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Adare A, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Akimoto R, Al-Bataineh H, Al-Ta'ani H, Alexander J, Andrews KR, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Appelt E, Aramaki Y, Armendariz R, Aschenauer EC, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Bannier B, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Ben-Benjamin J, Bennett R, Bhom JH, Blau DS, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Broxmeyer D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Caringi A, Castera P, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa Del Valle Z, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gal C, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gong X, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Guo L, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Harper C, Hashimoto K, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Hollis RS, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Iordanova A, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, John D, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kamin J, Kaneti S, Kang BH, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim YJ, Kim YK, Kinney E, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Kleinjan D, Kline P, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotov D, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee SH, Lee SR, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Lim SH, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malik MD, Manion A, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, McKinney C, Means N, Mendoza M, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Miki K, Milov A, Mitchell JT, Miyachi Y, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Motschwiller S, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park BH, Park IH, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Patel L, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sarsour M, Sato T, Savastio M, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shim HH, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Sodre T, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sun J, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Takahara A, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tennant E, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Tomášek M, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Utsunomiya K, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vossen A, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Watanabe YS, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Yoo JS, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zelenski A, Zhou S. Measurement of Long-Range Angular Correlation and Quadrupole Anisotropy of Pions and (Anti)Protons in Central d+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:192301. [PMID: 26024164 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.192301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present azimuthal angular correlations between charged hadrons and energy deposited in calorimeter towers in central d+Au and minimum bias p+p collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The charged hadron is measured at midrapidity |η|<0.35, and the energy is measured at large rapidity (-3.7<η<-3.1, Au-going direction). An enhanced near-side angular correlation across |Δη|>2.75 is observed in d+Au collisions. Using the event plane method applied to the Au-going energy distribution, we extract the anisotropy strength v_{2} for inclusive charged hadrons at midrapidity up to p_{T}=4.5 GeV/c. We also present the measurement of v_{2} for identified π^{±} and (anti)protons in central d+Au collisions, and observe a mass-ordering pattern similar to that seen in heavy-ion collisions. These results are compared with viscous hydrodynamic calculations and measurements from p+Pb at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV. The magnitude of the mass ordering in d+Au is found to be smaller than that in p+Pb collisions, which may indicate smaller radial flow in lower energy d+Au collisions.
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Vainio O, Ahokas J, Järvinen J, Lehtonen L, Novotny S, Sheludiakov S, Suominen KA, Vasiliev S, Zvezdov D, Khmelenko VV, Lee DM. Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in atomic hydrogen gas. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 114:125304. [PMID: 25860755 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.125304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report on experimental observation of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC)-like behavior of quantized electron spin waves (magnons) in a dense gas of spin-polarized atomic hydrogen. The magnons are trapped and controlled with inhomogeneous magnetic fields and described by a Schrödinger-like wave equation, in analogy to the BEC experiments with neutral atoms. We have observed the appearance of a sharp feature in the ESR spectrum displaced from the normal spin wave spectrum. We believe that this observation corresponds to a sudden growth of the ground-state population of the magnons and emergence of their spontaneous coherence for hydrogen gas densities exceeding a critical value, dependent on the trapping potential. We interpret the results as a BEC of nonequilibrium magnons which were formed by applying the rf power.
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Lee DM, Nazroo J, Pendleton N. Erectile dysfunction and phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use: associations with sexual activities, function and satisfaction in a population sample of older men. Int J Impot Res 2015; 27:146-51. [DOI: 10.1038/ijir.2015.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Han TS, Lee DM, Lean MEJ, Finn JD, O'Neill TW, Bartfai G, Forti G, Giwercman A, Kula K, Pendleton N, Punab M, Rutter MK, Vanderschueren D, Huhtaniemi IT, Wu FCW, Casanueva FF. Associations of obesity with socioeconomic and lifestyle factors in middle-aged and elderly men: European Male Aging Study (EMAS). Eur J Endocrinol 2015; 172:59-67. [PMID: 25326134 DOI: 10.1530/eje-14-0739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Social and lifestyle influences on age-related changes in body morphology are complex because lifestyle and physiological response to social stress can affect body fat differently. OBJECTIVE In this study, we examined the associations of socioeconomic status (SES) and lifestyle factors with BMI and waist circumference (WC) in middle-aged and elderly European men. DESIGN AND SETTING A cross-sectional study of 3319 men aged 40-79 years recruited from eight European centres. OUTCOMES We estimated relative risk ratios (RRRs) of overweight/obesity associated with unfavourable SES and lifestyles. RESULTS The prevalence of BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2) or WC ≥ 102 cm rose linearly with age, except in the eighth decade when high BMI, but not high WC, declined. Among men aged 40-59 years, compared with non-smokers or most active men, centre and BMI-adjusted RRRs for having a WC between 94 and 101.9 cm increased by 1.6-fold in current smokers, 2.7-fold in least active men and maximal at 2.8-fold in least active men who smoked. Similar patterns but greater RRRs were observed for men with WC ≥ 102 cm, notably 8.4-fold greater in least active men who smoked. Compared with men in employment, those who were not in employment had increased risk of having a high WC by 1.4-fold in the 40-65 years group and by 1.3-fold in the 40-75 years group. These relationships were weaker among elderly men. CONCLUSION Unfavourable SES and lifestyles associate with increased risk of obesity, especially in middle-aged men. The combination of inactivity and smoking was the strongest predictor of high WC, providing a focus for health promotion and prevention at an early age.
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Sheludiakov S, Ahokas J, Järvinen J, Zvezdov D, Vainio O, Lehtonen L, Vasiliev S, Mao S, Khmelenko VV, Lee DM. Dynamic nuclear polarization of high-density atomic hydrogen in solid mixtures of molecular hydrogen isotopes. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:265303. [PMID: 25615349 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.265303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report on magnetic resonance studies of high-density atomic hydrogen and deuterium in solid hydrogen matrices at temperatures below 1 K. Average concentrations of H atoms ≈3×10(19) cm(-3) are obtained in chemical tunneling reactions of isotope exchange with D atoms. The products of these reactions are closely located pairs of H atoms near D2 molecules with strong exchange interactions. We discovered a dynamic nuclear polarization effect on H atoms created by pumping the center of the H electron spin resonance spectrum, similar to the Overhauser effect in metals. Our results indicate that H atoms may be arranged inside molecular matrices at separations equivalent to local concentrations of 2.6×10(21) cm(-3). This opens up a way to build a metallic state of atomic hydrogen at zero pressure.
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Liu J, Lee DM, Yu CG, Angers S, Harris TJC. Stepping stone: a cytohesin adaptor for membrane cytoskeleton restraint in the syncytial Drosophila embryo. Mol Biol Cell 2014; 26:711-25. [PMID: 25540427 PMCID: PMC4325841 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-11-1554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Cytohesin Arf-GEFs are conserved plasma membrane regulators. The sole Drosophila cytohesin, Steppke, restrains Rho1-dependent membrane cytoskeleton activity at the base of plasma membrane furrows of the syncytial embryo. By mass spectrometry, we identified a single major Steppke-interacting protein from syncytial embryos, which we named Stepping stone (Sstn). By sequence, Sstn seems to be a divergent homologue of the mammalian cytohesin adaptor FRMD4A. Our experiments supported this relationship. Specifically, heterophilic coiled-coil interactions linked Sstn and Steppke in vivo and in vitro, whereas a separate C-terminal region was required for Sstn localization to furrows. Sstn mutant and RNAi embryos displayed abnormal, Rho1-dependent membrane cytoskeleton expansion from the base of pseudocleavage and cellularization furrows, closely mimicking Steppke loss-of-function embryos. Elevating Sstn furrow levels had no effect on the steppke phenotype, but elevating Steppke furrow levels reversed the sstn phenotype, suggesting that Steppke acts downstream of Sstn and that additional mechanisms can recruit Steppke to furrows. Finally, the coiled-coil domain of Steppke was required for Sstn binding and in addition homodimerization, and its removal disrupted Steppke furrow localization and activity in vivo. Overall we propose that Sstn acts as a cytohesin adaptor that promotes Steppke activity for localized membrane cytoskeleton restraint in the syncytial Drosophila embryo.
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Mao S, Meraki A, McColgan PT, Shemelin V, Khmelenko VV, Lee DM. Experimental setup for investigation of nanoclusters at cryogenic temperatures by electron spin resonance and optical spectroscopies. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:073906. [PMID: 25085151 DOI: 10.1063/1.4891189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present the design and performance of an experimental setup for simultaneous electron spin resonance (ESR) and optical studies of nanoclusters with stabilized free radicals at cryogenic temperatures. A gas mixture of impurities and helium after passing through a RF discharge for dissociation of molecules is directed onto the surface of superfluid helium to form the nanoclusters of impurities. A specially designed ESR cavity operated in the TE011 mode allows optical access to the sample. The cavity is incorporated into a homemade insert which is placed inside a variable temperature insert of a Janis (4)He cryostat. The temperature range for sample investigation is 1.25-300 K. A Bruker EPR 300E and Andor 500i optical spectrograph incorporated with a Newton EMCCD camera are used for ESR and optical registration, respectively. The current experimental system makes it possible to study the ESR and optical spectra of impurity-helium condensates simultaneously. The setup allows a broad range of research at low temperatures including optically detected magnetic resonance, studies of chemical processes of the active species produced by photolysis in solid matrices, and investigations of nanoclusters produced by laser ablation in superfluid helium.
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Adare A, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Akimoto R, Al-Bataineh H, Al-Ta'ani H, Alexander J, Andrews KR, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Appelt E, Aramaki Y, Armendariz R, Aschenauer EC, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Bannier B, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Ben-Benjamin J, Bennett R, Bhom JH, Blau DS, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Broxmeyer D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Caringi A, Castera P, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa Del Valle Z, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gal C, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gong X, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Guo L, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Harper C, Hashimoto K, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Hollis RS, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Iordanova A, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, John D, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kamin J, Kaneti S, Kang BH, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim YJ, Kim YK, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kleinjan D, Kline P, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotov D, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee SH, Lee SR, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Lim SH, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malik MD, Manion A, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, McKinney C, Means N, Mendoza M, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Miki K, Milov A, Mitchell JT, Miyachi Y, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Motschwiller S, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park BH, Park IH, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Patel L, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sarsour M, Sato T, Savastio M, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shim HH, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Sodre T, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sun J, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Takahara A, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tennant E, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Tomášek M, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Utsunomiya K, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vossen A, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Watanabe YS, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Yoo JS, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zelenski A, Zhou S. Cold-nuclear-matter effects on heavy-quark production at forward and backward rapidity in d + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:252301. [PMID: 25014805 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.252301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The PHENIX experiment has measured open heavy-flavor production via semileptonic decay over the transverse momentum range 1 < p(T) < 6 GeV/c at forward and backward rapidity (1.4 < |y| < 2.0) in d+Au and p + p collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV. In central d+Au collisions, relative to the yield in p + p collisions scaled by the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions, a suppression is observed at forward rapidity (in the d-going direction) and an enhancement at backward rapidity (in the Au-going direction). Predictions using nuclear-modified-parton-distribution functions, even with additional nuclear-p(T) broadening, cannot simultaneously reproduce the data at both rapidity ranges, which implies that these models are incomplete and suggests the possible importance of final-state interactions in the asymmetric d + Au collision system. These results can be used to probe cold-nuclear-matter effects, which may significantly affect heavy-quark production, in addition to helping constrain the magnitude of charmonia-breakup effects in nuclear matter.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Hartouni EP, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kim BI, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim EJ, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee K, Lee KB, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Li X, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mignerey AC, Mikeš P, Miki K, Milov A, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Niida T, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Themann H, Thomas TL, Todoroki T, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zolin L. Azimuthal-angle dependence of charged-pion-interferometry measurements with respect to second- and third-order event planes in Au+Au collisions at √[S(NN)]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:222301. [PMID: 24949761 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.222301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Charged-pion-interferometry measurements were made with respect to the second- and third-order event plane for Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. A strong azimuthal-angle dependence of the extracted Gaussian-source radii was observed with respect to both the second- and third-order event planes. The results for the second-order dependence indicate that the initial eccentricity is reduced during the medium evolution, which is consistent with previous results. In contrast, the results for the third-order dependence indicate that the initial triangular shape is significantly reduced and potentially reversed by the end of the medium evolution, and that the third-order oscillations are largely dominated by the dynamical effects from triangular flow.
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Sheludiakov S, Ahokas J, Vainio O, Järvinen J, Zvezdov D, Vasiliev S, Khmelenko VV, Mao S, Lee DM. Experimental cell for molecular beam deposition and magnetic resonance studies of matrix isolated radicals at temperatures below 1 K. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:053902. [PMID: 24880382 DOI: 10.1063/1.4875985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present the design and performance of an experimental cell constructed for matrix isolation studies of H and D atoms in solid H2/D2 films, which are created by molecular beam deposition at temperatures below 1 K. The sample cell allows sensitive weighing of the films by a quartz microbalance (QM) and their studies by magnetic resonance techniques in a strong magnetic field of 4.6 T. We are able to regulate the deposition rate in the range from 0.01 to 10 molecular layers/s, and measure the thickness with ≈0.2 monolayer resolution. The upper QM electrode serves as a mirror for a 128 GHz Fabry-Perot resonator connected to an electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometer. H and D atoms were created by RF discharge in situ in the sample cell, and characterized by ESR and electron-nuclear double resonance. From the magnetic resonance measurements we conclude that the films are smooth and provide homogeneous trapping conditions for embedded atoms. The current sample cell design also makes it possible to calibrate the ESR signal and estimate the average and local concentrations of H and D radicals in the film.
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Lee DM, Harris TJC. Coordinating the cytoskeleton and endocytosis for regulated plasma membrane growth in the early Drosophila embryo. BIOARCHITECTURE 2014; 4:68-74. [PMID: 24874871 PMCID: PMC4199814 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.28949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Plasma membrane organization is under the control of cytoskeletal networks and endocytic mechanisms, and a growing literature is showing how closely these influences are interconnected. Here, we review how plasma membranes are formed around individual nuclei of the syncytial Drosophila embryo. Specifically, we outline the pathways that promote and maintain the growth of pseudocleavage and cellularization furrows, as well as specific pathways that keep furrow growth in check. This system has become important for studies of actin regulators, such as Rho1, Diaphanous, non-muscle myosin II and Arp2/3, and endocytic regulators, such as a cytohesin Arf-GEF (Steppke), clathrin, Amphiphysin and dynamin. More generally, it provides a model for understanding how cytoskeletal-endocytic cross-talk regulates the assembly of a cell.
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Pye SR, Huhtaniemi IT, Finn JD, Lee DM, O'Neill TW, Tajar A, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Kula K, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Rutter MK, Vanderschueren D, Wu FCW. Late-onset hypogonadism and mortality in aging men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014; 99:1357-66. [PMID: 24423283 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) has recently been defined as a syndrome in middle-aged and elderly men reporting sexual symptoms in the presence of low T. The natural history of LOH, especially its relationship to mortality, is currently unknown. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to clarify the associations between LOH, low T, and sexual symptoms with mortality in men. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective data from the European Male Aging Study (EMAS) on 2599 community-dwelling men aged 40-79 years in eight European countries was used for this study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) All-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer-related mortality was measured. RESULTS One hundred forty-seven men died during a median follow-up of 4.3 years. Fifty-five men (2.1%) were identified as having LOH (31 moderate and 24 severe). After adjusting for age, center, body mass index (BMI), current smoking, and poor general health, compared with men without LOH, those with severe LOH had a 5-fold [hazard ratio (HR) 5.5; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.7, 11.4] higher risk of all-cause mortality. Compared with eugonadal men, the multivariable-adjusted risk of mortality was 2-fold higher in those with T less than 8 nmol/L (irrespective of symptoms; HR 2.3; 95% CI 1.2, 4.2) and 3-fold higher in those with three sexual symptoms (irrespective of serum T; compared with asymptomatic men; HR 3.2; 95% CI 1.8, 5.8). Similar risks were observed for cardiovascular mortality. CONCLUSIONS Severe LOH is associated with substantially higher risks of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, to which both the level of T and the presence of sexual symptoms contribute independently. Detecting low T in men presenting with sexual symptoms offers an opportunity to identify a small subgroup of aging men at particularly high risk of dying.
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Adare A, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Bhom JH, Blau DS, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Caringi A, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa Del Valle Z, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Kleinjan D, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Miki K, Milov A, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Perepelitsa D, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhou S. Quadrupole anisotropy in dihadron azimuthal correlations in central d+Au collisions at √(s(NN))=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:212301. [PMID: 24313481 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.212301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The PHENIX collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of azimuthal dihadron correlations near midrapidity in d+Au collisions at √(s(NN))=200 GeV. These measurements complement recent analyses by experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) involving central p+Pb collisions at √(s(NN))=5.02 TeV, which have indicated strong anisotropic long-range correlations in angular distributions of hadron pairs. The origin of these anisotropies is currently unknown. Various competing explanations include parton saturation and hydrodynamic flow. We observe qualitatively similar, but larger, anisotropies in d+Au collisions at RHIC compared to those seen in p+Pb collisions at the LHC. The larger extracted v2 values in d+Au are consistent with expectations from hydrodynamic calculations owing to the larger expected initial-state eccentricity compared with that from p+Pb collisions. When both are divided by an estimate of the initial-state eccentricity the scaled anisotropies follow a common trend with multiplicity that may extend to heavy ion data at RHIC and the LHC, where the anisotropies are widely thought to arise from hydrodynamic flow.
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Adare A, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Bhom JH, Blau DS, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Caringi A, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa del Valle Z, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Kleinjan D, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Miki K, Milov A, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Perepelitsa D, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhou S. Nuclear modification of ψ', χc, and J/ψ production in d+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:202301. [PMID: 24289677 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.202301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present results for three charmonia states (ψ', χc, and J/ψ) in d+Au collisions at |y|<0.35 and sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV. We find that the modification of the ψ' yield relative to that of the J/ψ scales approximately with charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity across p+A, d+Au, and A+A results from the Super Proton Synchrotron and the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. In large-impact-parameter collisions we observe a similar suppression for the ψ' and J/ψ, while in small-impact-parameter collisions the more weakly bound ψ' is more strongly suppressed. Owing to the short time spent traversing the Au nucleus, the larger ψ' suppression in central events is not explained by an increase of the nuclear absorption owing to meson formation time effects.
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Keevil BG, MacDonald P, Macdowall W, Lee DM, Wu FCW. Salivary testosterone measurement by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in adult males and females. Ann Clin Biochem 2013; 51:368-78. [PMID: 24194586 DOI: 10.1177/0004563213506412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Salivary testosterone (Sal-T) may be a useful surrogate of serum free testosterone. The study aims were to use a novel liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay to determine whether Sal-T concentrations accurately reflect Sal-T concentrations in both sexes and to investigate practical aspects of sample collection. METHODS Saliva and serum samples were collected in 104 male and 91 female subjects. A more sensitive LC-MS/MS assay was developed to enable Sal-T quantitation in the low concentrations found in females. Saliva (200 µL) was extracted with 1 mL of methyl-tert-butyl ether following the addition of D5-testosterone. Quantitation was performed using a Waters TQ-S mass spectrometer. RESULTS The assay achieved a lower limit of quantification of 5 pmol/L, sufficiently sensitive to measure testosterone in female saliva. Sal-T showed a diurnal variation but samples taken at weekly and monthly intervals showed no significant differences. Sal-T was stable at ambient temperature for up to 5 days, after freeze-thawing and 3 years frozen storage. Reference intervals for Sal-T were 93-378 pmol/L in males and 5-46 pmol/L in females. Sal-T correlated significantly with serum calculated free-T in males (r = 0.71, P < 0.001) and in females (r = 0.39, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results confirm that testosterone can be reliably and accurately measured by LC-MS/MS in both adult male and female saliva samples. These results lay the foundation for further exploration of the clinical application of Sal- T as a reliable alternative to serum testosterone in the diagnosis and management of androgen disorders and assessment of androgen status in clinical research.
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Khmelenko VV, Mao S, Meraki A, Wilde SC, McColgan P, Pelmenev AA, Boltnev RE, Lee DM. Luminescence of oxygen atoms stimulated by metastable helium at cryogenic temperatures. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:183002. [PMID: 24237513 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.183002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present investigations of the afterglow of oxygen-helium gas mixtures at cryogenic temperatures. The cooling of a helium jet containing trace amounts of oxygen after passing through a radio frequency discharge zone led to the observation of strong emissions from atomic oxygen. The effect results from the increasing efficiency of energy transfer from metastable helium atoms and molecules to oxygen impurities in the cold dense helium vapor. This effect might find an application for the detection of small quantities of the impurities in helium gas.
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Lee DM, Harris TJC. An Arf-GEF regulates antagonism between endocytosis and the cytoskeleton for Drosophila blastoderm development. Curr Biol 2013; 23:2110-20. [PMID: 24120639 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Actin cytoskeletal networks push and pull the plasma membrane (PM) to control cell structure and behavior. Endocytosis also regulates the PM and can be promoted or inhibited by cytoskeletal networks. However, endocytic regulation of the general membrane cytoskeleton is undocumented. RESULTS Here, we provide evidence for endocytic inhibition of actomyosin networks. Specifically, we find that Steppke, a cytohesin Arf-guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF), controls initial PM furrow ingression during the syncytial nuclear divisions and cellularization of the Drosophila embryo. Acting at the tips of ingressing furrows, Steppke promotes local endocytic events through its Arf-GEF activity and in cooperation with the AP-2 clathrin adaptor complex. These Steppke activities appear to reduce local Rho1 protein levels and ultimately restrain actomyosin networks. Without Steppke, Rho1 pathways linked to actin polymerization and myosin activation abnormally expand the membrane cytoskeleton into taut sheets emanating perpendicularly from the furrow tips. These expansions lead to premature cellularization and abnormal expulsions of nuclei from the forming blastoderm. Finally, consistent with earlier reports, we also find that actomyosin activity can act reciprocally to inhibit the endocytosis at furrow tips. CONCLUSIONS We propose that Steppke-dependent endocytosis keeps the cytoskeleton in check as early PM furrows form. Specifically, a cytohesin Arf-GEF-Arf G protein-AP-2 endocytic axis appears to antagonize Rho1 cytoskeletal pathways to restrain the membrane cytoskeleton. However, as furrows lengthen during cellularization, the cytoskeleton gains strength, blocks the endocytic inhibition, and finally closes off the base of each cell to form the blastoderm.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Akimoto R, Al-Bataineh H, Al-Ta'ani H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Aramaki Y, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Asano H, Aschenauer EC, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Bannier B, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Baumgart S, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bing X, Blau DS, Boissevain JG, Bok JS, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Camacho CM, Campbell S, Castera P, Chang BS, Chang WC, Charvet JL, Chen CH, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choi S, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cleven CR, Cole BA, Comets MP, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, Daugherity MS, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Ding L, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Dubey AK, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, Dzhordzhadze V, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Gainey K, Gal C, Garishvili A, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gong X, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Guo L, Gustafsson HÅ, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Hashimoto K, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Hollis RS, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ide J, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Iordanova A, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Javani M, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kaneti S, Kang BH, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kanou H, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim BI, Kim C, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim EJ, Kim HJ, Kim KB, Kim SH, Kim YJ, Kim YK, Kinney E, Kiriluk K, Kiss Á, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klatsky J, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kleinjan D, Kline P, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komatsu Y, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kotov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Krizek F, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Layton D, Lebedev A, Lee B, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee K, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee MK, Lee SH, Lee SR, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitgab M, Leitner E, Lenzi B, Lewis B, Li X, Liebing P, Lim SH, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Litvinenko A, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Luechtenborg R, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Makek M, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manion A, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Mašek L, Masui H, Masumoto S, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, McKinney C, Means N, Mendoza M, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Mikeš P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra DK, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Miyachi Y, Miyasaka S, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Motschwiller S, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagae T, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nattrass C, Nederlof A, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Niida T, Norman BE, Nouicer R, Novitzky N, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Oka M, Okada K, Omiwade OO, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park BH, Park IH, Park J, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Patel L, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Reynolds R, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Ružička P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakashita K, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sano M, Sano S, Sarsour M, Sato S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov AY, Semenov V, Sen A, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunečka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Soumya M, Sourikova IV, Sparks NA, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sukhanov A, Sun J, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Takahara A, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Tennant E, Themann H, Thomas TL, Todoroki T, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomášek L, Tomášek M, Tomita Y, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tsuji T, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vargyas M, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vossen A, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Watanabe YS, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Wolin S, Wood JP, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zelenski A, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Medium modification of jet fragmentation in Au+Au collisions at √[s(NN)]=200 GeV measured in direct photon-hadron correlations. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:032301. [PMID: 23909311 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.032301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The jet fragmentation function is measured with direct photon-hadron correlations in p+p and Au+Au collisions at √[s(NN)]=200 GeV. The p(T) of the photon is an excellent approximation to the initial p(T) of the jet and the ratio z(T)=p(T)(h)/p(T)(γ) is used as a proxy for the jet fragmentation function. A statistical subtraction is used to extract the direct photon-hadron yields in Au+Au collisions while a photon isolation cut is applied in p+p. I(AA), the ratio of hadron yield opposite the photon in Au+Au to that in p+p, indicates modification of the jet fragmentation function. Suppression, most likely due to energy loss in the medium, is seen at high z(T). The associated hadron yield at low z(T) is enhanced at large angles. Such a trend is expected from redistribution of the lost energy into increased production of low-momentum particles.
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Bissessor M, Whiley D, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK, Lee DM, Snow A, Horvath L, Chen M. P2.033 Isolation ofNeisseria Gonorrhoeaefrom the Tonsils and Posterior Oropharynx Using Culture. Sex Transm Infect 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Camacho EM, Huhtaniemi IT, O'Neill TW, Finn JD, Pye SR, Lee DM, Tajar A, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Kula K, Keevil B, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Punab M, Vanderschueren D, Wu FCW. Age-associated changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular function in middle-aged and older men are modified by weight change and lifestyle factors: longitudinal results from the European Male Ageing Study. Eur J Endocrinol 2013; 168:445-55. [PMID: 23425925 DOI: 10.1530/eje-12-0890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 250] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Health and lifestyle factors are associated with variations in serum testosterone levels in ageing men. However, it remains unclear how age-related changes in testosterone may be attenuated by lifestyle modifications. The objective was to investigate the longitudinal relationships between changes in health and lifestyle factors with changes in hormones of the reproductive endocrine axis in ageing men. DESIGN A longitudinal survey of 2736 community-dwelling men aged 40-79 years at baseline recruited from eight centres across Europe. Follow-up assessment occurred mean (±S.D.) 4.4±0.3 years later. RESULTS Paired testosterone results were available for 2395 men. Mean (±S.D.) annualised hormone changes were as follows: testosterone -0.1±0.95 nmol/l; free testosterone (FT) -3.83±16.8 pmol/l; sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) 0.56±2.5 nmol/l and LH 0.08±0.57 U/l. Weight loss was associated with a proportional increase, and weight gain a proportional decrease, in testosterone and SHBG. FT showed a curvilinear relationship to weight change; only those who gained or lost ≥15% of weight showed a significant change (in the same direction as testosterone). Smoking cessation was associated with a greater decline in testosterone than being a non-smoker, which was unrelated to weight change. Changes in number of comorbid conditions or physical activity were not associated with significant alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular (HPT) axis function. CONCLUSIONS Body weight and lifestyle factors influence HPT axis function in ageing. Weight loss was associated with a rise, and weight gain a fall, in testosterone, FT and SHBG. Weight management appears to be important in maintaining circulating testosterone in ageing men, and obesity-associated changes in HPT axis hormones are reversible following weight reduction.
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Rutter MK, Sattar N, Tajar A, O'Neill TW, Lee DM, Bartfai G, Boonen S, Casanueva FF, Finn JD, Forti G, Giwercman A, Han TS, Huhtaniemi IT, Kula K, Lean MEJ, Pendleton N, Punab M, Silman AJ, Vanderschueren D, Lowe G, O'Rahilly S, Morris RW, Wu FC, Wannamethee SG. Epidemiological evidence against a role for C-reactive protein causing leptin resistance. Eur J Endocrinol 2013; 168:101-6. [PMID: 23047304 DOI: 10.1530/eje-12-0348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE It has been suggested that elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) might interfere with leptin signalling and contribute to leptin resistance. Our aim was to assess whether plasma levels of CRP influence leptin resistance in humans, and our hypothesis was that CRP levels would modify the cross-sectional relationships between leptin and measures of adiposity. DESIGN AND METHODS W assessed four measures of adiposity: BMI, waist circumference, fat mass and body fat (%) in 2113 British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) men (mean (s.d.) age 69 (5) years), with replication in 760 (age 69 (6) years) European Male Ageing Study (EMAS) subjects. RESULTS IN BRHS subjects, leptin correlated with CRP (SPEARMAN'S R=0.22, P0.0001). Leptin and crp correlated with all four measures of adiposity (R VALUE RANGE: 0.22-0.57, all P<0.0001). Age-adjusted mean levels for adiposity measures increased in relation to leptin levels, but CRP level did not consistently influence the β-coefficients of the regression lines in a CRP-stratified analysis. In BRHS subjects, the BMI vs leptin relationship demonstrated a weak statistical interaction with CRP (P=0.04). We observed no similar interaction in EMAS subjects and no significant interactions with other measures of adiposity in BRHS or EMAS cohorts. CONCLUSION We have shown that plasma CRP has little influence on the relationship between measures of adiposity and serum leptin levels in these middle-aged and elderly male European cohorts. This study provides epidemiological evidence against CRP having a significant role in causing leptin resistance.
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Krainyukova NV, Boltnev RE, Bernard EP, Khmelenko VV, Lee DM, Kiryukhin V. Observation of the fcc-to-hcp transition in ensembles of argon nanoclusters. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:245505. [PMID: 23368345 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.245505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Revised: 11/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Macroscopic ensembles of weakly interacting argon nanoclusters are studied using x-ray diffraction in low vacuum. As the clusters grow by fusion with increasing temperature, their structure transforms from essentially face-centered cubic (fcc) to hexagonal close packed as the cluster size approaches ~10(5) atoms. The transformation involves intermediate orthorhombic phases. These data confirm extant theoretical predictions. They also indicate that growth kinetics and spatial constraints might play an important role in the formation of the fcc structure of bulk rare-gas solids, which still remains puzzling.
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Adare A, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aramaki Y, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Baksay G, Baksay L, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Basye AT, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumann C, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Belmont R, Bennett R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bhom JH, Blau DS, Bok JS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Caringi A, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chung P, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Conesa Del Valle Z, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Dairaku S, Danchev I, Das K, Datta A, David G, Dayananda MK, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, Dutta D, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Ellinghaus F, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grim G, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hamblen J, Han R, Hanks J, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Huang S, Ichihara T, Ichimiya R, Ikeda Y, Imai K, Inaba M, Isenhower D, Ishihara M, Issah M, Ivanischev D, Iwanaga Y, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jiang X, Jin J, Johnson BM, Jones T, Joo KS, Jouan D, Jumper DS, Kajihara F, Kamin J, Kang JH, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kawashima M, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kikuchi J, Kim A, Kim BI, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim YJ, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kleinjan D, Kochenda L, Komkov B, Konno M, Koster J, Král A, Kravitz A, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li X, Lichtenwalner P, Liebing P, Linden Levy LA, Liška T, Liu H, Liu MX, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mannel E, Mao Y, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Means N, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Miki K, Milov A, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morino Y, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nam S, Newby J, Nguyen M, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Nyanin AS, Oakley C, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Oka M, Okada K, Onuki Y, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park IH, Park SK, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rosen CA, Rosendahl SSE, Ružička P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakashita K, Samsonov V, Sano S, Sato T, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seele J, Seidl R, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanabe R, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Themann H, Thomas D, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tomášek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Wei F, Wei R, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wright RM, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yamaura K, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhou S. Cold-nuclear-matter effects on heavy-quark production in d+Au collisions at sqrt[S(NN)]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:242301. [PMID: 23368311 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.242301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The PHENIX experiment has measured electrons and positrons at midrapidity from the decays of hadrons containing charm and bottom quarks produced in d+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt[S(NN)]=200 GeV in the transverse-momentum range 0.85 ≤ p(T)(e) ≤ 8.5 GeV/c. In central d+Au collisions, the nuclear modification factor R(dA) at 1.5<p(T)<5 GeV/c displays evidence of enhancement of these electrons, relative to those produced in p+p collisions, and shows that the mass-dependent Cronin enhancement observed at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider extends to the heavy D meson family. A comparison with the neutral-pion data suggests that the difference in cold-nuclear-matter effects on light- and heavy-flavor mesons could contribute to the observed differences between the π(0) and heavy-flavor-electron nuclear modification factors R(AA).
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Akimoto R, Al-Ta'ani H, Alexander J, Angerami A, Aoki K, Apadula N, Aramaki Y, Asano H, Aschenauer EC, Atomssa ET, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Bai M, Bannier B, Barish KN, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Baublis V, Baumgart S, Bazilevsky A, Belmont R, Berdnikov A, Berdnikov Y, Bing X, Blau DS, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Castera P, Chen CH, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Choi JB, Choi S, Choudhury RK, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Chvala O, Cianciolo V, Citron Z, Cole BA, Connors M, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dairaku S, Datta A, Daugherity MS, David G, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dharmawardane KV, Dietzsch O, Ding L, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Drees KA, Durham JM, Durum A, D'Orazio L, Edwards S, Efremenko YV, Engelmore T, Enokizono A, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fadem B, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gainey K, Gal C, Garishvili A, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong X, Gonin M, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Guo L, Gustafsson HÅ, Hachiya T, Haggerty JS, Hahn KI, Hamagaki H, Hanks J, Hashimoto K, Haslum E, Hayano R, He X, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Hill JC, Hollis RS, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hori Y, Huang S, Ichihara T, Iinuma H, Ikeda Y, Imrek J, Inaba M, Iordanova A, Isenhower D, Issah M, Isupov A, Ivanischev D, Jacak BV, Javani M, Jia J, Jiang X, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kamin J, Kaneti S, Kang BH, Kang JH, Kang JS, Kapustinsky J, Karatsu K, Kasai M, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Kempel T, Khanzadeev A, Kijima KM, Kim BI, Kim C, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim HJ, Kim KB, Kim YJ, Kim YK, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Klatsky J, Kleinjan D, Kline P, Komatsu Y, Komkov B, Koster J, Kotchetkov D, Kotov D, Král A, Krizek F, Kunde GJ, Kurita K, Kurosawa M, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee B, Lee DM, Lee J, Lee KB, Lee KS, Lee SH, Lee SR, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Leitgab M, Lewis B, Lim SH, Linden Levy LA, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Love B, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Makek M, Malakhov A, Manion A, Manko VI, Mannel E, Masumoto S, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, McGlinchey D, McKinney C, Mendoza M, Meredith B, Miake Y, Mibe T, Mignerey AC, Milov A, Mishra DK, Mitchell JT, Miyachi Y, Miyasaka S, Mohanty AK, Moon HJ, Morrison DP, Motschwiller S, Moukhanova TV, Murakami T, Murata J, Nagae T, Nagamiya S, Nagle JL, Nagy MI, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura KR, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Nattrass C, Nederlof A, Nihashi M, Nouicer R, Novitzky N, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Ogilvie CA, Okada K, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park BH, Park IH, Park SK, Pate SF, Patel L, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Petti R, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Proissl M, Purschke ML, Qu H, Rak J, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reynolds R, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Richardson E, Roach D, Roche G, Rolnick SD, Rosati M, Rukoyatkin P, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Samsonov V, Sano M, Sarsour M, Sawada S, Sedgwick K, Seidl R, Sen A, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Shukla P, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Singh BK, Singh CP, Singh V, Slunečka M, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Soumya M, Sourikova IV, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Sukhanov A, Sun J, Sziklai J, Takagui EM, Takahara A, Taketani A, Tanaka Y, Taneja S, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Tarafdar S, Taranenko A, Tennant E, Themann H, Todoroki T, Tomášek L, Tomášek M, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tsuji T, Vale C, van Hecke HW, Vargyas M, Vazquez-Zambrano E, Veicht A, Velkovska J, Vértesi R, Virius M, Vossen A, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wang XR, Watanabe D, Watanabe K, Watanabe Y, Watanabe YS, Wei F, Wei R, White SN, Winter D, Wolin S, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Yamaguchi YL, Yang R, Yanovich A, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, You Z, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zelenski A, Zolin L. Evolution of π(0) suppression in Au+Au collisions from √(s(NN))=39 to 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:152301. [PMID: 23102299 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.152301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Neutral-pion π(0) spectra were measured at midrapidity (|y|<0.35) in Au+Au collisions at √(s(NN))=39 and 62.4 GeV and compared with earlier measurements at 200 GeV in a transverse-momentum range of 1<p(T)<10 GeV/c. The high-p(T) tail is well described by a power law in all cases, and the powers decrease significantly with decreasing center-of-mass energy. The change of powers is very similar to that observed in the corresponding spectra for p+p collisions. The nuclear modification factors (R(AA)) show significant suppression, with a distinct energy, centrality, and p(T) dependence. Above p(T)=7 GeV/c, R(AA) is similar for √(s(NN))=62.4 and 200 GeV at all centralities. Perturbative-quantum-chromodynamics calculations that describe R(AA) well at 200 GeV fail to describe the 39 GeV data, raising the possibility that, for the same p(T) region, the relative importance of initial-state effects and soft processes increases at lower energies. The p(T) range where π(0) spectra in central Au+Au collisions have the same power as in p+p collisions is ≈5 and 7 GeV/c for √(s(NN))=200 and 62.4 GeV, respectively. For the √(s(NN))=39 GeV data, it is not clear whether such a region is reached, and the x(T) dependence of the x(T)-scaling power-law exponent is very different from that observed in the √(s(NN))=62 and 200 GeV data, providing further evidence that initial-state effects and soft processes mask the in-medium suppression of hard-scattered partons to higher p(T) as the collision energy decreases.
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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, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, 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, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Connors M, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgő T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Fields DE, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Gadrat S, Gastineau F, Germain M, Glenn A, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HÅ, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hamagaki H, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, He X, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Heuser JM, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Iinuma H, Imai K, Imrek J, Inaba M, 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, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kawagishi T, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khanzadeev A, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim YS, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Kroon PJ, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee MK, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Li XH, Lim H, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Masui H, Matathias F, McCain MC, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mitchell JT, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakamura T, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada K, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, 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, Ravinovich I, Read KF, 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, Samsonov V, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, 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, Tojo J, 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, Vértesi R, Vinogradov AA, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Willis N, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yanovich A, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Measurement of direct photons in Au+Au collisions at √(s(NN))=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:152302. [PMID: 23102300 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.152302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report the measurement of direct photons at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at √(s(NN))=200 GeV. The direct photon signal was extracted for the transverse momentum range of 4 GeV/c<p(T)<22 GeV/c, using a statistical method to subtract decay photons from the inclusive photon sample. The direct photon nuclear modification factor R(AA) was calculated as a function of p(T) for different Au+Au collision centralities using the measured p+p direct photon spectrum and compared to theoretical predictions. R(AA) was found to be consistent with unity for all centralities over the entire measured p(T) range. Theoretical models that account for modifications of initial direct photon production due to modified parton distribution functions in Au and the different isospin composition of the nuclei predict a modest change of R(AA) from unity. They are consistent with the data. Models with compensating effects of the quark-gluon plasma on high-energy photons, such as suppression of jet-fragmentation photons and induced-photon bremsstrahlung from partons traversing the medium, are also consistent with this measurement.
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