HEALTH OUTCOME AFTER MAJOR TRAUMA: WHAT ARE WE MEASURING?

Health outcome after major trauma: what are we measuring?

Trauma is a global disease and is among the leading causes of disability in the world.The importance of outcome beyond trauma survival has been recognised over the last decade.Despite this there is no internationally agreed approach for assessment of health outcome and rehabilitation of trauma patients.To systematically examine to what extent outco

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Measuring the Impact of Nuclear Interaction in Particle Therapy and in Radio Protection in Space: the FOOT Experiment

In Charged Particle Therapy (PT) proton or 12C beams are used to treat deep-seated solid tumors exploiting the advantageous characteristics of charged particles energy deposition in matter.For such projectiles, the maximum of the dose is released at the end of the beam range, in the Bragg peak region, where the tumour is located.However, the nuclea

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