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Park QH, Kang JH, Lee JW, Kim DS. Effective medium description of plasmonic metamaterials. OPTICS EXPRESS 2007; 15:6994-6999. [PMID: 19547015 DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.006994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We demonstrate that the electromagnetic properties of a plasmonic metamaterial, composed of a perfectly conducting metal film perforated with an array of holes, can be effectively described by a structureless, three layer film. The enhanced transmission, first observed by Ebbessen, is identified with resonant tunneling in the equivalent three layer system and perfect transmission is shown to be possible below the critical thickness of a metamaterial. The nature of modes mediating perfect transmission is clarified.
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Ishino H, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Barberio E, Barbero M, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Choi YK, Cole S, Dalseno J, Dash M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Gorisek A, Ha H, Haba J, Hara K, Hayasaka K, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kapusta P, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kibayashi A, Kichimi H, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kusaka A, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lee MJ, Lee SE, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Lin SW, MacNaughton J, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park H, Peak LS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sahoo H, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki SY, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Trabelsi K, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Wu CH, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Observation of direct CP violation in B0 --> pi+pi- decays and model-independent constraints on the quark-mixing angle phi2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:211801. [PMID: 17677763 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.211801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Revised: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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We report a new measurement of the time-dependent CP-violating parameters in B(0)-->pi(+)pi(-) decays with 535 x 10(6) BB pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider operating at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. We find 1464+/-65 B(0)-->pi(+)pi(-) events and measure the CP-violating parameters S(pipi)=-0.61+/-0.10(stat)+/-0.04(syst) and A(pipi)=+0.55+/-0.08(stat)+/-0.05(syst). We observe large direct CP violation with a significance greater than 5 standard deviations for any S(pipi) value. Using isospin relations, we measure the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa quark-mixing matrix angle phi(2)=(97+/-11) degrees for the solution consistent with the standard model and exclude the range 11 degrees <phi(2)<79 degrees at the 95% confidence level.
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Kang JH, Cook N, Manson J, Buring JE, Grodstein F. Low dose aspirin and cognitive function in the women's health study cognitive cohort. BMJ 2007; 334:987. [PMID: 17468120 PMCID: PMC1867896 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39166.597836.be] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether low dose aspirin protects women aged 65 or more against cognitive decline. DESIGN Cohort study within both arms of the women's health study, a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial of low dose aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer, 1992-5. SETTING Women's health study, 1998-2004. PARTICIPANTS 6377 women aged 65 or more. INTERVENTIONS Low dose aspirin (100 mg on alternate days) or placebo for a mean of 9.6 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Women had three cognitive assessments at two year intervals by telephone. The battery to assess cognition included five tests measuring general cognition, verbal memory, and category fluency. The primary prespecified outcome was a global score, averaging performance across all tests. The key secondary outcome was a verbal memory score, averaging performance on four measures of verbal memory. RESULTS At the initial assessment (mean 5.6 years after randomisation) cognitive performance in the aspirin group was similar to that of the placebo group (mean difference in global score -0.01, 95% confidence interval -0.04 to 0.02). Mean decline in the global score from the first to the final cognitive assessment was also similar in the aspirin compared with placebo groups (mean difference 0.01, -0.02 to 0.04). The risk of substantial decline (in the worst 10th centile of decline) was also comparable between the groups (relative risk 0.92, 0.77 to 1.10). Findings were similar for verbal memory; however, a 20% lower risk was observed for decline in category fluency with aspirin (relative risk 0.80, 0.67 to 0.97). CONCLUSION Long term use of low dose aspirin does not provide overall benefits for cognition among generally healthy women aged 65 or more.
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Lin SW, Chang P, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Barberio E, Bay A, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Dalseno J, Dash M, Dragic J, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Ha H, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Ikado K, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kaji H, Kang JH, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Kulasiri R, Kuo CC, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee J, Lee MJ, Lee SE, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Mori T, Nakamura I, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sahoo H, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Senyo K, Shapkin M, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumiyoshi T, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tikhomirov I, Trabelsi K, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang CC, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Observation of B decays to two kaons. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:181804. [PMID: 17501563 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.181804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Using 449x10(6) BB[over ] pairs collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider, we observe clear signals for B(+)-->K[over ](0)K(+) and B(0)-->K[over ](0)K(0) decays with 5.3sigma and 6.0sigma significance, respectively. We measure the branching fractions B(B(+)-->K[over ](0)K(+))=(1.22(-0.28-0.16)(+0.32+0.13))x10(-6) and B(B(0)-->K[over ](0)K(0))=(0.87(-0.20)(+0.25)+/-0.09)x10(-6), and partial-rate asymmetries A(CP)(B(+)-->K[over ](0)K(+))=0.13(-0.24)(+0.23)+/-0.02 and A(CP)(B(0)-->K[over ](0)K(0))=-0.58(-0.66)(+0.73)+/-0.04. From a simultaneous fit, we also obtain B(B(+)-->K(0)pi(+))=(22.8(-0.7)(+0.8)+/-1.3)x10(-6) and A(CP)(B(+)-->K(0)pi(+))=0.03+/-0.03+/-0.01. The first and second error in the branching fractions and the partial-rate asymmetries are statistical and systematic, respectively. No signal is observed for B(0)-->K(+)K(-) decays, and for this branching fraction, we set an upper limit of 4.1x10(-7) at the 90% confidence level.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Al-Jamel A, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bjorndal MT, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chai JS, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Gastineau F, Germain M, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Heuser JM, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kano H, Kanou H, Kawagishi T, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim YS, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kroon PJ, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Lim H, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Li XH, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCain MC, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Smith WC, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sullivan JP, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Willis N, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Scaling properties of azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au and Cu+Cu Collisions at sqrt[s NN]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:162301. [PMID: 17501413 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.162301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Differential measurements of elliptic flow (v2) for Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV are used to test and validate predictions from perfect fluid hydrodynamics for scaling of v2 with eccentricity, system size, and transverse kinetic energy (KE T). For KE T identical with mT-m up to approximately 1 GeV the scaling is compatible with hydrodynamic expansion of a thermalized fluid. For large values of KE T mesons and baryons scale separately. Quark number scaling reveals a universal scaling of v2 for both mesons and baryons over the full KE T range for Au+Au. For Au+Au and Cu+Cu the scaling is more pronounced in terms of KE T, rather than transverse momentum.
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Tajima O, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Inami K, Iwasaki Y, Uehara S, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Aulchenko V, Bakich AM, Barberio E, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Choi YK, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Ha H, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Iijima T, Ikado K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Kang JH, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim SK, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee J, Lee MJ, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, McOnie S, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mori T, Mueller J, Nakamura I, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park H, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sahoo H, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tikhomirov I, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uglov T, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Wedd R, Wicht J, Won E, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Search for invisible decay of the Upsilon(1S). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:132001. [PMID: 17501190 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.132001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report results of a search for the invisible decay of the Upsilon(1S) via the Upsilon(3S)-->pi+ pi- Upsilon(1S) transition using a data sample of 2.9 fb-1 at the Upsilon(3S) resonance. The data were collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider. No signal is found, and an upper limit for the branching fraction at the 90% confidence level is determined to be B(Upsilon(1S)-->invisible)<2.5 x 10(-3).
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Adler SS, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Alexander J, Amirikas R, Aphecetche L, Aronson SH, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun R, Babintsev V, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Berdnikov Y, Bhagavatula S, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Borenstein S, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bruner N, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Camard X, Chai JS, Chand P, Chang WC, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi J, Choudhury RK, Chujo T, Chung P, Cianciolo V, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, d'Enterria D, David G, Delagrange H, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Devismes A, Dietzsch O, Drapier O, Drees A, du Rietz R, Durum A, Dutta D, Efremenko YV, Chenawi KE, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Ewell L, Fields DE, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fox BD, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fung SY, Garpman S, Ghosh TK, Glenn A, Gogiberidze G, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Perdekamp MG, Guryn W, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Hansen AG, Hartouni EP, Harvey M, Hayano R, Hayashi N, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Heuser JM, Hibino M, Hill JC, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Hoover A, Ichihara T, Ikonnikov VV, Imai K, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jang WY, Jeong Y, Jia J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Johnson SC, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kang JH, Kapoor SS, Katou K, Kelly S, Khachaturov B, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim DW, Kim E, Kim GB, Kim HJ, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Kiyoyama K, Klein-Boesing C, Kobayashi H, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Koehler D, Kohama T, Kopytine M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Kroon PJ, Kuberg CH, Kurita K, Kuroki Y, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Ladygin V, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee S, Leitch MJ, Li XH, Lim H, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Liu Y, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Manko VI, Mao Y, Martinez G, Marx MD, Masui H, Matathias F, Matsumoto T, McGaughey PL, Melnikov E, Messer F, Miake Y, Milan J, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mischke RE, Mishra GC, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Mühlbacher F, Mukhopadhyay D, Muniruzzaman M, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Nagy M, Nakamura T, Nandi BK, Nara M, Newby J, Nilsson P, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada K, Ono M, Onuchin V, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Oyama K, Ozawa K, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Parmar A, Pate SF, Peitzmann T, Peng JC, Peresedov V, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Plasil F, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosnet P, Ryu SS, Sadler ME, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai M, Sakai S, Samsonov V, Sanfratello L, Santo R, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Schutz Y, Semenov V, Seto R, Shaw MR, Shea TK, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shiina T, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Sivertz M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sullivan JP, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tamai M, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Tepe JD, Thomas TL, Tojo J, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuruoka H, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Velkovsky M, Veszprémi V, Villatte L, Vinogradov AA, Volkov MA, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, White SN, Wohn FK, Woody CL, Xie W, Yang Y, Yanovich A, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zhou SJ, Zolin L. Evidence for a long-range component in the pion emission source in Au+Au collisions at sqrt sNN=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:132301. [PMID: 17501193 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Emission source functions are extracted from correlation functions constructed from charged pions produced at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. The source parameters extracted from these functions at low k(T) give first indications of a long tail for the pion emission source. The source extension cannot be explained solely by simple kinematic considerations. The possible role of a halo of secondary pions from resonance emissions is explored.
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Chang MC, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Barberio E, Bay A, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Ha H, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kaji H, Kang JH, Kataoka SU, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim SK, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lee MJ, Lee SE, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Lin SW, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nakamura I, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Palka H, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tikhomirov I, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov Y, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Wedd R, Won E, Xie QL, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zupanc A. Observation of the decay B(0)-->J/psieta. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:131803. [PMID: 17501188 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.131803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report the first observation of B(0)-->J/psieta decay. These results are obtained from a data sample that contains 449 x10(6) BB[over] pairs accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. We observe a signal with a significance of 8.1 sigma and obtain a branching fraction of (9.5+/-1.7(stat)+/-0.8(syst)) x 10(-6).
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Pakhlova G, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Barberio E, Bay A, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Ha H, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Iijima T, Ikado K, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kaji H, Kang JH, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lee J, Lee MJ, Lee SE, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Medvedeva T, Mitaroff W, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Park H, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Suzuki SY, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tikhomirov I, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CH, Watanabe Y, Won E, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Measurement of the near-threshold e+e- --> D(*)+/-D(*)-/+ cross section using initial-state radiation. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:092001. [PMID: 17359149 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.092001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We report a measurement of the exclusive e+e- -->D(*)+/-D*-/+ cross section as a function of center-of-mass energy near the D(*)+/-D*-/+ threshold with initial-state radiation. A partial reconstruction technique is used to increase the efficiency and to suppress background. The analysis is based on a data sample collected with the Belle detector with an integrated luminosity of 547.8 fb(-1).
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Shin SC, Ryu CY, Kang JH, Nam SH, Song YS, Lim TG, Lee JW, Park DG, Kim SH, Kim YT. Realization of an e-health system to perceive emergency situations. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:3309-12. [PMID: 17270989 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1403930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Emergency situations can occur anywhere and anytime in daily life. In the paper, we present an e-health system to perceive emergency situations of a patient. Using a wearable shirt (BioShirt) and a personal monitoring system (PBM), we obtain the body signals of a user. The monitoring system collects and transmits the vital signs to a personal digital assistant (PDA) via a BlueTooth communication module. To detect emergency from the received data, a simple detection algorithm is performed in the PDA. And the PDA forwards the data to an e-health central monitoring room (ECMR), if necessary. In the ECMR, several operators supervise the registered users based on incoming body signals from each user's device. If an automatic decision-making algorithm generates an emergency alarm, the operators try to contact the corresponding patient and recognize his status. Ultimately if they decide that the patient is an urgent situation, they give phone calls and messages to the emergency center and the patient's medical attendant immediately.
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Drutskoy A, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Banerjee S, Barberio E, Barbero M, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Dragic J, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Fratina S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Ha H, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Higuchi T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim SK, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee J, Lee MJ, Lesiak T, Li J, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Macnaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Moloney GR, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Park H, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Trabelsi K, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Watanabe Y, Wiechczynski J, Won E, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yusa Y, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Measurement of inclusive Ds, D0, and J/psi rates and determination of the Bs(*)Bs(*) production fraction in bb Events at the Upsilon(5S) resonance. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:052001. [PMID: 17358846 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.052001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The inclusive production of D(s), D(0), and J/psi mesons is studied using a 1.86 fb(-1) data sample collected on the Upsilon(5S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e(+)e(-) collider. The number of bb events in this Upsilon(5S) data sample is determined. We measure the branching fractions B(Upsilon(5S)-->D(s)X)/2=(23.6+/-1.2+/-3.6)%, B(Upsilon(5S)-->D(0)X)/2=(53.8+/-2.0+/-3.4)%, and B(Upsilon(5S)-->J/psiX)/2=(1.030+/-0.080+/-0.067)%. From the D(s) and D(0) inclusive branching fractions the ratio f(s)=(18.0+/-1.3+/-3.2)% of B(s)(*)B(s)(*) to the total bb quark pair production at the Upsilon(5S) energy is obtained in a model-dependent way.
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Nguyen TDT, Kang JH, Lee MS. Characterization of Lactobacillus plantarum PH04, a potential probiotic bacterium with cholesterol-lowering effects. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 113:358-61. [PMID: 17140690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2005] [Revised: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 08/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum PH04 was isolated from infant feces and tested positive for bile/acid tolerance and bile salt hydrolase activity. It was evaluated as a potential probiotic with cholesterol-lowering effect. Bile salt hydrolase activity was nine times greater in stationary phase than in exponential phase cells and increased when the cells were exposed to conjugated bile salts. L. plantarum PH04 was resistant to seven of nine antibiotics tested and did not produce beta-glucuronidase. L. plantarum PH04 was fed to hypercholesterolemic mice at numbers of 10(7) CFU per mouse per day for 14 days. Compared with a control group, the serum cholesterol and triglycerides were respectively 7 and 10% lower in the group fed L. plantarum PH04, and fecal lactic acid bacteria increased while no any significant differences (P<0.05) in body weight, visceral weigh index or bacteria translocation between two groups were observed. The results indicated that L. plantarum PH04 might be effective as a probiotic with cholesterol-lowering activities.
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Chen KF, Hara K, Hazumi M, Higuchi T, Miyabayashi K, Nakahama Y, Sumisawa K, Tajima O, Ushiroda Y, Yusa Y, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Banerjee S, Barberio E, Barbero M, Bay A, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Fratina S, Garmash A, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Ha H, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Ikado K, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kakuno H, Kang JH, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim SK, Kim YJ, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kusaka A, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lee J, Lee MJ, Lesiak T, Li J, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liu Y, Liventsev D, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, Mitaroff W, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mohapatra D, Moloney GR, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakamura I, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Palka H, Park H, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sahoo H, Sakai Y, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schümann J, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Wedd R, Won E, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zupanc A. Observation of time-dependent CP violation in B0 --> eta'K0 decays and improved measurements of CP asymmetries in B0 --> phiK0, KS0KS0KS0 and B0 --> J/psiK0 decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:031802. [PMID: 17358677 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.031802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We present improved measurements of CP-violation parameters in B(0) --> phiK(0), eta(')K(0), KS(0)KS(0)KS(0) decays based on a sample of 535 x 10(6) BB pairs collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric e(+)e(-) collider. We obtain sin2phi1(eff)=+0.64+/-0.10(stat)+/-0.04(syst) for B(0) --> eta(')K(0), +0.50+/-0.21(stat)+/-0.06(syst) for B(0) --> phiK(0), and +0.30+/-0.32(stat)+/-0.08(syst) for B(0) --> KS(0)KS(0)KS(0) decays. We have observed CP violation in the B(0) --> eta(')K(0) decay with a significance of 5.6 standard deviations. We also perform an improved measurement of CP asymmetries in B(0) --> J/psiK(0) decays and obtain sin2phi1=+0.642+/-0.031(stat)+/-0.017(syst).
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Adler SS, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Jamel A, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Babintsev V, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bjorndal MT, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bruner N, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Camard X, Chand P, Chang WC, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Chujo T, Cianciolo V, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Cussonneau JP, d'Enterria D, Das K, David G, Deák F, Delagrange H, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Devismes A, Dietzsch O, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Fields DE, Finck C, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fox BD, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Gadrat S, Germain M, Glenn A, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Perdekamp MG, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Hansen AG, Hartouni EP, Harvey M, Hasuko K, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Heuser JM, Hidas P, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Hoover A, Horaguchi T, Ichihara T, Ikonnikov VV, Imai K, Inaba M, Inuzuka M, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Johnson SC, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Katou K, Kawabata T, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khachaturov B, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim GB, Kim HJ, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klein-Boesing C, Kobayashi H, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Kohara R, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Kroon PJ, Kuberg CH, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lajoie JG, Le Bornec Y, Lebedev A, Leckey S, Lee DM, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li XH, Lim H, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Manko VI, Mao Y, Martinez G, Masui H, Matathias F, Matsumoto T, McCain MC, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Mukhopadhyay D, Muniruzzaman M, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Nakamura T, Newby J, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'brien E, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada H, Okada K, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Oyama K, Ozawa K, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Penev V, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Pierson A, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qualls JM, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Samsonov V, Sanfratello L, Santo R, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Schutz Y, Semenov V, Seto R, Shea TK, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sullivan JP, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Tojo J, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Uam TJ, Velkovska J, Velkovsky M, Veszprémi V, Vinogradov AA, Volkov MA, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, White SN, Willis N, Wohn FK, Woody CL, Xie W, Yanovich A, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L, Zong X, Van Hecke HW. Measurement of direct photon production in p+p collisions at sqrt[s] = 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:012002. [PMID: 17358469 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.012002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Cross sections for midrapidity production of direct photons in p+p collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are reported for transverse momenta of 3 < pT < 16 GeV/c. Next-to-leading order perturbative QCD (pQCD) describes the data well for pT >5 GeV/c, where the uncertainties of the measurement and theory are comparable. We also report on the effect of requiring the photons to be isolated from parton jet energy. The observed fraction of isolated photons is well described by pQCD for pT >7 GeV/c.
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Okereke O, Kang JH, Ma J, Hankinson SE, Pollak MN, Grodstein F. Plasma IGF-I levels and cognitive performance in older women. Neurobiol Aging 2007; 28:135-42. [PMID: 16337715 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2005] [Revised: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Emerging biologic and epidemiologic evidence suggests benefits of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in cognitive aging. OBJECTIVE To examine the relation of circulating IGF-I to cognition. METHODS We measured plasma IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in 590 women aged 60-68 years. An average 10 years later, we administered telephone-based tests of general cognition (Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status [TICS]), verbal memory, category fluency, and attention. We estimated multivariable-adjusted mean differences in performance across levels of IGF-I/IGFBP-3 molar ratio. RESULTS On the TICS, each standard deviation (S.D.) increase in molar ratio was significantly associated with better performance: multivariable-adjusted mean difference=0.2 units, 95% confidence interval (0.0,0.4), p=0.05. This effect estimate for each S.D. increase in molar ratio was cognitively equivalent to the mean difference we observed on the TICS between women 1 year apart in age. On a global score combining all tests, there was also a trend of better performance with each S.D. increase in molar ratio (p=0.07). IGF-I levels were not associated with performance in verbal memory. CONCLUSIONS Higher IGF-I levels may be associated with better general cognition.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Franz A, Frantz J, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Henni AH, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kanou H, Kano H, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi Y, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Measurement of high-pT single electrons from heavy-flavor decays in p + p collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:252002. [PMID: 17280343 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.252002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The momentum distribution of electrons from decays of heavy flavor (charm and bottom) for midrapidity absolute value of y < 0.35 in p + p collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV has been measured by the PHENIX experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider over the transverse momentum range 0.3 < pT < 9 GeV/c. Two independent methods have been used to determine the heavy-flavor yields, and the results are in good agreement with each other. A fixed-order-plus-next-to-leading-log perturbative QCD calculation agrees with the data within the theoretical and experimental uncertainties, with the data/theory ratio of 1.71+/-0.02stat+/-0.18sys for 0.3 < pT < 9 GeV/c. The total charm production cross section at this energy has also been deduced to be sigma cc = 567+/-57stat+/-193sys microb.
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Ikado K, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akai K, Akemoto M, Anipko D, Arinstein K, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Barbero M, Bay A, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chang P, Chen A, Chen WT, Choi Y, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Flanagan J, Fratina S, Furukawa K, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Gorisek A, Ha H, Haba J, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hinz L, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Iida N, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kamitani T, Kang JH, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kikutani E, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kinoshita K, Koiso H, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee J, Lesiak T, Limosani A, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Marlow D, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Michizono S, Mimashi T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Nagamine T, Nakamura I, Nakamura TT, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ogawa Y, Ohmi K, Ohshima T, Ohuchi N, Oide K, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Park CW, Park H, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Poluektov A, Rozanska M, Sakai Y, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shidara T, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Sokolov A, Somov A, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Tawada M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yoshida M, Yusa Y, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zürcher D. Evidence of the purely leptonic decay B- --> tau- nu(tau). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:251802. [PMID: 17280341 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.251802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2006] [Revised: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We present the first evidence of the decay B- --> tau- nu(tau), using 414 fb(-1) of data collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider. Events are tagged by fully reconstructing one of the B mesons in hadronic modes. We detect the signal with a significance of 3.5 standard deviations including systematics and measure the branching fraction to be B(B- --> tau- nu(tau)) = (1.79(-0.49) +0.56(stat)(-0.51) +0.46(syst)) x 10(-4). This implies that fB = 0.229(-0.031) +0.036(stat)(-0.037) +0.034(syst) GeV and is the first direct measurement of this quantity.
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Gabyshev N, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asano Y, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fratina S, Gershon T, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Gorisek A, Hara T, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim SK, Kim SM, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krokovny P, Kumar S, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Mitaroff W, Miyake H, Miyata H, Mizuk R, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Palka H, Park CW, Park H, Parslow N, Peak LS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Rozanska M, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sato N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwartz AJ, Senyo K, Seuster R, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Somov A, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki SY, Tajima O, Takasaki F, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yang H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Study of decay mechanisms in B--->Lambdac+ppi- decays and observation of low-mass structure in the Lambdac+p system. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:242001. [PMID: 17280269 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.242001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Using a sample of 152 x 10(6) BB pairs accumulated with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- collider, we study the decay mechanism of three-body charmed decay B- --> Lambdac+ ppi-. The intermediate two-body decay B--->Sigmac (2455)0 p is observed for the first time with a branching fraction of (3.7 +/- 0.7 +/- 0.4 +/- 1.0) x 10(-5) and a statistical significance of 8.4sigma. We also observe a low-mass enhancement in the (Lambdac+p) system, which can be parametrized as a Breit-Wigner function with a mass of (3.35(-0.02)(+0.01) +/-0.02) GeV/c2 and a width of (0.07(-0.03)(+0.04) +/-0.04) GeV/c2. We measure its branching fraction to be (3.9(-0.7)(+0.8) +/- 0.4 +/- 1.0) x 10(-5) with a statistical significance of 6.2sigma. The errors are statistical, systematic, and that of the Lambdac+-->pK- pi+ decay branching fraction.
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Kang JH, Cook N, Manson J, Buring JE, Grodstein F. A Randomized Trial of Vitamin E Supplementation and Cognitive Function in Women. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 166:2462-8. [PMID: 17159011 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oxidative stress may play a key role in the development of cognitive impairment. Long-term supplementation with vitamin E, a strong antioxidant, may provide cognitive benefits. METHODS The Women's Health Study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin E supplementation (600 IU [alpha-tocopherol acetate], on alternate days) begun between 1992 and 1995 among 39 876 healthy US women. From 1998, 6377 women 65 years or older participated in a cognitive substudy. Three cognitive assessments of general cognition, verbal memory, and category fluency were administered by telephone at 2-year intervals. The primary outcome was a global composite score averaging performance on all tests. Repeated measures analyses were conducted to examine mean performance and mean differences in cognitive change, and logistic regression was used to estimate relative risks of substantial decline. RESULTS There were no differences in global score between the vitamin E and placebo groups at the first assessment (5.6 years after randomization: mean difference, -0.01; 95% confidence interval [CI], -0.04 to 0.03) or at the last assessment (9.6 years of treatment: mean difference, 0.00; 95% CI, -0.04 to 0.04). Mean cognitive change over time was also similar in the vitamin E group compared with the placebo group for the global score (mean difference in change, 0.02; 95% CI, -0.01 to 0.05; P = .16). The relative risk of substantial decline in the global score in the vitamin E group compared with the placebo group was 0.92 (95% CI, 0.77 to 1.10). CONCLUSION Long-term use of vitamin E supplements did not provide cognitive benefits among generally healthy older women.
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Gabyshev N, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Asano Y, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Barberio E, Bartel W, Bay A, Bedny I, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Browder TE, Chen A, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Ikado K, Imoto A, Inami K, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim SM, Korpar S, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Majumder G, Matsumoto T, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ozaki H, Palka H, Park CW, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sakai Y, Sato N, Satoyama N, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwanda C, Seidl R, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Somov A, Soni N, Stamen R, Stanic S, Staric M, Sumiyoshi T, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Varner G, Varvell KE, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Watanabe Y, Won E, Xie QL, Yamaguchi A, Yamauchi M, Ying J, Zhang ZP. Observation of B+ --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K+ and B0 --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K0 decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:202003. [PMID: 17155677 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.202003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the first measurements of the doubly charmed baryonic B decays B --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K. The B+ --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K+ decay is observed with a branching fraction of (6.5(-0.9)(+1.0)+/-1.1+/-3.4)x10(-4) and a statistical significance of 15.4sigma. The B0 --> Lambda c+ Lambda c- K0 decay is observed with a branching fraction of (7.9(-2.3)(+2.9)+/-1.2+/-4.1)x10(-4) and a statistical significance of 6.6sigma. The branching fraction errors are statistical, systematic, and the error resulting from the uncertainty of the Lambda c+ --> pK- pi+ decay branching fraction. The analysis is based on 357 fb(-1) of data accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider.
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Kang JH, Irizarry MC, Grodstein F. Prospective Study of Plasma Folate, Vitamin B12, and Cognitive Function and Decline. Epidemiology 2006; 17:650-7. [PMID: 17028506 DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000239727.59575.da] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The relation between B vitamins and cognitive decline is controversial. In this study, we explored the association of plasma folate and vitamin B12 with cognitive function measured approximately 10 years later. METHODS We determined plasma folate and vitamin B12 levels from blood samples collected in 1989 to 1990 and initially evaluated cognition in 1995 to 2001 among 635 women, age 70+ years, from the Nurses' Health Study. In a subset of 391, 3 repeated cognitive tests were completed for evaluation of cognitive decline over 4 years; repeated testing is ongoing for the remaining women. Our primary outcome was a global composite score of 6 neuropsychologic tests administered by telephone. We used linear regression models to estimate multivariable-adjusted mean cognitive performance across quartiles of the vitamins and longitudinal models for cognitive decline. RESULTS Higher vitamin levels were not associated with either initial cognitive performance or subsequent cognitive decline. Mean difference in initial global score for top versus bottom quartiles was 0.06 standard units for folate (95% confidence interval [CI] = -0.10 to 0.22) and 0.15 units for vitamin B12 (0.00 to 0.31). There were no dose-response trends for either nutrient. Women with high levels of both nutrients initially performed better than women low in both nutrients (global score, mean difference = 0.34; 95% CI = 0.05 to 0.62); this association did not hold for subsequent cognitive decline. CONCLUSIONS Combined B vitamin deficiency may be associated with impaired cognition, but in these healthy, well-nourished women, plasma folate and vitamin B12 were not related to cognitive function.
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Chistov R, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Barberio E, Bay A, Bedny I, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang MC, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Epifanov D, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Golob B, Gorisek A, Ha H, Haba J, Hara T, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Imoto A, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kinoshita K, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lee J, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Moloney GR, Nagamine T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Palka H, Park H, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sakai Y, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Takasaki F, Tamura N, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tikhomirov I, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Wu CH, Xie QL, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP. Observation of new states decaying into Lambda(c)(+)Kappa(-)pi(+) and Lambda(c)(+)Kappa(0)/(s)pi(-). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:162001. [PMID: 17155385 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.162001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the first observation of two charmed strange baryons that decay into Lambda(c)(+)Kappa(-)pi(+). The broader of the two states is measured to have a mass of 2978.5+/-2.1+/-2.0 MeV/c2 and a width of 43.5+/-7.5+/-7.0 MeV/c2. The mass and width of the narrow state are measured to be 3076.7+/-0.9+/-0.5 MeV/c;{2} and 6.2+/-1.2+/-0.8 MeV/c2, respectively. We also perform a search for the isospin partner states that decay into Lambda(c)(+)Kappa(0)/(s)pi(-) and observe a significant signal at the mass of 3082.8+/-1.8+/-1.5 MeV/c2. The data used for this analysis were accumulated at or near the Upsilon(4S) resonance, using the Belle detector at the e+ e- asymmetric-energy collider KEKB. The integrated luminosity of the data sample used is 461.5 fb(-1).
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Gokhroo G, Majumder G, Abe K, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Anipko D, Aushev T, Aziz T, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Banerjee S, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen KF, Chen WT, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Eidelman S, Fratina S, Gershon T, Go A, Golob B, Gorisek A, Ha H, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim HO, Kim YJ, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Moloney GR, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nakao M, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sakai Y, Sarangi TR, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Seidl R, Senyo K, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Sokolov A, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sugiyama A, Sumiyoshi T, Takasaki F, Tanaka M, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Usov Y, Varner G, Villa S, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Wu CH, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Zhang CC, Zhang ZP, Zhilich V. Observation of a near-threshold D(0)D[over](0)pi(0) enhancement in B-->D(0)D[over](0)pi(0)Kappa decay. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:162002. [PMID: 17155386 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.162002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We report the first observation of a near-threshold enhancement in the D(0)D[over](0)pi(0) system from B-->D(0)D[over](0)pi(0)Kappa decays using a 414 fb(-1) data sample collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance. The enhancement peaks at a mass M=3875.2+/-0.7(+0.3)/(-1.6) +/-0.8 MeV/c2 and the branching fraction for events in the peak is B(B-->D(0)D[over](0)pi(0)Kappa)=(1.22+/-0.31(+0.23)/(-0.30))x10(-4). The data were collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB energy-asymmetric e+ e- collider.
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Wu CH, Wang MZ, Abe K, Adachi I, Aihara H, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bahinipati S, Bakich AM, Balagura V, Bay A, Belous K, Bitenc U, Bizjak I, Blyth S, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Chao Y, Chen A, Chen WT, Cheon BG, Choi Y, Choi YK, Chuvikov A, Cole S, Dalseno J, Danilov M, Dash M, Eidelman S, Gabyshev N, Gershon T, Go A, Gokhroo G, Gorisek A, Ha H, Haba J, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heffernan D, Hokuue T, Hou S, Hou WS, Hsiung YB, Iijima T, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Kang JH, Kataoka SU, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawasaki T, Khan HR, Kichimi H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim YJ, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar R, Kuo CC, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Leder G, Lee J, Lee YJ, Lesiak T, Lin SW, Liventsev D, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsumoto T, Matyja A, McOnie S, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Miyazaki Y, Mizuk R, Mori T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Onuki Y, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park H, Park KS, Pestotnik R, Piilonen LE, Sakai Y, Schietinger T, Schneider O, Schwartz AJ, Seidl R, Sevior ME, Shapkin M, Shibuya H, Sidorov V, Sokolov A, Somov A, Soni N, Stanic S, Staric M, Stoeck H, Sumiyoshi T, Takasaki F, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tian XC, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Uglov T, Ueno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Usov Y, Varner G, Wang CC, Wang CH, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Zhang LM, Zhang ZP. Study of J/psi-->pp[over],LambdaLambda[over] and observation of eta(c)-->LambdaLambda[over] at Belle. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:162003. [PMID: 17155387 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.162003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We study the baryonic charmonium decays of B mesons B+-->etacK+ and B+-->J/psiK+, where the etac and J/psi subsequently decay into a pp[over] or LambdaLambda[over] pair. We measure the J/psi-->pp[over] and LambdaLambda[over] anisotropy parameters alphaB=-0.60+/-0.13+/-0.14 (pp[over]), -0.44+/-0.51+/-0.31 (LambdaLambda[over ]) and compare to results from e;{+}e;{-}-->J/psi formation experiments. We also report the first observation of etac-->LambdaLambda[over]. The measured branching fraction is B(etac-->LambdaLambda[over ])=(0.87(+0.24)/(-0.21)(stat)(+0.09/-0.14) (syst)+/-0.27(PDG))x10-3. This study is based on a 357 fb-1 data sample recorded on the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric-energy e+ e- collider.
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Kang JH, Kondo F. Distribution and biodegradation of bisphenol A in water hyacinth. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2006; 77:500-7. [PMID: 17123008 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1092-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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