Many countries around the world are looking to tourism as a sustainable solution for economic development and many individuals seek business opportunities in the tourism industry. Researchers in the field of anthropology and other disciplines alike have recorded findings of the environmental, economic and cultural impacts of tourism development that...
The focus of this thesis is to determine the biological impact of dose from
brachytherapy sources commonly used in cancer treatment. To achieve this goal, the
Monte Carlo code PENELOPE was used to simulate point sources of four different
isotopes (¹⁰³Pd, ¹²⁵I, ¹³⁷Cs, and ⁹⁰Sr) in an infinite medium of...