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Liu W, Li Y, Qiu ZX, Yin Y, Sun YH, Xu WL, Wang Q, Liang ZY, Dong YJ, Wang LH, Cen QN, Wang MJ, Wang WS, Ou JP, Ren HY. [Clinical outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with FLAG sequential busulfan/cyclophosphamide conditioning regimen for refractory/relapsed acute myeloid leukemia]. ZHONGHUA NEI KE ZA ZHI 2018; 57:576-581. [PMID: 30060329 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2018.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effects of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) with FLAG sequential busulfan/cyclophosphamide(Bu/Cy) conditioning regimen for refractory/relapsed acute myeloid leukemia. Methods: From February 2012 to June 2017, 21 patients with refractory/relapsed acute myeloid leukemia underwent allo-HSCT with FLAG sequential Bu/Cy conditioning regimen. Transplantation-related complications and clinical outcome were retrospectively analyzed. Results: After conditioning, no hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) and grade Ⅲ hemorrhagic cystitis occurred. 76.2% (16/21) patients had fever with 4 septicemia. One patient died of septic shock before engraftment. Twenty patients achieved neutrophil engraftment with a median time of 13 days (range, 10 to 21 days). Seventeen patients achieved platelet engraftment with a median time of 18 days (range, 9 to 25 days). The cumulative incidence of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) was 39.5%, and 3 patients developed grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ aGVHD. Of 19 patients who survived more than 100 days after transplantation, 4 had local chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD). Of 21 patients, the median survival time was 15 months (range, 0.5 to 67 months) post-transplantation. Transplantation-related mortality rate was 28.7%. Leukemia relapse occurred in 4 patients with a median time of 4 months (range, 3 to 8 months) after transplantation. The cumulative relapse rate at 1 year was 21.4%. The 1-year and 3-year overall survival (OS) rates were 60.7% and 54.9% respectively. Log-rank analysis revealed that bone marrow blasts ≥ 20% or extramedullary leukemia before transplantation, poor platelet engraftment and grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ aGVHD were significantly related to shortened OS (P<0.05). Conclusions: Allo-HSCT with FLAG sequential Bu/Cy conditioning regimen in patients with refractory/relapsed myeloid leukemia has acceptable transplantation-related risk and relapse rate. The 1-year and 3-year OS rates are comparable with those in remission patients.
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Yin MG, Wang XT, Liu DW, Chao YG, Guan XD, Kang Y, Yan J, Ma XC, Tang YQ, Hu ZJ, Yu KJ, Chen DC, Ai YH, Zhang LN, Zhang HM, Wu J, Liu LX, Zhu R, He W, Zhang Q, Ding X, Li L, Li Y, Liu HT, Zeng QB, Si X, Chen H, Zhang JW, Xu QH, Chen WJ, Chen XK, Huang DZ, Cai SH, Shang XL, Guan J, Du J, Zhao L, Wang MJ, Cui S, Wang XM, Zhou R, Zeng XY, Wang YP, Lyu LW, Zhu WH, Zhu Y, Duan J, Yang J, Yang H. [Technical specification for clinical application of critical ultrasonography]. ZHONGHUA NEI KE ZA ZHI 2018; 57:397-417. [PMID: 29925125 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2018.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Critical ultrasonography(CUS) is different from the traditional diagnostic ultrasound, the examiner and interpreter of the image are critical care medicine physicians. The core content of CUS is to evaluate the pathophysiological changes of organs and systems and etiology changes. With the idea of critical care medicine as the soul, it can integrate the above information and clinical information, bedside real-time diagnosis and titration treatment, and evaluate the therapeutic effect so as to improve the outcome. CUS is a traditional technique which is applied as a new application method. The consensus of experts on critical ultrasonography in China released in 2016 put forward consensus suggestions on the concept, implementation and application of CUS. It should be further emphasized that the accurate and objective assessment and implementation of CUS requires the standardization of ultrasound image acquisition and the need to establish a CUS procedure. At the same time, the standardized training for CUS accepted by critical care medicine physicians requires the application of technical specifications, and the establishment of technical specifications is the basis for the quality control and continuous improvement of CUS. Chinese Critical Ultrasound Study Group and Critical Hemodynamic Therapy Collabration Group, based on the rich experience of clinical practice in critical care and research, combined with the essence of CUS, to learn the traditional ultrasonic essence, established the clinical application technical specifications of CUS, including in five parts: basic view and relevant indicators to obtain in CUS; basic norms for viscera organ assessment and special assessment; standardized processes and systematic inspection programs; examples of CUS applications; CUS training and the application of qualification certification. The establishment of applied technology standard is helpful for standardized training and clinical correct implementation. It is helpful for clinical evaluation and correct guidance treatment, and is also helpful for quality control and continuous improvement of CUS application.
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Wang MJ, Zhou B, Li YC, Cui SJ, Huang Q. [Clinical research of different characteristics of fungal ball sinusitis]. LIN CHUANG ER BI YAN HOU TOU JING WAI KE ZA ZHI = JOURNAL OF CLINICAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD, AND NECK SURGERY 2018; 32:220-224. [PMID: 29775027 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2018.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective:The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical features of different subtypes of fungal ball sinusitis. Method:Four hundred and forty-nine cases with fungal ball rhinosinusitis (FBS) were involved in this retrospective analysis. The clinical features including symptoms, signs, and imaging scans, pathological results were all collected for each patient and the patients were classified into different subtypes according to these clinical features and the follow-up treatment. Result:In this retrospective study, 449 patients who diagnosed with fungal ball sinusitis were involved. According to clinical features, these patients were divided into 5 subtypes respectively: ①Subtype 1 simple FBS: there were 299 patients in this subtype. Main symptoms were one side headache, purulent rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction. CT scans showed the classical features of FBS. ②Subtype 2 FBS with nasal polyps: there were 78 patients in this subtype. Main symptoms were bilateral or unilateral nasal obstruction, purulent rhinorrhea. Histopathologic results showed nasal polyps with acute or chronic inflammation by inflammatory cell infiltration. Eosinophils infiltration was the most common phenomenon. Postoperative therapy was as same as the treatment to chronic rhinosinusitis. ③Subtype 3 FBS with allergic rhinitis:there were 51 patients in this subtype. During the operation, infected nasal sinus mucosa with serious edema could be found, often with asubmucosa cyst. Postoperative medical therapy with antihistamines during follow-up. ④Subtype 4 FBS with purulent cyst: there were 6 cases. Main symptoms were nasal obstruction, purulent rhinorrhea and facial pain. Sinus CT scans showed that the typical features of both fungal ball sinusitis and mucous cyst. Antibiotic saline nasal irrigation should be used intraoperatively and postoperatively, other than systemic antibiotic treatment. ⑤Subtype 5 mixed type: there were 15 cases. All of these patients were diagnosed with fungal ball sinusitis with nasal polyps combined with allergic rhinitis. The clinical features of diagnosis and treatment were combination of the two types. Conclusion:According to the different clinical features, fungal ball sinusitis could be classified with five different clinical features. This classification would help to standardize the treatment, reduce the postoperative recurrence rate, and improve the prognosis.
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Chen H, Wang MJ, Zhou B. [Crouzon syndrome with cerebrospinal rhinorrhea: report of two cases]. ZHONGHUA ER BI YAN HOU TOU JING WAI KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 2017; 52:941-943. [PMID: 29262456 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-0860.2017.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Zhou WJ, Hu XJ, Zhang JY, Zhou Y, Wu LJ, Wang MJ, Wang N, Lu XJ, Ying BW. [Association of Gene Polymorphisms in Wnt Signal Pathway with Tuberculosis in Chinese Tibetan Population.]. SICHUAN DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDITION 2016; 47:920-925. [PMID: 28598125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the correlation between gene polymorphisms in Wnt signal pathway and susceptibility of Chinese Tibetan people to tuberculosis. METHODS A total of 488 active tuberculosis patients and 454 healthy subjects(control) were enrolled in this case-control study.Five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in Wnt signal pathway (rs4135385 in CTNNB1 gene,rs11001553 in DKK1 gene,rs56900803 in WIF1 gene,rs7832767 in SFRP1 gene and rs11079571 in AXIN2 gene) were genotyped using MassARRAY method.The genotype and allele distributions of these loci were determined using SPSS19.0 and SNP stats software.Significant SNPs were measured in the co-dominant,dominant and recessive genetic models.The polymorphism distributions of Chinese Tibetans were compared with those of Chinese Han populations. RESULTS The genotype distributions of all SNPs coincided with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the 2 groups.The frequencies of genotype and allele of rs7832767 in SFRP1 gene were significantly different (P=0.004,0.002,respectively) between the Tibetan patients with tuberculosis and the Tibetan healthy controls.Compared with C allele carriers,those carrying T allele of rs7832767 showed increased risk of tuberculosis [odds ratio (OR)=1.260,95% confidence interval (CI):1.086-1.471,P=0.002].The co-dominant,dominant and recessive models of this locus were also associated with higher risk of tuberculosis.No significant differences in genotype and allele distributions were observed for the other four SNP loci (P all>0.05).The distribution of rs4135385 in CTNNB1 gene in the Chinese Tibetan population differed from the Han population (P=0.035 for genotype,0.021 for allele).There were no obvious differences in genotype and allele distributions for the other four SNPs between the Tibetan and Han populations (P all >0.05). CONCLUSIONS SFRP1 gene polymorphism in Wnt signal pathway is associated with tuberculosis susceptibility in Chinese Tibetan population.The distribution of CTNNB1 gene polymorphism differs between Chinese Tibetan and Han populations.
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Wang MJ, Wang J, Bai MG, Zhou WJ, Wu LJ, Tang SS, Lu XJ, Ying BW. [Molecular Features of SMA-related Genes in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients of Han Nationality in Southwest China.]. SICHUAN DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE BAN = JOURNAL OF SICHUAN UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL SCIENCE EDITION 2016; 47:936-940. [PMID: 28598128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the molecular features of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) related genes in SMA patients of Han nationality of southwest of China. METHODS We collected 62 unrelated patients of SMA and 50 unrelated healthy individuals in this study.The copy numbers of survival motor neuron gene (SMN) and uronal-apoptosis inhibitory protein gene (NAIP) were measured by using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). RESULTS Of 62 patients,the copy number of SMA1-4 were 30.65% (19/62),41.94%(26/62),16.13% (10/62),11.29% (7/62),respectively.The deletion of SMN1 exon 7 accounts for 98.38% (61/62).The deletion of SMN1 exon 8 accounts for 82.26% (51/62).Among SMA 1 patients,the homozygous deletion of NAIP exon 5 accounts for 68.42% (13/19) and heterzygous deletion accounts for 26.32% (5/19).Among SMA2-4patients,the homozygous deletion of NAIP exon 5 accounts for 13.95% (6/43) and heterzygous deletion accounts for 62.79% (27/43).Furthermore,68.42% (13/19) patients of SMA1have 1 copy and 2 copies of SMN2 gene,84.62% (22/26) patients of SMA 2 have more than 2 copies of SMN2 gene,90.00% (9/10) SMA3 and 85.71% (6/7) SMA4 have over 2 copies of SMN2 gene and even have 5 and 6 copy of SMN2 gene. CONCLUSIONS The deletion of SMN1 gene is the main cause of SMA,and the change of SMN2 and NAIP copy number can affect the severity of SMA.
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Gong SJ, Song J, Zhou JD, Yu YH, Dai HW, Wang MJ, Li L, Xu QH, Yan J. [Venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference to arteriovenous oxygen content difference ratio combined with lactate to predict prognosis of patients with septic shock]. ZHONGHUA NEI KE ZA ZHI 2016; 55:673-678. [PMID: 27586973 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the prognostic significance of venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference to arteriovenous oxygen content difference ratio (Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio) combined with lactate in patients with septic shock during the early phases of resuscitation. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted for 104 septic shock patients. All patients received an initial fluid resuscitation according to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, 2012(SSC2012). Patients were classified into four groups according to lactate levels and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio at 6 h of resuscitation: group A, lactate≥2.0 mmol/L and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2>1.0; group B, lactate≥2.0 mmol/L and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2≤1.0; group C, lactate<2.0 mmol/L and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2>1.0; group D, lactate<2.0 mmol/L and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2≤1.0. The hemodynamic parameters and oxygen metabolism parameters were recorded at baseline and 6 h after fluid resuscitation. Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score at day 1, day 3 were calculated. The 28-day mortality rate was recorded. RESULTS (1) Group A had the highest SOFA score at day 3 and group D the lowest, which were respectively 10.8±3.3, 6.7±3.6, 5.6±3.1, 4.1±2.2 in four groups. Accordingly, the 28-day mortality rate of group A was the highest and group D the lowest, which were respectively 83.3%, 59.1%, 60.0%, 14.3% in four groups. The differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). (2) The Cox regression analysis of 28 d mortality revealed that lactate levels (RR=4.306, 95%CI 1.979-9.369) and Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio (RR=2.888, 95%CI 1.676-4.976) at T6 were independent predictors to 28-day mortality. (3) The AUCROC of Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio combined with lactate [0.910(95%CI 0.857-0.963)] was significantly greater than the AUCROC of wither lactate [0.762(95%CI 0.673-0.852), Z=2.775; P=0.006) or Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio [0.781(95%CI 0.693-0.868), Z=2.458; P=0.014) alone. CONCLUSION Combination of Pv-aCO2/Ca-vO2 ratio and lactate level at early stage of resuscitation in patients with septic shock is better than single parameter to predict the prognosis.
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Su HY, Wang MJ, Li YH, Tang CN, Tsai MJ. Can surgical need in patients with Naja atra (Taiwan or Chinese cobra) envenomation be predicted in the emergency department? Hong Kong Med J 2016; 22:435-44. [PMID: 27516567 DOI: 10.12809/hkmj154739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the clinical predictors and the aetiologies for surgery in patients with Naja atra (Taiwan or Chinese cobra) envenomation. METHODS This case series was conducted in the only tertiary care centre in eastern Taiwan. Patients who presented to the emergency department with Naja atra bite between January 2008 and September 2014 were included. Clinical information was collected and compared between surgical and non-surgical patients. RESULTS A total of 28 patients with Naja atra envenomation presented to the emergency department during the study period. Of these, 60.7% (n=17) required surgery. Necrotising fasciitis (76.5%) was the main finding in surgery. Comparisons between surgical and non-surgical patients showed skin ecchymosis (odds ratio=34.36; 95% confidence interval, 2.20-536.08; P=0.012) and a high total dose of antivenin (≥6 vials; odds ratio=14.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.10-192.72; P=0.042) to be the most significant predictors of surgery. The rate of bacterial isolation from the surgical wound was 88.2%. Morganella morganii (76.5%), Enterococcus faecalis (58.8%), and Bacteroides fragilis (29.4%) were the most common pathogens involved. Bacterial susceptibility testing indicated that combined broad-spectrum antibiotics were needed to cover mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacterial infection. CONCLUSIONS Patients with Naja atra envenomation who present with skin ecchymosis or the need for a high dose of antivenin may require early surgical assessment. Combined broad-spectrum antibiotics are mandatory.
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Yu XH, Wang MJ, Cao CD. [Four cases of central venous catheter-related effusions in premature infants]. ZHONGHUA ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2016; 54:462-463. [PMID: 27256237 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1310.2016.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Wang MJ, Zhou XD, Zhang H, Liu RP. Correlation between IL-3 and IL-13 gene polymorphisms in Chinese patients and rheumatoid arthritis. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2016; 15:gmr7966. [PMID: 27323078 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15027966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The aim of this study was to examine the association between polymorphisms in the interleukin-3 and -13 (IL-3 and IL-13) genes and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this hospital-based case-control study, we analyzed the IL-3 rs2073506 G/A, IL-3 rs40401 C/T, and IL-13 rs1800925 C/T polymorphisms in 615 RA patients and 839 controls from a Chinese Han population. Genotyping was performed using a custom-by-design 48-Plex single nucleotide polymorphism scanTM kit. Our results indicated that the IL-3 rs2073506 G/A, IL-3 rs40401 C/T, and IL-13 rs1800925 C/T polymorphisms were not associated with RA. However, stratification analyses suggested that the IL-13 rs1800925 CT and CT/CC genotypes increased the risk of RA in patients with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) <25.00. To sum up, these findings suggest that the IL-13 rs1800925 C/T polymorphism may be associated with increased risk of RA in ESR <25.00 patients. Future studies with larger sample sizes and inclusion of other ethnic populations must be conducted to confirm the findings of this study.
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Chen TH, Fan CF, Wang MJ. The effects of cleanroom noise intensity and frequency on physiological measures and subjective responses. Work 2015; 51:771-80. [PMID: 26409947 DOI: 10.3233/wor-152034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Workplace noise exposure gains growing attention in high tech industry. OBJECTIVE This study investigated the noise effect on physiological and subjective responses in semiconductor manufacturing clean room environment. METHODS Twenty subjects including 10 males and 10 females completed all phases of the experiment. Each subject was asked to participate in four treatment combinations of two noise intensities [65 dB(A) and 80 dB(A)] × two frequency levels [high and low]. For each treatment condition, the subject was exposed to the specified noise condition in a sound proof cabin for one hour. The physiological measures included blood pressure and heart rate. The subjective measures included noise sensitivity, fatigue and annoyance. RESULTS The ANOVA results indicate that long-time noise exposure caused significant increase in blood pressure (p< 0.001). Furthermore, the noise intensity by time interaction effect was found to be significant on annoyance and fatigue. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that prolonged exposure to noise intensity at 80 dB(A) would result in a significant increase in physiological cost and subjective discomfort feeling. Thus, some countermeasures should be taken to reduce noise exposure and to promote health, and quality of working life.
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Bu BX, Wang MJ, Liu WF, Wang YS, Tan HL. Short-segment posterior instrumentation combined with calcium sulfate cement vertebroplasty for thoracolumbar compression fractures: radiographic outcomes including nonunion and other complications. Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2015; 101:227-33. [PMID: 25703775 DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the radiographic outcomes of short-segment posterior instrumentation plus vertebroplasty using injectable calcium sulfate cement (CSC) for thoracolumbar compression fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-eight patients with a single-level thoracolumbar compression fracture, who underwent short-segment pedicle screw fixation and CSC vertebroplasty, were included in the study. The anterior vertebral body height ratio, local kyphosis angle, and the height of the intervertebral disc adjacent to the fractured vertebra were used to evaluate the radiographic results. Complications including bone nonunion, instrument failure, cement leakage, and disc vacuum formation were also assessed. RESULTS The patients were followed up for an average of 24.20±5.40 months. The relative preoperative anterior body height was 55.71±15.29%, which improved to 94.93±5.39% immediately after surgery (P<0.001), and at final follow-up showed a 6.50±3.89% loss of height correction (P<0.001). The mean preoperative local kyphosis angle was 22.23±5.65°, which corrected to 2.67±4.43° immediately after surgery (P<0.001), but reverted to 6.71±4.95° at final follow-up, showing a 4.04±1.91° loss of correction (P<0.001). The mean height of the intervertebral disc proximal to the fractured vertebra was 9.87±0.91 mm before surgery, 12.53±0.98 mm after operation (P<0.001), and the loss of correction at final follow-up was 2.35±1.15 mm with a significant difference compared to immediate postoperative values (P<0.001). Bone nonunion occurred in 7 patients, 2 patients had hardware failure, 9 patients had cement leakage, and 10 patients had disc vacuum phenomenon adjacent to the fractured vertebra. CONCLUSIONS The patients who underwent this procedure had a loss of correction of vertebral height and local kyphosis. Complications such as bone nonunion, instrument failure, cement leakage, and disc vacuum may occur. Rapid CSC resorption accounts for these radiographic outcomes and complications. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level IV, retrospective study.
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Tang CC, Lin HT, Wu SL, Chen TJ, Wang MJ, Ling DC, Chi CC, Chen JC. An interchangeable scanning Hall probe/scanning SQUID microscope. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2014; 85:083707. [PMID: 25173276 DOI: 10.1063/1.4893647] [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 have constructed a scanning probe microscope for magnetic imaging, which can function as a scanning Hall probe microscope (SHPM) and as a scanning SQUID microscope (SSM). The scanning scheme, applicable to SHPM and SSM, consists of a mechanical positioning (sub) micron-XY stage and a flexible direct contact to the sample without a feedback control system for the Z-axis. With the interchangeable capability of operating two distinct scanning modes, our microscope can incorporate the advantageous functionalities of the SHPM and SSM with large scan range up to millimeter, high spatial resolution (⩽4 μm), and high field sensitivity in a wide range of temperature (4.2 K-300 K) and magnetic field (10(-7) T-1 T). To demonstrate the capabilities of the system, we present magnetic images scanned with SHPM and SSM, including a RbFeB magnet and a nickel grid pattern at room temperature, surface magnetic domain structures of a La(2/3)Ca(1/3)MnO3 thin film at 77 K, and superconducting vortices in a striped niobium film at 4.2 K.
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Prahas D, Wang MJ, Ismadji S, Liu JC. Enhanced adsorption of quaternary amine using modified activated carbon. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2014; 69:2085-2092. [PMID: 24845325 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study examined different methodologies to modify activated carbon (AC) for the removal of quaternary amine, tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), from water. Commercial carbon (WAC) was treated by nitric acid oxidation (NA-WAC), silica impregnation (SM-WAC0.5), and oxygen plasma (P10-WAC), and their characteristics and adsorption capacity were compared. The Langmuir model fitted the equilibrium adsorption data well under different pH. The maximum adsorption capacity of WAC was 27.77 mg/g, while those of NA-WAC, SM-WAC 0.5, and P10-WAC were 37.46, 32.83 and 29.03 mg/g, respectively. Nitric acid oxidation was the most effective method for enhancing the adsorption capacity of TMAH. Higher pH was favorable for TMAH adsorption. Desorption study revealed that NA-WAC had no considerable reduction in performance even after five cycles of regeneration by 0.1 N hydrochloric acid. It was proposed that electrostatic interaction was the main mechanism of TMAH adsorption on activated carbon.
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Lin ZS, Zhang YL, Wang MJ, Li JR, Wang K, Chen X, Xu QF, Zhang XS, Ye XG. Isolation and molecular analysis of genes Stpk-V2 and Stpk-V3 homologous to powdery mildew resistance gene Stpk-V in a Dasypyrum villosum accession and its derivatives. J Appl Genet 2013; 54:417-26. [PMID: 24081822 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-013-0172-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Wheat-Dasypyrum villosum translocated chromosomes T6V#2S•6AL and T6V#4S•6DL are known to confer excellent resistance to wheat powdery mildew (PM). However, it is difficult to distinguish the two sources of PM resistance genes through multi-pathotype testing because to date no virulence for them has been found. To reveal the relationship between the PM resistance genes from the two translocations, the sequence of the Stpk-V gene, a key member of powdery mildew resistance locus Pm21, was used as a reference to isolate homologous genes from a D. villosum accession No.1026 and its derivatives 6V#4(6D) disomic substitution (DS) line RW15 and T6V#4S•6DL translocation line Pm97033. Two genes Stpk-V2 and Stpk-V3 were cloned from No.1026. Sequence alignment showed that Stpk-V2 and Stpk-V3 shared 98.2 % and 96.2 % of their DNA and 99.3 % and 100 % of their amino acids in identity with Stpk-V. Compared with Stpk-V, a 22-bp direct sequence repeat and a miniature inverted-repeat transposable element (MITE) were found in the intron 4 of Stpk-V2 and Stpk-V3, respectively. However, Stpk-V2 was not present in DS line RW15 and translocation line Pm97033 based on the PCR result, indicating that Stpk-V2 did not contribute to the PM resistance of RW15 and Pm97033. In the promoter region, a 78-bp insertion was found not only in Stpk-V2 and Stpk-V3, but also in its orthologous gene Stpk-A of wheat. In addition, there was a 17 bp/8 bp deletion/insertion in the putative promoter of Stpk-V3 in comparison with that of Stpk-V/Stpk-V2. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR analysis indicated that the expression levels of Stpk-V and Stpk-V3 genes in the translocation lines were induced by the pathogen, but Stpk-V had a higher expression level than Stpk-V3 at 12 h after inoculation with Bgt. The diversity of Stpk-V gene will help to explore new resistance genes to PM in D. villosum for wheat breeding.
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Wang ZB, Xin HS, Wang MJ, Li ZY, Qu YL, Miao SJ, Zhang YG. Effects of Dietary Supplementation with Hainanmycin on Protein Degradation and Populations of Ammonia-producing Bacteria In vitro. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2013; 26:668-74. [PMID: 25049837 PMCID: PMC4093324 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Revised: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An in vitro fermentation was conducted to determine the effects of hainanmycin on protein degradation and populations of ammonia-producing bacteria. The substrates (DM basis) for in vitro fermentation consisted of alfalfa hay (31.7%), Chinese wild rye grass hay (28.3%), ground corn grain (24.5%), soybean meal (15.5%) with a forage: concentrate of 60:40. Treatments were the control (no additive) and hainanmycin supplemented at 0.1 (H0.1), 1 (H1), 10 (H10), and 100 mg/kg (H100) of the substrates. After 24 h of fermentation, the highest addition level of hainanmycin decreased total VFA concentration and increased the final pH. The high addition level of hainanmycin (H1, H10, and H100) reduced (p<0.05) branched-chain VFA concentration, the molar proportion of acetate and butyrate, and ratio of acetate to propionate; and increased the molar proportion of propionate, except that for H1 the in molar proportion of acetate and isobutyrate was not changed (p>0.05). After 24 h of fermentation, H10 and H100 increased (p<0.05) concentrations of peptide nitrogen and AA nitrogen and proteinase activity, and decreased (p<0.05) NH3-N concentration and deaminase activity compared with control. Peptidase activitives were not affected by hainanmycin. Hainanmycin supplementation only inhibited the growth of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, which is one of the species of low deaminative activity. Hainanmycin supplementation also decreased (p<0.05) relative population sizes of hyper-ammonia-producing species, except for H0.1 on Clostridium aminophilum. It was concluded that dietary supplementation with hainanmycin could improve ruminal fermentation and modify protein degradation by changing population size of ammonia-producing bacteria in vitro; and the addition level of 10 mg/kg appeared to achieve the best results.
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Liu SG, Zhang SS, Zhang LQ, Li WJ, Zhang AQ, Lu KN, Wang MJ, Yan SL, Ma X. Screening of PAX8 mutations in Chinese patients with congenital hypothyroidism. J Endocrinol Invest 2012; 35:889-92. [PMID: 22293317 DOI: 10.3275/8239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a neonatal endocrine disease with an incidence of 1:2000 to 1:4000 worldwide. In about 85% of patients CH is secondary to thyroid dysgenesis, but its pathogenesis remains unclear. Thyroid transcription factors, such as paired box transcription factor 8 (PAX8), play an important role in thyroid organogenesis and development. AIM To screen PAX8 mutations in Chinese CH patients and characterize the features of PAX8 mutations in China. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples were collected from 300 CH patients in Shandong Province, China, and genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes. Using PCR and direct sequencing, exon 3 and exon 4 of PAX8 were analyzed. RESULTS Analysis of PAX8 in 300 CH patients revealed heterozygous missense mutations or variations in two unrelated patients; one was a known missense mutation G92A, resulting in an arginine to histidine substitution at codon 31, the other was a missense variation G122T, resulting in the substitution of a glycine at position 41 by a valine residue. The patient with the R31H mutation had CH with thyroid hypoplasia, while the patient with the G41V variation had CH with a eutopic and normal-sized thyroid gland. CONCLUSION We report a heterozygous missense mutation and a variation in PAX8 in two out of 300 unrelated Chinese CH patients, showing that the PAX8 mutation rate is very low in CH patients in China.
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Wang MJ, Zou HD, Lin ZS, Wu Y, Chen X, Yuan YP. Expressed sequence tag-PCR markers for identification of alien barley chromosome 2H in wheat. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH 2012; 11:3452-63. [PMID: 23079838 DOI: 10.4238/2012.september.25.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We developed EST-PCR markers specific to barley chromosome 2H, for the purpose of effectively tracing alien chromosomes or chromosome parts in the wheat genetic background. The target alien chromosome 2H confers high resistance to pre-harvest sprouting, which is a worldwide natural disaster in wheat. A total of 120 primer pairs were selected by combining the wheat group 2 chromosomes of the EST database and the genome sequences of the new model plant Brachypodium distachyon. Seventy-seven of 120 primer pairs were polymorphic and 31 of 120 primer pairs were monomorphic between a set of wheat-barley chromosome 2H disomic addition/substitution lines and their parents by agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Thirty of 77 polymorphic primer pairs including primer pair P120 derived from the basi gene were chromosome 2H-specific. These markers are expected to be valuable in screening of wheat-barley chromosome 2H recombination lines and pre-harvest sprouting resistant varieties.
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Lin SP, Wang MJ. Strategic management of behavioural change in type 2 diabetic patients. Public Health 2011; 126:18-24. [PMID: 22123456 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 08/11/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the key factors in and gap between perception and performance of daily blood glucose monitoring, regular exercise and diet control in individuals with type 2 diabetes, and to help develop patient-centric healthcare management strategies. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS A focus group interview was conducted and questionnaires were collected from outpatients with type 2 diabetes. Paired sample t-tests, importance-performance gap analysis and regression analysis were performed. RESULTS Perseverance was the key factor affecting blood glucose monitoring and regular exercise; the association was stronger in men than women. The critical factor in diet control was the desire to eat. Patients' perceived severity of diabetes and limited daily activities due to diabetes correlated with regular exercise, patients' compliance correlated with glucose monitoring, and perceived health status correlated with diet control. CONCLUSIONS The cultivation of perseverance and strengthening psychological coping is critical. Health professionals should design tailored services, avoid didactic intervention education programmes, and develop a 'meaning-centred' rather than a 'message-centred' philosophy of exercise. Such a campaign may help to improve self-management and promote health behaviours for people with type 2 diabetes.
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Martyn SV, Heywood HK, Rockett P, Paine MD, Wang MJ, Dobson PJ, Sheard SJ, Lee DA, Stark JPW. Electrospray deposited fibronectin retains the ability to promote cell adhesion. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2011; 96:110-8. [PMID: 21061362 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Scaffolds for tissue engineering require the correct biochemical cues if the seeded cells are to migrate into the scaffold and proliferate. For complex tissues this would require precise patterning of the scaffold structure with the particular biochemical cue required at each location on the scaffold. Electrospray enables the deposition of a wide number of biomolecules onto surfaces and can be used for precise patterning. We assessed the functionality of a key cell-adhesion molecule, fibronectin, after depositing it onto a surface using the electrospray technique. The addition of polypropylene glycol allowed a stable spray to be obtained from solutions with a range of fibronectin concentrations. Immunoassay tests showed that the amount of fibronectin retained on the surface was proportional to that sprayed from the solution. Increasing the surface density of fibronectin deposited onto silicon surfaces enhanced fibroblast attachment. The fibronectin thus appears to have retained its cell attachment functionality after undergoing the electrospray process. Since recent advances allow electrospray to pattern material from solution with micrometre accuracy this may allow materials to be biologically functionalized on a similar scale.
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Wang MJ, Zhang Y, Lin ZS, Ye XG, Yuan YP, Ma W, Xin ZY. Development of EST-PCR markers for Thinopyrum intermedium chromosome 2Ai#2 and their application in characterization of novel wheat-grass recombinants. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 121:1369-1380. [PMID: 20585749 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1394-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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A series of expressed sequence tags-derived polymerase chain reaction (EST-PCR) markers specific to chromosome 2Ai#2 from Thinopyrum intermedium were developed in this study using a new integrative approach. The target alien chromosome confers high resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), which is a severe virus disease in wheat. To generate markers evenly distributed on 2Ai#2, a total of 105 primer pairs were designed based on mapped ESTs from 8 bins of wheat chromosome 2B with intron-prediction by aligning ESTs with genomic sequences of the new model plant Brachypodium distachyon. Eight and seven polymorphic markers on the short arm and the long arm of chromosome 2Ai#2, respectively, were obtained with a polymorphism rate of 14.3%. These chromosome 2Ai#2-specific EST-PCR markers were then used in tracing and exploring the structural variation of the alien chromosome in the population derived from the immature embryo culture of the cross between N452, a 2Ai#2(2D) substitution line, and common wheat CB037. Two centric fusion of translocations involving 2Ai#2 short or long arm with wheat chromosome 2D and some new genetic stocks including telosomes with the alien chromosome short or long arm were identified in the SC(3) generations, which provided basic materials to further study the mechanism of the BYDV resistance. BYDV tests in two field seasons suggest that the BYDV resistance was mainly conferred by the short arm, gene interaction on both arms of the alien chromosome was discussed.
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Wang MJ, Luo JY, Huang TW, Chang HH, Chen TK, Hsu FC, Wu CT, Wu PM, Chang AM, Wu MK. Crystal orientation and thickness dependence of the superconducting transition temperature of tetragonal FeSe1-x thin films. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2009; 103:117002. [PMID: 19792394 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.117002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Superconductivity was recently found in the tetragonal phase FeSe. A structural transformation from tetragonal to orthorhombic (or monoclinic, depending on point of view) was observed at low temperature, but was not accompanied by a magnetic ordering as commonly occurs in the parent compounds of FeAs-based superconductors. Here, we report the correlation between structural distortion and superconductivity in FeSe(1-x) thin films with different preferred growth orientations. The films with preferred growth along the c axis show a strong thickness dependent suppression of superconductivity and low temperature structural distortion. In contrast, both properties are less affected in the films with (101) preferred orientation. These results suggest that the low temperature structural distortion is closely associated with the superconductivity of this material.
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Abulencia A, Acosta D, Adelman J, Affolder T, Akimoto T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, Amerio S, Amidei D, Anastassov A, Anikeev K, Annovi A, Antos J, Aoki M, Apollinari G, Arguin JF, Arisawa T, Artikov A, Ashmanskas W, Attal A, Azfar F, Azzi-Bacchetta P, Azzurri P, Bacchetta N, Bachacou H, Badgett W, Barbaro-Galtieri A, Barnes VE, Barnett BA, Baroiant S, Bartsch V, Bauer G, Bedeschi F, Behari S, Belforte S, Bellettini G, Bellinger J, Belloni A, Ben-Haim E, Benjamin D, Beretvas A, Beringer J, Berry T, Bhatti A, Binkley M, Bisello D, Bishai M, Blair RE, Blocker C, Bloom K, Blumenfeld B, Bocci A, Bodek A, Boisvert V, Bolla G, Bolshov A, Bortoletto D, Boudreau J, Bourov S, Boveia A, Brau B, Bromberg C, Brubaker E, Budagov J, Budd HS, Budd S, Burkett K, Busetto G, Bussey P, Byrum KL, Cabrera S, Campanelli M, Campbell M, Canelli F, Canepa A, Carlsmith D, Carosi R, Carron S, Casarsa M, Castro A, Catastini P, Cauz D, Cavalli-Sforza M, Cerri A, Cerrito L, Chang SH, Chapman J, Chen YC, Chertok M, Chiarelli G, Chlachidze G, Chlebana F, Cho I, Cho K, Chokheli D, Chou JP, Chu PH, Chuang SH, Chung K, Chung WH, Chung YS, Ciljak M, Ciobanu CI, Ciocci MA, Clark A, Clark D, Coca M, Connolly A, Convery ME, Conway J, Cooper B, Copic K, Cordelli M, Cortiana G, Cruz A, Cuevas J, Culbertson R, Cyr D, DaRonco S, D'Auria S, D'Onofrio M, Dagenhart D, de Barbaro P, De Cecco S, Deisher A, De Lentdecker G, Dell'orso M, Demers S, Demortier L, Deng J, Deninno M, De Pedis D, Derwent PF, Dionisi C, Dittmann JR, DiTuro P, Dörr C, Dominguez A, Donati S, Donega M, Dong P, Donini J, Dorigo T, Dube S, Ebina K, Efron J, Ehlers J, Erbacher R, Errede D, Errede S, Eusebi R, Fang HC, Farrington S, Fedorko I, Fedorko WT, Feild RG, Feindt M, Fernandez JP, Field R, Flanagan G, Flores-Castillo LR, Foland A, Forrester S, Foster GW, Franklin M, Freeman JC, Fujii Y, Furic I, Gajjar A, Gallinaro M, Galyardt J, Garcia JE, Garcia Sciveres M, Garfinkel AF, Gay C, Gerberich H, Gerchtein E, Gerdes D, Giagu S, Giannetti P, Gibson A, Gibson K, Ginsburg C, Giolo K, Giordani M, Giunta M, Giurgiu G, Glagolev V, Glenzinski D, Gold M, Goldschmidt N, Goldstein J, Gomez G, Gomez-Ceballos G, Goncharov M, González O, Gorelov I, Goshaw AT, Gotra Y, Goulianos K, Gresele A, Griffiths M, Grinstein S, Grosso-Pilcher C, Grundler U, da Costa JG, Haber C, Hahn SR, Hahn K, Halkiadakis E, Hamilton A, Han BY, Handler R, Happacher F, Hara K, Hare M, Harper S, Harr RF, Harris RM, Hatakeyama K, Hauser J, Hays C, Hayward H, Heijboer A, Heinemann B, Heinrich J, Hennecke M, Herndon M, Heuser J, Hidas D, Hill CS, Hirschbuehl D, Hocker A, Holloway A, Hou S, Houlden M, Hsu SC, Huffman BT, Hughes RE, Huston J, Ikado K, Incandela J, Introzzi G, Iori M, Ishizawa Y, Ivanov A, Iyutin B, James E, Jang D, Jayatilaka B, Jeans D, Jensen H, Jeon EJ, Jones M, Joo KK, Jun SY, Junk TR, Kamon T, Kang J, Karagoz-Unel M, Karchin PE, Kato Y, Kemp Y, Kephart R, Kerzel U, Khotilovich V, Kilminster B, Kim DH, Kim HS, Kim JE, Kim MJ, Kim MS, Kim SB, Kim SH, Kim YK, Kirby M, Kirsch L, Klimenko S, Klute M, Knuteson B, Ko BR, Kobayashi H, Kondo K, Kong DJ, Konigsberg J, Kordas K, Korytov A, Kotwal AV, Kovalev A, Kraus J, Kravchenko I, Kreps M, Kreymer A, Kroll J, Krumnack N, Kruse M, Krutelyov V, Kuhlmann SE, Kusakabe Y, Kwang S, Laasanen AT, Lai S, Lami S, Lammel S, Lancaster M, Lander RL, Lannon K, Lath A, Latino G, Lazzizzera I, Lecci C, LeCompte T, Lee J, Lee J, Lee SW, Lefèvre R, Leonardo N, Leone S, Levy S, Lewis JD, Li K, Lin C, Lin CS, Lindgren M, Lipeles E, Liss TM, Lister A, Litvintsev DO, Liu T, Liu Y, Lockyer NS, Loginov A, Loreti M, Loverre P, Lu RS, Lucchesi D, Lujan P, Lukens P, Lungu G, Lyons L, Lys J, Lysak R, Lytken E, Mack P, MacQueen D, Madrak R, Maeshima K, Maksimovic P, Manca G, Margaroli F, Marginean R, Marino C, Martin A, Martin M, Martin V, Martínez M, Maruyama T, Matsunaga H, Mattson ME, Mazini R, Mazzanti P, McFarland KS, McGivern D, McIntyre P, McNamara P, McNulty R, Mehta A, Menzemer S, Menzione A, Merkel P, Mesropian C, Messina A, von der Mey M, Miao T, Miladinovic N, Miles J, Miller R, Miller JS, Mills C, Milnik M, Miquel R, Miscetti S, Mitselmakher G, Miyamoto A, Moggi N, Mohr B, Moore R, Morello M, Movilla Fernandez P, Mülmenstädt J, Mukherjee A, Mulhearn M, Muller T, Mumford R, Murat P, Nachtman J, Nahn S, Nakano I, Napier A, Naumov D, Necula V, Neu C, Neubauer MS, Nielsen J, Nigmanov T, Nodulman L, Norniella O, Ogawa T, Oh SH, Oh YD, Okusawa T, Oldeman R, Orava R, Osterberg K, Pagliarone C, Palencia E, Paoletti R, Papadimitriou V, Papikonomou A, Paramonov AA, Parks B, Pashapour S, Patrick J, Pauletta G, Paulini M, Paus C, Pellett DE, Penzo A, Phillips TJ, Piacentino G, Piedra J, Pitts K, Plager C, Pondrom L, Pope G, Portell X, Poukhov O, Pounder N, Prakoshyn F, Pronko A, Proudfoot J, Ptohos F, Punzi G, Pursley J, Rademacker J, Rahaman A, Rakitin A, Rappoccio S, Ratnikov F, Reisert B, Rekovic V, van Remortel N, Renton P, Rescigno M, Richter S, Rimondi F, Rinnert K, Ristori L, Robertson WJ, Robson A, Rodrigo T, Rogers E, Rolli S, Roser R, Rossi M, Rossin R, Rott C, Ruiz A, Russ J, Rusu V, Ryan D, Saarikko H, Sabik S, Safonov A, Sakumoto WK, Salamanna G, Salto O, Saltzberg D, Sanchez C, Santi L, Sarkar S, Sato K, Savard P, Savoy-Navarro A, Scheidle T, Schlabach P, Schmidt EE, Schmidt MP, Schmitt M, Schwarz T, Scodellaro L, Scott AL, Scribano A, Scuri F, Sedov A, Seidel S, Seiya Y, Semenov A, Semeria F, Sexton-Kennedy L, Sfiligoi I, Shapiro MD, Shears T, Shepard PF, Sherman D, Shimojima M, Shochet M, Shon Y, Shreyber I, Sidoti A, Sill A, Sinervo P, Sisakyan A, Sjolin J, Skiba A, Slaughter AJ, Sliwa K, Smirnov D, Smith JR, Snider FD, Snihur R, Soderberg M, Soha A, Somalwar S, Sorin V, Spalding J, Spinella F, Squillacioti P, Stanitzki M, Staveris-Polykalas A, St Denis R, Stelzer B, Stelzer-Chilton O, Stentz D, Strologas J, Stuart D, Suh JS, Sukhanov A, Sumorok K, Sun H, Suzuki T, Taffard A, Tafirout R, Takashima R, Takeuchi Y, Takikawa K, Tanaka M, Tanaka R, Tecchio M, Teng PK, Terashi K, Tether S, Thom J, Thompson AS, Thomson E, Tipton P, Tiwari V, Tkaczyk S, Toback D, Tollefson K, Tomura T, Tonelli D, Tönnesmann M, Torre S, Torretta D, Tourneur S, Trischuk W, Tsuchiya R, Tsuno S, Turini N, Ukegawa F, Unverhau T, Uozumi S, Usynin D, Vacavant L, Vaiciulis A, Vallecorsa S, Varganov A, Vataga E, Velev G, Veramendi G, Veszpremi V, Vickey T, Vidal R, Vila I, Vilar R, Vollrath I, Volobouev I, Würthwein F, Wagner P, Wagner RG, Wagner RL, Wagner W, Wallny R, Walter T, Wan Z, Wang MJ, Wang SM, Warburton A, Ward B, Waschke S, Waters D, Watts T, Weber M, Wester WC, Whitehouse B, Whiteson D, Wicklund AB, Wicklund E, Williams HH, Wilson P, Winer BL, Wittich P, Wolbers S, Wolfe C, Worm S, Wright T, Wu X, Wynne SM, Yagil A, Yamamoto K, Yamaoka J, Yamashita Y, Yang C, Yang UK, Yao WM, Yeh GP, Yoh J, Yorita K, Yoshida T, Yu I, Yu SS, Yun JC, Zanello L, Zanetti A, Zaw I, Zetti F, Zhang X, Zhou J, Zucchelli S. Measurement of the tt production cross section in pp collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV using missing E(T) + jets events with secondary vertex b tagging. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:202002. [PMID: 16803167 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.202002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We present a measurement of the tt production cross section in pp collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV which uses events with an inclusive signature of significant missing transverse energy and jets. This is the first measurement which makes no explicit lepton identification requirements, so that sensitivity to W --> tau nu decays is maintained. Heavy flavor jets from top quark decay are identified with a secondary vertex tagging algorithm. From 311 pb(-1) of data collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab, we measure a production cross section of 5.8 +/- 1.2(stat)(-0.7)(+0.9)(syst) pb for a top quark mass of 178 GeV/c2, in agreement with previous determinations and standard model predictions.
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Abulencia A, Acosta D, Adelman J, Affolder T, Akimoto T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, Amerio S, Amidei D, Anastassov A, Anikeev K, Annovi A, Antos J, Aoki M, Apollinari G, Arguin JF, Arisawa T, Artikov A, Ashmanskas W, Attal A, Azfar F, Azzi-Bacchetta P, Azzurri P, Bacchetta N, Bachacou H, Badgett W, Barbaro-Galtieri A, Barnes VE, Barnett BA, Baroiant S, Bartsch V, Bauer G, Bedeschi F, Behari S, Belforte S, Bellettini G, Bellinger J, Belloni A, Ben-Haim E, Benjamin D, Beretvas A, Beringer J, Berry T, Bhatti A, Binkley M, Bisello D, Bishai M, Blair RE, Blocker C, Bloom K, Blumenfeld B, Bocci A, Bodek A, Boisvert V, Bolla G, Bolshov A, Bortoletto D, Boudreau J, Bourov S, Boveia A, Brau B, Bromberg C, Brubaker E, Budagov J, Budd HS, Budd S, Burkett K, Busetto G, Bussey P, Byrum KL, Cabrera S, Campanelli M, Campbell M, Canelli F, Canepa A, Carlsmith D, Carosi R, Carron S, Carter A, Casarsa M, Castro A, Catastini P, Cauz D, Cavalli-Sforza M, Cerri A, Cerrito L, Chang SH, Chapman J, Chen YC, Chertok M, Chiarelli G, Chlachidze G, Chlebana F, Cho I, Cho K, Chokheli D, Chou JP, Chu PH, Chuang SH, Chung K, Chung WH, Chung YS, Ciljak M, Ciobanu CI, Ciocci MA, Clark A, Clark D, Coca M, Connolly A, Convery ME, Conway J, Cooper B, Copic K, Cordelli M, Cortiana G, Cruz A, Cuevas J, Culbertson R, Cyr D, DaRonco S, D'Auria S, D'Onofrio M, Dagenhart D, de Barbaro P, De Cecco S, Deisher A, De Lentdecker G, Dell'Orso M, Demers S, Demortier L, Deng J, Deninno M, De Pedis D, Derwent PF, Dionisi C, Dittmann J, DiTuro P, Dörr C, Dominguez A, Donati S, Donega M, Dong P, Donini J, Dorigo T, Dube S, Ebina K, Efron J, Ehlers J, Erbacher R, Errede D, Errede S, Eusebi R, Fang HC, Farrington S, Fedorko I, Fedorko WT, Feild RG, Feindt M, Fernandez JP, Field R, Flanagan G, Flores-Castillo LR, Foland A, Forrester S, Foster GW, Franklin M, Freeman JC, Fujii Y, Furic I, Gajjar A, Gallinaro M, Galyardt J, Garcia JE, Garcia Sciverez M, Garfinkel AF, Gay C, Gerberich H, Gerchtein E, Gerdes D, Giagu S, Giannetti P, Gibson A, Gibson K, Ginsburg C, Giolo K, Giordani M, Giunta M, Giurgiu G, Glagolev V, Glenzinski D, Gold M, Goldschmidt N, Goldstein J, Gomez G, Gomez-Ceballos G, Goncharov M, González O, Gorelov I, Goshaw AT, Gotra Y, Goulianos K, Gresele A, Griffiths M, Grinstein S, Grosso-Pilcher C, Grundler U, da Costa JG, Haber C, Hahn SR, Hahn K, Halkiadakis E, Hamilton A, Han BY, Handler R, Happacher F, Hara K, Hare M, Harper S, Harr RF, Harris RM, Hatakeyama K, Hauser J, Hays C, Hayward H, Heijboer A, Heinemann B, Heinrich J, Hennecke M, Herndon M, Heuser J, Hidas D, Hill CS, Hirschbuehl D, Hocker A, Holloway A, Hou S, Houlden M, Hsu SC, Huffman BT, Hughes RE, Huston J, Ikado K, Incandela J, Introzzi G, Iori M, Ishizawa Y, Ivanov A, Iyutin B, James E, Jang D, Jayatilaka B, Jeans D, Jensen H, Jeon EJ, Jones M, Joo KK, Jun SY, Junk TR, Kamon T, Kang J, Karagoz-Unel M, Karchin PE, Kato Y, Kemp Y, Kephart R, Kerzel U, Khotilovich V, Kilminster B, Kim DH, Kim HS, Kim JE, Kim MJ, Kim MS, Kim SB, Kim SH, Kim YK, Kirby M, Kirsch L, Klimenko S, Klute M, Knuteson B, Ko BR, Kobayashi H, Kondo K, Kong DJ, Konigsberg J, Kordas K, Korytov A, Kotwal AV, Kovalev A, Kraus J, Kravchenko I, Kreps M, Kreymer A, Kroll J, Krumnack N, Kruse M, Krutelyov V, Kuhlmann SE, Kusakabe Y, Kwang S, Laasanen AT, Lai S, Lami S, Lammel S, Lancaster M, Lander RL, Lannon K, Lath A, Latino G, Lazzizzera I, Lecci C, LeCompte T, Lee J, Lee J, Lee SW, Lefèvre R, Leonardo N, Leone S, Levy S, Lewis JD, Li K, Lin C, Lin CS, Lindgren M, Lipeles E, Liss TM, Lister A, Litvintsev DO, Liu T, Liu Y, Lockyer NS, Loginov A, Loreti M, Loverre P, Lu RS, Lucchesi D, Lujan P, Lukens P, Lungu G, Lyons L, Lys J, Lysak R, Lytken E, Mack P, MacQueen D, Madrak R, Maeshima K, Maksimovic P, Manca G, Margaroli F, Marginean R, Marino C, Martin A, Martin M, Martin V, Martínez M, Maruyama T, Matsunaga H, Mattson ME, Mazini R, Mazzanti P, McFarland KS, McGivern D, McIntyre P, McNamara P, McNulty R, Mehta A, Menzemer S, Menzione A, Merkel P, Mesropian C, Messina A, von der Mey M, Miao T, Miladinovic N, Miles J, Miller R, Miller JS, Mills C, Milnik M, Miquel R, Miscetti S, Mitselmakher G, Miyamoto A, Moggi N, Mohr B, Moore R, Morello M, Fernandez PM, Mülmenstädt J, Mukherjee A, Mulhearn M, Muller T, Mumford R, Murat P, Nachtman J, Nahn S, Nakano I, Napier A, Naumov D, Necula V, Neu C, Neubauer MS, Nielsen J, Nigmanov T, Nodulman L, Norniella O, Ogawa T, Oh SH, Oh YD, Okusawa T, Oldeman R, Orava R, Osterberg K, Pagliarone C, Palencia E, Paoletti R, Papadimitriou V, Papikonomou A, Paramonov AA, Parks B, Pashapour S, Patrick J, Pauletta G, Paulini M, Paus C, Pellett DE, Penzo A, Phillips TJ, Piacentino G, Piedra J, Pitts K, Plager C, Pondrom L, Pope G, Portell X, Poukhov O, Pounder N, Prakoshyn F, Pronko A, Proudfoot J, Ptohos F, Punzi G, Pursley J, Rademacker J, Rahaman A, Rakitin A, Rappoccio S, Ratnikov F, Reisert B, Rekovic V, van Remortel N, Renton P, Rescigno M, Richter S, Rimondi F, Rinnert K, Ristori L, Robertson WJ, Robson A, Rodrigo T, Rogers E, Rolli S, Roser R, Rossi M, Rossin R, Rott C, Ruiz A, Russ J, Rusu V, Ryan D, Saarikko H, Sabik S, Safonov A, Sakumoto WK, Salamanna G, Salto O, Saltzberg D, Sanchez C, Santi L, Sarkar S, Sato K, Savard P, Savoy-Navarro A, Scheidle T, Schieferdecker P, Schlabach P, Schmidt EE, Schmidt MP, Schmitt M, Schwarz T, Scodellaro L, Scott AL, Scribano A, Scuri F, Sedov A, Seidel S, Seiya Y, Semenov A, Semeria F, Sexton-Kennedy L, Sfiligoi I, Shapiro MD, Shears T, Shepard PF, Sherman D, Shimojima M, Shochet M, Shon Y, Shreyber I, Sidoti A, Sill A, Sinervo P, Sisakyan A, Sjolin J, Skiba A, Slaughter AJ, Sliwa K, Smirnov D, Smith JR, Snider FD, Snihur R, Soderberg M, Soha A, Somalwar S, Sorin V, Spalding J, Spinella F, Squillacioti P, Stanitzki M, Staveris-Polykalas A, St Dennis R, Stelzer B, Stelzer-Chilton O, Stentz D, Strologas J, Stuart D, Suh JS, Sukhanov A, Sumorok K, Sun H, Suzuki T, Taffard A, Tafirout R, Takashima R, Takeuchi Y, Takikawa K, Tanaka M, Tanaka R, Tecchio M, Teng PK, Terashi K, Tether S, Thom J, Thompson AS, Thomson E, Tipton P, Tiwari V, Tkaczyk S, Toback D, Tollefson K, Tomura T, Tonelli D, Tönnesmann M, Torre S, Torretta D, Tourneur S, Trischuk W, Tsuchiya R, Tsuno S, Turini N, Ukegawa F, Unverhau T, Uozumi S, Usynin D, Vacavant L, Vaiciulis A, Vallecorsa S, Varganov A, Vataga E, Velev G, Veramendi G, Veszpremi V, Vickey T, Vidal R, Vila I, Vilar R, Vollrath I, Volobouev I, Würthwein F, Wagner P, Wagner RG, Wagner RL, Wagner W, Wallny R, Walter T, Wan Z, Wang MJ, Wang SM, Warburton A, Ward B, Waschke S, Waters D, Watts T, Weber M, Wester WC, Whitehouse B, Whiteson D, Wicklund AB, Wicklund E, Williams HH, Wilson P, Winer BL, Wittich P, Wolbers S, Wolfe C, Worm S, Wright T, Wu X, Wynne SM, Yagil A, Yamamoto K, Yamaoka J, Yamashita Y, Yang C, Yang UK, Yao WM, Yeh GP, Yoh J, Yorita K, Yoshida T, Yu I, Yu SS, Yun JC, Zanello L, Zanetti A, Zaw I, Zetti F, Zhang X, Zhou J, Zucchelli S. Direct search for Dirac magnetic monopoles in pp collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:201801. [PMID: 16803165 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.201801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2005] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We search for pair-produced Dirac magnetic monopoles in 35.7 pb(-1) of proton-antiproton collisions at square root s = 1.96 TeV with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We find no monopole candidates corresponding to a 95% confidence-level cross-section limit sigma < 0.2 pb for a monopole with mass between 200 and 700 GeV/c2. Assuming a Drell-Yan pair-production mechanism, we set a mass limit m > 360 GeV/c2.
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Acosta D, Adelman J, Affolder T, Akimoto T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, Amerio S, Amidei D, Anastassov A, Anikeev K, Annovi A, Antos J, Aoki M, Apollinari G, Arisawa T, Arguin JF, Artikov A, Ashmanskas W, Attal A, Azfar F, Azzi-Bacchetta P, Bacchetta N, Bachocou H, Badgett W, Barbaro-Galtieri A, Barker GJ, Barnes VE, Barnett BA, Baroiant S, Bauer G, Bedeschi F, Behari S, Belforte S, Bellettini G, Bellinger J, Belloni A, Ben-Haim E, Benjamin D, Beretvas A, Berry T, Bhatti A, Binkley M, Bisello D, Bishai M, Blair RE, Blocker C, Bloom K, Blumenfeld B, Bocci A, Bodek A, Bolla G, Bolshov A, Bortoletto D, Boudreau J, Bourov S, Brau B, Bromberg C, Brubaker E, Budagov J, Budd HS, Burkett K, Busetto G, Bussey P, Byrum KL, Cabrera S, Campanelli M, Campbell M, Canelli F, Canepa A, Casarsa M, Carlsmith D, Carosi R, Carron S, Cavalli-Sforza M, Castro A, Catastini P, Cauz D, Cerri A, Cerrito L, Chapman J, Chen YC, Chertok M, Chiarelli G, Chlachidze G, Chlebana F, Cho I, Cho K, Chokheli D, Chou JP, Chuang S, Chung K, Chung WH, Chung YS, Cijliak M, Ciobanu CI, Ciocci MA, Clark AG, Clark D, Coca M, Connolly A, Convery M, Conway J, Cooper B, Copic K, Cordelli M, Cortiana G, Cranshaw J, Cuevas J, Cruz A, Culbertson R, Currat C, Cyr D, Dagenhart D, Da Ronco S, D'Auria S, de Barbaro P, De Cecco S, Deisher A, De Lentdecker G, Dell'Orso M, Demers S, Demortier L, Deninno M, Depedis D, Derwent PF, Dionisi C, Dittmann JR, DiTuro P, Dörr C, Dominguez A, Donati S, Donega M, Donini J, D'Onofrio M, Dorigo T, Ebina K, Efron J, Ehlers J, Erbacher R, Erdmann M, Errede D, Errede S, Eusebi R, Fang HC, Farrington S, Fedorko I, Fedorko WT, Feild RG, Feindt M, Fernandez JP, Field RD, Flanagan G, Flores-Castillo LR, Foland A, Forrester S, Foster GW, Franklin M, Freeman JC, Fujii Y, Furic I, Gajjar A, Gallinaro M, Galyardt J, Garcia-Sciveres M, Garfinkel AF, Gay C, Gerberich H, Gerdes DW, Gerchtein E, Giagu S, Giannetti P, Gibson A, Gibson K, Ginsburg C, Giolo K, Giordani M, Giunta M, Giurgiu G, Glagolev V, Glenzinski D, Gold M, Goldschmidt N, Goldstein D, Goldstein J, Gomez G, Gomez-Ceballos G, Goncharov M, González O, Gorelov I, Goshaw AT, Gotra Y, Goulianos K, Gresele A, Griffiths M, Grosso-Pilcher C, Grundler U, da Costa JG, Haber C, Hahn K, Hahn SR, Halkiadakis E, Hamilton A, Han BY, Handler R, Happacher F, Hara K, Hare M, Harr RF, Harris RM, Hartmann F, Hatakeyama K, Hauser J, Hays C, Hayward H, Heinemann B, Heinrich J, Hennecke M, Herndon M, Hill C, Hirschbuehl D, Hocker A, Hoffman KD, Holloway A, Hou S, Houlden MA, Huffman BT, Huang Y, Hughes RE, Huston J, Ikado K, Incandela J, Introzzi G, Iori M, Ishizawa Y, Issever C, Ivanov A, Iwata Y, Iyutin B, James E, Jang D, Jayatilaka B, Jeans D, Jensen H, Jeon EJ, Jones M, Joo KK, Jun SY, Junk T, Kamon T, Kang J, Karagoz Unel M, Karchin PE, Kato Y, Kemp Y, Kephart R, Kerzel U, Khotilovich V, Kilminster B, Kim DH, Kim HS, Kim JE, Kim MJ, Kim MS, Kim SB, Kim SH, Kim YK, Kirby M, Kirsch L, Klimenko S, Klute M, Knuteson B, Ko BR, Kobayashi H, Kong DJ, Kondo K, Konigsberg J, Kordas K, Korn A, Korytov A, Kotwal AV, Kovalev A, Kraus J, Kravchenko I, Kreymer A, Kroll J, Kruse M, Krutelyov V, Kuhlmann SE, Kwang S, Laasanen AT, Lai S, Lami S, Lammel S, Lancaster M, Lander R, Lannon K, Lath A, Latino G, Lazzizzera I, Lecci C, LeCompte T, Lee J, Lee J, Lee SW, Lefèvre R, Leonardo N, Leone S, Levy S, Lewis JD, Li K, Lin C, Lin CS, Lindgren M, Lipeles E, Liss TM, Lister A, Litvintsev DO, Liu T, Liu Y, Lockyer NS, Loginov A, Loreti M, Loverre P, Lu RS, Lucchesi D, Lujan P, Lukens P, Lungu G, Lyons L, Lys J, Lysak R, Lytken E, MacQueen D, Madrak R, Maeshima K, Maksimovic P, Manca G, Margaroli F, Marginean R, Marino C, Martin A, Martin M, Martin V, Martínez M, Maruyama T, Matsunaga H, Mattson M, Mazzanti P, McFarland KS, McGivern D, McIntyre PM, McNamara P, McNulty R, Mehta A, Menzemer S, Menzione A, Merkel P, Mesropian C, Messina A, Miao T, Miladinovic N, Miles J, Miller L, Miller R, Miller JS, Mills C, Miquel R, Miscetti S, Mitselmakher G, Miyamoto A, Moggi N, Mohr B, Moore R, Morello M, Fernandez PAM, Muelmenstaedt J, Mukherjee A, Mulhearn M, Muller T, Mumford R, Munar A, Murat P, Nachtman J, Nahn S, Nakano I, Napier A, Napora R, Naumov D, Necula V, Nielsen J, Nelson T, Neu C, Neubauer MS, Nigmanov T, Nodulman L, Norniella O, Ogawa T, Oh SH, Oh YD, Ohsugi T, Okusawa T, Oldeman R, Orava R, Orejudos W, Osterberg K, Pagliarone C, Palencia E, Paoletti R, Papadimitriou V, Paramonov AA, Pashapour S, Patrick J, Pauletta G, Paulini M, Paus C, Pellett D, Penzo A, Phillips TJ, Piacentino G, Piedra J, Pitts KT, Plager C, Pondrom L, Pope G, Portell X, Poukhov O, Pounder N, Prakoshyn F, Pronko A, Proudfoot J, Ptohos F, Punzi G, Rademacker J, Rahaman MA, Rakitine A, Rappoccio S, Ratnikov F, Ray H, Reisert B, Rekovic V, Renton P, Rescigno M, Rimondi F, Rinnert K, Ristori L, Robertson WJ, Robson A, Rodrigo T, Rolli S, Roser R, Rossin R, Rott C, Russ J, Rusu V, Ruiz A, Ryan D, Saarikko H, Sabik S, Safonov A, St Denis R, Sakumoto WK, Salamanna G, Saltzberg D, Sanchez C, Santi L, Sarkar S, Sato K, Savard P, Savoy-Navarro A, Schlabach P, Schmidt EE, Schmidt MP, Schmitt M, Schwarz T, Scodellaro L, Scott AL, Scribano A, Scuri F, Sedov A, Seidel S, Seiya Y, Semenov A, Semeria F, Sexton-Kennedy L, Sfiligoi I, Shapiro MD, Shears T, Shepard PF, Sherman D, Shimojima M, Shochet M, Shon Y, Shreyber I, Sidoti A, Sill A, Sinervo P, Sisakyan A, Sjolin J, Skiba A, Slaughter AJ, Sliwa K, Smirnov D, Smith JR, Snider FD, Snihur R, Soderberg M, Soha A, Somalwar SV, Spalding J, Spezziga M, Spinella F, Squillacioti P, Stadie H, Stanitzki M, Stelzer B, Stelzer-Chilton O, Stentz D, Strologas J, Stuart D, Suh JS, Sukhanov A, Sumorok K, Sun H, Suzuki T, Taffard A, Tafirout R, Takano H, Takashima R, Takeuchi Y, Takikawa K, Tanaka M, Tanaka R, Tanimoto N, Tecchio M, Teng PK, Terashi K, Tesarek RJ, Tether S, Thom J, Thompson AS, Thomson E, Tipton P, Tiwari V, Tkaczyk S, Toback D, Tollefson K, Tomura T, Tonelli D, Tönnesmann M, Torre S, Torretta D, Trischuk W, Tsuchiya R, Tsuno S, Tsybychev D, Turini N, Ukegawa F, Unverhau T, Uozumi S, Usynin D, Vacavant L, Vaiciulis A, Varganov A, Vejcik S, Velev G, Veszpremi V, Veramendi G, Vickey T, Vidal R, Vila I, Vilar R, Vollrath I, Volobouev I, von der Mey M, Wagner P, Wagner RG, Wagner RL, Wagner W, Wallny R, Walter T, Wan Z, Wang MJ, Wang SM, Warburton A, Ward B, Waschke S, Waters D, Watts T, Weber M, Wester WC, Whitehouse B, Whiteson D, Wicklund AB, Wicklund E, Williams HH, Wilson P, Winer BL, Wittich P, Wolbers S, Wolfe C, Wolter M, Worcester M, Worm S, Wright T, Wu X, Würthwein F, Wyatt A, Yagil A, Yamashita T, Yamamoto K, Yamaoka J, Yang C, Yang UK, Yao W, Yeh GP, Yoh J, Yorita K, Yoshida T, Yu I, Yu S, Yun JC, Zanello L, Zanetti A, Zaw I, Zetti F, Zhou J, Zucchelli S. Measurement of bottom-quark hadron masses in exclusive J/psi decays with the CDF detector. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 96:202001. [PMID: 16803166 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.202001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We measure the masses of b hadrons in exclusively reconstructed final states containing a J/psi --> mu-mu+ decay using 220 pb(-1) of data collected by the CDF II experiment. We find: m(B+) = 5279.10 +/- 0.41(stat.) +/- 0.36(sys.) MeV/c2, m(B0) = 5279.63 +/- 0.53(stat.) +/- 0.33(sys.) MeV/c2, m(B(s)0) = 5366.01 +/- 0.73(stat.) +/- 0.33(sys.) MeV/c2, m(lambda(b)0) = 5619.7 +/- 1.2(stat.) +/- 1.2(sys.) MeV/c2. m(B+) - m(B0) = -0.53 +/- 0.67(stat.) +/- 0.14(sys.) MeV/c2, m(B(s)0) - m(B0) = 86.38 +/- 0.90(stat.) +/- 0.06(sys.) MeV/c2, m(lambda(b)0) - m(B0) = 339.2 +/- 1.4(stat.) +/- 0.1(sys.) MeV/c2. The measurements of the B(s)0, lambda(b)0 mass, m(B(s)0) - m(B0) and m(lambda(b)0) - m(B0) mass difference are of better precision than the current world averages.
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