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Amaringo F, Puerta Y, Molina F. Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Colombian Reservoir. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2022; 109:518-525. [PMID: 35869989 PMCID: PMC9392700 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-022-03567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the concentrations, sources and ecological risk assessment of sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in water from the La Fe reservoir, Colombia in the months of October and November of 2017 and 2018. Concentrations of PAHs in water were measured with semipermeable membrane devices (SPMD) which allow obtaining the dissolved concentrations of the PAHs in the reservoir, emphasizing the reactivity and bioavailability in the environment. The PAHs analyses were carried out by means of gas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS-MS) with triple quadrupole (QqQ). The environmental risk assessment using the estimation of risk quotient with deterministic and probabilistic method, the predictive no-effect concentration (PNEC) and environmental exposure concentration (EEC) in water indicate a negligibe risk for probabilistic method for all PAHs evaluated (RQ < 0.1).
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- F Amaringo
- Research Group in Management and Environmental Modeling, GAIA, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Research Group GeoLimna, Faculty of Engineering, University of Antioquia, 67th Street # 53 - 108, Medellín, Colombia
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- Research Group in Management and Environmental Modeling, GAIA, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Romero-Barrientos J, Damián JM, Molina F, Zambra M, Aguilera P, López-Usquiano F, Parra B, Ruiz A. Calculation of kinetic parameters β and Λ with modified open source Monte Carlo code OpenMC(TD). Nuclear Engineering and Technology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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González C, Fernández B, Molina F, Camargo-Valero MA, Peláez C. The determination of fertiliser quality of the formed struvite from a WWTP. Water Sci Technol 2021; 83:3041-3053. [PMID: 34185698 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Struvite from nutrient-rich wastewaters has been identified as a potential substitute for commercial mineral fertilisers, with the added benefit of reducing threats to global food security by prolonging phosphate rock reserves. A fertilisation test using grass (Brachiaria brizantha Marandú) and a sand column leaching test was conducted to determine the agronomic effectiveness of struvite precipitates produced from the supernatant of dewatered sewage sludge (centrate) from a municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The performance of this struvite as a fertiliser was compared with biosolids and commercial fertilisers (Urea and Triple15). The results show that the concentration of heavy metals in struvite was lower than in biosolids and below the limits of Colombia and European fertiliser regulations. Struvite increased the uptake of N and P in grass, resulting in crop yields similar to other treatments tested. Struvite use as an effective slow-release fertiliser is highly dependent on the size of crystal particles, particularly in achieving low P losses, but resulted in high N loss in the sand columns tested; N loses from struvite were higher than in the commercial fertilisers due to the struvite small particle size. Therefore, struvite represents a suitable opportunity to recover and recycle nutrients from municipal sewage sludge, facilitating the effective reuse of P and N in agriculture and uptake by plants.
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- C González
- Grupo GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 62 N° 52-59 (2-230), 050010 Medellín, Colombia E-mail:
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- IRTA - GIRO program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Torre Marimón, E08140. Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grupo GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 62 N° 52-59 (2-230), 050010 Medellín, Colombia E-mail:
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- BioResource Systems Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Grupo GIEM, Facultad Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 # 52-21, 050010 Medellín, Colombia
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Valdés D, Molina F, Barrientos C, Valenzuela P, Basaigoitia A, Burrone M, Reginatto G, Leniz I, Solis-Soto M. Psychosocial effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia. Preliminary results. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9471638 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction The global health crisis due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related containment measures have led to changes in daily life and, therefore, social and psychological impacts on the population. Objectives To explore the psychological and social impact of COVID-19 in the general population of Bolivia. Methods Cross-sectional study was implemented using an anonymous and self-administered online questionnaire. Adult people were invited to participate through social networks between May to June 2020. The questionnaire included sociodemographic information, coping strategies, changes in income and working conditions and psychological distress (K10 Scale). Results A total of 878 adults living in Bolivia answered the questionnaire. Most people considered COVID-19 as a quite/very serious health problem that affects the entire population, without distinction. 65% reported to accomplish lock down measure, however, one of the main reasons for non-compliance is the need to go out to work. Half of participants (50%) reduced worked hours and 18% modified their employment contract. However, 70% reduced household income. A considerable percentage (62%) reported psychological distress (46% with moderate or severe). It was higher in women, young people and among those with lower household income. In addition, social networks and watching series and movies were the main coping strategies reported. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has a considerable impact on psychological and social level. The negative impact was greater in some population groups such as women, young people, and those with a lower socioeconomic level, which may further increase inequities.
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Valenzuela P, Barrientos C, Molina F, Valdés D, Leniz I, Reginatto G, Basaigoitia A, Solis-Soto M, Burrone M. Psychological well-being and employment status during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9528299 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IntroductionSeveral restrictive measures have been implemented to reduced COVID- 19 impact with unknown consequences on people daily life.ObjectivesThe primary objective is to asses the psychosocial impact and employment status changes since lockdown COVID-19 measures in Chile.MethodsCross-sectional study was implemented using an anonymous and self-administered online questionnaire. Adult people were invited to participate through social networks between May to June 2020. The questionnaire included sociodemographic information, coping strategies, changes in income and working conditions and psychological distress (K10 Scale).Results
3102 participants over 18 years answered the questionnaire. 69.9% reported psychological distress mainly women (82.2%), members of the public health system (59%), dependent workers (39.8%), people who suffered income reduction (36.8%)., and those who changed their employment status (26.4%). Participants who presented income reduction were 1.83 times more likely to present psychological distress than those without changes (p <0.001)ConclusionsPandemic crisis had impacted population health, especially in some specifics groups that could be targeted for future interventions.
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Martínez-Ramírez M, Rus A, de Damas M, Molina F, Moreno-Martinez M, Barranco Ochoa J, Aguilar-Ferrándiz M, del Moral M. Antithrombotic effects of olive oil in women with fibromyalgia. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Luque L, Rodrigo T, García-García JM, Casals M, Millet JP, Caylà J, Orcau A, Agüero R, Alcázar J, Altet N, Altube L, Álvarez F, Anibarro L, Barrón M, Bermúdez P, Bikuña E, Blanquer R, Borderías L, Bustamante A, Calpe J, Caminero J, Cañas F, Casas F, Casas X, Cases E, Castejón N, Castrodeza R, Cebrián J, Cervera A, Ciruelos J, Delgado A, De Souza M, Díaz D, Domínguez M, Fernández B, Gallardo J, Gallego M, Clemente MG, García C, García F, Garros F, Gort A, Guerediaga A, Gullón J, Hidalgo C, Iglesias M, Jiménez G, Jiménez M, Kindelan J, Laparra J, López I, Lera R, Lloret T, Marín M, Lacasa XM, Martínez E, Martínez A, Medina J, Melero C, Milà C, Millet J, Mir I, Molina F, Morales C, Morales M, Moreno A, Moreno V, Muñoz A, Muñoz C, Muñoz J, Muñoz L, Oribe M, Parra I, Penas A, Pérez J, Rivas P, Rodríguez J, Ruiz-Manzano J, Sala J, Sandel D, Sánchez M, Sánchez M, Sánchez P, Santamaría I, Sanz F, Serrano A, Somoza M, Tabernero E, Trujillo E, Valencia E, Valiño P, Vargas A, Vidal I, Vidal R, Villanueva M, Villar A, Vizcaya M, Zabaleta M, Zubillaga G. Factors Associated With Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Spain and Its Distribution in Immigrant Population. Open Respiratory Archives 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.opresp.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Presciuttini S, Gismondi V, Scarcello E, Sala P, D'Elia F, Rossetti C, Caroti-Ghelli C, Molina F, Groden J, Mosca F, Bertario L, Varesco L. Different Expressivity of two Adjacent Mutations of the APC Gene. Tumori 2018; 85:28-31. [PMID: 10228493 DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Aims and background The phenotypic expression of different APC mutations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is variable: two to three variants of the disease have been defined based on the severity of colonic manifestations. Age of onset and number of polypectomies per person-year of postsurgical follow-up were compared in two FAP families with very close mutation sites in the APC gene, in order to ascertain mutation-specific variation of expressivity. Families and APC mutations Family A (5 patients) carried a newly characterized mutation, a four bp deletion at codon 843. Family B (5 patients) carried a previously identified mutation at codon 835. Results Mean age of onset was 49.7 years in family A and 30.5 years in family B; number of polypectomies per person-year of follow-up was 1.05 for family A and 10.1 for family B (P <0.001). Conclusions There is significant variation of expressivity (allelic heterogeneity) in FAP between two mutations separated by only eight codons, located at the 5’ extremity of APC gene exon 15.
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- S Presciuttini
- Italian Polyposis Registry, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan
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Molina F, Aguilera P, Romero-Barrientos J, Arellano HF, Agramunt J, Medel J, Morales JR, Zambra M. Energy distribution of the neutron flux measurements at the Chilean Reactor RECH-1 using multi-foil neutron activation and the Expectation Maximization unfolding algorithm. Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 129:28-34. [PMID: 28802155 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We present a methodology to obtain the energy distribution of the neutron flux of an experimental nuclear reactor, using multi-foil activation measurements and the Expectation Maximization unfolding algorithm, which is presented as an alternative to well known unfolding methods such as GRAVEL. Self-shielding flux corrections for energy bin groups were obtained using MCNP6 Monte Carlo simulations. We have made studies at the at the Dry Tube of RECH-1 obtaining fluxes of 1.5(4)×1013cm-2s-1 for the thermal neutron energy region, 1.9(5)×1012cm-2s-1 for the epithermal neutron energy region, and 4.3(11)×1011cm-2s-1 for the fast neutron energy region.
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- F Molina
- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile; Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física-FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile; Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física-FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC-Univ. Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile; Universidad Diego Portales, Manuel Rodríguez Sur 415, Santiago, Chile
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Fallot M, Porta A, Meur LL, Briz J, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Guadilla V, Algora A, Taìn JL, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui V, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Batist L, Bowry M, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Fraile L, Fleming M, Ganogliu E, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorelov D, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen V, Kondev F, Koponen J, Lebois M, Martinez T, Mason P, Mendoza E, Molina F, Monserrate M, Montaner-Pizá A, Moore I, Nácher E, Orrigo S, Penttilä H, Perez A, Podolyák Z, Pohjalainen I, Regan P, Reinikainen J, Reponen M, Rinta-Antila S, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonnenschein V, Sonzogni A, Sublet JC, Vedia V, Voss A, Weber C, Wilson J. Total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments relevant for reactor antineutrino spectra. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714610002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Goigoux T, Ascher P, Blank B, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kurtukian Nieto T, Magron C, Doornenbal P, Kiss GG, Nishimura S, Söderström PA, Phong VH, Wu J, Ahn DS, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Kubo T, Kubono S, Sakurai H, Shimizu Y, Sumikama T, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Agramunt J, Algora A, Guadilla V, Montaner-Piza A, Morales AI, Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Tanaka M, Gelletly W, Aguilera P, Molina F, Diel F, Lubos D, de Angelis G, Napoli D, Borcea C, Boso A, Cakirli RB, Ganioglu E, Chiba J, Nishimura D, Oikawa H, Takei Y, Yagi S, Wimmer K, de France G, Go S, Brown BA. Two-Proton Radioactivity of ^{67}Kr. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:162501. [PMID: 27792367 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.162501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In an experiment with the BigRIPS separator at the RIKEN Nishina Center, we observed two-proton (2p) emission from ^{67}Kr. At the same time, no evidence for 2p emission of ^{59}Ge and ^{63}Se, two other potential candidates for this exotic radioactivity, could be observed. This observation is in line with Q value predictions which pointed to ^{67}Kr as being the best new candidate among the three for two-proton radioactivity. ^{67}Kr is only the fourth 2p ground-state emitter to be observed with a half-life of the order of a few milliseconds. The decay energy was determined to be 1690(17) keV, the 2p emission branching ratio is 37(14)%, and the half-life of ^{67}Kr is 7.4(30) ms.
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- T Goigoux
- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 51, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH, P.O. Box MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, B.P. 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, 401 Nielsen Physics Building, 1408 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Camargo JF, Tobón GJ, Fonseca N, Diaz JL, Uribe M, Molina F, Anaya JM. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases in the intensive care unit: experience from a tertiary referral hospital and review of the literature. Lupus 2016; 14:315-20. [PMID: 15864918 DOI: 10.1191/0961203305lu2082oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) are not uncommon in the general population and up to one third of hospitalized patients with AIRD may need admission to intensive care unit (ICU). This paper describes the causes of admission, the clinical features and outcome of 24 AIRD patients admitted to a medical ICU from a third level hospital. Thirteen patients had systemic lupus erythematosus (54.2%), three rheumatoid arthritis (12.5%), three pulmonary renal syndrome (12.5%), two dermatopolymyositis (8.3%), two scleroderma (8.3%) and one antiphospholipid syndrome (4.2%). The main causes for ICU admission were rheumatic disease flare-up (37.5%), infection (37.5%) and complications derived from rheumatic disease (29.1%). Mortality during ICU stay was 16.7% (four patients). Excluding shock requiring vasopressor support, no statistical difference was found between survivors and nonsurvivors; although there was a trend to higher test severity scores (APACHE II, ODIN) in nonsurvivors. Our results reveal a lower mortality rate in AIRD patients admitted to the ICU than reported previously. Severity scores such as APACHE II are predictors of mortality in patients with AIRD in the ICU.
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- J F Camargo
- Rheumatology Unit, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia, South America
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Schneider FS, de Almeida Lima S, Reis de Ávila G, Castro KL, Guerra-Duarte C, Sanchez EF, Nguyen C, Granier C, Molina F, Chávez-Olortegui C. Identification of protective B-cell epitopes of Atroxlysin-I: A metalloproteinase from Bothrops atrox snake venom. Vaccine 2016; 34:1680-7. [PMID: 26917009 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Atroxlysin-I (Atr-I) is a hemorrhagic snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP) from Bothrops atrox venom, the snake responsible for the majority of bites in the north region of South America. SVMPs like Atr-I produce toxic effects in victims including hemorrhage, inflammation, necrosis and blood coagulation deficiency. Mapping of B-cell epitopes in SVMPs might result in the identification of non-toxic molecules capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies and improving the anti-venom therapy. Here, using the SPOT-synthesis technique we identified two epitopes located in the N-ter region of Atr-I (AtrEp1-(22)YNGNSDKIRRRIHQM(36); and AtrEp2-(55)GVEIWSNKDLINVQ(68)). Based on the sequence of AtrEp1 and AtrEp2 a third peptide named Atr-I biepitope (AtrBiEp) was designed and synthesized ((23)NGNSDKIRRRIH(34)GG(55)GVEIWSNKDLINVQ(68)). AtrBiEp was used to immunize BALB/c mice. Anti-AtrBiEp serum cross-reacted against Atr-I in western blot and was able to fully neutralize the hemorrhagic activity of Atr-I. Our results provide a rational basis for the identification of neutralizing epitopes on Atr-I snake venom toxin and show that the use of synthetic peptides could improve the generation of immuno-therapeutics.
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- F S Schneider
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Viart B, Dias-Lopes C, Kozlova E, Oliveira CFB, Nguyen C, Neshich G, Chávez-Olórtegui C, Molina F, Felicori LF. EPI-peptide designer: a tool for designing peptide ligand libraries based on epitope–paratope interactions. Bioinformatics 2016; 32:1462-70. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Competition of β-delayed protons and β-delayed γrays in 56Zn and the exotic β-delayed γ-proton decay. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611706019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Porta A, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui V, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Briz J, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucouanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen V, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez-Cerdán AB, Podolyák Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Reponen M, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonzogni A, Weber C. Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Relevant for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra and Decay Heat Calculations. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611108006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ali Munive A, Varon Vega FA, Hernandez Parra A, Molina F, Poveda M, Meza RA, Castro H, Urbina Z, Mercado J, Martinez J, Mayorga M, Pareja M, Cepeda E, Sanchez M, Vega R, Camargo F, Vergara J. Epidemiology, clinical differences and outcomes of tracheobronchitis and pneumonia associated to mechanical ventilation in intensive care units of latin america (LATINNAVE). Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4798223 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Porta A, Algora A, Tain JL, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui VM, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Briz JA, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly GF, Garcia AR, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos MB, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan MD, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen VS, Kondev FG, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez-Cerdán AB, Podolyák Z, Penttilä H, Regan PH, Reponen M, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonzogni AA, Weber C. Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of (92)Rb Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:102503. [PMID: 26382674 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.102503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. (92)Rb makes the dominant contribution to the reactor antineutrino spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied (92)Rb decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed.
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- A-A Zakari-Issoufou
- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research, MTA ATOMKI, Debrecen, 4026 Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Cortés-Arreguín J, Palafox D, Molina F. Quiste subaracnoideo y displasia del ala mayor del esfenoides en neurofibromatosis. Cir plást iberolatinoam 2015. [DOI: 10.4321/s0376-78922015000300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lapalud P, Rothschild C, Mathieu-Dupas E, Balicchi J, Gruel Y, Laune D, Molina F, Schved JF, Granier C, Lavigne-Lissalde G. Anti-A2 and anti-A1 domain antibodies are potential predictors of immune tolerance induction outcome in children with hemophilia A. J Thromb Haemost 2015; 13:540-7. [PMID: 25603934 DOI: 10.1111/jth.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemophilia A (HA) is a congenital bleeding disorder resulting from factor VIII deficiency. The most serious complication of HA management is the appearance of inhibitory antibodies (Abs) against injected FVIII concentrates. To eradicate inhibitors, immune tolerance induction (ITI) is usually attempted, but it fails in up to 30% of cases. Currently, no undisputed predictive marker of ITI outcome is available to facilitate the clinical decision. OBJECTIVES To identify predictive markers of ITI efficacy. METHODS The isotypic and epitopic repertoires of inhibitory Abs were analyzed in plasma samples collected before ITI initiation from 15 children with severe HA and high-titer inhibitors, and their levels were compared in the two outcome groups (ITI success [n = 7] and ITI failure [n = 8]). The predictive value of these candidate biomarkers and of the currently used indicators (inhibitor titer and age at ITI initiation, highest inhibitor titer before ITI, and interval between inhibitor diagnosis and ITI initiation) was then compared by statistical analysis (Wilcoxon test and receiver receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curve analysis). RESULTS Whereas current indicators seemed to fail in discriminating patients in the two outcome groups (ITI success or failure), anti-A1 and anti-A2 Ab levels before ITI initiation appeared to be good potential predictive markers of ITI outcome (P < 0.018). ROC analysis showed that anti-A1 and anti-A2 Abs were the best at discriminating between outcome groups (area under the ROC curve of > 0.875). CONCLUSION Anti-A1 and anti-A2 Abs could represent new promising tools for the development of ITI outcome prediction tests for children with severe HA.
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- P Lapalud
- UMR3145 CNRS/BioRad, SysDiag, Montpellier, France
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Grodner E, Gadea A, Sarriguren P, Lenzi SM, Grebosz J, Valiente-Dobón JJ, Algora A, Górska M, Regan PH, Rudolph D, de Angelis G, Agramunt J, Alkhomashi N, Amon Susam L, Bazzacco D, Benlliure J, Benzoni G, Boutachkov P, Bracco A, Caceres L, Cakirli RB, Crespi FCL, Domingo-Pardo C, Doncel M, Dombrádi Z, Doornenbal P, Farnea E, Ganioğlu E, Gelletly W, Gerl J, Gottardo A, Hüyük T, Kurz N, Leoni S, Mengoni D, Molina F, Morales AI, Orlandi R, Oktem Y, Page RD, Perez D, Pietri S, Podolyák Z, Poves A, Quintana B, Rinta-Antila S, Rubio B, Nara Singh BS, Steer AN, Verma S, Wadsworth R, Wieland O, Wollersheim HJ. Hindered Gamow-Teller decay to the odd-odd N=Z (62)Ga: absence of proton-neutron T=0 condensate in A=62. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:092501. [PMID: 25215980 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.092501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Search for a new kind of superfluidity built on collective proton-neutron pairs with aligned spin is performed studying the Gamow-Teller decay of the T=1, J(π)=0+ ground state of (62)Ge into excited states of the odd-odd N=Z nucleus (62)Ga. The experiment is performed at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Shwerionenforshung with the (62)Ge ions selected by the fragment separator and implanted in a stack of Si-strip detectors, surrounded by the RISING Ge array. A half-life of T1/2=82.9(14) ms is measured for the (62)Ge ground state. Six excited states of (62)Ga, populated below 2.5 MeV through Gamow-Teller transitions, are identified. Individual Gamow-Teller transition strengths agree well with theoretical predictions of the interacting shell model and the quasiparticle random phase approximation. The absence of any sizable low-lying Gamow-Teller strength in the reported beta-decay experiment supports the hypothesis of a negligible role of coherent T=0 proton-neutron correlations in (62)Ga.
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- E Grodner
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland and Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy and Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Radiaciones Ionizantes,Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, P.O. Box 188-D, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Física Teórica and IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Radiaciones Ionizantes,Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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Morales AI, Benlliure J, Kurtukián-Nieto T, Schmidt KH, Verma S, Regan PH, Podolyák Z, Górska M, Pietri S, Kumar R, Casarejos E, Al-Dahan N, Algora A, Alkhomashi N, Álvarez-Pol H, Benzoni G, Blazhev A, Boutachkov P, Bruce AM, Cáceres LS, Cullen IJ, Denis Bacelar AM, Doornenbal P, Estévez-Aguado ME, Farrelly G, Fujita Y, Garnsworthy AB, Gelletly W, Gerl J, Grebosz J, Hoischen R, Kojouharov I, Kurz N, Lalkovski S, Liu Z, Mihai C, Molina F, Mücher D, Rubio B, Shaffner H, Steer SJ, Tamii A, Tashenov S, Valiente-Dobón JJ, Walker PM, Wollersheim HJ, Woods PJ. Half-life systematics across the N=126 shell closure: role of first-forbidden transitions in the β decay of heavy neutron-rich nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:022702. [PMID: 25062171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.022702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This Letter reports on a systematic study of β-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei around doubly magic (208)Pb. The lifetimes of the 126-neutron shell isotone (204)Pt and the neighboring (200-202)Ir, (203)Pt, (204)Au are presented together with other 19 half-lives measured during the "stopped beam" campaign of the rare isotope investigations at GSI collaboration. The results constrain the main nuclear theories used in calculations of r-process nucleosynthesis. Predictions based on a statistical macroscopic description of the first-forbidden β strength reveal significant deviations for most of the nuclei with N<126. In contrast, theories including a fully microscopic treatment of allowed and first-forbidden transitions reproduce more satisfactorily the trend in the measured half-lives for the nuclei in this region, where the r-process pathway passes through during β decay back to stability.
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- A I Morales
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom and National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and IFAC, New Delhi, India
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- INFN, Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 560-0043 Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- The Henryk Niewodniczànski Institute of Nuclear Physics, PL-31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), RO-077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 567-0047 Osaka, Japan
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Observation of the β-delayed γ-proton decay of (56)Zn and its impact on the Gamow-Teller strength evaluation. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:222501. [PMID: 24949762 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.222501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report the observation of a very exotic decay mode at the proton drip line, the β-delayed γ-proton decay, clearly seen in the β decay of the T_{z}=-2 nucleus ^{56}Zn. Three γ-proton sequences have been observed after the β decay. Here this decay mode, already observed in the sd shell, is seen for the first time in the fp shell. Both γ and proton decays have been taken into account in the estimation of the Fermi and Gamow-Teller strengths. Evidence for fragmentation of the Fermi strength due to strong isospin mixing is found.
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- S E A Orrigo
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan and Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4026, Hungary
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile
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- SCK·CEN, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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Dias-Lopes C, Felicori L, Rubrecht L, Cobo S, Molina L, Nguyen C, Galéa P, Granier C, Molina F, Chávez-Olortegui C. Generation and molecular characterization of a monoclonal antibody reactive with conserved epitope in sphingomyelinases D from Loxosceles spider venoms. Vaccine 2014; 32:2086-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fujita Y, Fujita H, Adachi T, Bai CL, Algora A, Berg GPA, von Brentano P, Colò G, Csatlós M, Deaven JM, Estevez-Aguado E, Fransen C, De Frenne D, Fujita K, Ganioğlu E, Guess CJ, Gulyás J, Hatanaka K, Hirota K, Honma M, Ishikawa D, Jacobs E, Krasznahorkay A, Matsubara H, Matsuyanagi K, Meharchand R, Molina F, Muto K, Nakanishi K, Negret A, Okamura H, Ong HJ, Otsuka T, Pietralla N, Perdikakis G, Popescu L, Rubio B, Sagawa H, Sarriguren P, Scholl C, Shimbara Y, Shimizu Y, Susoy G, Suzuki T, Tameshige Y, Tamii A, Thies JH, Uchida M, Wakasa T, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT, Zell KO, Zenihiro J. Observation of low- and high-energy Gamow-Teller phonon excitations in nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:112502. [PMID: 24702355 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.112502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions in atomic nuclei are sensitive to both nuclear shell structure and effective residual interactions. The nuclear GT excitations were studied for the mass number A = 42, 46, 50, and 54 "f-shell" nuclei in ((3)He, t) charge-exchange reactions. In the (42)Ca → (42)Sc reaction, most of the GT strength is concentrated in the lowest excited state at 0.6 MeV, suggesting the existence of a low-energy GT phonon excitation. As A increases, a high-energy GT phonon excitation develops in the 6-11 MeV region. In the (54)Fe → (54)Co reaction, the high-energy GT phonon excitation mainly carries the GT strength. The existence of these two GT phonon excitations are attributed to the 2 fermionic degrees of freedom in nuclei.
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- Y Fujita
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan and Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Department of Physics and JINA, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, and INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Vakgroep Subatomaire en Stralingsfysica, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Vakgroep Subatomaire en Stralingsfysica, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohokayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan and RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Nishi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Porta A, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui V, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Results of fission productsβdecay properties measurement performed with a total absorption spectrometer. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146610019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ibanez J, Serrano JI, del Castillo MD, Monge E, Molina F, Rivas FM, Alguacil I, Miangolarra JC, Pons JL. Upper-limb muscular electrical stimulation driven by EEG-based detections of the intentions to move: a proposed intervention for patients with stroke. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2014; 2014:1646-1649. [PMID: 25570289 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6943921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study proposes an intervention for stroke patients in which electrical stimulation of muscles in the affected arm is supplied when movement intention is detected from the electroencephalographic signal. The detection relies on the combined analysis of two movement related cortical patterns: the event-related desynchronization and the bereitschaftspotential. Results with two healthy subjects and three chronic stroke patients show that reliable EEG-based estimations of the movement onsets can be generated (on average, 66.9 ± 26.4 % of the movements are detected with 0.42 ± 0.17 false activations per minute) which in turn give rise to electrical stimuli providing sensory feedback tightly associated to the movement planning (average detection latency of the onsets of the movements was 54.4 ± 287.9 ms).
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Orrigo S, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Beta decay of exotic TZ= -1, -2 nuclei: the interesting case of 56Zn. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Valencia E, Algora A, Tain JL, Rice S, Agramunt J, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui VM, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Eronen T, Estevez E, Farrelly G, Fallot M, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan MD, Kankainen A, Kondev FG, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Porta A, Regan PH, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Gamma/neutron competition above the neutron separation energy in delayed neutron emitters. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abraham JD, Promé S, Salvetat N, Rubrecht L, Cobo S, du Paty E, Galéa P, Mathieu-Dupas E, Ranaldi S, Caillava C, Crémer GA, Rieunier F, Robert P, Molina F, Laune D, Checler F, Fareh J. Cerebrospinal Aβ11-x and 17-x levels as indicators of mild cognitive impairment and patients' stratification in Alzheimer's disease. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e281. [PMID: 23860482 PMCID: PMC3731790 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In the present work, the concentrations of Aβ11-x and Aβ17-x peptides (x=40 or 42), which result from the combined cleavages of β-amyloid precursor protein (AβPP) by β'/α or α/γ-secretases, respectively, were assessed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Specific multiplexed assays were set up using new anti-40 and anti-42 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for the capture of these N-truncated Aβ peptides and anti-11 or anti-17 mAbs for their detection. The specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility of such assays were assessed using synthetic peptides and human cell models. Aβ11-x and Aβ17-x were then measured in CSF samples from patients with AD (n=23), MCI (n=23) and controls with normal cognition (n=21). Aβ11-x levels were significantly lower in patients with MCI than in controls. Compared with the combined quantification of Aβ1-42, total Tau (T-Tau) and phosphorylated Tau (P-Tau; AlzBio3, Innogenetics), the association of Aβ11-40, Aβ17-40 and T-Tau improved the discrimination between MCI and controls. Furthermore, when patients with MCI were classified into two subgroups (MCI ≤1.5 or ≥2 based on their CDR-SB (Cognitive Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes) score), the CSF Aβ17-40/Aβ11-40 ratio was significantly higher in patients with CDR-SB ≤1.5 than in controls, whereas neither Aβ1-42, T-Tau nor P-Tau allowed the detection of this subpopulation. These results need to be confirmed in a larger clinical prospective cohort.
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- J-D Abraham
- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France.
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, team labelized by the ‘Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale' and LABEX (Laboratory of Excellence), Valbonne, France
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- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Marnes la Coquette, France
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- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Marnes la Coquette, France
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- CMRR, Memory Center, EA CoBTeK, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, team labelized by the ‘Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale' and LABEX (Laboratory of Excellence), Valbonne, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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Molina F, Rus A, Peinado MA, del Moral ML. Short-term hypoxia/reoxygenation activates the angiogenic pathway in rat caudate putamen. J Biosci 2013; 38:363-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9327-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sousa D, Castelo-Corral L, Gutierrez-Urbon JM, Molina F, Lopez-Calvino B, Bou G, Llinares P. Impact of ertapenem use on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii imipenem susceptibility rates: collateral damage or positive effect on hospital ecology? J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 68:1917-25. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sadick M, Molina F, Frey S, Piniol R, Sadick H, Brade J, Fink C, Schoenberg SO, He Y. Effect of Reconstruction Parameters in High-Definition PET/CT on Assessment of Lymph Node Metastases in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Nucl Med Technol 2013; 41:19-25. [DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.112.116806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Porta A, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui V, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Measurement of fission products βdecay properties using a total absorption spectrometer. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20136201007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sonek J, Molina F, Hiett AK, Glover M, McKenna D, Nicolaides KH. Prefrontal space ratio: comparison between trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses in the second trimester. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2012; 40:293-296. [PMID: 22302766 DOI: 10.1002/uog.11120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a novel ultrasound measurement, the prefrontal space ratio (PFSR), in second-trimester trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses. METHODS Stored three-dimensional volumes of fetal profiles from 26 trisomy 21 fetuses and 90 euploid fetuses at 15-25 weeks' gestation were examined. A line was drawn between the leading edge of the mandible and the maxilla (MM line) and extended in front of the forehead. The ratio of the distance between the leading edge of the skull and that of the skin (d(1)) to the distance between the skin and the point where the MM line was intercepted (d(2)) was calculated (d(2)/d(1)). The distributions of PFSR in trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses were compared, and the relationship with gestational age in each group was evaluated by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r(s) ). RESULTS The PFSR in trisomy 21 fetuses (mean, 0.36; range, 0-0.81) was significantly lower than in euploid fetuses (mean, 1.48; range, 0.85-2.95; P < 0.001 (Mann-Whitney U-test)). There was no significant association between PFSR and gestational age in either trisomy 21 (r(s) = 0.25; 95% CI, - 0.15 to 0.58) or euploid (r(s) = 0.06; 95% CI, - 0.15 to 0.27) fetuses. CONCLUSION The PFSR appears to be a highly sensitive and specific marker of trisomy 21 in the second trimester of pregnancy.
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- J Sonek
- Fetal Medicine Foundation USA, Dayton, OH, USA.
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Lopez L, Medina J, Palomares D, Alonso S, Martinez B, Chacon J, Diaz L, Cordero N, Cruz M, Molina F. 6047 POSTER Neoadjuvant Capecitabine-based Chemoradiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)71692-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Machado de Avila RA, Stransky S, Velloso M, Castanheira P, Schneider FS, Kalapothakis E, Sanchez EF, Nguyen C, Molina F, Granier C, Chávez-Olórtegui C. Mimotopes of mutalysin-II from Lachesis muta snake venom induce hemorrhage inhibitory antibodies upon vaccination of rabbits. Peptides 2011; 32:1640-6. [PMID: 21763377 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mutalysin-II (mut-II) from Lachesis muta snake venom is an endopeptidase with hemorrhagic activity. A mAb against mutalysin-II that neutralized the hemorrhagic effect was produced previously. To identify the mAb epitopes, sets of 15-mer overlapping peptides covering the mut-II amino acid sequence were synthesized using the SPOT method and tested but failed to react with the mAb. Using a phage-display approach seventeen clones reactive with mAb were identified. Additional immunoassays with the peptides and mAb identified the QCTMDQGRLRCR, TCATDQGRLRCT, HCFHDQGRVRCA, HCTMDQGRLRCR and SCMLDQGRSRCR sequences as possible epitopes. Immunization of rabbits with these peptides induced antibodies that recognize mut-II and protected against the hemorrhagic effects of Lachesis venom.
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- R A Machado de Avila
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil
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Kunze R, Witt S, Vienken J, Rie K, Masayoshi N, Aritoshi K, Yoshinaga O, Yukiko H, Takahiro K, Hiroshi N, Takeshi N, Aoki S, Makino J, Noguchi M, Yamasaki F, Toda S, Santiago J, Caparros G, Vozmediano C, Molina F, Javier L, Sara A, Minerva A, Romera A, Kihm L, Diekmann C, Seckinger J, Sommerer C, Morath C, Zeier M, Schwenger V, Teixeira L, Rodrigues A, Carvalho MJ, Cabrita A, Mendonca D. Peritoneal dialysis. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rus A, Del Moral ML, Molina F, Peinado MA. Upregulation of cardiac NO/NOS system during short-term hypoxia and the subsequent reoxygenation period. Eur J Histochem 2011; 55:e17. [PMID: 22193297 PMCID: PMC3284153 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2011.e17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) reportedly influences nitric oxide (NO) production and NO synthase (NOS) expression in the heart. Nonetheless, a number of works have shown controversial results regarding the changes that the cardiac NO/NOS system undergoes under such situations. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the behaviour of this system in the hypoxic heart by investigating seven different reoxygenation times. Wistar rats were submitted to H/R (hypoxia for 30 min; reoxygenation of 0, 2, 12, 24, 48, 72 h, and 5 days) in a novel approach to address the events provoked by assaults under such circumstances. Endothelial and inducible NOS (eNOS and iNOS) mRNA and protein expression, as well as enzymatic activity and enzyme location were determined. NO levels were indirectly quantified as nitrate/nitrite, and other S-nitroso compounds (NOx), which would act as NO-storage molecules. The results showed a significant increase in eNOS mRNA, protein and activity, as well as in NOx levels immediately after hypoxia, while iNOS protein and activity were induced throughout the reoxygenation period. These findings indicate that, not only short-term hypoxia, but also the subsequent reoxygenation period upregulate cardiac NO/NOS system until at least 5 days after the hypoxic stimulus, implying major involvement of this system in the changes occurring in the heart in response to H/R.
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- A Rus
- Department of Experimental Biology (Building B-3), University of Jaén,Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
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Marshall G, Mocskos P, Molina F, Dengra S. The Role of Coulombic Forces in Quasi-Two Dimensional Electrochemical Deposition. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1557/proc-451-147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACTRecent work demonstrates the relevant influence of convection during growth pattern formation in thin-layer electrochemical deposition. Convection is driven mainly by coulombic forces due to local charges at the tip of the aggregation and by buoyancy forces due to concentration gradients. Here we study through physical experiments and numerical modeling the regime under which coulombic forces are important. In the experimental measurements fluid motion near the growing tips of the deposit is visualized with neutrally buoyant latex spheres and its speed measured with videomicroscope tracking techniques and image processing software. The numerical modeling consists in the solution of the 2D dimensionless Nernst-Planck equations for ion concentrations, the Poisson equation for the electric field and the Navier-Stokes equations for the fluid flow, and a stochastic growth rule for ion deposition. A new set of dimensionless numbers governing electroconvection dominated flows is introduced. Preliminary experimental measurements and numerical results indicate that in the electroconvection dominated regime coulombic forces increase with the applied voltage, and their influence over growth pattern formation can be assessed with the magnitude of the dimensionless electric Froude number. It is suggested that when this number decreases the deposit morphology changes from fractal to dense branching.
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Algora A, Jordan D, Taín JL, Rubio B, Agramunt J, Perez-Cerdan AB, Molina F, Caballero L, Nácher E, Krasznahorkay A, Hunyadi MD, Gulyás J, Vitéz A, Csatlós M, Csige L, Aysto J, Penttilä H, Moore ID, Eronen T, Jokinen A, Nieminen A, Hakala J, Karvonen P, Kankainen A, Saastamoinen A, Rissanen J, Kessler T, Weber C, Ronkainen J, Rahaman S, Elomaa V, Rinta-Antila S, Hager U, Sonoda T, Burkard K, Hüller W, Batist L, Gelletly W, Nichols AL, Yoshida T, Sonzogni AA, Peräjärvi K. Reactor decay heat in 239Pu: solving the γ discrepancy in the 4-3000-s cooling period. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:202501. [PMID: 21231223 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.202501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The β feeding probability of (102,104,105,106,107)Tc, 105Mo, and 101Nb nuclei, which are important contributors to the decay heat in nuclear reactors, has been measured using the total absorption technique. We have coupled for the first time a total absorption spectrometer to a Penning trap in order to obtain sources of very high isobaric purity. Our results solve a significant part of a long-standing discrepancy in the γ component of the decay heat for 239Pu in the 4-3000 s range.
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- A Algora
- IFIC (CSIC-Univ. Valencia), Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research, Debrecen, Hungary
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Arnau Peyrotte E, Moulière F, Robert B, Ollier J, Del Rio M, Ychou M, Gongora C, Molina F, Thierry A. R86: Origine et quantification des ADN circulants dans des souris xénogreffées et chez des patients atteints de cancer colorectal. Bull Cancer 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0007-4551(15)31004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Persico N, Molina F, Borenstein M, Azumendi G, Nicolaides KH. Nasal-bone length in euploid fetuses at 16-24 weeks' gestation by three-dimensional ultrasound. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2010; 36:285-290. [PMID: 20623823 DOI: 10.1002/uog.7745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To establish a normal range of nasal-bone length at 16-24 weeks' gestation by the use of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound and to investigate the effect of deviations from the exact mid-sagittal plane on the measurement of nasal-bone length. METHODS We acquired 3D volumes of the fetal profile from 135 normal fetuses at 16-24 weeks' gestation. The multiplanar mode was used to obtain the exact mid-sagittal plane and to produce parasagittal and oblique views of the fetal face. Nasal-bone length was measured in each plane and the sonographic landmarks of each profile view were examined. RESULTS Nasal-bone length increased with gestational age from a mean of 4.1 mm at 16 weeks to 7.1 mm at 24 weeks. There was a tendency to underestimate nasal-bone length when the measurements were taken in parasagittal planes and to overestimate the measurements when they were taken in oblique views, compared to the exact mid-sagittal plane. The mean difference in nasal-bone length from the one in the mid-sagittal plane was 0.42 and 0.63 mm for parasagittal measurements at 1 and 2 mm, respectively, from the midline, -0.08 and -0.51 mm for oblique measurements at 10 degrees and 20 degrees rotation along the z-axis and -0.69 mm for rotation of 20 degrees along the z-axis and 10 degrees along the y-axis. The vomeral bone was the only sonographic landmark defining the exact mid-sagittal plane of the face that was not visible in the parasagittal and oblique planes. CONCLUSIONS Parasagittal and oblique scanning planes may produce different degrees of under- or over-estimation of nasal-bone length compared to measurements systematically taken in the exact mid-sagittal plane. Inclusion of the vomeral bone in the definition of the exact mid-sagittal plane of the face could improve the reproducibility of measurements of nasal-bone length.
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- N Persico
- Department of Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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Dominiczak AF, Herget-Rosenthal S, Delles C, Fliser D, Fournier I, Graber A, Girolami M, Holmes E, Lang F, Molina F, Nicholson J, Remuzzi G, Rossing P, Rudolph KL, Wolkenhauer O, Xenarios I, Zubarev R, Zubov D, Vlahou A, Schanstra JP. Systems biology to battle vascular disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2010; 25:1019-22. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Dias-Lopes C, Guimarães G, Felicori L, Fernandes P, Emery L, Kalapothakis E, Nguyen C, Molina F, Granier C, Chávez-Olórtegui C. A protective immune response against lethal, dermonecrotic and hemorrhagic effects of Loxosceles intermedia venom elicited by a 27-residue peptide. Toxicon 2010; 55:481-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 09/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Alvarenga L, Moreau V, Felicori L, Nguyen C, Duarte C, Chavez-Olortegui C, Molina F, Martin-Eauclaire MF, Granier C. Design of antibody-reactive peptides from discontinuous parts of scorpion toxins. Vaccine 2010; 28:970-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.10.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2009] [Revised: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Olaiz N, Suárez C, Risk M, Molina F, Marshall G. Tracking protein electrodenaturation fronts in the electrochemical treatment of tumors. Electrochem commun 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Toro AC, Escobar LM, Franco JG, Díaz-Gómez JL, Muñoz JF, Molina F, Bejarano J, Yepes D, Navarro E, García A, Ely WE, Esteban A. [Spanish version of the CAM-ICU (Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit). Pilot study of validation]. Med Intensiva 2009; 34:14-21. [PMID: 20233574 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2009.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2009] [Revised: 06/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To validate the Spanish version of the CAM-ICU. DESIGN Validation study. The inter-rater reliability and validity were evaluated using a blind comparison with the DSM-IVTR criteria (reference standard) in a group of patients hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). SETTING Medical-surgical ICU. PATIENTS 129 adults with RASS >-4 score, within the 24-48 h of ICU admission. Independent application of the CAM-ICU by two intensive care specialists and evaluation by a psychiatrist using the DSM-IVTR criteria for delirium. RESULTS Prevalence of delirium in the sample was 26.4%, this being and 48.3% in the 29 patients who received mechanical ventilation. Inter-rater reliability in the whole sample according to the Kappa index was 0.792 (95% CI 0.662-0.922, p<0.001) and in those who received mechanical ventilation was 0.726 (95% CI 0.487-0.965, p<0.001). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predicted value (PPV), negative predicted value (NPV), positive likelihood ratio (+LR), and negative likelihood ratio (-LR) were 79.4% (95% CI 63.2-89.7%); 97.9% (95% CI 92.6-99.4%); 93.1% (95% CI 78.0-98.1%); 93.0% (95% CI 86.3-96.6%); 37.72 (95% CI 9.47-150.20) and 0.21(95% CI 0.11-0.41), respectively, in the whole sample. In mechanically-ventilated patients, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, +LR and -LR were 92.9% (95% CI 68.5-98.7%); 86.7% (95% CI 62.1-96.3%); 86.7% (95% CI 62.1-96.3%); 92.9% (95% CI 68.5-98.7%); 6.96(95% CI 1.90-25.51) and 0.08 (95% CI 0.01-0.55), respectively. CONCLUSION The Spanish version of the CAM-ICU is reliable. Its sensitivity, specificity and predictive values should be considered good.
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- A C Toro
- Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría de Enlace, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia
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Spencer K, Cowans NJ, Avgidou K, Molina F, Nicolaides KH. First-Trimester Biochemical Markers of Aneuploidy and the Prediction of Small-for-Gestational Age Fetuses. Obstet Gynecol Surv 2009. [DOI: 10.1097/01.ogx.0000350202.89996.c1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Manconi M, Mura S, Sinico C, Fadda A, Vila A, Molina F. Development and characterization of liposomes containing glycols as carriers for diclofenac. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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