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Liu Y, Zhao X. The epidemiological study of the prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among residents of Oroqen nationality. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Yu GB, Liu Y, Yu S, Wu SC, Leung AOW, Luo XS, Xu B, Li HB, Wong MH. Inconsistency and comprehensiveness of risk assessments for heavy metals in urban surface sediments. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 85:1080-7. [PMID: 21862100 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Revised: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Numerous indices have been developed to assess environmental risk of heavy metals in surface sediments, including the total content based geoaccumulation index (I(geo)), exchangeable fraction based risk assessment code (RAC), and biological toxicity test based sediment quality guidelines (SQGs). In this study, the three indices were applied to freshwater surface sediments from 10 sections along an urbanization gradient of the Grand Canal, China to assess the environmental risks of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, and Cr) and to understand discrepancies of risk assessment indices and urbanization effects regarding heavy metal contamination. Results showed that Cd, Zn, and Pb were the most enriched metals in urban sections assessed by I(geo) and over 95% of the samples exceeded the Zn and Pb thresholds of the effect range low (ERL) of SQGs. According to RAC, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Cr had high risks of adversely affecting the water quality of the Grand Canal due to their remarkable portions of exchangeable fraction in surface sediment. However, Pb showed a relative low risk, and was largely bounded to Fe/Mn oxides in the urban surface sediments. Obviously, the three assessment indices were not consistent with each other in terms of predicting environmental risks attributed to heavy metals in the freshwater surface sediments of this study. It is recommended that risk assessment by SQGs should be revised according to availability and site specificity. However, the combination of the three indices gave us a comprehensive understanding of heavy metal risks in the urban surface sediments of the Grand Canal.
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Sun L, He Y, Jin W, Liu Y, Zhang H, Xia C, Wang R, Lian K, Lu X, Xu A, Wang H, Tao L. Nitrative inactivation resistant human Thioredoxin-1 Y49F mutant strengthens the Thioredoxin-1's inhibition on ASK-1 mediated apoptosis. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Liu Y, Lou G, Wu W, Zheng M, Shi Y, Zhao D, Chen Z. Involvement of the NF-κB pathway in multidrug resistance induced by HBx in a hepatoma cell line. J Viral Hepat 2011; 18:e439-46. [PMID: 21914061 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01463.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It is widely believed that hepatocellular cancer (HCC), especially HBV associated HCC, is highly resistant to chemotherapy. To investigate the molecular influence of HBx protein on multidrug resistance (MDR) in HCC and the potential role of the NF-κB pathway in this process. We established HBx-expressing cells by liposome-mediated transfection of the HBx into the HepG2 cell line. We found that HBx expression in HCC cells induces drug resistance against multiple drugs, a significantly lower apoptosis ratio in HepG2-HBx and HepG2.2.15 cells, compared with HepG2 and HepG2-3.1 cells (P < 0.05) after treating with 5-FU or adriamycin. And compared with the control group, the HBx-transfected cells showed a higher expression of MDR-associated and anti-apoptotic genes. Furthermore, we found that the NF-κB activity was remarkably high in the HBx-expressing cells as measured by p65 nuclear localization. In addition, the upregulated anti-apoptotic genes, Gadd45b and Survivin, in HBx-expressing HCC cells were downregulated by IMD-0354 treatment, which is the NF-κB pathway inhibitor. Taken together, these results suggest that HBx protein might be one of the causes for the occurrence of MDR in HCC, and the NF-κB pathway might be involved in this change.
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Yang Q, Gao C, Zhang H, Liu Y, Lu X, Feng S, Liu J, Liu P, Wang H, Lu S, Lu Y, Wang H, Tao L. Resveratrol attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via upregulating adiponectin level and multimerisation in type 2 diabetic mice. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Li Z, Chang G, Yao C, Guo L, Liu Y, Wang M, Liu D, Wang S. Endovascular Stenting of Extracranial Carotid Artery Aneurysm: A Systematic Review. J Vasc Surg 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Li H, Jiang Y, Liu Y. Enrichment and Determination of Trace Estradiol in Environmental Water Samples by Hollow-Fiber Liquid-Phase Microextraction Prior to HPLC. J Chromatogr Sci 2011; 49:676-82. [DOI: 10.1093/chrsci/49.9.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gao C, Liu Y, Yang Q, Liu J, Liu P, Wang H, Guo Y, Zhang L, Lu S, Lu Y, Wang H, Tao L. Upregulation of adiponectin is involved in the cardioprotective effect of etanercept in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) mice. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Nieskens DL, Ferrari D, Liu Y, Kolonko R. The conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methanol and higher alcohols. CATAL COMMUN 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2011.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Liu Y, Flynn R, Kim Y, Wu X. Dynamic-shield Intensity Modulated Brachytherapy (IMBT) for Cervical Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Liu H, Wang L, Jin Z, Yang S, Ma D, Luo J, Liu Y, Yang Y. The safety and efficacy of dual axis rotational angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in the Chinese population. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Fu W, Cheng Y, Li Y, Liao R, Li T, Liu Y. Effects of intervention therapy on tricuspid valve in membranous septal defect. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300867.600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Schmidt M, Winter KD, Dantzer V, Li J, Kragh PM, Du Y, Lin L, Liu Y, Vajta G, Sangild PT, Callesen H, Agerholm JS. Maternal endometrial oedema may increase perinatal mortality of cloned and transgenic piglets. Reprod Fertil Dev 2011; 23:645-53. [PMID: 21635813 DOI: 10.1071/rd10220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The perinatal mortality of cloned animals is a well-known problem. In the present retrospective study, we report on mortality of cloned transgenic or non-transgenic piglets produced as part of several investigations. Large White (LW) sows (n = 105) received hand-made cloned LW or minipig blastocysts and delivered either spontaneously or after prostaglandin induction followed by either Caesarean section or vaginal birth. The overall pregnancy rate was 62%, with 26% of pregnancies terminating before term. This resulted in 48 deliveries. The terminated pregnancies consisted of 12 abortions that occurred at 35 ± 2 days gestation and five sows that went to term without returning to heat and then by surgery showed the uterus without fetal content. The gestation length was for sows with LW piglets that delivered by Caesarean section or vaginally was 115.7 ± 0.3 and 117.6 ± 0.4 days, respectively. In sows with minipiglets, the gestation length for those delivered by Caesarean section or vaginally 114.4 ± 0.2 and 115.5 ± 0.3 days, respectively. Of the 34 sows that delivered vaginally, 28 gave birth after induction, whereas 6 farrowed spontaneously. Of the 14 sows that delivered after Caesarean section and in the five empty sows, the endometrium and placenta showed severe oedema. Piglet mortality following vaginal delivery was higher than after Caesarean section (31% v. 10%, respectively; P < 0.001). When vaginal delivery occurred spontaneously, the stillborn rate was greater than after induced delivery (56% v. 24%, respectively; P < 0.0001). Internal organ weights were recorded for seven cloned LW piglets and six normal piglets. The relative weight of the heart, liver, kidneys and small intestine was found to be reduced in the cloned piglets (P < 0.05). The present study demonstrates extensive endometrial oedema in sows pregnant with cloned and transgenic piglets, as well as in empty recipients, at term. The growth of certain organs in some of the cloned piglets was reduced and the rate of stillborn piglets was greater in cloned and transgenic piglets delivered vaginally, possibly because of oedema of the fetal-maternal interface.
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the article is to summarize experience in the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of spermatic cord liposarcoma (SCL). METHODS The clinical data of a patient with liposarcoma of the spermatic cord was reviewed in combination with related literature. RESULTS A 24-year-old male presented with a 1-year history of a mass in the right hemiscrotum. The tumor was resected and right inguinal orchidectomy was performed. The tumor had not recurred after 6 months follow-up. CONCLUSION Spermatic cord liposarcoma (SCL) is a rare medical condition and it is therefore difficult to establish guidelines for treatment, diagnosis and prognosis. Radical orchidectomy with wide local excision of the mass is the recommended therapy, while adjuvant radiotherapy may be considered in intermediate or high-grade tumors and recurrent liposarcomas. The role of chemotherapy is not well-defined.
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Vartanyants IA, Singer A, Mancuso AP, Yefanov OM, Sakdinawat A, Liu Y, Bang E, Williams GJ, Cadenazzi G, Abbey B, Sinn H, Attwood D, Nugent KA, Weckert E, Wang T, Zhu D, Wu B, Graves C, Scherz A, Turner JJ, Schlotter WF, Messerschmidt M, Lüning J, Acremann Y, Heimann P, Mancini DC, Joshi V, Krzywinski J, Soufli R, Fernandez-Perea M, Hau-Riege S, Peele AG, Feng Y, Krupin O, Moeller S, Wurth W. Coherence properties of individual femtosecond pulses of an x-ray free-electron laser. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:144801. [PMID: 22107200 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.144801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Measurements of the spatial and temporal coherence of single, femtosecond x-ray pulses generated by the first hard x-ray free-electron laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, are presented. Single-shot measurements were performed at 780 eV x-ray photon energy using apertures containing double pinholes in "diffract-and-destroy" mode. We determined a coherence length of 17 μm in the vertical direction, which is approximately the size of the focused Linac Coherent Light Source beam in the same direction. The analysis of the diffraction patterns produced by the pinholes with the largest separation yields an estimate of the temporal coherence time of 0.55 fs. We find that the total degree of transverse coherence is 56% and that the x-ray pulses are adequately described by two transverse coherent modes in each direction. This leads us to the conclusion that 78% of the total power is contained in the dominant mode.
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Li J, Lin H, Zhu X, Li L, Wang X, Sun W, Wu X, Liu A, Niu F, Wang Y, Liu Y. Association study of functional polymorphisms in serotonin transporter gene with temporal lobe epilepsy in Han Chinese population. Eur J Neurol 2011; 19:351-3. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu Y, Gong W, Breinholt J, Norskov-Lauritsen L, Zhang J, Ma Q, Chen J, Panina S, Guo W, Li T, Zhang J, Kong M, Liu Z, Mao J, Christensen L, Hu S, Wang L. Discovery of the improved antagonistic prolactin variants by library screening. Protein Eng Des Sel 2011; 24:855-60. [DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzr047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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He SH, Wei AY, Yang Y, Hu YW, Luo XG, Liu Y, Zhang T. Reduced expression of myocardin and serum response factor in the cavernous tissue of diabetic rats. Andrologia 2011; 44 Suppl 1:518-22. [PMID: 21950552 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This study aimed to investigate the expression of myocardin and serum response factor (SRF) in the cavernous tissue of diabetic rats. The experimental diabetes model was induced in 8-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats (200-220 g) by a single administration of streptozotocin. Both the diabetes mellitus group (DM group, n = 20) and the control group (NDM group, n = 10) were injected with a low dose of apomorphine to allow for the measurement and comparison of the corresponding penile erections. Western blot and qRT-PCR were used to determine the protein and mRNA expression levels of myocardin and SRF. Erectile function was significantly decreased in the DM group compared with the control group (P < 0.001). The mRNA and protein expression levels of myocardin and SRF were reduced in the cavernous tissue of diabetic rats compared with the control group (P < 0.001). It is concluded that diabetes inhibits the mRNA and protein expression of both myocardin and SRF in the cavernous tissue. This could play a key role in the development of erectile dysfunction in diabetic rats.
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Liu Y, Cormack L, Bovik A. Supra-threshold luminance and range discontinuities in natural scenes. J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Yang G, Liu Y, Yang K, Liu R, Zhu S, Coquinco A, Wen W, Kojic L, Jia W, Cynader M. Isoform-specific palmitoylation of JNK regulates axonal development. Cell Death Differ 2011; 19:553-61. [PMID: 21941371 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) proteins are encoded by three genes (Jnk1-3), giving rise to 10 isoforms in the mammalian brain. The differential roles of JNK isoforms in neuronal cell death and development have been noticed in several pathological and physiological contexts. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of different JNK isoforms to fulfill their specific roles are poorly understood. Here, we report an isoform-specific regulation of JNK3 by palmitoylation, a posttranslational modification, and the involvement of JNK3 palmitoylation in axonal development and morphogenesis. Two cysteine residues at the COOH-terminus of JNK3 are required for dynamic palmitoylation, which regulates JNK3's distribution on the actin cytoskeleton. Expression of palmitoylation-deficient JNK3 increases axonal branching and the motility of axonal filopodia in cultured hippocampal neurons. The Wnt family member Wnt7a, a known modulator of axonal branching and remodelling, regulates the palmitoylation and distribution of JNK3. Palmitoylation-deficient JNK3 mimics the effect of Wnt7a application on axonal branching, whereas constitutively palmitoylated JNK3 results in reduced axonal branches and blocked Wnt7a induction. Our results demonstrate that protein palmitoylation is a novel mechanism for isoform-specific regulation of JNK3 and suggests a potential role of JNK3 palmitoylation in modulating axonal branching.
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Liu Y, Metens T, Absil J, De Maertelaer V, Balériaux D, David P, Denolin V, Van Overmeire B, Avni F, Van Bogaert P, Aeby A. Gender differences in language and motor-related fibers in a population of healthy preterm neonates at term-equivalent age: a diffusion tensor and probabilistic tractography study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2011; 32:2011-6. [PMID: 21940804 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sex differences in white matter structure are controversial. In this MR imaging study, we aimed to investigate possible sex differences in language and motor-related tracts in healthy preterm neonates by using DTI and probabilistic tractography. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight preterm neonates (19 boys and 19 girls, age-matched), healthy at term-equivalent age and at 12 months were included. TBV was measured individually. Probabilistic tractography provided tract volumes, relative tract volumes (volume normalized to TBV), FA, MD, and λ(⊥) in the SLF, in the TRs, and in the CSTs. Data were compared by using independent t tests, and Bonferroni corrections were performed to adjust for multiple comparisons. RESULTS We showed that healthy preterm boys had larger TBV than girls. However, girls had statistically significantly larger relative tract volumes than boys bilaterally in the parieto-temporal SLF, and in the left CST. Moreover, in the left parieto-temporal SLF, a trend toward lower MD and λ(⊥) was observed in females. CONCLUSIONS Structural sex differences were found in preterm neonates at term-equivalent age in both sides of the parieto-temporal SLF and in the left CST. Further studies are necessary to investigate whether these structural differences are related to later sex differences in language skills and handedness or to the effect of prematurity.
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Liu Y, Tamimi RM, Berkey CS, Willett WC, Collins LC, Schnitt SJ, Colditz GA. Adolescent intakes of alcohol and folate and risk of proliferative benign breast disease. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.27_suppl.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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169 Background: Given the importance of exposure between menarche and first childbirth in breast cancer risk, adolescent alcohol consumption may influence the risk of proliferative benign breast disease (BBD). Folate may modify the adverse effect of alcohol on breast cancer. Methods: We used data from 29,329 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II who completed both adolescent alcohol consumption questions in 1989 and an adolescent diet questionnaire in 1998. A total of 666 women with proliferative BBD between 1991 and 2001 were confirmed by centralized pathology review. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusted for established risk factors of breast cancer. Results: Adolescent alcohol consumption was dose-dependently associated with an increased risk of proliferative BBD (HR = 1.12 per 10g/day consumption; 95% CI, 1.03-1.22). There was no significant association with adolescent folate intake. While the interaction between adolescent alcohol and folate intake was not statistically significant, among women with low folate intake (<279 mg/day) the BBD risk was significantly increased with moderate alcohol intake (HR = 1.62; 95% CI, 1.14-2.28) and with high alcohol intake (HR = 1.90; 95% CI, 0.98-3.70; Ptrend <0.01). Adolescent alcohol consumption was not associated with increased risk among women with higher adolescent folate intake. Conclusions: Adolescent alcohol consumption is associated with higher risk of proliferative BBD, especially in women with low adolescent folate intake.
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Abazov VM, Abbott B, Acharya BS, Adams M, Adams T, Alexeev GD, Alkhazov G, Alton A, Alverson G, Alves GA, Aoki M, Arov M, Askew A, Åsman B, Atramentov O, Avila C, BackusMayes J, Badaud F, Bagby L, Baldin B, Bandurin DV, Banerjee S, Barberis E, Baringer P, Barreto J, Bartlett JF, Bassler U, Bazterra V, Beale S, Bean A, Begalli M, Begel M, Belanger-Champagne C, Bellantoni L, Beri SB, Bernardi G, Bernhard R, Bertram I, Besançon M, Beuselinck R, Bezzubov VA, Bhat PC, Bhatnagar V, Blazey G, Blessing S, Bloom K, Boehnlein A, Boline D, Boos EE, Borissov G, Bose T, Brandt A, Brandt O, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Bross A, Brown D, Brown J, Bu XB, Buehler M, Buescher V, Bunichev V, Burdin S, Burnett TH, Buszello CP, Calpas B, Camacho-Pérez E, Carrasco-Lizarraga MA, Casey BCK, Castilla-Valdez H, Chakrabarti S, Chakraborty D, Chan KM, Chandra A, Chen G, Chevalier-Théry S, Cho DK, Cho SW, Choi S, Choudhary B, Cihangir S, Claes D, Clutter J, Cooke M, Cooper WE, Corcoran M, Couderc F, Cousinou MC, Croc A, Cutts D, Das A, Davies G, De K, de Jong SJ, De La Cruz-Burelo E, Déliot F, Demarteau M, Demina R, Denisov D, Denisov SP, Desai S, Deterre C, DeVaughan K, Diehl HT, Diesburg M, Ding PF, Dominguez A, Dorland T, Dubey A, Dudko LV, Duggan D, Duperrin A, Dutt S, Dyshkant A, Eads M, Edmunds D, Ellison J, Elvira VD, Enari Y, Evans H, Evdokimov A, Evdokimov VN, Facini G, Ferbel T, Fiedler F, Filthaut F, Fisher W, Fisk HE, Fortner M, Fox H, Fuess S, Garcia-Bellido A, Gavrilov V, Gay P, Geng W, Gerbaudo D, Gerber CE, Gershtein Y, Ginther G, Golovanov G, Goussiou A, Grannis PD, Greder S, Greenlee H, Greenwood ZD, Gregores EM, Grenier G, Gris P, Grivaz JF, Grohsjean A, Grünendahl S, Grünewald MW, Guillemin T, Guo F, Gutierrez G, Gutierrez P, Haas A, Hagopian S, Haley J, Han L, Harder K, Harel A, Hauptman JM, Hays J, Head T, Hebbeker T, Hedin D, Hegab H, Heinson AP, Heintz U, Hensel C, Heredia-De La Cruz I, Herner K, Hesketh G, Hildreth MD, Hirosky R, Hoang T, Hobbs JD, Hoeneisen B, Hohlfeld M, Hubacek Z, Huske N, Hynek V, Iashvili I, Ilchenko Y, Illingworth R, Ito AS, Jabeen S, Jaffré M, Jamin D, Jayasinghe A, Jesik R, Johns K, Johnson M, Johnston D, Jonckheere A, Jonsson P, Joshi J, Jung AW, Juste A, Kaadze K, Kajfasz E, Karmanov D, Kasper PA, Katsanos I, Kehoe R, Kermiche S, Khalatyan N, Khanov A, Kharchilava A, Kharzheev YN, Kirby MH, Kohli JM, Kozelov AV, Kraus J, Kulikov S, Kumar A, Kupco A, Kurča T, Kuzmin VA, Kvita J, Lammers S, Landsberg G, Lebrun P, Lee HS, Lee SW, Lee WM, Lellouch J, Li L, Li QZ, Lietti SM, Lim JK, Lincoln D, Linnemann J, Lipaev VV, Lipton R, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lobodenko A, Lokajicek M, Lopes de Sa R, Lubatti HJ, Luna-Garcia R, Lyon AL, Maciel AKA, Mackin D, Madar R, Magaña-Villalba R, Malik S, Malyshev VL, Maravin Y, Martínez-Ortega J, McCarthy R, McGivern CL, Meijer MM, Melnitchouk A, Menezes D, Mercadante PG, Merkin M, Meyer A, Meyer J, Miconi F, Mondal NK, Muanza GS, Mulhearn M, Nagy E, Naimuddin M, Narain M, Nayyar R, Neal HA, Negret JP, Neustroev P, Novaes SF, Nunnemann T, Obrant G, Orduna J, Osman N, Osta J, Otero y Garzón GJ, Padilla M, Pal A, Parashar N, Parihar V, Park SK, Parsons J, Partridge R, Parua N, Patwa A, Penning B, Perfilov M, Peters K, Peters Y, Petridis K, Petrillo G, Pétroff P, Piegaia R, Pleier MA, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podstavkov VM, Polozov P, Popov AV, Prewitt M, Price D, Prokopenko N, Protopopescu S, Qian J, Quadt A, Quinn B, Rangel MS, Ranjan K, Ratoff PN, Razumov I, Renkel P, Rijssenbeek M, Ripp-Baudot I, Rizatdinova F, Rominsky M, Ross A, Royon C, Rubinov P, Ruchti R, Safronov G, Sajot G, Salcido P, Sánchez-Hernández A, Sanders MP, Sanghi B, Santos AS, Savage G, Sawyer L, Scanlon T, Schamberger RD, Scheglov Y, Schellman H, Schliephake T, Schlobohm S, Schwanenberger C, Schwienhorst R, Sekaric J, Severini H, Shabalina E, Shary V, Shchukin AA, Shivpuri RK, Simak V, Sirotenko V, Skubic P, Slattery P, Smirnov D, Smith KJ, Snow GR, Snow J, Snyder S, Söldner-Rembold S, Sonnenschein L, Soustruznik K, Stark J, Stolin V, Stoyanova DA, Strauss M, Strom D, Stutte L, Suter L, Svoisky P, Takahashi M, Tanasijczuk A, Taylor W, Titov M, Tokmenin VV, Tsai YT, Tschann-Grimm K, Tsybychev D, Tuchming B, Tully C, Uvarov L, Uvarov S, Uzunyan S, Van Kooten R, van Leeuwen WM, Varelas N, Varnes EW, Vasilyev IA, Verdier P, Vertogradov LS, Verzocchi M, Vesterinen M, Vilanova D, Vokac P, Wahl HD, Wang MHLS, Warchol J, Watts G, Wayne M, Weber M, Welty-Rieger L, White A, Wicke D, Williams MRJ, Wilson GW, Wobisch M, Wood DR, Wyatt TR, Xie Y, Xu C, Yacoob S, Yamada R, Yang WC, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Ye Z, Yin H, Yip K, Youn SW, Yu J, Zelitch S, Zhao T, Zhou B, Zhu J, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zivkovic L. Search for neutral minimal supersymmetric standard model Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs produced in association with b quarks in pp collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:121801. [PMID: 22026764 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.121801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report results from a search for neutral Higgs bosons produced in association with b quarks using data recorded by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 7.3 fb(-1). This production mode can be enhanced in several extensions of the standard model (SM) such as in its minimal supersymmetric extension (MSSM) at high tanβ. We search for Higgs bosons decaying to tau pairs with one tau decaying to a muon and neutrinos and the other to hadrons. The data are found to be consistent with SM expectations, and we set upper limits on the cross section times branching ratio in the Higgs boson mass range from 90 to 320 GeV/c(2). We interpret our result in the MSSM parameter space, excluding tanβ values down to 25 for Higgs boson masses below 170 GeV/c(2).
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Abazov VM, Abbott B, Acharya BS, Adams M, Adams T, Alexeev GD, Alkhazov G, Alton A, Alverson G, Alves GA, Aoki M, Arov M, Askew A, Åsman B, Atramentov O, Avila C, BackusMayes J, Badaud F, Bagby L, Baldin B, Bandurin DV, Banerjee S, Barberis E, Baringer P, Barreto J, Bartlett JF, Bassler U, Bazterra V, Beale S, Bean A, Begalli M, Begel M, Belanger-Champagne C, Bellantoni L, Beri SB, Bernardi G, Bernhard R, Bertram I, Besançon M, Beuselinck R, Bezzubov VA, Bhat PC, Bhatnagar V, Blazey G, Blessing S, Bloom K, Boehnlein A, Boline D, Boos EE, Borissov G, Bose T, Brandt A, Brandt O, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Bross A, Brown D, Brown J, Bu XB, Buehler M, Buescher V, Bunichev V, Burdin S, Burnett TH, Buszello CP, Calpas B, Camacho-Pérez E, Carrasco-Lizarraga MA, Casey BCK, Castilla-Valdez H, Chakrabarti S, Chakraborty D, Chan KM, Chandra A, Chen G, Chevalier-Théry S, Cho DK, Cho SW, Choi S, Choudhary B, Cihangir S, Claes D, Clutter J, Cooke M, Cooper WE, Corcoran M, Couderc F, Cousinou MC, Croc A, Cutts D, Das A, Davies G, De K, de Jong SJ, De La Cruz-Burelo E, Déliot F, Demarteau M, Demina R, Denisov D, Denisov SP, Desai S, Deterre C, DeVaughan K, Diehl HT, Diesburg M, Ding PF, Dominguez A, Dorland T, Dubey A, Dudko LV, Duggan D, Duperrin A, Dutt S, Dyshkant A, Eads M, Edmunds D, Ellison J, Elvira VD, Enari Y, Evans H, Evdokimov A, Evdokimov VN, Facini G, Ferbel T, Fiedler F, Filthaut F, Fisher W, Fisk HE, Fortner M, Fox H, Fuess S, Garcia-Bellido A, Gavrilov V, Gay P, Geng W, Gerbaudo D, Gerber CE, Gershtein Y, Ginther G, Golovanov G, Goussiou A, Grannis PD, Greder S, Greenlee H, Greenwood ZD, Gregores EM, Grenier G, Gris P, Grivaz JF, Grohsjean A, Grünendahl S, Grünewald MW, Guillemin T, Guo F, Gutierrez G, Gutierrez P, Haas A, Hagopian S, Haley J, Han L, Harder K, Harel A, Hauptman JM, Hays J, Head T, Hebbeker T, Hedin D, Hegab H, Heinson AP, Heintz U, Hensel C, Heredia-De La Cruz I, Herner K, Hesketh G, Hildreth MD, Hirosky R, Hoang T, Hobbs JD, Hoeneisen B, Hohlfeld M, Hubacek Z, Huske N, Hynek V, Iashvili I, Ilchenko Y, Illingworth R, Ito AS, Jabeen S, Jaffré M, Jamin D, Jayasinghe A, Jesik R, Johns K, Johnson M, Johnston D, Jonckheere A, Jonsson P, Joshi J, Jung AW, Juste A, Kaadze K, Kajfasz E, Karmanov D, Kasper PA, Katsanos I, Kehoe R, Kermiche S, Khalatyan N, Khanov A, Kharchilava A, Kharzheev YN, Kirby MH, Kohli JM, Kozelov AV, Kraus J, Kulikov S, Kumar A, Kupco A, Kurča T, Kuzmin VA, Kvita J, Lammers S, Landsberg G, Lebrun P, Lee HS, Lee SW, Lee WM, Lellouch J, Li L, Li QZ, Lietti SM, Lim JK, Lincoln D, Linnemann J, Lipaev VV, Lipton R, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lobodenko A, Lokajicek M, Lopes de Sa R, Lubatti HJ, Luna-Garcia R, Lyon AL, Maciel AKA, Mackin D, Madar R, Magaña-Villalba R, Malik S, Malyshev VL, Maravin Y, Martínez-Ortega J, McCarthy R, McGivern CL, Meijer MM, Melnitchouk A, Menezes D, Mercadante PG, Merkin M, Meyer A, Meyer J, Miconi F, Mondal NK, Muanza GS, Mulhearn M, Nagy E, Naimuddin M, Narain M, Nayyar R, Neal HA, Negret JP, Neustroev P, Novaes SF, Nunnemann T, Obrant G, Orduna J, Osman N, Osta J, Otero y Garzón GJ, Padilla M, Pal A, Parashar N, Parihar V, Park SK, Parsons J, Partridge R, Parua N, Patwa A, Penning B, Perfilov M, Peters K, Peters Y, Petridis K, Petrillo G, Pétroff P, Piegaia R, Pleier MA, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podstavkov VM, Polozov P, Popov AV, Prewitt M, Price D, Prokopenko N, Protopopescu S, Qian J, Quadt A, Quinn B, Rangel MS, Ranjan K, Ratoff PN, Razumov I, Renkel P, Rijssenbeek M, Ripp-Baudot I, Rizatdinova F, Rominsky M, Ross A, Royon C, Rubinov P, Ruchti R, Safronov G, Sajot G, Salcido P, Sánchez-Hernández A, Sanders MP, Sanghi B, Santos AS, Savage G, Sawyer L, Scanlon T, Schamberger RD, Scheglov Y, Schellman H, Schliephake T, Schlobohm S, Schwanenberger C, Schwienhorst R, Sekaric J, Severini H, Shabalina E, Shary V, Shchukin AA, Shivpuri RK, Simak V, Sirotenko V, Skubic P, Slattery P, Smirnov D, Smith KJ, Snow GR, Snow J, Snyder S, Söldner-Rembold S, Sonnenschein L, Soustruznik K, Stark J, Stolin V, Stoyanova DA, Strauss M, Strom D, Stutte L, Suter L, Svoisky P, Takahashi M, Tanasijczuk A, Taylor W, Titov M, Tokmenin VV, Tsai YT, Tsybychev D, Tuchming B, Tully C, Uvarov L, Uvarov S, Uzunyan S, Van Kooten R, van Leeuwen WM, Varelas N, Varnes EW, Vasilyev IA, Verdier P, Vertogradov LS, Verzocchi M, Vesterinen M, Vilanova D, Vokac P, Wahl HD, Wang MHLS, Warchol J, Watts G, Wayne M, Weber M, Welty-Rieger L, White A, Wicke D, Williams MRJ, Wilson GW, Wobisch M, Wood DR, Wyatt TR, Xie Y, Xu C, Yacoob S, Yamada R, Yang WC, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Ye Z, Yin H, Yip K, Youn SW, Yu J, Zelitch S, Zhao T, Zhou B, Zhu J, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zivkovic L. Precision measurement of the ratio B(t→Wb)/B(t→Wq) and extraction of V(tb). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2011; 107:121802. [PMID: 22026765 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.121802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We present a measurement of the ratio of top quark branching fractions R=B(t→Wb)/B(t→Wq), where q can be a d, s, or b quark, in the lepton+jets and dilepton tt final states. The measurement uses data from 5.4 fb(-1) of pp collisions collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We measure R=0.90±0.04, and we extract the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix element |V(tb)| as |V(tb)|=0.95±0.02, assuming unitarity of the 3×3 CKM matrix.
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Liu Y, Miller T, Chiang TC. Electronic structure and trilayer growth of indium films on Si(111): a photoemission study. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2011; 23:365302. [PMID: 21865634 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/36/365302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on the preferred trilayer growth of indium films on Si(111) studied by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. By employing an interfactant and optimized annealing conditions, the kinetic constraint on the In atoms due to the substrate is greatly reduced and 'electronic growth'-where film morphology is controlled by the quantized electronic structure of the film-can be achieved at low coverage. Our photoemission spectra reveal that films of 4 ML (monolayers) and 7 ML thicknesses are energetically favored due to a lower surface energy, as confirmed by theoretical calculations. A detailed comparison of the photoemission spectra between In films grown on the In-√3 × √3/Si(111) surface and those on the Si(111) 7 × 7 surface shows that the √3 × √3 interfactant is a better template for growing In films at low coverage and effectively reduces the electronic coupling between the film and the substrate. In addition, the observed band structures of In films are in reasonable agreement with first-principles calculations and suggest that In films grown on the √3 × √3 interfactant might already be close to the bulk-like body-centered tetragonal structure at around 10 ML.
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