Analysis of parameter for local colour scale in ion trajectories by Sharif, J. M., Latiff, M. S. A., Ngadi, M. A.

“…In physics, ion trajectories has totally relied on statistical analysis from experimental and computer simulation results [1-5]. To help the physicists to identify and trigger the timeline and collaborative events in ion trajectory, we need the codes to distinguish the events according to timeline-based events. …”

The interdisciplinary nature of <i>SOIL</i> by E. C. Brevik, A. Cerdà, J. Mataix-Solera, L. Pereg, J. N. Quinton, J. Six, K. Van Oost

“…The holistic study of soils requires an interdisciplinary approach involving biologists, chemists, geologists, and physicists, amongst others, something that has been true from the earliest days of the field. …”
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Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds by Philipp Gütlich, Ana B. Gaspar, Yann Garcia

“…Spin crossover compounds, though known for more than eight decades, have become most attractive in recent years and are extensively studied by chemists and physicists. The switching properties make such materials potential candidates for practical applications in thermal and pressure sensors as well as optical devices.The article begins with a brief description of the principle of molecular spin state switching using simple concepts of ligand field theory. …”
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New Method of Quality Control Test for Light and Radiation Field Coincidence in Medical Linear Accelerators by Mahdi Heravian Shandiz, Ghorban Safaeian Layen, Mohammad-Hossein Bahreyni-Toosi, Ali Feyzi, Amir Hossein Ziaei

“…The result was well within the tolerance recommended by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine task group report number 142. …”
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The Contours of a Cliophysics. How Can Econophysics Enrich Cliometrics? Case Studies in Debt Issues and Global Capital Markets by Patrice Abry, Cécile Bastidon, Pierre Borgnat, Pablo Jensen, Antoine Parent

“…The term was coined by the “Cliometrics and Complexity” (CAC) team, composed of economists and physicists, and hosted by the Complex Systems Institute of ENS Lyon (IXXI). …”
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Cautiously optimistic: A survey of radiation oncology professionals’ perceptions of automation in radiotherapy planning by Vikneswary Batumalai, Michael G. Jameson, Odette King, Rhiannon Walker, Chelsea Slater, Kylie Dundas, Glen Dinsdale, Andrew Wallis, Cesar Ochoa, Rohan Gray, Phil Vial, Shalini K. Vinod

“…Method: An online survey link was sent to the chief radiation therapists (RT) of all Australian radiotherapy centres to be forwarded to RTs, medical physicists (MP) and radiation oncologists (RO) within their institution. …”
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Improving calibration and validation of cosmic-ray neutron sensors in the light of spatial sensitivity by M. Schrön, M. Schrön, M. Köhli, M. Köhli, M. Köhli, L. Scheiffele, J. Iwema, H. R. Bogena, L. Lv, E. Martini, G. Baroni, G. Baroni, R. Rosolem, R. Rosolem, J. Weimar, J. Mai, J. Mai, M. Cuntz, M. Cuntz, C. Rebmann, S. E. Oswald, P. Dietrich, U. Schmidt, S. Zacharias

“…In the last few years the method of cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has gained popularity among hydrologists, physicists, and land-surface modelers. The sensor provides continuous soil moisture data, averaged over several hectares and tens of decimeters in depth. …”
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DNA supercoiling in bacteria: state of play and challenges from a viewpoint of physics based modeling by Ivan Junier, Elham Ghobadpour, Elham Ghobadpour, Olivier Espeli, Ralf Everaers

“…Our primary objective is to foster increased collaboration between physicists and biologists. To achieve this, we have reduced the respective jargon to a minimum and we provide some explanatory background material for the two communities.…”
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Ethics of artificial intelligence in radiology: summary of the joint European and North American multisociety statement by Geis, J. R, Brady, Adrian, Wu, Carol C, Spencer, Jack, Ranschaert, Erik, Jaremko, Jacob L, Langer, Steve G, Kitts, Andrea B, Birch, Judy, Shields, William F, van den Hoven van Genderen, Robert, Kotter, Elmar, Gichoya, Judy W, Cook, Tessa S, Morgan, Matthew B

“…Abstract This is a condensed summary of an international multisociety statement on ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology produced by the ACR, European Society of Radiology, RSNA, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics, Canadian Association of Radiologists, and American Association of Physicists in Medicine. AI has great potential to increase efficiency and accuracy throughout radiology, but also carries inherent pitfalls and biases. …”
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Mesoscopic energy minimization drives pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm morphologies and consequent stratification of antibiotic activity based on cell metabolism by Sheraton, Muniraj Vivek, Yam, Joey Kuok Hoong, Tan, Chuan Hao, Oh, H. S., Mancini, E., Yang, Liang, Rice, Scott A., Sloot, Peter M. A.

“…Our results provide physicists and biologists with a new perspective on biofilm removal and eradication strategies.…”
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Feasibility of a multigroup Boltzmann–Fokker–Planck solution for electron beam dose calculations by Ahmed Naceur, Alain Hébert, Paul Romano, Benoit Forget, Cornelia Chilian, Jean-François Carrier

“…For all beams, $$100\%$$ 100 % of the water voxels satisfied the American Association of Physicists in Medicine accuracy criterion for a BFP-MC dose error below $$2\%$$ 2 % . …”
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Evaluation of nanostructured electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors using multiple-criteria decision-making approach by Ibrahim M. Hezam, Aref M. Al-Syadi, Abdelaziz Foul, Ahmad Alshamrani, Jeonghwan Gwak

“…The results of the proposed integrated approach confirmed that it results in reliable and reputable ranks that will provide a framework for further applications and help physicists find optimal materials by evaluating various alternatives.…”
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Education and training in radiation protection in Europe: an analysis from the EURAMED rocc-n-roll project by Louise Rainford, Joana Santos, Francisco Alves, João Paulo Figueiredo, Christoph Hoeschen, John Damilakis, Guy Frija, Jonas Andersson, Jonathan McNulty, Shane Foley, Klaus Bacher, Ursula Nestle, Monika Hierath, Graciano Paulo

“…Fourteen team members represented six European professional societies, one European voluntary organisation, two international healthcare organisations and five professions, namely: Medical Physicists; Nuclear Medicine Physicians; Radiologists; Radiation Oncologists and Radiographers. …”
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Machine Learning in Materials Chemistry: An Invitation by Daniel Packwood, Linh Thi Hoai Nguyen, Pierluigi Cesana, Guoxi Zhang, Aleksandar Staykov, Yasuhide Fukumoto, Dinh Hoa Nguyen

“…Despite exciting possibilities, further methodological developments call for a greater synergism between materials chemists, physicists, and engineers on one side, with computer science and math majors on the other. …”
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Quality Control of Conventional Radiology Devices in Selected Hospitals of Khuzestan Province, Iran by Behrouz Rasuli, Ali Mahmoud- Pashazadeh, Mohamad Javad Tahmasebi Birgani, Mohammad Ghorbani, Mozafar Naserpour, Jafar Fatahi-Asl

“…Although these services may be expensive for radiology centers, the costs may be significantly reduced if QC is defined as a routine procedure performed by qualified medical physicists or radiation safety officers.…”
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Quality Control of Conventional Radiology Devices in Selected Hospitals of Khuzestan Province, Iran by Behrouz Rasuli, Ali Mahmoud- Pashazadeh, Mohamad Javad Tahmasebi Birgani, Mohammad Ghorbani, Mozafar Naserpour, Jafar Fatahi-Asl

“…Although these services may be expensive for radiology centers, the costs may be significantly reduced if QC is defined as a routine procedure performed by qualified medical physicists or radiation safety officers.…”
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Evaluation of Radiation Protection Status of Diagnostic Radiology Departments of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences Hospitals by Karim Ghazikhanlousani, Hossein Khosravi, Kaveh Faraji, Soheyb Rezayi

“…But if these programs are done by qualified physicists in addition to reducing costs, we will see a significant increase in the accuracy and precision of the obtained results. …”
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Remote beam output audits: A global assessment of results out of tolerance by Stephen F. Kry, Christine B. Peterson, Rebecca M. Howell, Joanna Izewska, Jessica Lye, Catharine H. Clark, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Coen Hurkmans, Paola Alvarez, Andrew Alves, Tomislav Bokulic, David Followill, Pavel Kazantsev, Jessica Lowenstein, Andrea Molineu, Jacob Palmer, Susan A. Smith, Paige Taylor, Paulina Wesolowska, Ivan Williams

“…Additionally, examples of confirmed calibration errors were examined to provide guidance to clinical physicists and auditing bodies. Results: Of the 210,167 audit results, 1323 (0.63%) were outside of tolerance. …”
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Huge Enhancement of Luminescence from a Coaxial-Like Heterostructure of Poly(3-methylthiophene) and Au by Bo-Hyun Kim, Hojin Lee, Do Hyoung Kim, Seokho Kim, Jinho Choi, Gil Sun Lee, Dong Hyuk Park, Sunjong Lee

“…Recently, the light-matter interaction at nanoscale has attracted great interest from physicists, chemists and material scientists, as it gives peculiar optical properties that couldn’t be observed at the bulk scale. …”
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Automatic Tumor Segmentation by Means of Deep Convolutional U-Net With Pre-Trained Encoder in PET Images by Yongzhou Lu, Jinqiu Lin, Sheng Chen, Hui He, Yuantao Cai

“…To assist physicists in developing radiation therapy treatment plans and in evaluating the effects of radiotherapy, an accurate and automatic tumor segmentation approach in positron emission tomography (PET) images is highly demanded in the clinical practice. …”
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