayne D., Smith, Alfred R.

“…The purpose of this work was to provide an initial validation of a Monte Carlo (MC) model of the passive scattering treatment nozzle at the University of Texas…”
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Benchmarking analytical calculations of proton doses in heterogeneous matter by Ciangaru, George, Polf, Jerimy C., Bues, Martin, Smith, Alfred R.

“…A proton dose computational algorithm, performing an analytical superposition of infinitely narrow proton beamlets (ASPB) is introduced. The algorithm uses the…”
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Efficiency of respiratory-gated delivery of synchrotron-based pulsed proton irradiation by Tsunashima, Yoshikazu, Vedam, Sastry, Dong, Lei, Umezawa, Masumi, Sakae, Takeji, Bues, Martin, Balter, Peter, Smith, Alfred, Mohan, Radhe

“…Significant differences exist in respiratory-gated proton beam delivery with a synchrotron-based accelerator system when compared to photon therapy with a…”
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