T. Kira Madden

Jan 15, 2025 | fivebooks.com | Annie Ernaux |Alison L. Strayer |T. Kira Madden |Melissa Febos

Thank you for choosing these memoirs of girlhood: five female coming-of-age stories. Why do you find it such a compelling subject? I think we spend our lifetimes trying to make sense of it. These are our most formative years, the years when how we think—our very brain structure, according to neuroscience—is being shaped. During puberty, similarly to post-partum, our brains show radical changes. So, we live with the repercussions of our girlhoods.

Jan 31, 2024 | redjournal.org | L.T. Tran |T. Kira Madden |V.A. Pan |B. Clasie

A first of its kind experimental verification of dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd) optimized treatment plans for proton therapy has been carried out using a silicon-on-insulator microdosimeter at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, USA. Three clinical treatment plans of a typical ependymoma structure set were designed using the standard clinical approach, the proposed protocol approach, and a one-field approach.