Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry by A.M. Osman

“…Secondly, the charged particle (electron, proton and alpha particle) interactions were examined by using ESTAR (Stopping Powers and Ranges for Electrons) and SRIM (The Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter) programs. …”
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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in women with uterine cervix adenocarcinoma from Appalachian Kentucky by Charles A. Kunos, Denise Fabian, Dava W. Piecoro, Dana Napier, Rachel W. Miller, Frederick R. Ueland

“…IntroductionHigh-risk human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive adenocarcinomas associate with early recurrence and death, prompting consideration of novel radiotherapeutic options like a trastuzumab-linked thorium-227 alpha-particle emitting radionuclide.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective pilot biomarker study of uterine cervix cancers among patients in Appalachian Kentucky, to characterize an exploitable triage biomarker like HER2 expression before starting a prospective phase 0 trial.ResultsMost (60%) adenocarcinomas showed HER2 cell-surface overexpression, whereas squamous cell carcinomas (4%) did not do so.DiscussionFurther validation tests of HER2 expression as a triage biomarker for radiopharmaceutical selection are warranted.…”
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⁶LiF Converters for Neutron Detection: Production Procedures and Detector Tests by Antonio Massara, Simone Amaducci, Luigi Cosentino, Fabio Longhitano, Carmelo Marchetta, Gaetano Elio Poma, Martina Ursino, Paolo Finocchiaro

“…Several methods to detect thermal neutrons make use of the naturally occurring ⁶Li isotope, as it has a rather high cross-section for neutron capture followed by a decay into an alpha particle and a triton. Due to the high chemical reactivity of lithium, the use of the stable isotopic salt ⁶LiF is generally preferred to the pure ⁶Li. …”
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Does the Mott problem extend to Geiger counters? by Schonfeld Jonathan F.

“…The Mott problem is a simpler version of the quantum measurement problem that asks: Is there a microscopic physical mechanism – based (explicitly or implicitly) only on Schroedinger’s equation – that explains why a single alpha particle emitted in a single spherically symmetric s-wave nuclear decay produces a manifestly nonspherically symmetric single track in a cloud chamber? …”
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Proton and alpha radiation-induced mutational profiles in human cells by Tiffany M. Delhomme, Maia Munteanu, Manuela Buonanno, Veljko Grilj, Josep Biayna, Fran Supek

“…To this end, we exposed cultured cell lines from the human blood, breast and lung to fractionated proton and alpha particle (helium nuclei) beams at doses sufficient to considerably affect cell viability. …”
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Thoron activity concentration in Malaysian soil gas: geogenic impact assessment by Nuhu, Habila, Hashim, Suhairul, Mohd. Sanusi, Mohamad Syazwan, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Bradley, David A.

“…Nevertheless, in a thorium (232Th) rich environment potential hazard does exist, in particular regarding prolonged duration exposures to 220Rn and its short-lived alpha-particle emitting progeny [polonium (216Po)]. Herein, concerning the geology and major soil types in the Malaysian state of Perak, an activity concentration map has been established for 220Rn in soil gas, with the use made of a RAD7 detector and the THORON protocol for in-situ measurements. …”

Effects of ion composition on escape and morphology on Mars by Q. Zhang, Q. Zhang, M. Holmström, X.-D. Wang

“…Here, we investigate in a case study the effects on escape estimates of assumed ionospheric ion composition, solar-wind alpha-particle concentration and temperature, solar-wind velocity aberration, and solar-wind electron temperature. …”
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Phase equilibrium investigations of the Adirondack Class basalts from the Gusev plains, Gusev crater, Mars by Monders, Anna Gabrielle Bogan

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Assessment of radium and supported radon in ground water from Cameron Highlands area / Nor Shazlina Zainal by Zainal, Nor Shazlina

“…If this water is inhaled or ingested by human, they may be exposed to the emission of energetic alpha particle from radium and supported 222Rn decaying process in this water. …”
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Tumor growth inhibition and immune system activation following treatment with thorium-227 conjugates and PD-1 check-point inhibition in the MC-38 murine model by Axel Berg-Larsen, Anne Mobergslien, Ingrid Moen, Gebregziabher Petros, Alexander Kristian, Kristine Sponheim Gunvaldsen, Véronique Cruciani, Katrine Wickstroem, Roger Malerbakken Bjerke, Jenny Karlsson, Alan Cuthbertson

“…The radiolabeled conjugate functions as an effective delivery system of alpha-particle radiation to the surface of the tumor cell inducing difficult to repair complex DNA damage and cell death. …”
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Efficacy of Transistor Interleaving in DICE Flip-Flops at a 22 nm FD SOI Technology Node by Christopher J. Elash, Zongru Li, Chen Jin, Li Chen, Jiesi Xing, Zhiwu Yang, Shuting Shi

“…Comparisons were made between a standard DICE design and two other designs making use of the new Continuous Active (CnRx) Diffusion construct and guard-gate transistor stacking through alpha particle and heavy ion irradiation. Designs making use of the CnRx construct for performance improvements were more likely to experience upsets due to higher collected charges in the increased diffusion regions. …”
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Updates to TRACK_TEST and TRACK_VISION Computer Programs by Dragoslav Nikezic, Jelena M. Stajic, Kwan Ngok Yu

“…Discrepancies were within ~10% and <14% for incident alpha-particle energies of 1 MeV and >1 MeV, respectively. …”
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Recent preclinical and clinical advances in radioimmunotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by Hiroki Goto, Yoshioki Shiraishi, Seiji Okada

“…RIT is constantly evolving with the identification of novel targets and novel therapeutic strategies using newer radionuclides such as alpha-particle isotopes. Alpha-particles show very short path lengths and high linear energy transfer. …”
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Alpha Radiation-Induced Luminescence by Am-241 in Aqueous Nitric Acid Solution by Thomas Kerst, Rikard Malmbeck, Nidhu lal Banik, Juha Toivonen

“…When exposed to air, alpha particles cause the production of light by exciting the molecules surrounding them. …”
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Effect of the Synthesis Conditions on the Morphology, Luminescence and Scintillation Properties of a New Light Scintillation Material Li₂CaSiO₄:Eu<sup>2+</sup... by Ilia Komendo, Vitaly Mechinsky, Andrei Fedorov, Georgy Dosovitskiy, Victor Schukin, Daria Kuznetsova, Marina Zykova, Yury Velikodny, Mikhail Korjik

“…These properties and the transparency in the visible spectrum make it possible to produce scintillation screens with a coating of Li₂CaSiO₄ for detecting neutrons, alpha particles and low-energy beta radiation. The low Z_eff (~15) of this compound makes it less sensitive to gamma rays. …”
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Oxidation of <i>p</i>-[¹²⁵I]Iodobenzoic Acid and <i>p</i>-[²¹¹At]Astatobenzoic Acid Derivatives and Evaluation In Vivo by Yawen Li, Ming-Kuan Chyan, Donald K. Hamlin, Holly Nguyen, Eva Corey, D. Scott Wilbur

“…The alpha particle-emitting radionuclide astatine-211 (²¹¹At) is of interest for targeted radiotherapy; however, low in vivo stability of many ²¹¹At-labeled cancer-targeting molecules has limited its potential. …”
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Ion pulse ionization chamber for online measurements of the radon activity concentration by QIU Tianli, LI Meng, WEI Xianglun, YANG Herun, MA Peng, LU Chengui, DUAN Limin, HU Rongjiang, HE Zhoubo, LIANG Juncheng, ZHANG Ming

“…The radon content in the air was measured in different locations, and the effective signals and counts were obtained.Results &amp; ConclusionsThe measurement results show that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the 241Am alpha particle energy resolution is 17% under the detector's working voltage range of -400 to -1 200 V. …”
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Preliminary Characterization of an Active CMOS Pad Detector for Tracking and Dosimetry in HDR Brachytherapy by Thi Ngoc Hang Bui, Matthew Large, Joel Poder, Joseph Bucci, Edoardo Bianco, Raffaele Aaron Giampaolo, Angelo Rivetti, Manuel Da Rocha Rolo, Zeljko Pastuovic, Thomas Corradino, Lucio Pancheri, Marco Petasecca

“…The radiation detection performance of prototypes has been tested by ion beam induced charge (IBIC) microscopy using a 5.5 MeV alpha particle microbeam. We also carried out the HDR Ir-192 radiation source tracking at different depths and angular dose dependence in a water equivalent phantom. …”
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Effect of proton irradiation induced localized defect clusters on recovery time and leakage current in silicon photoconductive semiconductor switches by John Keerthi Paul Bhamidipati, Gyanendra Bhattarai, Anthony Nicholaus Caruso

“…For decades, fabrication and irradiation techniques, such as Au- and Pt-diffusion, and energized electron-, proton-, and alpha particle-beam bombardment have been used to adjust minority carrier lifetime in silicon. …”
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A model for the Global Quantum Efficiency for a TPB-based wavelength-shifting system used with photomultiplier tubes in liquid argon in MicroBooNE by Pate, S.F., Wester, Thomas, Bugel, Leonard G., Conrad, Janet Marie, Henderson, E., Jones, Benjamin J. P, McLean, A.I.L., Moon, J., Toups, Matthew, Wongjirad, Taritree

“…We compare results from four measurements of the NPE determined using alpha-particle sources placed at two distances from a TPB-coated plate in a liquid argon cryostat test stand. …”
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