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van Ommen CH, van Wijnen M, de Groot FG, van der Horst CMAM, Peters M. Postvaricella purpura fulminans caused by acquired protein s deficiency resulting from antiprotein s antibodies: search for the epitopes. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002; 24:413-6. [PMID: 12142795 DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200206000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Postvaricella purpura fulminans is a rare disease in children that is probably caused by an acquired protein S deficiency resulting from antiprotein S antibodies. The epitope of these antibodies is unknown. A 5-year-old girl is described with postvaricella purpura fulminans and an acquired protein S deficiency. In this patient and in her 3-year-old sister with uncomplicated varicella, the concentrations of antiprotein S antibodies were measured and followed with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques. The epitope of the antiprotein S antibodies was studied using miniprotein S, a recombinant variant of protein S that consists of the first 242 amino acids of protein S, lacking the sex hormone binding globulin-like domain. In the patient's plasma, concentrations of free protein S antigen and total protein S antigen reached normal levels in 4 months and 5 weeks, respectively. The concentrations of the antiprotein S antibodies decreased to 25% of the initial level in the course of 5 months. In the sister, antiprotein S antibodies were present as well, but the concentrations were lower than those in the patient. Most of the antiprotein S antibodies were directed against the first 242 amino acids of protein S. After varicella, a heterozygous autoantibody response may develop that may result in severe acquired protein S deficiency leading to purpura fulminans. Epitopes of these antiprotein S antibodies are situated on both the first 242 amino acids of protein S and the sex hormone binding globulin-like domain.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Abe T, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Bracko M, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Danilov M, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou SR, Hou WS, Huang HC, Igaki T, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Konishi H, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Limosani A, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Matsuishi T, Matsumoto S, Mikami Y, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyabayashi Y, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park KS, Peak LS, Perroud JP, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Ronga F, Root N, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schneider O, Schrenk S, Schwanda C, Semenov S, Senyo K, Shibuya H, Schwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Suzuki K, Suzuki SY, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tokuda S, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yeh P, Yokoyama M, Yuan Y, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zontar D. Observation of B(+/-) --> p(-)pK(+/-). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:181803. [PMID: 12005679 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.181803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report the observation of the decay mode B(+/-) --> p(-)pK(+/-)based on an analysis of 29.4 fb(-1) of data collected by the Belle detector at KEKB. This is the first example of a b-->s transition with baryons in the final state. The p(-)p mass spectrum in this decay is inconsistent with phase space and is peaked at low mass. The branching fraction for this decay is measured to be B(B+/--->p(-)pK+/-) = [4.3(+1.1)(-0.9)(stat)+/-0.5(syst)]x 10(-6). We also report upper limits for the decays B(0)-->p(-)pK(S) and B(+/-)-->p(-)p pi(+/-).
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Meisel P, Giebel J, Peters M, Foerster K, Cascorbi I, Wulff K, Fanghaenel J, Kocher T. Expression of N-acetyltransferases in periodontal granulation tissue. J Dent Res 2002; 81:349-53. [PMID: 12097450 DOI: 10.1177/154405910208100512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Smoking is a major risk of periodontal diseases. At the site of first contact, the gingiva is exposed to aromatic amines and polycyclic hydrocarbons. These are metabolized by the N-acetyltransferases (NAT), leading to local detoxification and/or activation reactions contributing to the risk of periodontal destruction in smokers. The purpose of this study was to detect the expression of N-acetyltransferase isoenzymes NAT1 and NAT2 in periodontal granulation tissue. In 24 specimens obtained from periodontitis patients or control subjects, mRNA encoding for NAT1 and NAT2 was detected by RT-PCR, and proteins were identified by immunohistochemistry. In periodontal granulation tissues, immunoreactivity for NAT1 and NAT2 was detected in infiltrating leukocytes and fibroblasts. In normal gingiva, both enzymes were found in epithelial cells, whereas NAT1 was also detected in endothelial cells. The results suggest that these enzymes may play a role in the defense against xenobiotics and the accelerated progression of periodontal disease in smokers.
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Rothermundt M, Peters M, Wiesmann M, Hettich M, Abel S, Rudolf S, Kirchner H, Arolt V. Evidence for neuroplastic activity in acute schizophrenic psychosis. Eur Psychiatry 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(02)80675-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Espino CM, Sundstrom SM, Frick HL, Jacobs M, Peters M. International business travel: impact on families and travellers. Occup Environ Med 2002; 59:309-22. [PMID: 11983846 PMCID: PMC1740288 DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.5.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Spouses and staff of the World Bank Group (WBG) were questioned about the impact of international business travel on families and travellers. Dependent variables were self reported stress, concern about the health of the traveller, and negative impact on the family. We hypothesised that several travel factors (independent variables) would be associated with these impacts. These travel factors had to do with the frequency, duration, and predictability of travel and its interference with family activities. METHODS Survey forms were developed and distributed to all spouses of travelling staff as well as a small sample of operational staff. Kendall's tau b correlation coefficients of response frequencies were computed with the data from scaled items. Written responses to open ended questions were categorised. RESULTS Response rates for spouses and staff were 24% and 36%, respectively. Half the spouse sample (n=533) and almost 75% of the staff sample (n=102) reported high or very high stress due to business travel. Self reported spouse stress was associated with six out of eight travel factors. Female spouses, those with children, and younger spouses reported greater stress. Self reported staff stress was significantly associated with four out of nine travel factors. Further insight into how business travel affects families and staff (including children's behavioural changes) and how families cope was gained through responses to written questions. CONCLUSIONS The findings support the notion that lengthy and frequent travel and frequent changes in travel dates which affect family plans, all characteristic of WBG missions, negatively affects many spouses and children (particularly young children) and that the strain on families contributes significantly to the stress staff feel about their travel. Policies or management practices that take into consideration family activities and give staff greater leeway in controlling and refusing travel may help relieve stress.
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Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abdesselam A, Abolins M, Abramov V, Acharya BS, Adams DL, Adams M, Ahmed SN, Alexeev GD, Alves GA, Amos N, Anderson EW, Arnoud Y, Baarmand MM, Babintsev VV, Babukhadia L, Bacon TC, Baden A, Baldin B, Balm PW, Banerjee S, Barberis E, Baringer P, Barreto J, Bartlett JF, Bassler U, Bauer D, Bean A, Beaudette F, Begel M, Belyaev A, Beri SB, Bernardi G, Bertram I, Besson A, Beuselinck R, Bezzubov VA, Bhat PC, Bhatnagar V, Bhattacharjee M, Blazey G, Blessing S, Boehnlein A, Bojko NI, Borcherding F, Bos K, Brandt A, Breedon R, Briskin G, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Bross A, Buchholz D, Buehler M, Buescher V, Burtovoi VS, Butler JM, Canelli F, Carvalho W, Casey D, Casilum Z, Castilla-Valdez H, Chakraborty D, Chan KM, Chekulaev SV, Cho DK, Choi S, Chopra S, Christenson JH, Chung M, Claes D, Clark AR, Cochran J, Coney L, Connolly B, Cooper WE, Coppage D, Crépé-Renaudin S, Cummings MAC, Cutts D, Davis GA, Davis K, De K, De Jong SJ, Del Signore K, Demarteau M, Demina R, Demine P, Denisov D, Denisov SP, Desai S, Diehl HT, Diesburg M, Doulas S, Ducros Y, Dudko LV, Duensing S, Duflot L, Dugad SR, Duperrin A, Dyshkant A, Edmunds D, Ellison J, Elvira VD, Engelmann R, Eno S, Eppley G, Ermolov P, Eroshin OV, Estrada J, Evans H, Evdokimov VN, Fahland T, Feher S, Fein D, Ferbel T, Filthaut F, Fisk HE, Fisyak Y, Flattum E, Fleuret F, Fortner M, Fox H, Frame KC, Fu S, Fuess S, Gallas E, Galyaev AN, Gao M, Gavrilov V, Genik RJ, Genser K, Gerber CE, Gershtein Y, Gilmartin R, Ginther G, Gómez B, Gómez G, Goncharov PI, González Solís JL, Gordon H, Goss LT, Gounder K, Goussiou A, Graf N, Graham G, Grannis PD, Green JA, Greenlee H, Greenwood ZD, Grinstein S, Groer L, Grünendahl S, Gupta A, Gurzhiev SN, Gutierrez G, Gutierrez P, Hadley NJ, Haggerty H, Hagopian S, Hagopian V, Hall RE, Hanlet P, Hansen S, Hauptman JM, Hays C, Hebert C, Hedin D, Heinmiller JM, Heinson AP, Heintz U, Heuring T, Hildreth MD, Hirosky R, Hobbs JD, Hoeneisen B, Huang Y, Illingworth R, Ito AS, Jaffré M, Jain S, Jesik R, Johns K, Johnson M, Jonckheere A, Jones M, Jöstlein H, Juste A, Kahl W, Kahn S, Kajfasz E, Kalinin AM, Karmanov D, Karmgard D, Ke Z, Kehoe R, Khanov A, Kharchilava A, Kim SK, Klima B, Knuteson B, Ko W, Kohli JM, Kostritskiy AV, Kotcher J, Kothari B, Kotwal AV, Kozelov AV, Kozlovsky EA, Krane J, Krishnaswamy MR, Krivkova P, Krzywdzinski S, Kubantsev M, Kuleshov S, Kulik Y, Kunori S, Kupco A, Kuznetsov VE, Landsberg G, Lee WM, Leflat A, Leggett C, Lehner F, Li J, Li QZ, Li X, Lima JGR, Lincoln D, Linn SL, Linnemann J, Lipton R, Lucotte A, Lueking L, Lundstedt C, Luo C, Maciel AKA, Madaras RJ, Malyshev VL, Manankov V, Mao HS, Marshall T, Martin MI, Mauritz KM, May B, Mayorov AA, McCarthy R, McMahon T, Melanson HL, Merkin M, Merritt KW, Miao C, Miettinen H, Mihalcea D, Mishra CS, Mokhov N, Mondal NK, Montgomery HE, Moore RW, Mostafa M, Da Motta H, Nagy E, Nang F, Narain M, Narasimham VS, Neal HA, Negret JP, Negroni S, Nomerotski A, Nunnemann T, O'Neil D, Oguri V, Olivier B, Oshima N, Padley P, Pan LJ, Papageorgiou K, Para A, Parashar N, Partridge R, Parua N, Paterno M, Patwa A, Pawlik B, Perkins J, Peters M, Peters O, Pétroff P, Piegaia R, Pope BG, Popkov E, Prosper HB, Protopopescu S, Qian J, Raja R, Rajagopalan S, Ramberg E, Rapidis PA, Reay NW, Reucroft S, Ridel M, Rijssenbeek M, Rizatdinova F, Rockwell T, Roco M, Royon C, Rubinov P, Ruchti R, Rutherfoord J, Sabirov BM, Sajot G, Santoro A, Sawyer L, Schamberger RD, Schellman H, Schwartzman A, Sen N, Shabalina E, Shivpuri RK, Shpakov D, Shupe M, Sidwell RA, Simak V, Singh H, Singh JB, Sirotenko V, Slattery P, Smith E, Smith RP, Snihur R, Snow GR, Snow J, Snyder S, Solomon J, Sorín V, Sosebee M, Sotnikova N, Soustruznik K, Souza M, Stanton NR, Steinbrück G, Stephens RW, Stichelbaut F, Stoker D, Stolin V, Stone A, Stoyanova DA, Strauss M, Strovink M, Stutte L, Sznajder A, Talby M, Taylor W, Tentindo-Repond S, Tripathi SM, Trippe TG, Turcot AS, Tuts PM, Vaniev V, Van Kooten R, Varelas N, Vertogradov LS, Villeneuve-Seguier F, Volkov AA, Vorobiev AP, Wahl HD, Wang H, Wang ZM, Warchol J, Watts G, Wayne M, Weerts H, White A, White JT, Whiteson D, Wightman JA, Wijngaarden DA, Willis S, Wimpenny SJ, Womersley J, Wood DR, Xu Q, Yamada R, Yamin P, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Yip K, Youssef S, Yu J, Yu Z, Zanabria M, Zhang X, Zheng H, Zhou B, Zhou Z, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zieminski A, Zutshi V, Zverev EG, Zylberstejn A. Search for the scalar top quark in pp collisions at square root[s] = 1.8 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:171802. [PMID: 12005745 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.171802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have performed a search for scalar top quark (stop) pair production in the inclusive electron-muon-missing transverse energy final state, using a sample of pp events corresponding to 108.3 pb(-1) of data collected with the D0 detector at Fermilab. The search is done in the framework of the minimal supersymmetric standard model assuming that the sneutrino is the lightest supersymmetric particle. For the dominant decays of the lightest stop, t-->b chi+1 and t-->blnu, no evidence for signal is found. We derive cross-section limits as a function of stop ( t ), chargino ( chi+1), and sneutrino ( nu) masses.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Abe T, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Brodzicka J, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Enari Y, Everton CW, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Guler H, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igaki T, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawakami Y, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Konishi H, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Limosani A, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Majumder G, Mandl F, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsuishi T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Mitaroff W, Miyabayashi K, Miyabayashi Y, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohno F, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Perroud JP, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Ronga F, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schneider O, Schrenk S, Schwanda C, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov V, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tokuda S, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Precise measurement of B meson lifetimes with hadronic decay final states. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:171801. [PMID: 12005744 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.171801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2002] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The lifetimes of the B(0) and B- mesons are extracted from 29.1 fb(-1) of data collected with the Belle detector at the KEK B factory. A fit to the decay length differences of neutral and charged B meson pairs, measured in events where one of the B mesons is fully reconstructed in several hadronic modes, yields tau(B(0)) = 1.554+/-0.030(stat)+/-0.019(syst) ps, tau(B-) = 1.695+/-0.026(stat)+/-0.015(syst) ps, and tau(B-)/tau(B(0)) = 1.091+/-0.023(stat)+/-0.014(syst).
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Abe T, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Dong LY, Eidelman S, Eiges V, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Konishi H, Korpar S, Krizan P, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Liventsev D, MacNaughton J, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Perroud JP, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Singh JB, Stanic S, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Measurement of the lifetime difference in D0 meson decays. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:162001. [PMID: 11955228 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.162001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report a measurement of the D0-D macro(0) mixing parameter y(CP) using 23.4 fb(-1) of data collected near the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at KEKB. y(CP) is measured from the lifetime difference of D0 mesons decaying into the K(-)pi(+) state and the CP-even eigenstate K(-)K(+). We find y(CP) = (-0.5+/-1.0(+0.7)(-0.8))x10(-2), where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic, corresponding to a 95% confidence interval -0.030<y(CP)<0.020.
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van den Brink EN, Bril WS, Turenhout EAM, Zuurveld M, Bovenschen N, Peters M, Yee TT, Mertens K, Lewis DA, Ortel TL, Lollar P, Scandella D, Voorberg J. Two classes of germline genes both derived from the V(H)1 family direct the formation of human antibodies that recognize distinct antigenic sites in the C2 domain of factor VIII. Blood 2002; 99:2828-34. [PMID: 11929772 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v99.8.2828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Most plasmas from patients with inhibitors contain antibodies that are reactive with the C2 domain of factor VIII. Previously, we have shown that the variable heavy chain (V(H)) regions of antibodies to the C2 domain are encoded by the closely related germline gene segments DP-10, DP-14, and DP-88, which all belong to the V(H)1 gene family. Here, we report on the isolation and characterization of additional anti-C2 antibodies that are derived from V(H) gene segments DP-88 and DP-5. Competition experiments using murine monoclonal antibodies CLB-CAg 117 and ESH4 demonstrated that antibodies derived from DP-5 and DP-88 bound to different sites within the C2 domain. Epitope mapping studies using a series of factor VIII/factor V hybrids revealed that residues 2223 to 2332 of factor VIII are required for binding of the DP-10-, DP-14-, and DP-88-encoded antibodies. In contrast, binding of the DP-5-encoded antibodies required residues in both the amino- and carboxy-terminus of the C2 domain. Inspection of the reactivity of the antibodies with a series of human/porcine hybrids yielded similar data. Binding of antibodies derived from germline gene segments DP-10, DP-14, and DP-88 was unaffected by replacement of residues 2181 to 2243 of human factor VIII for the porcine sequence, whereas binding of the DP-5-encoded antibodies was abrogated by this replacement. Together these data indicate that antibodies assembled from V(H) gene segments DP-5 and the closely related germline gene segments DP-10, DP-14, and DP-88 target 2 distinct antigenic sites in the C2 domain of factor VIII.
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Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abdesselam A, Abolins M, Abramov V, Acharya BS, Adams DL, Adams M, Ahmed SN, Alexeev GD, Alves GA, Amos N, Anderson EW, Baarmand MM, Babintsev VV, Babukhadia L, Bacon TC, Baden A, Baldin B, Balm PW, Banerjee S, Barberis E, Baringer P, Barreto J, Bartlett JF, Bassler U, Bauer D, Bean A, Begel M, Belyaev A, Beri SB, Bernardi G, Bertram I, Besson A, Beuselinck R, Bezzubov VA, Bhat PC, Bhatnagar V, Bhattacharjee M, Blazey G, Blessing S, Boehnlein A, Bojko NI, Borcherding F, Bos K, Brandt A, Breedon R, Briskin G, Brock R, Brooijmans G, Bross A, Buchholz D, Buehler M, Buescher V, Burtovoi VS, Butler JM, Canelli F, Carvalho W, Casey D, Casilum Z, Castilla-Valdez H, Chakraborty D, Chan KM, Chekulaev SV, Cho DK, Choi S, Chopra S, Christenson JH, Chung M, Claes D, Clark AR, Cochran J, Coney L, Connolly B, Cooper WE, Coppage D, Cummings MAC, Cutts D, Davis GA, Davis K, De K, de Jong SJ, Del Signore K, Demarteau M, Demina R, Demine P, Denisov D, Denisov SP, Desai S, Diehl HT, Diesburg M, Di Loreto G, Doulas S, Draper P, Ducros Y, Dudko LV, Duensing S, Duflot L, Dugad SR, Dyshkant A, Edmunds D, Ellison J, Elvira VD, Engelmann R, Eno S, Eppley G, Ermolov P, Eroshin OV, Estrada J, Evans H, Evdokimov VN, Fahland T, Feher S, Fein D, Ferbel T, Filthaut F, Fisk HE, Fisyak Y, Flattum E, Fleuret F, Fortner M, Frame KC, Fuess S, Gallas E, Galyaev AN, Gao M, Gavrilov V, Genik RJ, Genser K, Gerber CE, Gershtein Y, Gilmartin R, Ginther G, Gómez B, Gómez G, Goncharov PI, González Solís JL, Gordon H, Goss LT, Gounder K, Goussiou A, Graf N, Graham G, Grannis PD, Green JA, Greenlee H, Grinstein S, Groer L, Grünendahl S, Gupta A, Gurzhiev SN, Gutierrez G, Gutierrez P, Hadley NJ, Haggerty H, Hagopian S, Hagopian V, Hall RE, Hanlet P, Hansen S, Hauptman JM, Hays C, Hebert C, Hedin D, Heinson AP, Heintz U, Heuring T, Hildreth MD, Hirosky R, Hobbs JD, Hoeneisen B, Huang Y, Illingworth R, Ito AS, Jaffré M, Jain S, Jesik R, Johns K, Johnson M, Jonckheere A, Jones M, Jöstlein H, Juste A, Kahn S, Kajfasz E, Kalinin AM, Karmanov D, Karmgard D, Kehoe R, Kharchilava A, Kim SK, Klima B, Knuteson B, Ko W, Kohli JM, Kostritskiy AV, Kotcher J, Kotwal AV, Kozelov AV, Kozlovsky EA, Krane J, Krishnaswamy MR, Krivkova P, Krzywdzinski S, Kubantsev M, Kuleshov S, Kulik Y, Kunori S, Kupco A, Kuznetsov VE, Landsberg G, Leflat A, Leggett C, Lehner F, Li J, Li QZ, Lima JGR, Lincoln D, Linn SL, Linnemann J, Lipton R, Lucotte A, Lueking L, Lundstedt C, Luo C, Maciel AKA, Madaras RJ, Malyshev VL, Manankov V, Mao HS, Marshall T, Martin MI, Martin RD, Mauritz KM, May B, Mayorov AA, McCarthy R, McDonald J, McMahon T, Melanson HL, Merkin M, Merritt KW, Miao C, Miettinen H, Mihalcea D, Mishra CS, Mokhov N, Mondal NK, Montgomery HE, Moore RW, Mostafa M, da Motta H, Nagy E, Nang F, Narain M, Narasimham VS, Neal HA, Negret JP, Negroni S, Nunnemann T, O'Neil D, Oguri V, Olivier B, Oshima N, Padley P, Pan LJ, Papageorgiou K, Para A, Parashar N, Partridge R, Parua N, Paterno M, Patwa A, Pawlik B, Perkins J, Peters M, Peters O, Pétroff P, Piegaia R, Piekarz H, Pope BG, Popkov E, Prosper HB, Protopopescu S, Qian J, Raja R, Rajagopalan S, Ramberg E, Rapidis PA, Reay NW, Reucroft S, Rha J, Ridel M, Rijssenbeek M, Rockwell T, Roco M, Rubinov P, Ruchti R, Rutherfoord J, Sabirov BM, Santoro A, Sawyer L, Schamberger RD, Schellman H, Schwartzman A, Sen N, Shabalina E, Shivpuri RK, Shpakov D, Shupe M, Sidwell RA, Simak V, Singh H, Singh JB, Sirotenko V, Slattery P, Smith E, Smith RP, Snihur R, Snow GR, Snow J, Snyder S, Solomon J, Sorín V, Sosebee M, Sotnikova N, Soustruznik K, Souza M, Stanton NR, Steinbrück G, Stephens RW, Stichelbaut F, Stoker D, Stolin V, Stoyanova DA, Strauss M, Strovink M, Stutte L, Sznajder A, Taylor W, Tentindo-Repond S, Tripathi SM, Trippe TG, Turcot AS, Tuts PM, van Gemmeren P, Vaniev V, Van Kooten R, Varelas N, Vertogradov LS, Volkov AA, Vorobiev AP, Wahl HD, Wang H, Wang ZM, Warchol J, Watts G, Wayne M, Weerts H, White A, White JT, Whiteson D, Wightman JA, Wijngaarden DA, Willis S, Wimpenny SJ, Womersley J, Wood DR, Yamada R, Yamin P, Yasuda T, Yatsunenko YA, Yip K, Youssef S, Yu J, Yu Z, Zanabria M, Zheng H, Zhou Z, Zielinski M, Zieminska D, Zieminski A, Zutshi V, Zverev EG, Zylberstejn A. Direct search for charged higgs bosons in decays of top quarks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:151803. [PMID: 11955191 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.151803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a search for charged Higgs bosons in decays of pair-produced top quarks in pp collisions at sqrt[s] = 1.8 TeV recorded by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. With no evidence for signal, we exclude most regions of the ( M(H+/-),tan(beta)) parameter space where the decay t--> H(+)b has a branching fraction >0.36 and B(H+/--->tau(nu)(tau)) is large.
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Peters M, Crowe J, Piéri JF, Quartero H, Hayes-Gill B, James D, Stinstra J, Shakespeare S. Monitoring the fetal heart non-invasively: a review of methods. J Perinat Med 2002; 29:408-16. [PMID: 11723842 DOI: 10.1515/jpm.2001.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Doppler ultrasound, ultrasound M-mode analysis, fetal electrocardiography, and fetal magnetocardiography are methods by which the fetal heart can be monitored non-invasively. In this paper, they are evaluated and compared. Customarily, it is solely the fetal heart rate, which is monitored using the Doppler ultrasound technique since it is both simple to use and cheap. However, this method inherently produces an averaged heart rate and therefore cannot give the beat-to-beat variability. Fetal electrocardiography has similar advantages, but in addition offers the potential for monitoring beat-to-beat variability and performing electrocardiogram morphological analysis. Its disadvantage is that its reliability is only 60%, although it is the only technique that offers truly long-term ambulatory monitoring. Ultrasound M-mode analysis allows a estimation of atrial and ventricular coordination, as well as an estimation of PR intervals. Bradycardias, supraventricular tachycardias, extra systoles are readily diagnosed using this method although timing will be inaccurate. Fetal magnetocardiograms can be detected reliably and used for accurate beat-to-beat measurements and morphological analysis. Consequently, they can be used for the classification of arrhythmias and the diagnosis of a long QT syndrome and some congenital heart diseases.
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Henning K, Schares G, Granzow H, Polster U, Hartmann M, Hotzel H, Sachse K, Peters M, Rauser M. Neospora caninum and Waddlia chondrophila strain 2032/99 in a septic stillborn calf. Vet Microbiol 2002; 85:285-92. [PMID: 11852195 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(01)00510-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Characteristics of an intracellularly growing micro-organism isolated from an aborted bovine foetus are described. The organism replicated within cytoplasmic vacuoles, was resistant to penicillin and exhibited structural characteristics compatible with Waddlia chondrophila. An ELISA specific for Chlamydia spp., immunofluorescence tests using antibodies directed against Chlamydia spp. or Simkania negevensis, and PCR using Chlamydia-specific primers showed that the agent was distinct from Chlamydiae or S. negevensis. Determination of 16S and partial 23S ribosomal RNA gene sequences in combination with the PCR results and the morphological, antigenic and developmental characteristics provided evidence that the isolate 2032/99 can be classified as W. chondrophila or a closely related organism.
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Peters M, Jeck N, Seyberth HW, Konrad M. Hereditary hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies: Bartter-like syndromes. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEPHROLOGY 2002:157-73. [PMID: 11688378 DOI: 10.1159/000060186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Briët E, Peters M. The incidence of inhibitors in hemophilia A and the induction of immune tolerance. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2002; 489:89-97. [PMID: 11554594 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1277-6_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Fishwick K, Berridge J, Coffey M, Colussi AM, Di Giulio P, Marinus A, Molin C, Peters M. The EORTC clinical research coordinators group. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Eur J Cancer 2002; 38 Suppl 4:S54-9. [PMID: 11858966 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00467-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The Clinical Research Coordinators Group (CRCG) is an umbrella organisation, compiled from four existing groups, namely the Oncology Nurses Group, the Data Management Group, the Radiation Technologists Group and the Early Clinical Studies Group Research Nurses. From the existing steering committees, a new board was formed and consists of two members per group. The CRCG will function as an independent group within the EORTC. The CRCG will create conditions and standards for implementing and conducting clinical protocols according to Good Clinical Practice.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe T, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Ban Y, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hou SR, Hou WS, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jalocha P, Jang HK, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Konishi H, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Mori S, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Root N, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki JI, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Trischuk W, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yoshida K, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Production of prompt charmonia in e(+)e(-) annihilation at square root of s approximately equals 0.6 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:052001. [PMID: 11863715 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.052001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The production of prompt J/psi, psi(2S), chi(c1), and chi(c2) is studied using a 32.4 fb(-1) data sample collected with the Belle detector at Upsilon(4S) and at 60 MeV below the resonance. The yield of prompt J/psi mesons in the Upsilon(4S) sample is compatible with that of continuum production; we set an upper limit B(Upsilon(4S)-->J/psiX) < 1.9 x 10(-4) at the 95% confidence level, and find sigma(e(+)e(-)-->J/psiX) = 1.47 plus/minus 0.10 plus/minus 0.13 pb. The cross sections for prompt psi(2S) and direct J/psi are measured. The J/psi momentum spectrum, production angle distribution, and polarization are studied.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Chen KF, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshina K, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jang HK, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kim TH, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Konishi H, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Sidorov A, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of the color-suppressed decay B( 0)-->D(0)pi(0). PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:052002. [PMID: 11863716 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.052002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report the first observation of color-suppressed B( 0)-->D(0)pi(0), D(*0)pi(0), D0eta, and D0omega decays, and evidence for B( 0)-->D(*0)eta and D(*0)omega. The branching fractions are B(B( 0)-->D0pi(0)) = (3.1 +/- 0.4 +/- 0.5)x10(-4), B(B( 0) -->D(*0)pi(0)) = (2.7(+0.8+0.5)(-0.7-0.6))x10(-4), B(B( 0) --> D0eta) = (1.4(+0.5)(-0.4) +/- 0.3)x10(-4), B(B( 0) --> D0omega) = (1.8 +/- 0.5(+0.4)(-0.3))x10(-4), and we set 90% confidence level upper limits of B(B( 0) --> D(*0)eta)<4.6 x 10(-4) and B(B( 0)-->D(*0)omega)<7.9 x 10(-4). The analysis is based on a data sample of 21.3 fb(-1) collected at the Upsilon(4S) resonance by the Belle detector at the KEKB e(+)e(-) collider.
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Peters M, Tan U, Kang Y, Teixeira L, Mandal M. Sex-specific finger-length patterns linked to behavioral variables: consistency across various human populations. Percept Mot Skills 2002; 94:171-81. [PMID: 11883557 DOI: 10.2466/pms.2002.94.1.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In humans, as in nonhuman primates, the digits of the hands are similar in length during early fetal development. Subsequently, differentiation leads to a patter of unequal finger lengths, described by George as the finger-length pattern. Recent work by Manning and colleagues suggested that digit length patterns are due to early influences of sex hormones. Most importantly for psychology, such patterns might also relate to cognitive activities that are influenced by early organizing actions of sex hormones. The exciting possibility of having an easily measurable indicator of early action of sex hormones that relates to behavior led us to examine the universality of digit length patterns. With samples from Brazil, Canada, India, Turkey, and Korea, we showed that patterns of distal extent of finger tips are similar across different human populations. Consistent sex differences were found across the samples, showing that the index finger in males extends less far distally relative to the middle finger than is the case for females and that the difference in distal extent between index and ring fingers, relative to the middle finger, is smaller in females than in males.
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Peters M. Tobacco control in Australia: bullseye on the wrong target. Intern Med J 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00162.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi Y, Dong LY, Dragic J, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jang HK, Kagan R, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Konishi H, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, Marlow D, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satapathy M, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Shwartz B, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yanaka S, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yuan Y, Yusa Y, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of B+ --> chi(c0)K+. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:031802. [PMID: 11801054 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.031802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Using a sample of 31.3x10(6) BB pairs collected with the Belle detector at the Upsilon(4S) resonance, we make the first observation of the charged B meson decay to chi(c0) and a charged kaon. The measured branching fraction is B(B+-->chi(c0)K+) = (6.0(+2.1)(-1.8)+/-1.1)x10(-4), where the first error is statistical, and the second is systematic.
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Abe K, Abe K, Abe R, Adachi I, Ahn BS, Aihara H, Akatsu M, Asano Y, Aso T, Aulchenko V, Aushev T, Bakich AM, Banas E, Behari S, Behera PK, Bondar A, Bozek A, Browder TE, Casey BCK, Chang P, Chao Y, Cheon BG, Chistov R, Choi SK, Choi Y, Dong LY, Drutskoy A, Eidelman S, Enari Y, Fang F, Fujii H, Fukunaga C, Fukushima M, Gabyshev N, Garmash A, Gershon T, Gordon A, Gotow K, Guo R, Haba J, Hamasaki H, Hanagaki K, Handa F, Hara K, Hara T, Hastings NC, Hayashii H, Hazumi M, Heenan EM, Higuchi I, Higuchi T, Hirano H, Hojo T, Hokuue T, Hoshi Y, Hoshina K, Hou SR, Hou WS, Hsu SC, Huang HC, Igarashi Y, Iijima T, Ikeda H, Inami K, Ishikawa A, Ishino H, Itoh R, Iwasaki H, Iwasaki Y, Jackson DJ, Jang HK, Kakuno H, Kaneko J, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapusta P, Katayama N, Kawai H, Kawai H, Kawamura N, Kawasaki T, Kichimi H, Kim DW, Kim H, Kim HJ, Kim HO, Kim H, Kim SK, Kinoshita K, Kobayashi S, Konishi H, Krokovny P, Kulasiri R, Kumar S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lange JS, Leder G, Lee SH, Liventsev D, Lu RS, MacNaughton J, Matsubara T, Matsumoto S, Matsumoto T, Mikami Y, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Miyata H, Moloney GR, Moorhead GF, Mori S, Mori T, Murakami A, Nagamine T, Nagasaka Y, Nagashima Y, Nakadaira T, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nam JW, Natkaniec Z, Neichi K, Nishida S, Nitoh O, Noguchi S, Nozaki T, Ogawa S, Ohshima T, Okabe T, Okuno S, Olsen SL, Ostrowicz W, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Palka H, Park CS, Park CW, Park H, Park KS, Peak LS, Peters M, Piilonen LE, Rodriguez JL, Root N, Rozanska M, Rybicki K, Ryuko J, Sagawa H, Sakai Y, Sakamoto H, Satpathy A, Schrenk S, Semenov S, Senyo K, Sevior ME, Shibuya H, Schwartz B, Stanic S, Sugi A, Sugiyama A, Sumisawa K, Sumiyoshi T, Suzuki K, Suzuki S, Suzuki SY, Swain SK, Tajima H, Takahashi T, Takasaki F, Takita M, Tamai K, Tamura N, Tanaka J, Tanaka M, Tanaka Y, Taylor GN, Teramoto Y, Tomoto M, Tomura T, Tovey SN, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Tsukamoto T, Uehara S, Ueno K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Varvell KE, Wang CC, Wang CH, Wang JG, Wang MZ, Watanabe Y, Won E, Yabsley BD, Yamada Y, Yamaga M, Yamaguchi A, Yamamoto H, Yamashita Y, Yamauchi M, Yashima J, Yokoyama M, Yoshida K, Yusa Y, Yuta H, Zhang CC, Zhang J, Zhao HW, Zheng Y, Zhilich V, Zontar D. Observation of the decay B --> Kl+l-. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2002; 88:021801. [PMID: 11801003 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.021801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2001] [Revised: 10/19/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We report a search for the flavor-changing neutral current decay B-->K(*)l+l- using a 29.1 fb(-1) data sample accumulated at the Upsilon(4S) resonance with the Belle detector at the KEKB e+e- storage ring. We observe the decay process B-->Kl+l-(l = e, mu), for the first time, with a branching fraction of B(B-->Kl+l-) = (0.75(+0.25)(-0.21)+/-0.09)x10(-6).
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Petrek JA, Senie RT, Peters M, Rosen PP. Lymphedema in a cohort of breast carcinoma survivors 20 years after diagnosis. Cancer 2002. [PMID: 11745212 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010915)92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, there are no long-term cohort studies of lymphedema, despite the substantial morbidity of arm swelling. The goal of this study was to identify prevalence of breast carcinoma-related lymphedema, time of onset, and associated predictive factors. METHODS A cohort of 923 women consecutively treated with mastectomy and complete axillary dissection at our center between 1976 and 1978 was observed intensively for 20 years. Two hundred sixty-three study subjects (28.5%) who were alive and recurrence free constituted the cohort for the current study. A subset of 52 women (20% of study population) with contralateral mastectomy was analyzed separately. Subjects reported circumferential arm measurements taken using a validated instrument. In addition to providing analysis of clinical and treatment variables, this study is the first to the authors' knowledge to analyze possible etiologic factors in the posttreatment years, such as occupation, general physical activity, and sports/leisure activities. Univariate and multivariate analytic methods were used. RESULTS At 20 years after treatment, 49% (128 of 263) reported the sensation of lymphedema. Arm swelling measurements were severe (> or = 2.0 in [5.08 cm]; patients reported measurement in inches) for 13% (33 of 263 women). Seventy-seven percent (98 of 128) noted onset within 3 years after the operation; the remaining percentage developed arm swelling at a rate of almost 1% per year. Of the 15 potential predictive factors analyzed, only 2 were statistically significantly associated with lymphedema: arm infection/injury and weight gain since operation (P < 0.001 and P = 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSIONS This defined cohort, treated by axillary dissection 20 years ago, documents the high prevalence of lymphedema and its time course. Two significantly associated factors, both potentially controllable, are identified. The current study provides further support for treatments that limit lymph node dissection. The authors are prospectively evaluating patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy.
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Rothermundt M, Arolt V, Fenker J, Gutbrodt H, Peters M, Kirchner H. Different immune patterns in melancholic and non-melancholic major depression. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2002; 251:90-7. [PMID: 11407444 DOI: 10.1007/s004060170058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The search for immune patterns in major depression has thus far resulted in ambiguous findings, probably because patient samples are psychiatrically heterogeneous. We therefore focused on a detailed classification of subtypes of major depression, comparing patients with melancholic and non-melancholic major depression. Inpatients suffering from acute major depression were diagnosed and subclassified according to DSM IV criteria. Cell counts were determined by FACS analysis and morphology. Cytokine production (IL-2, IFN-gamma, IL-10) upon mitogen stimulation was measured by ELISA in a whole blood assay. Non-melancholic patients showed increased counts of leukocytes, lymphocytes and NK-cells in the acute stage of disease and after two and four weeks of treatment. Their lymphokine production was unchanged compared to that of healthy controls. Melancholic patients on the other hand demonstrated normal cell counts but a decreased production of IL-2, IFN-gamma and IL-10 during the acute stage of disease followed by a normalization with clinical improvement. Melancholic and non-melancholic patients showed different immune patterns. Classifying melancholic and non-melancholic patients is helpful towards the identification of immune characteristics typical for these diseases.
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Peters M. Tobacco control in Australia: bullseye on the wrong target. Intern Med J 2002; 32:4-5. [PMID: 11783673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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