*Bloomsburg University, Department of Physics and Engineering Technology, 400 East 2nd Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301; †Idaho State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics, 921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8106, Pocatello, ID 83209; ‡Idaho State University, Meridian Health Sciences Center, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642; §Idaho State University, Institute of Rural Health, 921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8174, Pocatello, ID 83209-4074.
For correspondence contact: Naz Afarin Fallahian, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 150 Hartline Science Center, Department of Physics and Engineering Technology, 400 East 2nd Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301, or email at [email protected].
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