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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Al-Jamel A, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bjorndal MT, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chai JS, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Gastineau F, Germain M, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Heuser JM, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kanou H, Kawagishi T, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim YS, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kroon PJ, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Lim H, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Li XH, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCain MC, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Smith WC, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sullivan JP, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Willis N, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi Y, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. J/psi production versus centrality, transverse momentum, and rapidity in Au+Au collisions at square root sNN=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:232301. [PMID: 17677901 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.232301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2006] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The PHENIX experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has measured J/psi production for rapidities -2.2<y<2.2 in Au+Au collisions at square root sNN=200 GeV. The J/psi invariant yield and nuclear modification factor RAA as a function of centrality, transverse momentum, and rapidity are reported. A suppression of J/psi relative to binary collision scaling of proton-proton reaction yields is observed. Models which describe the lower energy J/psi data at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron invoking only J/psi destruction based on the local medium density predict a significantly larger suppression at RHIC and more suppression at midrapidity than at forward rapidity. Both trends are contradicted by our data.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Al-Jamel A, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bauer F, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Bjorndal MT, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy JM, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chai JS, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cobigo Y, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drachenberg JL, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Espagnon B, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Forestier B, Fraenkel Z, Frantz JE, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fung SY, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Gastineau F, Germain M, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Hadj Henni A, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hagiwara MN, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Harvey M, Haslum E, Hasuko K, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, Heuser JM, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holmes M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Hur MG, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kano H, Kanou H, Kawagishi T, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Kelly S, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kim YS, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kroon PJ, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Le Bornec Y, Leckey S, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Lim H, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Li XH, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCain MC, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra GC, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Otterlund I, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Ryu SS, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shea TK, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shohjoh T, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Smith WC, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sullivan JP, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Willis N, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi YL, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Scaling properties of azimuthal anisotropy in Au+Au and Cu+Cu Collisions at sqrt[s NN]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 98:162301. [PMID: 17501413 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.98.162301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Differential measurements of elliptic flow (v2) for Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200 GeV are used to test and validate predictions from perfect fluid hydrodynamics for scaling of v2 with eccentricity, system size, and transverse kinetic energy (KE T). For KE T identical with mT-m up to approximately 1 GeV the scaling is compatible with hydrodynamic expansion of a thermalized fluid. For large values of KE T mesons and baryons scale separately. Quark number scaling reveals a universal scaling of v2 for both mesons and baryons over the full KE T range for Au+Au. For Au+Au and Cu+Cu the scaling is more pronounced in terms of KE T, rather than transverse momentum.
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Adare A, Afanasiev S, Aidala C, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Al-Bataineh H, Alexander J, Aoki K, Aphecetche L, Armendariz R, Aronson SH, Asai J, Atomssa ET, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Azmoun B, Babintsev V, Baksay G, Baksay L, Baldisseri A, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Batsouli S, Baublis V, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bennett R, Berdnikov Y, Bickley AA, Boissevain JG, Borel H, Boyle K, Brooks ML, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Butsyk S, Campbell S, Chang BS, Charvet JL, Chernichenko S, Chiba J, Chi CY, Chiu M, Choi IJ, Chujo T, Chung P, Churyn A, Cianciolo V, Cleven CR, Cole BA, Comets MP, Constantin P, Csanád M, Csörgo T, Dahms T, Das K, David G, Deaton MB, Dehmelt K, Delagrange H, Denisov A, d'Enterria D, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dion A, Donadelli M, Drapier O, Drees A, Dubey AK, Durum A, Dzhordzhadze V, Efremenko YV, Egdemir J, Ellinghaus F, Emam WS, Enokizono A, En'yo H, Esumi S, Eyser KO, Fields DE, Finger M, Fleuret F, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Franz A, Frantz J, Frawley AD, Fujiwara K, Fukao Y, Fusayasu T, Gadrat S, Garishvili I, Glenn A, Gong H, Gonin M, Gosset J, Goto Y, Granier de Cassagnac R, Grau N, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gunji T, Gustafsson HA, Hachiya T, Henni AH, Haegemann C, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Han R, Harada H, Hartouni EP, Haruna K, Haslum E, Hayano R, Heffner M, Hemmick TK, Hester T, He X, Hiejima H, Hill JC, Hobbs R, Hohlmann M, Holzmann W, Homma K, Hong B, Horaguchi T, Hornback D, Ichihara T, Imai K, Inaba M, Inoue Y, Isenhower D, Isenhower L, Ishihara M, Isobe T, Issah M, Isupov A, Jacak BV, Jia J, Jin J, Jinnouchi O, Johnson BM, Joo KS, Jouan D, Kajihara F, Kametani S, Kamihara N, Kamin J, Kaneta M, Kang JH, Kanou H, Kano H, Kawall D, Kazantsev AV, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DH, Kim DJ, Kim E, Kinney E, Kiss A, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klay J, Klein-Boesing C, Kochenda L, Kochetkov V, Komkov B, Konno M, Kotchetkov D, Kozlov A, Král A, Kravitz A, Kubart J, Kunde GJ, Kurihara N, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lai YS, Lajoie JG, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Lee MK, Lee T, Leitch MJ, Leite MAL, Lenzi B, Liska T, Litvinenko A, Liu MX, Li X, Love B, Lynch D, Maguire CF, Makdisi YI, Malakhov A, Malik MD, Manko VI, Mao Y, Masek L, Masui H, Matathias F, McCumber M, McGaughey PL, Miake Y, Mikes P, Miki K, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mishra M, Mitchell JT, Mitrovski M, Morreale A, Morrison DP, Moukhanova TV, Mukhopadhyay D, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagata Y, Nagle JL, Naglis M, Nakagawa I, Nakamiya Y, Nakamura T, Nakano K, Newby J, Nguyen M, Norman BE, Nyanin AS, O'Brien E, Oda SX, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Okada H, Okada K, Oka M, Omiwade OO, Oskarsson A, Ouchida M, Ozawa K, Pak R, Pal D, Palounek APT, Pantuev V, Papavassiliou V, Park J, Park WJ, Pate SF, Pei H, Peng JC, Pereira H, Peresedov V, Peressounko DY, Pinkenburg C, Purschke ML, Purwar AK, Qu H, Rak J, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Rembeczki S, Reuter M, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Roche G, Romana A, Rosati M, Rosendahl SSE, Rosnet P, Rukoyatkin P, Rykov VL, Sahlmueller B, Saito N, Sakaguchi T, Sakai S, Sakata H, Samsonov V, Sato S, Sawada S, Seele J, Seidl R, Semenov V, Seto R, Sharma D, Shein I, Shevel A, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shoji K, Sickles A, Silva CL, Silvermyr D, Silvestre C, Sim KS, Singh CP, Singh V, Skutnik S, Slunecka M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sondheim WE, Sorensen SP, Sourikova IV, Staley F, Stankus PW, Stenlund E, Stepanov M, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugitate T, Suire C, Sziklai J, Tabaru T, Takagi S, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tanaka Y, Tanida K, Tannenbaum MJ, Taranenko A, Tarján P, Thomas TL, Togawa M, Toia A, Tojo J, Tomásek L, Torii H, Towell RS, Tram VN, Tserruya I, Tsuchimoto Y, Vale C, Valle H, van Hecke HW, Velkovska J, Vertesi R, Vinogradov AA, Virius M, Vrba V, Vznuzdaev E, Wagner M, Walker D, Wang XR, Watanabe Y, Wessels J, White SN, Winter D, Woody CL, Wysocki M, Xie W, Yamaguchi Y, Yanovich A, Yasin Z, Ying J, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Younus I, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zaudtke O, Zhang C, Zhou S, Zimányi J, Zolin L. Measurement of high-pT single electrons from heavy-flavor decays in p + p collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:252002. [PMID: 17280343 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.252002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The momentum distribution of electrons from decays of heavy flavor (charm and bottom) for midrapidity absolute value of y < 0.35 in p + p collisions at square root of s = 200 GeV has been measured by the PHENIX experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider over the transverse momentum range 0.3 < pT < 9 GeV/c. Two independent methods have been used to determine the heavy-flavor yields, and the results are in good agreement with each other. A fixed-order-plus-next-to-leading-log perturbative QCD calculation agrees with the data within the theoretical and experimental uncertainties, with the data/theory ratio of 1.71+/-0.02stat+/-0.18sys for 0.3 < pT < 9 GeV/c. The total charm production cross section at this energy has also been deduced to be sigma cc = 567+/-57stat+/-193sys microb.
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Meaden C, Joshi M, Hollis S, Higham A, Lynch D. A randomized controlled trial comparing the accuracy of general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed by nurse or medical endoscopists. Endoscopy 2006; 38:553-60. [PMID: 16802265 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Rising demand for general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the UK is outgrowing the capacity of doctors to provide this service within a reasonable time. One solution is to train nurses to carry out the procedure, but it is not known whether nurses can perform general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy as competently as doctors. PATIENTS AND METHODS A randomized controlled non-inferiority trial compared the adequacy and the accuracy of diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopies performed by five medical and two nurse endoscopists. The videotaped procedures were assessed by a consultant gastroenterologist blinded to the identity of the endoscopist. RESULTS 641 patients were randomly allocated (before attendance and consent procedure) to endoscopy carried out either by a doctor or a nurse. Of these, 412 were enrolled and 367 (89 %) were included in the analysis. An adequate view was obtained throughout in 53.4 % (93/177) of doctor endoscopies and 91.6 % (174/190) of nurse endoscopies (difference 38.2 %, 95 % CL 30.5 %, 47.2 %). In adequately viewed areas, the mean agreement between doctor and expert was 81.0 % and between nurse and expert it was 78.3 % (difference between the means 2.7 %, 95 % CL - 1.0 %, 6.4 %). There was no difference between doctors and nurses in the rate of biopsy performance (90.4 % and 91.1 %, respectively, P = 0.862). Nurses took longer (8.1 minutes vs. 4.6 minutes, P < 0.001) and used intravenous sedation more often (57.6 %, P = 0.027). Adequacy of view correlated positively with endoscopy duration ( P < 0.001), but diagnostic accuracy correlated inversely with duration ( P < 0.001). Neither adequacy or accuracy correlated significantly with use of intravenous sedation. CONCLUSIONS In endoscopies performed by nurses, the proportion of adequate examinations was much higher than that found for doctors. In areas with an adequate view, there is no significant difference in accuracy between nurses and doctors. Nurses can provide an accurate general diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy service as competently as doctors.
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Lawson CC, Grajewski B, Daston GP, Frazier LM, Lynch D, McDiarmid M, Murono E, Perreault SD, Robbins WA, Ryan MAK, Shelby M, Whelan EA. Workgroup report: Implementing a national occupational reproductive research agenda--decade one and beyond. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2006; 114:435-41. [PMID: 16507468 PMCID: PMC1392239 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The initial goal of occupational reproductive health research is to effectively study the many toxicants, physical agents, and biomechanical and psychosocial stressors that may constitute reproductive hazards in the workplace. Although the main objective of occupational reproductive researchers and clinicians is to prevent recognized adverse reproductive outcomes, research has expanded to include a broader spectrum of chronic health outcomes potentially affected by reproductive toxicants. To aid in achieving these goals, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, along with its university, federal, industry, and labor colleagues, formed the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) in 1996. NORA resulted in 21 research teams, including the Reproductive Health Research Team (RHRT). In this report, we describe progress made in the last decade by the RHRT and by others in this field, including prioritizing reproductive toxicants for further study; facilitating collaboration among epidemiologists, biologists, and toxicologists; promoting quality exposure assessment in field studies and surveillance; and encouraging the design and conduct of priority occupational reproductive studies. We also describe new tools for screening reproductive toxicants and for analyzing mode of action. We recommend considering outcomes such as menopause and latent adverse effects for further study, as well as including exposures such as shift work and nanomaterials. We describe a broad domain of scholarship activities where a cohesive system of organized and aligned work activities integrates 10 years of team efforts and provides guidance for future research.
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Meech KJ, Ageorges N, A'Hearn MF, Arpigny C, Ates A, Aycock J, Bagnulo S, Bailey J, Barber R, Barrera L, Barrena R, Bauer JM, Belton MJS, Bensch F, Bhattacharya B, Biver N, Blake G, Bockelée-Morvan D, Boehnhardt H, Bonev BP, Bonev T, Buie MW, Burton MG, Butner HM, Cabanac R, Campbell R, Campins H, Capria MT, Carroll T, Chaffee F, Charnley SB, Cleis R, Coates A, Cochran A, Colom P, Conrad A, Coulson IM, Crovisier J, deBuizer J, Dekany R, de Léon J, Dello Russo N, Delsanti A, DiSanti M, Drummond J, Dundon L, Etzel PB, Farnham TL, Feldman P, Fernández YR, Filipovic MD, Fisher S, Fitzsimmons A, Fong D, Fugate R, Fujiwara H, Fujiyoshi T, Furusho R, Fuse T, Gibb E, Groussin O, Gulkis S, Gurwell M, Hadamcik E, Hainaut O, Harker D, Harrington D, Harwit M, Hasegawa S, Hergenrother CW, Hirst P, Hodapp K, Honda M, Howell ES, Hutsemékers D, Iono D, Ip WH, Jackson W, Jehin E, Jiang ZJ, Jones GH, Jones PA, Kadono T, Kamath UW, Käufl HU, Kasuga T, Kawakita H, Kelley MS, Kerber F, Kidger M, Kinoshita D, Knight M, Lara L, Larson SM, Lederer S, Lee CF, Levasseur-Regourd AC, Li JY, Li QS, Licandro J, Lin ZY, Lisse CM, LoCurto G, Lovell AJ, Lowry SC, Lyke J, Lynch D, Ma J, Magee-Sauer K, Maheswar G, Manfroid J, Marco O, Martin P, Melnick G, Miller S, Miyata T, Moriarty-Schieven GH, Moskovitz N, Mueller BEA, Mumma MJ, Muneer S, Neufeld DA, Ootsubo T, Osip D, Pandea SK, Pantin E, Paterno-Mahler R, Patten B, Penprase BE, Peck A, Petitas G, Pinilla-Alonso N, Pittichova J, Pompei E, Prabhu TP, Qi C, Rao R, Rauer H, Reitsema H, Rodgers SD, Rodriguez P, Ruane R, Ruch G, Rujopakarn W, Sahu DK, Sako S, Sakon I, Samarasinha N, Sarkissian JM, Saviane I, Schirmer M, Schultz P, Schulz R, Seitzer P, Sekiguchi T, Selman F, Serra-Ricart M, Sharp R, Snell RL, Snodgrass C, Stallard T, Stecklein G, Sterken C, Stüwe JA, Sugita S, Sumner M, Suntzeff N, Swaters R, Takakuwa S, Takato N, Thomas-Osip J, Thompson E, Tokunaga AT, Tozzi GP, Tran H, Troy M, Trujillo C, Van Cleve J, Vasundhara R, Vazquez R, Vilas F, Villanueva G, von Braun K, Vora P, Wainscoat RJ, Walsh K, Watanabe J, Weaver HA, Weaver W, Weiler M, Weissman PR, Welsh WF, Wilner D, Wolk S, Womack M, Wooden D, Woodney LM, Woodward C, Wu ZY, Wu JH, Yamashita T, Yang B, Yang YB, Yokogawa S, Zook AC, Zauderer A, Zhao X, Zhou X, Zucconi JM. Deep Impact: observations from a worldwide Earth-based campaign. Science 2005; 310:265-9. [PMID: 16150977 DOI: 10.1126/science.1118978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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On 4 July 2005, many observatories around the world and in space observed the collision of Deep Impact with comet 9P/Tempel 1 or its aftermath. This was an unprecedented coordinated observational campaign. These data show that (i) there was new material after impact that was compositionally different from that seen before impact; (ii) the ratio of dust mass to gas mass in the ejecta was much larger than before impact; (iii) the new activity did not last more than a few days, and by 9 July the comet's behavior was indistinguishable from its pre-impact behavior; and (iv) there were interesting transient phenomena that may be correlated with cratering physics.
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Marek D, Madden J, Chantilis S, Kaufmann R, Lynch D, Meintjes M. The Effect of a Comprehensive Incentive Program on Patient Participation in Elective Single Blastocyst Transfers. Fertil Steril 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Jelinek GA, Smith A, Lynch D, Celenza A, Irving I, Michalopoulos N, Erber W, Joske DJL. FFP after brown snake envenoming: think twice. Anaesth Intensive Care 2005; 33:542-3. [PMID: 16119508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Subramony SH, May W, Lynch D, Gomez C, Fischbeck K, Hallett M, Taylor P, Wilson R, Ashizawa T. Measuring Friedreich ataxia: Interrater reliability of a neurologic rating scale. Neurology 2005; 64:1261-2. [PMID: 15824358 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000156802.15466.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Measuring the severity of neurologic dysfunction in patients with inherited ataxias, including Friedreich ataxia (FA), is difficult because of the variable rate of progression, the variable age at onset and the variety of neural systems that may be affected. The authors discuss the problems related to rating scales in the ataxias, report a neurologic rating scale for FA, and demonstrate acceptable interrater reliability of the instrument.
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Lynch CD, Lynch D, Allen PF. Quality of written prescriptions and master impressions for fixed and removable prosthodontics: a comparative study. Br Dent J 2005; 198:17-20. [PMID: 15716882 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Accepted: 08/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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AIM Various ethical and legal guidelines require dental practitioners to adequately design, prescribe and fabricate good quality prostheses. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the quality of written instructions and choice of impression trays and materials for both fixed and removable prosthodontics in Ireland and the United Kingdom. MATERIALS AND METHODS A pre-piloted questionnaire was distributed to a number of large commercial laboratories geographically distributed throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Information was sought relating to the quality of written instructions and use of impression trays and materials for three forms of 'dental precision casting' - cobalt-chromium based removable partial dentures, full veneer porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns, and conventional fixed bridges. RESULTS Six hundred questionnaires were distributed, and information was received relating to 447 items of prosthodontic treatment (response rate= 75%). Ninety-five per cent of cases were privately funded. Using pre-determined grading criteria, poor or no written instructions were provided in one-half of cases examined. One-half of master impressions were made using a plastic stock tray. The technician felt that material had been appropriately disinfected prior to being sent to the laboratory in only 57% of cases. CONCLUSION The written instructions and master impressions examined in this study failed to meet the relevant ethical and legal guidelines in approximately 50% of cases.
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Shaw C, Fattah N, Lynch D, Stokes M. Spontaneous rupture of the liver following a normal pregnancy and delivery. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2005; 98:27-8. [PMID: 15782733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Liver haematoma and rupture is a rare but potentially devastating complication of pregnancy. The majority of cases are associated with severe preeclampsia. We report a case of spontaneous hepatic rupture in a 39-year old woman following a normal pregnancy and delivery. Shoulder tip pain and serum haemoglobin of 6.8 prompted immediate imaging with computed tomography. A large subcapsular haematoma involving the right lobe of the liver was identified and managed conservatively. This diagnosis should be considered in the patient who presents with pain in the upper part of the abdomen and signs of haemorrhagic shock, even in the case of an uncomplicated pregnancy.
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Ablett JM, Berman LE, Kao CC, Rakowsky G, Lynch D. Small-gap insertion-device development at the National Synchrotron Light Source--performance of the new X13 mini-gap undulator. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2004; 11:129-131. [PMID: 14960776 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049503022921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2003] [Accepted: 10/10/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) 2.8 GeV electron storage ring continues to set high standards in insertion-device research and development. The Chasman-Green NSLS lattice design provides for dispersion-free long straight sections in addition to a very small vertical beta function. As the electron beam size is proportional to the square root of this function, a program to exploit this feature was undertaken more than a decade ago by implementing short-period small-gap insertion devices in the NSLS storage ring. The possibility of utilizing existing moderate-energy synchrotron radiation electron storage rings to produce high-brightness photon beams into the harder X-ray region have been realised using in-vacuum undulators. In this article the operation of a 1.25 cm-period mini-gap undulator, operating down to a gap of 3.3 mm within the NSLS X13 straight section, is reported. It is the brightest source of hard X-rays in the energy range approximately 3.7-16 keV at the NSLS, and replaces an in-vacuum undulator which had a more limited tunability.
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Lamperti C, Naini A, Hirano M, De Vivo DC, Bertini E, Servidei S, Valeriani M, Lynch D, Banwell B, Berg M, Dubrovsky T, Chiriboga C, Angelini C, Pegoraro E, DiMauro S. Cerebellar ataxia and coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Neurology 2003; 60:1206-8. [PMID: 12682339 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000055089.39373.fc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The authors measured coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) concentration in muscle biopsies from 135 patients with genetically undefined cerebellar ataxia. Thirteen patients with childhood-onset ataxia and cerebellar atrophy had markedly decreased levels of CoQ10. Associated symptoms included seizures, developmental delay, mental retardation, and pyramidal signs. These findings confirm the existence of an ataxic presentation of CoQ10 deficiency, which may be responsive to CoQ10 supplementation.
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Loewenstein M, Jost H, Grose J, Eilers J, Lynch D, Jensen S, Marmie J. Argus: a new instrument for the measurement of the stratospheric dynamical tracers, N2O and CH4. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2002; 58:2329-2345. [PMID: 12353683 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(02)00048-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We describe here a new instrument for the simultaneous, in situ measurement of the stratospheric tracer molecules, nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). Argus is unique in its small size making it well suited for limited payload atmospheric research platforms. Argus employs second harmonic spectroscopy using tunable lead-salt diode lasers emitting in the mid-infrared. We first explain the Argus design philosophy followed by detailed descriptions of the instrument's optical, mechanical, and thermal sub-systems. Argus employs an in-flight calibration system providing real time calibrations and tightly constrained uncertainty estimates of the returned data. Data analysis is carried out using non-linear least-squares model fits to the acquired second harmonic spectra. A sampling of Argus data acquired on a recent stratospheric research campaign in the Arctic winter is presented.
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Yin L, Lynch D, Ilic Z, Sell S. Proliferation and differentiation of ductular progenitor cells and littoral cells during the regeneration of the rat liver to CCl4/2-AAF injury. Histol Histopathol 2002; 17:65-81. [PMID: 11813887 DOI: 10.14670/hh-17.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Restoration of centrolobular injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), when hepatocyte proliferation is inhibited by treatment with N-2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF), is accomplished by proliferation of ductular progenitor cells, that arise intraportally and extend into the liver lobule. This pattern contrasts to the restitutive proliferation of hepatocytes when AAF is not administered, and the proliferation of non-ductular periportal oval cells follows periportal necrosis induced by allyl alcohol. The expanding ducts stain for alphafetoprotein (AFP), OV-6, pan-cytokeratin (CKPan), and laminin. The neoductular proliferation is accompanied by fibronectin-positive Kupffer cells and desmin-positive stellate (Ito) cells, which may play critical roles not only in controlling proliferation and differentiation of ductular progenitor cells, but also in reestablishing hepatic cord structure. When AAF is discontinued 7 days after injury, clusters of small hepatocytes appear next to the neoductules. Some of these small hepatocytes, as well as some larger hepatocytes adjacent to the ducts, stain for AFP and for carbamoylphosphate synthetase I (CPS-I), suggesting that the ductular progenitor cells may differentiate into hepatocytes when AAF is withdrawn. The restitutive process is facilitated by clearing of the central necrotic zone by infiltrating macrophages and co-migration of mature hepatocytes, with Kupffer cells and stellate cells, into the necrotic zone.
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Jelinek GA, Gennat H, Celenza T, O'Brien D, Jacobs I, Lynch D. Community attitudes towards performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Western Australia. Resuscitation 2001; 51:239-46. [PMID: 11738773 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00411-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE to determine the attitudes of the Western Australian community towards performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the factors affecting these attitudes. METHODS telephone survey of a randomly selected sample of people from suburban Perth and rural Western Australia; practical assessment of a sub-sample of volunteers from those surveyed, to correlate survey answers with practical skills. RESULTS of 803 people surveyed, the majority (90.7%) definitely would give mouth-to-mouth ventilation to a friend or relative, but less than half (47.2%) would to a stranger. The reluctance was mostly (56%) because of health and safety concerns, particularly related to HIV infection. Higher percentages of people would definitely provide cardiac massage for a friend or relative (91.4%) or stranger (78.1%). People were more likely to give mouth-to-mouth and cardiac massage if they had been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), trained several times, trained recently, and used their CPR skills in real life. There were no significant differences between city and country people in whether they would provide CPR, but older people were less willing to provide mouth-to-mouth or cardiac massage. On practical assessment of 100 volunteers, there were significant errors and omissions in airway assessment, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage. Volunteers with better practical scores were more prepared to provide CPR. DISCUSSION our results indicate a significant reluctance of the Western Australia public to perform mouth-to-mouth, except to a friend or relative. Earlier CPR training, practice and use seemed to diminish this reluctance. Practical CPR skills were not well executed. Those with better skills were less reluctant to use them. We recommend increasing CPR training in the community, greater frequency of refresher courses and public education on the risks of CPR to improve rates of bystander CPR.
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Fettes PS, Forsbach-Birk V, Lynch D, Marre R. Overexpresssion of a Legionella pneumophila homologue of the E. coli regulator csrA affects cell size, flagellation, and pigmentation. Int J Med Microbiol 2001; 291:353-60. [PMID: 11727819 DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Legionella pneumophila is an inhabitant of the aquatic environment and the causative agent of a bacterial pneumonia. We identified the presence of an L. pneumophila homologue of csrA of E. coli and rsmA of Erwinia carotovora, genes which regulate gene expression by destabilising mRNA and which have been shown to relate to environmental fitness and pathogenicity. The Legionella csrA was able to complement a csrA-negative mutant of E. coli. Overproduction of csrA in L. pneumophila lead to a reduction of flagellation and pigmentation and an increase in bacterial cell size. csrA overproduction was associated with a reduction of fliA and flaA transcripts. This suggests that similar to E. coli and Erwinia, L. pneumophila csrA is a regulator of gene expression and may contribute to the capability of the pathogen to rapidly adapt to changing environments.
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Hunninghake GW, Zimmerman MB, Schwartz DA, King TE, Lynch J, Hegele R, Waldron J, Colby T, Müller N, Lynch D, Galvin J, Gross B, Hogg J, Toews G, Helmers R, Cooper JA, Baughman R, Strange C, Millard M. Utility of a lung biopsy for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:193-6. [PMID: 11463586 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.2.2101090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 420] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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It is not known if a surgical lung biopsy is necessary in all patients for the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We conducted a blinded, prospective study at eight referring centers. Initially, cases were evaluated by clinical history and examination, transbronchial biopsy, and high-resolution lung computed tomography scans. Pulmonologists at the referring centers then assessed their certainty of the diagnosis of IPF and provided an overall diagnosis, before surgical lung biopsy. The lung biopsies were reviewed by a pathology core and 54 of 91 patients received a pathologic diagnosis of IPF. The positive predictive value of a confident (certain) clinical diagnosis of IPF by the referring centers was 80%. The positive predictive value of a confident clinical diagnosis was higher, when the cases were reviewed by a core of pulmonologists (87%) or radiologists (96%). Lung biopsy was most important for diagnosis in those patients with an uncertain diagnosis and those thought unlikely to have IPF. These studies suggest that clinical and radiologic data that result in a confident diagnosis of IPF by an experienced pulmonologist or radiologist are sufficient to obviate the need for a lung biopsy. Lung biopsy is most helpful when clinical and radiologic data result in an uncertain diagnosis or when patients are thought not to have IPF.
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Monzó A, Kondylis F, Lynch D, Mayer J, Jones E, Nehchiri F, Morshedi M, Schuffner A, Muasher S, Gibbons W, Oehninger S. Outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection in azoospermic patients: stressing the liaison between the urologist and reproductive medicine specialist. Urology 2001; 58:69-75. [PMID: 11445482 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(01)01012-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To analyze the outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in infertile couples in whom the main diagnosis of infertility was azoospermia of obstructive and nonobstructive origin. METHODS Eighty-three consecutive ICSI cycles were carried out with retrieved testicular or epididymal spermatozoa, 60 cycles in 32 patients with obstructive azoospermia and 23 cycles in 12 patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. Fifty-four testicular biopsies (testicular sperm extraction) and 18 epididymal aspirations (microepididymal sperm aspiration) were performed.Results. Motile spermatozoa were recovered in 65 cycles (90.3%). In another 3 (4.2%), nonmotile spermatozoa were retrieved. In 4 patients (5.5%), sperm could not be recovered. In 11 cycles, frozen sperm from a previous procedure were used. A significantly lower fertilization rate (64% versus 73%, P = 0.02), clinical pregnancy rate (13% versus 47%, P <0.001), and good embryo quality rates (35% versus 56%, P = 0.009) were observed in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. In patients with obstructive azoospermia, no significant differences were observed when the outcome was analyzed on the basis of the sperm origin (ie, from testicular sperm extraction or microepididymal sperm aspiration). CONCLUSIONS When combining testicular sperm extraction or microepididymal sperm aspiration with ICSI in patients with obstructive azoospermia, the results in terms of fertilization, implantation, and pregnancy rates were similar to those found in patients with nonazoospermic obstruction who underwent ICSI with ejaculated sperm. Patients with nonobstructive azoospermia had lower fertilization, embryo quality, and pregnancy rates than did those with obstructive azoospermia, probably because of severe defects in spermatogenesis, leading to poor gamete quality. The urologist and reproductive endocrinologist now have an excellent therapeutic option to offer men with previously intractable infertility.
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Lynch D, O'Brien J, Welch T, Clarke P, Cuív PO, Crosa JH, O'Connell M. Genetic organization of the region encoding regulation, biosynthesis, and transport of rhizobactin 1021, a siderophore produced by Sinorhizobium meliloti. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:2576-85. [PMID: 11274118 PMCID: PMC95175 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.8.2576-2585.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Eight genes have been identified that function in the regulation, biosynthesis, and transport of rhizobactin 1021, a hydroxamate siderophore produced under iron stress by Sinorhizobium meliloti. The genes were sequenced, and transposon insertion mutants were constructed for phenotypic analysis. Six of the genes, named rhbABCDEF, function in the biosynthesis of the siderophore and were shown to constitute an operon that is repressed under iron-replete conditions. Another gene in the cluster, named rhtA, encodes the outer membrane receptor protein for rhizobactin 1021. It was shown to be regulated by iron and to encode a product having 61% similarity to IutA, the outer membrane receptor for aerobactin. Transcription of both the rhbABCDEF operon and the rhtA gene was found to be positively regulated by the product of the eighth gene in the cluster, named rhrA, which has characteristics of an AraC-type transcriptional activator. The six genes in the rhbABCDEF operon have interesting gene junctions with short base overlaps existing between the genes. Similarities between the protein products of the biosynthesis genes and other proteins suggest that rhizobactin 1021 is synthesized by the formation of a novel siderophore precursor, 1,3-diaminopropane, which is then modified and attached to citrate in steps resembling those of the aerobactin biosynthetic pathway. The cluster of genes is located on the pSyma megaplasmid of S. meliloti 2011. Reverse transcription-PCR with RNA isolated from mature alfalfa nodules yielded no products for rhbF or rhtA at a time when the nifH gene was strongly expressed, indicating that siderophore biosynthesis and transport genes are not strongly expressed when nitrogenase is being formed in root nodules. Mutants having transposon insertions in the biosynthesis or transport genes induced effective nitrogen-fixing nodules on alfalfa plants.
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McDonald-McGinn DM, LaRossa D, Goldmuntz E, Sullivan K, Eicher P, Gerdes M, Moss E, Wang P, Solot C, Schultz P, Lynch D, Bingham P, Keenan G, Weinzimer S, Ming JE, Driscoll D, Clark BJ, Markowitz R, Cohen A, Moshang T, Pasquariello P, Randall P, Emanuel BS, Zackai EH. The 22q11.2 deletion: screening, diagnostic workup, and outcome of results; report on 181 patients. GENETIC TESTING 2001; 1:99-108. [PMID: 10464633 DOI: 10.1089/gte.1997.1.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A submicroscopic deletion of chromosome 22q11.2 has been identified in the majority of patients with the DiGeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndrome, conotruncal anomaly face syndrome, and in some patients with isolated conotruncal cardiac anomalies, Opitz G/BBB syndrome, and Cayler cardiofacial syndrome. We have evaluated 181 patients with this deletion. We describe our cohort of patients, how they presented, and what has been learned by having the same subspecialists evaluate all of the children. The results help define the extremely variable phenotype associated with this submicroscopic deletion and will assist clinicians in formulating a management plan based on these findings.
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Siegel RM, Frederiksen JK, Zacharias DA, Chan FK, Johnson M, Lynch D, Tsien RY, Lenardo MJ. Fas preassociation required for apoptosis signaling and dominant inhibition by pathogenic mutations. Science 2000; 288:2354-7. [PMID: 10875918 DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5475.2354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 470] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Heterozygous mutations encoding abnormal forms of the death receptor Fas dominantly interfere with Fas-induced lymphocyte apoptosis in human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome. This effect, rather than depending on ligand-induced receptor oligomerization, was found to stem from ligand- independent interaction of wild-type and mutant Fas receptors through a specific region in the extracellular domain. Preassociated Fas complexes were found in living cells by means of fluorescence resonance energy transfer between variants of green fluorescent protein. These results show that formation of preassociated receptor complexes is necessary for Fas signaling and dominant interference in human disease.
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Yin L, Lynch D, Sell S. Participation of different cell types in the restitutive response of the rat liver to periportal injury induced by allyl alcohol. J Hepatol 1999; 31:497-507. [PMID: 10488710 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(99)80043-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Restitution of periportal liver necrosis induced by allyl alcohol involves proliferation and differentiation of putative liver stem cells. The participation of different non-epithelial cell types required to restore the liver cord structure in this process has not been well documented. The aim of the study was to determine the anatomic relationships among cells of liver lineage, extracellular matrix, and non-parenchymal cells during repair of periportal liver injury. METHODS Periportal liver injury in rats was induced by intraperitoneal injection of allyl alcohol. Cells of the liver lineage, as well as Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, macrophages, and the extracellular matrix components fibronectin and laminin were localized using immunohistologic methods for 7 days after injury. RESULTS During the first day there was loss of periportal hepatocytes, as well as sinusoidal nonparenchymal cells, including macrophages, Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells. After day 1 macrophages appeared within the necrotic zone, increased until days 3-4, and then decreased to a few cells within reappearing sinusoids. At days 2-5 there was first proliferation of small "null" intraportal cells, which later acquired markers of ductular (OV-6, CKPan ) and liver cell differentiation (alphafetoprotein, carbamoylphosphate synthetase-I), eventually assuming mature hepatocyte morphology. There was also moderate bile duct hyperplasia with extension of small newly-formed ducts from the intraportal zone into the immediate periportal zone. Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells became enlarged at the borders of the necrotic and non-necrotic central zone and then appeared to migrate into the oval cell population expanding across the periportal zone. During the restitution phase, hepatic stellate cells were closely associated with the proliferating oval cells, surrounding small aggregates of oval cells which appeared to be forming liver cords. Kupffer cells also stained for fibronectin, and fibronectin was seen at the intersection of the injured portal and uninjured central zones and around the expanding oval cells. In some intraportal zones, the laminin surrounding the bile ducts was lost. It was speculated that this may permit proliferating ductular cells to migrate out of the bile ducts into the periportal zone. By days 6 and 7 most of the injured liver was restored to normal, with a few foci of chronic inflammation remaining. CONCLUSIONS There is a close anatomic relationship between immature liver lineage cells (oval/duct cells) and non-parenchymal cells during the restitutive repair of periportal injury. The nature of this relationship to the possible production of growth factors and expression of growth factor receptors by the cells involved during the restitution process is discussed.
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Ghodse AH, Greaves JL, Lynch D. Evaluation of the opioid addiction test in an out-patient drug dependency unit. Br J Psychiatry 1999; 175:158-62. [PMID: 10627799 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.2.158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The opioid addiction test is based on the measurement of pupil dilatation in opioid-dependent people in response to conjunctivally applied naloxone hydrochloride. A positive response (pupil dilatation) indicates that the subject is dependent on opioids. AIMS To evaluate the test in an out-patient setting and to identify factors affecting its outcome. METHOD Pupil size was measured using binocular pupillometry in 100 new patients attending an out-patient clinic for assessment and treatment of opioid use. Measurement was repeated 40 minutes after the unilateral instillation of naloxone drops into the conjunctival sac. RESULTS We performed 127 tests, of which 103 (81.1%) were positive. Males, and those not on methadone at the time of the test, were more likely to have a negative test result. CONCLUSIONS The opioid addiction test proved to be a very useful tool for the rapid diagnosis of opioid dependence in the out-patient clinic. Specialist pupillometric equipment increases the number of patients correctly identified as opioid-dependent on the first visit, but is not essential.
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McGrady A, Lynch D, Nagel R, Zsembik C. Application of the high risk model of threat perception to a primary care patient population. J Nerv Ment Dis 1999; 187:369-75. [PMID: 10379724 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199906000-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study was designed to test the hypothesis that patients with a tendency to somatize psychological distress into physical symptoms could be differentiated from patients who do not somatize on the basis of specific predisposing factors defined by the High Risk Model of Threat Perception. Patients in a family practice were assessed for the tendency to somatize by the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) and by physician rating. Twenty-seven percent of the patients were positive for tendency to somatize by physician rating. These patients had relatively high negative affect, absorption, catastrophizing, self-reported pain and stress, and greater utilization of services. None of the patients assessed by the DIS met criteria for somatization disorder, but 28% were positive for somatoform pain disorder. These patients also scored higher on the negative affect questionnaire, tended to have higher absorption scores, reported greater pain and stress, and utilized more services. Results of this study are partially supportive of the High Risk Model of Threat Perception, because two of the predisposer factors were associated both with tendency to somatize by physician rating and with somatoform pain disorder by interview. The higher utilization of services in the somatizing patients has cost and service ramifications. Treatment of patients with tendencies to somatize within a family practice setting are discussed.
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