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AR6 of the best

Real Climate

Extremes : Back in 2012, the literature assessed by AR5 connecting changes in extremes to climate change was scant. As one example, the rate of warming over the past 15 years (1998–2012; 0.05 [–0.05 to 0.15] °C per decade), which begins with a strong El Niño, is smaller than the rate calculated since 1951 (1951–2012; 0.12 [0.08

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CMIP6: Not-so-sudden stratospheric cooling

Real Climate

2012) described the issues as ‘mysterious’, but efforts to better correct the record for non-climatic effects soon bore fruit, and the ‘mystery’ became history ( Maycock et al., 692-697, 2012. Thompson et al. The basic concept is easy to grasp though. Thompson, D.J. Seidel, W.J. Long, and R. Maycock, W.J.

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Reinforcing the case for independent QA in the radiation oncology clinic

Physics World

In radiation therapy, patient safety starts and ends with independent QA, a comprehensive programme of machine, patient-specific and workflow checks for identifying – and mitigating – human and system errors in an expanding universe of complex treatment variables. The commercial introduction of the Elekta Unity MR-linac is a case in point.

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Using RadCalc to verify Gamma Knife treatment plans

Physics World

She has more than 25 years radiation oncology experience, having positions from radiation therapist, dosimetrist and department director. She joined Lifeline Software in 2012 and has been connecting radiation therapy departments with software that increases productivity and safety ever since. Company of LAP Group.

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Independent QA and the necessity of data access

Physics World

This webinar will address the critical role of independence in providing unbiased assurance in radiation therapy that treatment-related issues are caught. In this webinar, presented by Jeff Kapatoes, you’ll hear about: Defining data access for Radiation Therapy Quality Management and what access enables.

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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User experience of MRIdian Linac commissioning and QA with the THALES 3D MR SCANNER

Physics World

Thierry Gevaert graduated as medical physicist at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and defended his PhD “Clinical implementation of frameless radiosurgery” in 2012. Join the audience. In 2016, he was nominated professor at the VUB and became chief of medical physics at the UZ Brussel (UZB).

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