1
|
Qiao H, Dumur É, Andersson G, Yan H, Chou MH, Grebel J, Conner CR, Joshi YJ, Miller JM, Povey RG, Wu X, Cleland AN. Splitting phonons: Building a platform for linear mechanical quantum computing. Science 2023; 380:1030-1033. [PMID: 37289889 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg8715] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Linear optical quantum computing provides a desirable approach to quantum computing, with only a short list of required computational elements. The similarity between photons and phonons points to the interesting potential for linear mechanical quantum computing using phonons in place of photons. Although single-phonon sources and detectors have been demonstrated, a phononic beam splitter element remains an outstanding requirement. Here we demonstrate such an element, using two superconducting qubits to fully characterize a beam splitter with single phonons. We further use the beam splitter to demonstrate two-phonon interference, a requirement for two-qubit gates in linear computing. This advances a new solid-state system for implementing linear quantum computing, further providing straightforward conversion between itinerant phonons and superconducting qubits.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- H Qiao
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - É Dumur
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering and Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
| | - G Andersson
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - H Yan
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - M-H Chou
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - J Grebel
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - C R Conner
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - Y J Joshi
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - J M Miller
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - R G Povey
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - X Wu
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
| | - A N Cleland
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Center for Molecular Engineering and Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Volesky-Avellaneda KD, Miller JM, Israni AK, Snyder JJ, Fredrickson M, Zaun D, Yu KJ, Shiels MS, Pfeiffer RM, Engels EA. Coronavirus disease-19 mortality among solid organ transplant recipients in the United States during June and December 2020: Comparison of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and National Death Index data. Am J Transplant 2023; 23:686-687. [PMID: 36746336 PMCID: PMC9899126 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
| | - Jon M Miller
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - Ajay K Israni
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - Jon J Snyder
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - Mark Fredrickson
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - David Zaun
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Chronic Disease Research Group, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - Kelly J Yu
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
| | - Meredith S Shiels
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
| | - Ruth M Pfeiffer
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
| | - Eric A Engels
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Krawczynski H, Muleri F, Dovčiak M, Veledina A, Rodriguez Cavero N, Svoboda J, Ingram A, Matt G, Garcia JA, Loktev V, Negro M, Poutanen J, Kitaguchi T, Podgorný J, Rankin J, Zhang W, Berdyugin A, Berdyugina SV, Bianchi S, Blinov D, Capitanio F, Di Lalla N, Draghis P, Fabiani S, Kagitani M, Kravtsov V, Kiehlmann S, Latronico L, Lutovinov AA, Mandarakas N, Marin F, Marinucci A, Miller JM, Mizuno T, Molkov SV, Omodei N, Petrucci PO, Ratheesh A, Sakanoi T, Semena AN, Skalidis R, Soffitta P, Tennant AF, Thalhammer P, Tombesi F, Weisskopf MC, Wilms J, Zhang S, Agudo I, Antonelli LA, Bachetti M, Baldini L, Baumgartner WH, Bellazzini R, Bongiorno SD, Bonino R, Brez A, Bucciantini N, Castellano S, Cavazzuti E, Ciprini S, Costa E, De Rosa A, Del Monte E, Di Gesu L, Di Marco A, Donnarumma I, Doroshenko V, Ehlert SR, Enoto T, Evangelista Y, Ferrazzoli R, Gunji S, Hayashida K, Heyl J, Iwakiri W, Jorstad SG, Karas V, Kolodziejczak JJ, La Monaca F, Liodakis I, Maldera S, Manfreda A, Marscher AP, Marshall HL, Mitsuishi I, Ng CY, O’Dell SL, Oppedisano C, Papitto A, Pavlov GG, Peirson AL, Perri M, Pesce-Rollins M, Pilia M, Possenti A, Puccetti S, Ramsey BD, Romani RW, Sgrò C, Slane P, Spandre G, Tamagawa T, Tavecchio F, Taverna R, Tawara Y, Thomas NE, Trois A, Tsygankov S, Turolla R, Vink J, Wu K, Xie F, Zane S. Polarized x-rays constrain the disk-jet geometry in the black hole x-ray binary Cygnus X-1. Science 2022; 378:650-654. [DOI: 10.1126/science.add5399] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
A black hole x-ray binary (XRB) system forms when gas is stripped from a normal star and accretes onto a black hole, which heats the gas sufficiently to emit x-rays. We report a polarimetric observation of the XRB Cygnus X-1 using the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. The electric field position angle aligns with the outflowing jet, indicating that the jet is launched from the inner x-ray emitting region. The polarization degree is 4.01 ± 0.20% at 2 to 8 kiloelectronvolts, implying that the accretion disk is viewed closer to edge-on than the binary orbit. The observations reveal that hot x-ray emitting plasma is spatially extended in a plane perpendicular to the jet axis, not parallel to the jet.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Henric Krawczynski
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
| | - Fabio Muleri
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Michal Dovčiak
- Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic
| | - Alexandra Veledina
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita), Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
| | - Nicole Rodriguez Cavero
- Department of Physics and McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
| | - Jiri Svoboda
- Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic
| | - Adam Ingram
- School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
| | - Giorgio Matt
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy
| | - Javier A. Garcia
- Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - Vladislav Loktev
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Michela Negro
- Center for Space Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Juri Poutanen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
| | - Takao Kitaguchi
- Rikagaku Kenkyūjyo (RIKEN) Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - Jakub Podgorný
- Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic
- Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7550, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
- Astronomical Institute, Charles University, 18000 Prague, Czech Republic
| | - John Rankin
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Wenda Zhang
- National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
| | - Andrei Berdyugin
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Svetlana V. Berdyugina
- Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Istituto Ricerche Solari (IRSOL) Aldo e Cele Daccò, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana, 6605 Locarno, Switzerland
- Euler Institute, Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera italiana, 6962 Lugano, Switzerland
| | - Stefano Bianchi
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, 00146 Roma, Italy
| | - Dmitry Blinov
- Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
| | - Fiamma Capitanio
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Niccolò Di Lalla
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Paul Draghis
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Sergio Fabiani
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Masato Kagitani
- School of Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, 980-8578 Sendai, Japan
| | - Vadim Kravtsov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Sebastian Kiehlmann
- Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
| | - Luca Latronico
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | | | - Nikos Mandarakas
- Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
| | - Frédéric Marin
- Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7550, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France
| | | | - Jon M. Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Tsunefumi Mizuno
- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - Sergey V. Molkov
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
| | - Nicola Omodei
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Pierre-Olivier Petrucci
- Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 38000 Grenoble, France
| | - Ajay Ratheesh
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Takeshi Sakanoi
- School of Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, 980-8578 Sendai, Japan
| | - Andrei N. Semena
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
| | - Raphael Skalidis
- Institute of Astrophysics, Foundation for Research and Technology–Hellas, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
- Department of Physics, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece
| | - Paolo Soffitta
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - Phillipp Thalhammer
- Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
| | - Francesco Tombesi
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata,” 00133 Roma, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata,” 00133 Roma, Italy
- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | | | - Joern Wilms
- Dr. Karl Remeis Observatory, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 96049 Bamberg, Germany
| | - Sixuan Zhang
- Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
| | - Iván Agudo
- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, 18008 Granada, Spain
| | - Lucio A. Antonelli
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Italy
- Space Science Data Center, ASI, 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Matteo Bachetti
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, 09047 Selargius, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Luca Baldini
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - Ronaldo Bellazzini
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - Raffaella Bonino
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - Alessandro Brez
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Niccolò Bucciantini
- INAF Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, 50125 Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - Simone Castellano
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - Stefano Ciprini
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata,” 00133 Roma, Italy
- Space Science Data Center, ASI, 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Enrico Costa
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Alessandra De Rosa
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Ettore Del Monte
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - Alessandro Di Marco
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - Victor Doroshenko
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
- Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
| | | | - Teruaki Enoto
- Rikagaku Kenkyūjyo (RIKEN) Cluster for Pioneering Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - Yuri Evangelista
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Riccardo Ferrazzoli
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Shuichi Gunji
- Department of Physics, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata-shi 990-8560, Japan
| | - Kiyoshi Hayashida
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
| | - Jeremy Heyl
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
| | - Wataru Iwakiri
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan
| | - Svetlana G. Jorstad
- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
- Department of Astrophysics, St. Petersburg State University, Petrodvoretz, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - Vladimir Karas
- Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 14100 Praha 4, Czech Republic
| | | | - Fabio La Monaca
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
| | - Ioannis Liodakis
- Finnish Centre for Astronomy with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Simone Maldera
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - Alberto Manfreda
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Alan P. Marscher
- Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
| | - Herman L. Marshall
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Ikuyuki Mitsuishi
- Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
| | - Chi-Yung Ng
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
| | | | - Chiara Oppedisano
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
| | - Alessandro Papitto
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Italy
| | - George G. Pavlov
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
| | - Abel L. Peirson
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Matteo Perri
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Italy
- Space Science Data Center, ASI, 00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - Maura Pilia
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, 09047 Selargius, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Andrea Possenti
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, 09047 Selargius, Cagliari, Italy
| | | | - Brian D. Ramsey
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
| | - Roger W. Romani
- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Carmelo Sgrò
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Patrick Slane
- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Gloria Spandre
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, 56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Toru Tamagawa
- Astronomical Institute, Charles University, 18000 Prague, Czech Republic
| | | | - Roberto Taverna
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
| | - Yuzuru Tawara
- Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
| | | | - Alessio Trois
- INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, 09047 Selargius, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Sergey Tsygankov
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997, Russia
| | - Roberto Turolla
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - Jacco Vink
- Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - Kinwah Wu
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| | - Fei Xie
- Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), 00133 Roma, Italy
- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
| | - Silvia Zane
- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Kang JH, Katsumata YK, Lennie TAL, Chung MLC, Biddle MJB, Miller JM, Moser DKM. Sustained effect on diet quality of a self-care intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk among informal rural caregivers of people with chronic illnesses: does health literacy matter? Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2739] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background/Introduction
Rural caregivers of those with chronic illnesses have higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk than urban caregivers. Diet is a major lifestyle factor that contributes to CVD risk. However, interventions are often not constructed with health literacy in mind. We previously found a moderation effect of health literacy on short-term (4-month) diet quality from a self-care intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk (RICHH) among rural caregivers. The RICHH intervention was designed to be equally effective in caregivers with marginal or adequate health literacy.
Purpose
To compare the impact of RICHH intervention on 12-month diet quality in rural caregivers with marginal versus adequate health literacy.
Methods
A total of 296 rural caregivers (54.5±13.7 years old, 76% female) of individuals with chronic illnesses participated. The newest vital sign (NVS) and Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) were used to determine health literacy and diet quality, respectively. The NVS was dichotomized using a cutoff score of 4. The HEI-2015 was computed based on food frequency questionnaires at baseline, 4-month, and 12-month. The RICHH intervention was delivered using video conferencing technology by nurse interventionists once a week for 12 weeks followed by bi-weekly and monthly booster sessions. A piecewise linear mixed-effect model, controlling for age, education, smoking status, and perceived stress, was used to evaluate the impact of the intervention on diet quality between the two health literacy groups.
Results
There was a significant difference in improvement in the HEI-2015 total scores at 4 months between control and intervention in the marginal health literacy group (beta estimate = 1.56, SE=0.74, P=0.039) but not in the adequate health literacy group (beta estimate = 0.27, SE=0.38, P=0.475). The improvement in the marginal health literacy group was sustained at 12-months (beta estimate = 8.12, SE=3.57, P=0.022).
Conclusions
The results of our study indicate that an intervention designed to address health literacy is effective in producing a sustained improvement in diet quality to reduce CVD risk in rural caregivers with marginal health literacy.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): National Institutes of Health National Institute of Nursing Research
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J H Kang
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - Y K Katsumata
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - T A L Lennie
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - M L C Chung
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - M J B Biddle
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - J M Miller
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| | - D K M Moser
- University of Kentucky , Lexington , United States of America
| |
Collapse
|
5
|
Pipitone F, Miller JM, DeLancey J. Injury-associated levator ani muscle and anal sphincter ooedema following vaginal birth: a secondary analysis of the EMRLD study. BJOG 2021; 128:2046-2053. [PMID: 34013655 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To determine whether all three components of the levator ani muscle (pubovisceral [= pubococcygeal], puborectal and iliococcygeal) and the external anal sphincter are equally affected by oedema associated with muscle injury after vaginal birth. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional study. SETTING Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan. POPULATION Primiparous women classified as high risk for levator ani muscle injury during childbirth. METHOD MRI scans obtained 6-8 weeks postpartum were analysed. Muscle oedema was assessed on axial and coronal fluid-sensitive magnetic resonance (MRI) scans. Presence of oedema was separately determined in each levator ani muscle component and in the external anal sphincter for all subjects. Descriptive statistics and correlation with obstetric variables were obtained. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Oedema score on fluid-sensitive MRI scans. RESULTS Of the 78 women included in this cohort, 51.3% (n = 40/78) showed muscle oedema in the pubovisceral (one bilateral avulsion excluded), 5.1% (n = 4/78) in the puborectal and 5.1% (n = 4/78) in the iliococcygeal muscle. No subject showed definite oedema on external anal sphincter. Incidence of oedema on the pubovisceral muscle was seven times higher than on any of the other analysed muscles (all paired comparisons, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Even in the absence of muscle tearing, the pubovisceral muscle shows by far the highest incidence of injury, establishing that levator components are not equally affected by childbirth. External anal sphincter did not show oedema-even in women with sphincter laceration- suggesting a different injury mechanism. Developing a databased map of injured areas helps understand injury mechanisms that can guide us in honing research on treatment and prevention. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Injury-associated levator ani muscle and anal sphincter oedema mapping on MRI reveals vulnerable muscle components after childbirth.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- F Pipitone
- Pelvic Floor Research Group, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, 1540 E Hospital Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
| | - J M Miller
- University of Michigan School of Nursing and Medical School Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 426 N Ingalls St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
| | - Jol DeLancey
- Pelvic Floor Research Group, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, 1540 E Hospital Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.,Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, 1540 E Hospital Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Hart A, Lentine KL, Smith JM, Miller JM, Skeans MA, Prentice M, Robinson A, Foutz J, Booker SE, Israni AK, Hirose R, Snyder JJ. OPTN/SRTR 2019 Annual Data Report: Kidney. Am J Transplant 2021; 21 Suppl 2:21-137. [PMID: 33595191 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Despite the ongoing severe shortage of available kidney grafts relative to candidates in need, data from 2019 reveal some promising trends. After remaining relatively stagnant for many years, the number of kidney transplants has increased each year since 2015, reaching the highest annual count to date of 24,273 in 2019. The number of patients waiting for a kidney transplant in the United States was relatively stable, despite an increase in the number of new candidates added in 2019 and a decrease in patients removed from the waiting list owing to death or deteriorating medical condition. However, these encouraging trends are tempered by ongoing challenges. Nationwide, only a quarter of waitlisted patients receive a deceased-donor kidney transplant within 5 years, and this proportion varies dramatically by donation service area, from 15.5% to 67.8%. The non-utilization (discard) rate of recovered organs remains at 20.1%, despite adramatic decline in the discard of organs from hepatitis C-positive donors. Non-utilization rates remain particularly high for Kidney Donor Profile Index ≥85% kidneys and kidneys from which a biopsy specimen was obtained. While the number of living-donor transplants increased again in 2019, only a small proportion of the waiting list receives living-donor transplants each year, and racial disparities in living-donor transplant access persist. As both graft and patient survival continue to improve incrementally, the total number of living kidney transplant recipients with a functioning graft is anticipated to exceed 250,000 in the next 1-2 years. Over the past decade, the total number of pediatric kidney transplants performed has remained stable. Despite numerous efforts, living donor kidney transplant remains low among pediatric recipients with continued racial disparities among recipients. Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract remain the leading cause of kidney disease. While most deceased donor recipients receive a kidney from a donor with KDPI less than 35%, the majority of pediatric recipients had four or more HLA mismatches. Graft survival continues to improve with superior outcomes for living donor recipients.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A Hart
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
| | - K L Lentine
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Center for Abdominal Transplantation, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
| | - J M Smith
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
| | - J M Miller
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN
| | - M A Skeans
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN
| | - M Prentice
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
| | - A Robinson
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
| | - J Foutz
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
| | - S E Booker
- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
| | - A K Israni
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.,Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
| | - R Hirose
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Department Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
| | - J J Snyder
- Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN.,Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Umapathy L, Winegar B, MacKinnon L, Hill M, Altbach MI, Miller JM, Bilgin A. Fully Automated Segmentation of Globes for Volume Quantification in CT Images of Orbits using Deep Learning. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1061-1069. [PMID: 32439637 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fast and accurate quantification of globe volumes in the event of an ocular trauma can provide clinicians with valuable diagnostic information. In this work, an automated workflow using a deep learning-based convolutional neural network is proposed for prediction of globe contours and their subsequent volume quantification in CT images of the orbits. MATERIALS AND METHODS An automated workflow using a deep learning -based convolutional neural network is proposed for prediction of globe contours in CT images of the orbits. The network, 2D Modified Residual UNET (MRes-UNET2D), was trained on axial CT images from 80 subjects with no imaging or clinical findings of globe injuries. The predicted globe contours and volume estimates were compared with manual annotations by experienced observers on 2 different test cohorts. RESULTS On the first test cohort (n = 18), the average Dice, precision, and recall scores were 0.95, 96%, and 95%, respectively. The average 95% Hausdorff distance was only 1.5 mm, with a 5.3% error in globe volume estimates. No statistically significant differences (P = .72) were observed in the median globe volume estimates from our model and the ground truth. On the second test cohort (n = 9) in which a neuroradiologist and 2 residents independently marked the globe contours, MRes-UNET2D (Dice = 0.95) approached human interobserver variability (Dice = 0.94). We also demonstrated the utility of inter-globe volume difference as a quantitative marker for trauma in 3 subjects with known globe injuries. CONCLUSIONS We showed that with fast prediction times, we can reliably detect and quantify globe volumes in CT images of the orbits across a variety of acquisition parameters.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- L Umapathy
- From the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (L.U., A.B.).,Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.)
| | - B Winegar
- Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.)
| | - L MacKinnon
- Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.)
| | - M Hill
- Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.)
| | - M I Altbach
- Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.)
| | - J M Miller
- Ophthalmology and Vision Science (J.M.M.)
| | - A Bilgin
- From the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering (L.U., A.B.) .,Medical Imaging (L.U., B.W., L.M., M.H., M.I.A., A.B.).,Biomedical Engineering (A.B.), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Zoghbi A, Kalli S, Miller JM, Mizumoto M. Testing The Lamp-Post and Wind Reverberation Models with XMM-Newton Observations of NGC 5506. Astrophys J 2020; 893:97. [PMID: 32801382 PMCID: PMC7422662 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7dc8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The lamp-post geometry is often used to model X-ray data of accreting black holes. Despite its simple assumptions, it has proven to be powerful in inferring fundamental black hole properties such as the spin. Early results of X-ray reverberations showed support for such a simple picture, though wind-reverberation models have also been shown to explain the observed delays. Here, we analyze new and old XMM-Newton observations of the variable Seyfert-1 galaxy NGC 5506 to test these models. The source shows an emission line feature around 6.7 keV that is delayed relative to harder and softer energy bands. The spectral feature can be modeled with either a weakly relativistic disk line or by scattering in distant material. By modeling both the spectral and timing signatures, we find that the reflection fraction needed to explain the lags is larger than observed in the time-averaged spectrum, ruling out both a static lamp-post and simple wind reverberation models.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Abderahmen Zoghbi
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Sihem Kalli
- Department of Physics - Mohamed Boudiaf University, Msila 28000, Algeria
| | - Jon M Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Misaki Mizumoto
- Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Metts AV, Rubin-Falcone H, Ogden RT, Lin X, Wilner DE, Burke AK, Sublette ME, Oquendo MA, Miller JM, Mann JJ. Antidepressant medication exposure and 5-HT 1A autoreceptor binding in major depressive disorder. Synapse 2019; 73:e22089. [PMID: 30693567 DOI: 10.1002/syn.22089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 01/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE We have previously reported higher brain serotonin 1A (5-HT1A ) autoreceptor binding in antidepressant-naïve patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) compared with healthy volunteers, and a decrease in binding in MDD after selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment. This SSRI effect is also present in rodents administered SSRIs chronically. We therefore sought to determine the duration of antidepressant medication effects on 5-HT1A receptor binding after medication discontinuation. METHODS Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with the 5-HT1A receptor radioligand [11 C]WAY-100635 was performed in 66 individuals with current DSM-IV MDD to examine relationships between 5-HT1A binding and time since most recent antidepressant treatment. All subjects were medication-free for at least 2 weeks prior to scanning. Thirty-two additional MDD comparison subjects were antidepressant naïve. RESULTS No differences in [11 C]WAY-100635 binding were observed between antidepressant naïve and antidepressant exposed MDD groups in 13 a priori cortical and subcortical regions of interest, including raphe autoreceptors, assessed simultaneously in linear mixed effects models. Furthermore, [11 C]WAY-100635 binding did not correlate with time off antidepressants in the antidepressant exposed patients considering these ROIs. The same results were observed when effects of treatment discontinuation of any psychotropic medication used to treat their depression was examined. CONCLUSION These results indicate that any antidepressant-associated downregulation of 5-HT1A autoreceptor binding reverses within 2 weeks of medication discontinuation. Since this effect is hypothesized to mediate the antidepressant action of SSRIs, and perhaps other antidepressants, it suggests that patients who need ongoing treatment may relapse rapidly when medication is discontinued. Moreover, 2 weeks appears to be a sufficiently long washout of antidepressant medications for a reliable measure of illness-related binding levels.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A V Metts
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - H Rubin-Falcone
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - R T Ogden
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - X Lin
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - D E Wilner
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - A K Burke
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - M E Sublette
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - M A Oquendo
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - J M Miller
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| | - J J Mann
- Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Jain R, Mar PL, Barmeda M, Shirazi J, Devakbhaktuni S, Miller JM. P6638Ablation of premature ventricular complexes from within the coronary sinus in a veterans health administration population: a single center experience. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- R Jain
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| | - P L Mar
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| | - M Barmeda
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| | - J Shirazi
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| | - S Devakbhaktuni
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| | - J M Miller
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Cardiology, Indianapolis, United States of America
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Aharonian F, Akamatsu H, Akimoto F, Allen SW, Angelini L, Audard M, Awaki H, Axelsson M, Bamba A, Bautz MW, Blandford R, Brenneman LW, Brown GV, Bulbul E, Cackett EM, Chernyakova M, Chiao MP, Coppi PS, Costantini E, De Plaa J, De Vries CP, Den Herder JW, Done C, Dotani T, Ebisawa K, Eckart ME, Enoto T, Ezoe Y, Fabian AC, Ferrigno C, Foster AR, Fujimoto R, Fukazawa Y, Furuzawa A, Galeazzi M, Gallo LC, Gandhi P, Giustini M, Goldwurm A, Gu L, Guainazzi M, Haba Y, Hagino K, Hamaguchi K, Harrus IM, Hatsukade I, Hayashi K, Hayashi T, Hayashida K, Hiraga JS, Hornschemeier A, Hoshino A, Hughes JP, Ichinohe Y, Iizuka R, Inoue H, Inoue Y, Ishida M, Ishikawa K, Ishisaki Y, Iwai M, Kaastra J, Kallman T, Kamae T, Kataoka J, Katsuda S, Kawai N, Kelley RL, Kilbourne CA, Kitaguchi T, Kitamoto S, Kitayama T, Kohmura T, Kokubun M, Koyama K, Koyama S, Kretschmar P, Krimm HA, Kubota A, Kunieda H, Laurent P, Lee SH, Leutenegger MA, Limousin OO, Loewenstein M, Long KS, Lumb D, Madejski G, Maeda Y, Maier D, Makishima K, Markevitch M, Matsumoto H, Matsushita K, Mccammon D, Mcnamara BR, Mehdipour M, Miller ED, Miller JM, Mineshige S, Mitsuda K, Mitsuishi I, Miyazawa T, Mizuno T, Mori H, Mori K, Mukai K, Murakami H, Mushotzky RF, Nakagawa T, Nakajima H, Nakamori T, Nakashima S, Nakazawa K, Nobukawa KK, Nobukawa M, Noda H, Odaka H, Ohashi T, Ohno M, Okajima T, Oshimizu K, Ota N, Ozaki M, Paerels F, Paltani S, Petre R, Pinto C, Porter FS, Pottschmidt K, Reynolds CS, Safi-Harb S, Saito S, Sakai K, Sasaki T, Sato G, Sato K, Sato R, Sawada M, Schartel N, Serlemtsos PJ, Seta H, Shidatsu M, Simionescu A, Smith RK, Soong Y, Stawarz Ł, Sugawara Y, Sugita S, Szymkowiak A, Tajima H, Takahashi H, Takahashi T, Takeda S, Takei Y, Tamagawa T, Tamura T, Tanaka T, Tanaka Y, Tanaka YT, Tashiro MS, Tawara Y, Terada Y, Terashima Y, Tombesi F, Tomida H, Tsuboi Y, Tsujimoto M, Tsunemi H, Tsuru TG, Uchida H, Uchiyama H, Uchiyama Y, Ueda S, Ueda Y, Uno S, Urry CM, Ursino E, Watanabe S, Werner N, Wilkins DR, Williams BJ, Yamada S, Yamaguchi H, Yamaoka K, Yamasaki NY, Yamauchi M, Yamauchi S, Yaqoob T, Yatsu Y, Yonetoku D, Zhuravleva I, Zoghbi A, Terasawa T, Sekido M, Takefuji K, Kawai E, Misawa H, Tsuchiya F, Yamazaki R, Kobayashi E, Kisaka S, Aoki T. Hitomi X-ray studies of Giant Radio Pulses from the Crab pulsar. Publ Astron Soc Jpn Nihon Tenmon Gakkai 2018; 70:10.1093/pasj/psx083. [PMID: 32020916 PMCID: PMC6999749 DOI: 10.1093/pasj/psx083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
To search for giant X-ray pulses correlated with the giant radio pulses (GRPs) from the Crab pulsar, we performed a simultaneous observation of the Crab pulsar with the X-ray satellite Hitomi in the 2 - 300 keV band and the Kashima NICT radio observatory in the 1.4 - 1.7 GHz band with a net exposure of about 2 ks on 25 March 2016, just before the loss of the Hitomi mission. The timing performance of the Hitomi instruments was confirmed to meet the timing requirement and about 1,000 and 100 GRPs were simultaneously observed at the main and inter-pulse phases, respectively, and we found no apparent correlation between the giant radio pulses and the X-ray emission in either the main or inter-pulse phases. All variations are within the 2 sigma fluctuations of the X-ray fluxes at the pulse peaks, and the 3 sigma upper limits of variations of main- or inter-pulse GRPs are 22% or 80% of the peak flux in a 0.20 phase width, respectively, in the 2 - 300 keV band. The values become 25% or 110% for main or inter-pulse GRPs, respectively, when the phase width is restricted into the 0.03 phase. Among the upper limits from the Hitomi satellite, those in the 4.5-10 keV and the 70-300 keV are obtained for the first time, and those in other bands are consistent with previous reports. Numerically, the upper limits of main- and inter-pulse GRPs in the 0.20 phase width are about (2.4 and 9.3) ×10-11 erg cm-2, respectively. No significant variability in pulse profiles implies that the GRPs originated from a local place within the magnetosphere and the number of photon-emitting particles temporally increases. However, the results do not statistically rule out variations correlated with the GRPs, because the possible X-ray enhancement may appear due to a > 0.02% brightening of the pulse-peak flux under such conditions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Felix Aharonian
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
| | - Hiroki Akamatsu
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Fumie Akimoto
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601
| | - Steven W. Allen
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
| | - Lorella Angelini
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Marc Audard
- Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d’Écogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
| | - Hisamitsu Awaki
- Department of Physics, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577
| | - Magnus Axelsson
- Department of Physics and Oskar Klein Center, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm,Sweden
| | - Aya Bamba
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
- Research Center for the Early Universe, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
| | - Marshall W. Bautz
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Roger Blandford
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
| | - Laura W. Brenneman
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Gregory V. Brown
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
| | - Esra Bulbul
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Edward M. Cackett
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, 666 W. Hancock St, Detroit,MI 48201, USA
| | - Maria Chernyakova
- Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
| | - Meng P. Chiao
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Paolo S. Coppi
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8120, USA
- Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8101, USA
| | - Elisa Costantini
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Jelle De Plaa
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Cor P. De Vries
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Jan-Willem Den Herder
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Chris Done
- Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
| | - Tadayasu Dotani
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Ken Ebisawa
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Megan E. Eckart
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Teruaki Enoto
- Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8302
| | - Yuichiro Ezoe
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Andrew C. Fabian
- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
| | - Carlo Ferrigno
- Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d’Écogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
| | - Adam R. Foster
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Ryuichi Fujimoto
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192
| | - Yasushi Fukazawa
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | | | - Massimiliano Galeazzi
- Physics Department, University of Miami, 1320 Campo Sano Dr., Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
| | - Luigi C. Gallo
- Department of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 3C3, Canada
| | - Poshak Gandhi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
| | - Margherita Giustini
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Andrea Goldwurm
- Laboratoire APC, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris, France
- CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
| | - Liyi Gu
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Matteo Guainazzi
- European Space Research and Technology Center, Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
| | - Yoshito Haba
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aichi University of Education, 1 Hirosawa,Igaya-cho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8543
| | - Kouichi Hagino
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Kenji Hamaguchi
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - Ilana M. Harrus
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - Isamu Hatsukade
- Department of Applied Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192
| | - Katsuhiro Hayashi
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Takayuki Hayashi
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602
| | - Kiyoshi Hayashida
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho,Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
| | - Junko S. Hiraga
- Department of Physics, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337
| | - Ann Hornschemeier
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Akio Hoshino
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
| | - John P. Hughes
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
| | - Yuto Ichinohe
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Ryo Iizuka
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Hajime Inoue
- Meisei University, 2-1-1 Hodokubo, Hino, Tokyo 191-8506
| | - Yoshiyuki Inoue
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Manabu Ishida
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Kumi Ishikawa
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Yoshitaka Ishisaki
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Masachika Iwai
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Jelle Kaastra
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Tim Kallman
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Tsuneyoshi Kamae
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
| | - Jun Kataoka
- Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555
| | - Satoru Katsuda
- Department of Physics, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8551
| | - Nobuyuki Kawai
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550
| | - Richard L. Kelley
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | | | - Takao Kitaguchi
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | - Shunji Kitamoto
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
| | - Tetsu Kitayama
- Department of Physics, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510
| | - Takayoshi Kohmura
- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510
| | - Motohide Kokubun
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Katsuji Koyama
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Shu Koyama
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Peter Kretschmar
- European Space Astronomy Center, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
| | - Hans A. Krimm
- Universities Space Research Association, 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD 21046, USA
- National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230, USA
| | - Aya Kubota
- Department of Electronic Information Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 307 Fukasaku, Minuma-ku, Saitama, Saitama 337-8570
| | - Hideyo Kunieda
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602
| | - Philippe Laurent
- Laboratoire APC, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris, France
- CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
| | - Shiu-Hang Lee
- Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
| | | | | | - Michael Loewenstein
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Knox S. Long
- Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
| | - David Lumb
- European Space Research and Technology Center, Keplerlaan 1 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
| | - Greg Madejski
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Yoshitomo Maeda
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Daniel Maier
- Laboratoire APC, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75013 Paris, France
- CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France
| | - Kazuo Makishima
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198
| | - Maxim Markevitch
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Hironori Matsumoto
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho,Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
| | - Kyoko Matsushita
- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601
| | - Dan Mccammon
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
| | - Brian R. Mcnamara
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
| | - Missagh Mehdipour
- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Eric D. Miller
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
| | - Jon M. Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Shin Mineshige
- Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Kazuhisa Mitsuda
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Ikuyuki Mitsuishi
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602
| | - Takuya Miyazawa
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son Okinawa, 904-0495
| | - Tsunefumi Mizuno
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | - Hideyuki Mori
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Koji Mori
- Department of Applied Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192
| | - Koji Mukai
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - Hiroshi Murakami
- Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tohoku Gakuin University, 2-1-1 Tenjinzawa, Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 981-3193
| | | | - Takao Nakagawa
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Hiroshi Nakajima
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho,Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
| | - Takeshi Nakamori
- Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, 1-4-12 Kojirakawa-machi, Yamagata, Yamagata 990-8560
| | - Shinya Nakashima
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198
| | - Kazuhiro Nakazawa
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
| | - Kumiko K. Nobukawa
- Department of Physics, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara, Nara 630-8506
| | - Masayoshi Nobukawa
- Department of Teacher Training and School Education, Nara University of Education, Takabatake-cho, Nara, Nara 630-8528
| | - Hirofumi Noda
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramakiazaaoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578
- Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramakiazaaoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578
| | - Hirokazu Odaka
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
| | - Takaya Ohashi
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Masanori Ohno
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | - Takashi Okajima
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Kenya Oshimizu
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570
| | - Naomi Ota
- Department of Physics, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara, Nara 630-8506
| | - Masanobu Ozaki
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Frits Paerels
- Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 550 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - Stéphane Paltani
- Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, ch. d’Écogia 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland
| | - Robert Petre
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Ciro Pinto
- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
| | - Frederick S. Porter
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Katja Pottschmidt
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | | | - Samar Safi-Harb
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
| | - Shinya Saito
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
| | - Kazuhiro Sakai
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Toru Sasaki
- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601
| | - Goro Sato
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Kosuke Sato
- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601
| | - Rie Sato
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Makoto Sawada
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
| | - Norbert Schartel
- European Space Astronomy Center, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
| | - Peter J. Serlemtsos
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Hiromi Seta
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Megumi Shidatsu
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198
| | - Aurora Simionescu
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Randall K. Smith
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - Yang Soong
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Łukasz Stawarz
- Astronomical Observatory of Jagiellonian University, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Kraków, Poland
| | - Yasuharu Sugawara
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Satoshi Sugita
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550
| | - Andrew Szymkowiak
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8120, USA
| | - Hiroyasu Tajima
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601
| | - Hiromitsu Takahashi
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | - Tadayuki Takahashi
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Shiníchiro Takeda
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son Okinawa, 904-0495
| | - Yoh Takei
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Toru Tamagawa
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198
| | - Takayuki Tamura
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Takaaki Tanaka
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Yasuo Tanaka
- Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching , Germany
| | - Yasuyuki T. Tanaka
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
| | - Makoto S. Tashiro
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570
| | - Yuzuru Tawara
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602
| | - Yukikatsu Terada
- Department of Physics, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570
| | - Yuichi Terashima
- Department of Physics, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577
| | - Francesco Tombesi
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
- Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
| | - Hiroshi Tomida
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Yohko Tsuboi
- Department of Physics, Chuo University, 1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8551
| | - Masahiro Tsujimoto
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Hiroshi Tsunemi
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho,Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
| | - Takeshi Go Tsuru
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Hiroyuki Uchida
- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Hideki Uchiyama
- Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529
| | - Yasunobu Uchiyama
- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, 3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501
| | - Shutaro Ueda
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Yoshihiro Ueda
- Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502
| | - Shiníchiro Uno
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University , 26-2 Higashi Haemi-cho, Handa,Aichi 475-0012
| | - C. Megan Urry
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8120, USA
| | - Eugenio Ursino
- Physics Department, University of Miami, 1320 Campo Sano Dr., Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
| | - Shin Watanabe
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Norbert Werner
- School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526
- MTA-Eötvös University Lendület Hot Universe Research Group, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest, 1117, Hungary
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic
| | - Dan R. Wilkins
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Brian J. Williams
- Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
| | - Shinya Yamada
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397
| | - Hiroya Yamaguchi
- NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
| | - Kazutaka Yamaoka
- Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601
| | - Noriko Y. Yamasaki
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshino-dai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210
| | - Makoto Yamauchi
- Department of Applied Physics and Electronic Engineering, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki, 889-2192
| | - Shigeo Yamauchi
- Department of Physics, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara, Nara 630-8506
| | - Tahir Yaqoob
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - Yoichi Yatsu
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550
| | - Daisuke Yonetoku
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192
| | - Irina Zhuravleva
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
| | - Abderahmen Zoghbi
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - Toshio Terasawa
- Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198
| | - Mamoru Sekido
- Kashima Space Technology Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kashima, Ibaraki 314-8501
| | - Kazuhiro Takefuji
- Kashima Space Technology Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kashima, Ibaraki 314-8501
| | - Eiji Kawai
- Kashima Space Technology Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kashima, Ibaraki 314-8501
| | - Hiroaki Misawa
- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578
| | - Fuminori Tsuchiya
- Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578
| | - Ryo Yamazaki
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
| | - Eiji Kobayashi
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
| | - Shota Kisaka
- Department of Physics and Mathematics, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5258
| | - Takahiro Aoki
- The Research Institute for Time Studies, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8511
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Miller JM. A plea for recognising all causes of gynaecological fistulae. BJOG 2016; 124:965. [PMID: 27726275 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- J M Miller
- University of Michigan School of Nursing and Medical School Dept Ob/Gyn, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Le Prell CG, Fulbright A, Spankovich C, Griffiths SK, Lobarinas E, Campbell KCM, Antonelli PJ, Green GE, Guire K, Miller JM. Dietary supplement comprised of β-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, and magnesium: failure to prevent music-induced temporary threshold shift. Audiol Neurotol Extra 2016; 6:20-39. [PMID: 27990155 DOI: 10.1159/000446600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
This study examined potential prevention of music-induced temporary threshold shift (TTS) in normal-hearing participants. A dietary supplement composed of β-carotene, vitamins C and E, and magnesium was assessed using a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study design. Dosing began 3 days prior to the music exposure with the final dose consumed approximately 30-min pre-exposure. There were no group differences in post-exposure TTS or music-induced decreases in distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) amplitude. Transient tinnitus was more likely to be reported by the treatment group, but there were no group differences in perceived loudness or bothersomeness. All subjects were monitored until auditory function returned to pre-exposure levels. Taken together, this supplement had no effect on noise-induced changes in hearing. Recommendations for future clinical trials are discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C G Le Prell
- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Tex
| | - A Fulbright
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
| | - C Spankovich
- Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss
| | - S K Griffiths
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
| | - E Lobarinas
- School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Tex
| | - K C M Campbell
- Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill
| | - P J Antonelli
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla
| | - G E Green
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
| | - K Guire
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
| | - J M Miller
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Miller JM, Richt JA. Second Passage of Sheep Scrapie and Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy (TME) Agents in Raccoons (Procyon lotor). Vet Pathol 2016; 42:844-51. [PMID: 16301585 DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-6-844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To determine the transmissibility and pathogenicity of sheep scrapie and transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) agents derived from raccoons (first passage), raccoon kits were inoculated intracerebrally with either TME (one source) or scrapie (two sources—each in separate groups of raccoons). Two uninoculated raccoon kits served as controls. All animals in the TME-inoculated group developed clinical signs of neurologic dysfunction and were euthanatized between postinoculation month (PIM) 6 and 8. Raccoons in the two scrapie-inoculated groups manifested similar clinical signs of disease, but such signs were observed much later and the animals were euthanized between PIM 12 and 18. Necropsy revealed no gross lesions in any of the raccoons. Spongiform encephalopathy was observed by use of light microscopy, and the presence of protease-resistant prion protein (PrPres) was detected by use of immunohistochemical (IHC) and Western blot analytic techniques. Results of IHC analysis indicated a distinct pattern of anatomic distribution of PrPres in the TME- and scrapie-inoculated raccoons. These findings confirm that TME and sheep scrapie are experimentally transmissible to raccoons and that the incubation periods and IHC distribution for both agents are distinct. Therefore, it may be possible to use raccoons for differentiating unknown transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) agents. Further studies, with regard to the incubation period and the pattern of PrPres deposition by use of IHC analysis in bovine spongiform encephalopathy and for other isolates of scrapie, chronic wasting disease, and TME in raccoons are needed before the model can be further characterized for differentiation of TSE agents.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 2300 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
15
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Miller JM, Bartz JC, Richt JA. First and Second Cattle Passage of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy by Intracerebral Inoculation. Vet Pathol 2016; 43:118-26. [PMID: 16537929 DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-2-118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To compare clinicopathologic findings of transmissible mink encephalopathy (TME) with other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE, prion diseases) that have been shown to be experimentally transmissible to cattle (sheep scrapie and chronic wasting disease [CWD]), two groups of calves ( n = 4 each) were intracerebrally inoculated with TME agents from two different sources (mink with TME and a steer with TME). Two uninoculated calves served as controls. Within 15.3 months postinoculation, all animals from both inoculated groups developed clinical signs of central nervous system (CNS) abnormality; their CNS tissues had microscopic spongiform encephalopathy (SE); and abnormal prion protein (PrPres) as detected in their CNS tissues by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot (WB) techniques. These findings demonstrate that intracerebrally inoculated cattle not only amplify TME PrPres but also develop clinical CNS signs and extensive lesions of SE. The latter has not been shown with other TSE agents (scrapie and CWD) similarly inoculated into cattle. The findings also suggest that the diagnostic techniques currently used for confirmation of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) would detect TME in cattle should it occur naturally. However, it would be a diagnostic challenge to differentiate TME in cattle from BSE by clinical signs, neuropathology, or the presence of PrPres by IHC and WB.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 2300 Dayton AvenuePO Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
16
|
Miller JM, Kaastra JS, Miller MC, Reynolds MT, Brown G, Cenko SB, Drake JJ, Gezari S, Guillochon J, Gultekin K, Irwin J, Levan A, Maitra D, Maksym WP, Mushotzky R, O’Brien P, Paerels F, de Plaa J, Ramirez-Ruiz E, Strohmayer T, Tanvir N. Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole. Nature 2015; 526:542-5. [PMID: 26490619 DOI: 10.1038/nature15708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
|
17
|
Murphy LA, Nakamura RK, Miller JM. Surgical correction of gastro-oesophageal intussusception with bilateral incisional gastropexy in three dogs. J Small Anim Pract 2015; 56:630-2. [PMID: 25904323 DOI: 10.1111/jsap.12359] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Three dogs presented for evaluation of acute onset tachypnoea and dyspnoea following episodes of vomiting and/or regurgitation. Thoracic radiographs were suggestive of a gastro-oesophageal intussusception in all three dogs; one dog also showed evidence of aspiration pneumonia. All three dogs underwent surgical correction with a bilateral incisional gastropexy. All dogs recovered from anaesthesia uneventfully and were discharged from the hospital 3 days after presentation. Persistent megaoesophagus was evident in all three dogs, and they are being chronically managed with a strict feeding regime and pro-motility agents.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- L A Murphy
- Oradell Animal Hospital, Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Parmus, NJ, USA
| | - R K Nakamura
- Department of Cardiology and Emergency and Critical Care, Veterinary Speciality and Emergency Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
| | - J M Miller
- Oradell Animal Hospital, Department of Surgery, Parmus, NJ, USA
| |
Collapse
|
18
|
Olson C, Miller LD, Miller JM. Role of C-type virus in bovine lymphosarcoma. Bibl Haematol 2015; 39:198-205. [PMID: 4360155 DOI: 10.1159/000427842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
|
19
|
|
20
|
Nardini E, Reeves JN, Gofford J, Harrison FA, Risaliti G, Braito V, Costa MT, Matzeu GA, Walton DJ, Behar E, Boggs SE, Christensen FE, Craig WW, Hailey CJ, Matt G, Miller JM, O'Brien PT, Stern D, Turner TJ, Ward MJ. Galaxy evolution. Black hole feedback in the luminous quasar PDS 456. Science 2015; 347:860-3. [PMID: 25700515 DOI: 10.1126/science.1259202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
The evolution of galaxies is connected to the growth of supermassive black holes in their centers. During the quasar phase, a huge luminosity is released as matter falls onto the black hole, and radiation-driven winds can transfer most of this energy back to the host galaxy. Over five different epochs, we detected the signatures of a nearly spherical stream of highly ionized gas in the broadband x-ray spectra of the luminous quasar PDS 456. This persistent wind is expelled at relativistic speeds from the inner accretion disk, and its wide aperture suggests an effective coupling with the ambient gas. The outflow's kinetic power larger than 10(46) ergs per second is enough to provide the feedback required by models of black hole and host galaxy coevolution.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- E Nardini
- Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
| | - J N Reeves
- Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Center for Space Science and Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - J Gofford
- Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. Center for Space Science and Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
| | - F A Harrison
- Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
| | - G Risaliti
- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, I-50125 Firenze, Italy. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
| | - V Braito
- INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate (LC), Italy
| | - M T Costa
- Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
| | - G A Matzeu
- Astrophysics Group, School of Physical and Geographical Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
| | - D J Walton
- Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
| | - E Behar
- Department of Physics, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
| | - S E Boggs
- Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
| | - F E Christensen
- Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Space-National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej 327, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
| | - W W Craig
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
| | - C J Hailey
- Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | - G Matt
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Roma, Italy
| | - J M Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
| | - P T O'Brien
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
| | - D Stern
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
| | - T J Turner
- Physics Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Eureka Scientific Inc., 2452 Delmer Street Suite 100, Oakland, CA 94602, USA
| | - M J Ward
- Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
| |
Collapse
|
21
|
Rana V, Harrison FA, Bachetti M, Walton DJ, Furst F, Barret D, Miller JM, Fabian AC, Boggs SE, Christensen FC, Craig WW, Grefenstette BW, Hailey CJ, Madsen KK, Ptak AF, Stern D, Webb NA, Zhang WW. THE BROADBANDXMM-NEWTONANDNuSTARX-RAY SPECTRA OF TWO ULTRALUMINOUS X-RAY SOURCES IN THE GALAXY IC 342. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
|
22
|
Chakrabarty D, Tomsick JA, Grefenstette BW, Psaltis D, Bachetti M, Barret D, Boggs SE, Christensen FE, Craig WW, Fürst F, Hailey CJ, Harrison FA, Kaspi VM, Miller JM, Nowak MA, Rana V, Stern D, Wik DR, Wilms J, Zhang WW. A HARD X-RAY POWER-LAW SPECTRAL CUTOFF IN CENTAURUS X-4. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/797/2/92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
|
23
|
Le Prell CG, Ojano-Dirain C, Rudnick EW, Nelson MA, DeRemer SJ, Prieskorn DM, Miller JM. Assessment of nutrient supplement to reduce gentamicin-induced ototoxicity. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2014; 15:375-93. [PMID: 24590390 PMCID: PMC4010593 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-014-0448-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used to treat gram-negative bacterial infections. Treatment with this antibiotic carries the potential for adverse side effects, including ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. Ototoxic effects are at least in part a consequence of oxidative stress, and various antioxidants have been used to attenuate gentamicin-induced hair cell death and hearing loss. Here, a combination of nutrients previously shown to reduce oxidative stress in the hair cells and attenuate hearing loss after other insults was evaluated for potential protection against gentamicin-induced ototoxicity. Guinea pigs were maintained on a nutritionally complete standard laboratory animal diet or a diet supplemented with β-carotene, vitamins C and E, and magnesium. Three diets with iterative increases in nutrient levels were screened; the final diet selected for study use was one that produced statistically reliable increases in plasma levels of vitamins C and E and magnesium. In two separate studies, significant decreases in gentamicin-induced hearing loss at frequencies including 12 kHz and below were observed, with less benefit at the higher frequencies. Consistent with the functional protection, robust protection of both the inner and outer hair cell populations was observed, with protection largely in the upper half of the cochlea. Protection was independently assessed in two different laboratories, using two different strains of guinea pigs. Additional in vitro tests did not reveal any decrease in antimicrobial activity with nutrient additives. Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatments for the prevention of gentamicin-induced ototoxicity. The current data provide a rationale for continued investigations regarding translation to human patients.
Collapse
|
24
|
Reis RC, Reynolds MT, Miller JM, Walton DJ. Reflection from the strong gravity regime in a lensed quasar at redshift z = 0.658. Nature 2014; 507:207-9. [PMID: 24598545 DOI: 10.1038/nature13031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The co-evolution of a supermassive black hole with its host galaxy through cosmic time is encoded in its spin. At z > 2, supermassive black holes are thought to grow mostly by merger-driven accretion leading to high spin. It is not known, however, whether below z ≈ 1 these black holes continue to grow by coherent accretion or in a chaotic manner, though clear differences are predicted in their spin evolution. An established method of measuring the spin of black holes is through the study of relativistic reflection features from the inner accretion disk. Owing to their greater distances from Earth, there has hitherto been no significant detection of relativistic reflection features in a moderate-redshift quasar. Here we report an analysis of archival X-ray data together with a deep observation of a gravitationally lensed quasar at z = 0.658. The emission originates within three or fewer gravitational radii from the black hole, implying a spin parameter (a measure of how fast the black hole is rotating) of a = 0.87(+0.08)(-0.15) at the 3σ confidence level and a > 0.66 at the 5σ level. The high spin found here is indicative of growth by coherent accretion for this black hole, and suggests that black-hole growth at 0.5 ≤ z ≤ 1 occurs principally by coherent rather than chaotic accretion episodes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- R C Reis
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M T Reynolds
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - J M Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - D J Walton
- Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Bachetti M, Barret D, Boggs SE, Christensen FE, Craig WW, Fabian AC, Forster K, Fürst F, Grefenstette BW, Hailey CJ, Harrison FA, Hornschemeier AE, Madsen KK, Miller JM, Parker M, Ptak A, Rana VR, Risaliti G, Stern D, Walton DJ, Webb NA, Zhang WW. The NuSTAR ULX program. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20136406010] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
|
26
|
Godoy GK, Vavere A, Miller JM, Chahal H, Niinuma H, Lemos P, Hoe J, Paul N, Clouse ME, Ramos CD, Lima JA, Arbab-Zadeh A. Quantitative coronary arterial stenosis assessment by multidetector CT and invasive coronary angiography for identifying patients with myocardial perfusion abnormalities. J Nucl Cardiol 2012; 19:922-30. [PMID: 22814771 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9598-6] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Semi-quantitative stenosis assessment by coronary CT angiography only modestly predicts stress-induced myocardial perfusion abnormalities. The performance of quantitative CT angiography (QCTA) for identifying patients with myocardial perfusion defects remains unclear. METHODS CorE-64 is a multicenter, international study to assess the accuracy of 64-slice QCTA for detecting ≥50% coronary arterial stenoses by quantitative coronary angiography (QCA). Patients referred for cardiac catheterization with suspected or known coronary artery disease were enrolled. Area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC) was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the most severe coronary artery stenosis in a subset of 63 patients assessed by QCTA and QCA for detecting myocardial perfusion abnormalities on exercise or pharmacologic stress SPECT. RESULTS Diagnostic accuracy of QCTA for identifying patients with myocardial perfusion abnormalities by SPECT revealed an AUC of 0.71, compared to 0.72 by QCA (P = .75). AUC did not improve after excluding studies with fixed myocardial perfusion abnormalities and total coronary arterial occlusions. Optimal stenosis threshold for QCTA was 43% yielding a sensitivity of 0.81 and specificity of 0.50, respectively, compared to 0.75 and 0.69 by QCA at a threshold of 59%. Sensitivity and specificity of QCTA to identify patients with both obstructive lesions and myocardial perfusion defects were 0.94 and 0.77, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Coronary artery stenosis assessment by QCTA or QCA only modestly predicts the presence and the absence of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by SPECT. Confounding variables affecting the relationship between coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion likely account for some of the observed discrepancies between coronary angiography and SPECT results.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- G K Godoy
- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
27
|
Miller JM, Kijas JW, Heaton MP, McEwan JC, Coltman DW. Consistent divergence times and allele sharing measured from cross-species application of SNP chips developed for three domestic species. Mol Ecol Resour 2012; 12:1145-50. [PMID: 22994965 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Recent advances in technology facilitated development of large sets of genetic markers for many taxa, though most often model or domestic organisms. Cross-species application of genomic technologies may allow for rapid marker discovery in wild relatives of taxa with well-developed resources. We investigated returns from cross-species application of three commercially available SNP chips (the OvineSNP50, BovineSNP50 and EquineSNP50 BeadChips) as a function of divergence time between the domestic source species and wild target species. Across all three chips, we observed a consistent linear decrease in call rate (~1.5% per million years), while retention of polymorphisms showed an exponential decay. These results will allow researchers to predict the expected amplification rate and polymorphism of cross-species application for their taxa of interest, as well as provide a resource for estimating divergence times.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J M Miller
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
28
|
Le Prell CG, Johnson AC, Lindblad AC, Skjönsberg A, Ulfendahl M, Guire K, Green GE, Campbell KCM, Miller JM. Increased vitamin plasma levels in Swedish military personnel treated with nutrients prior to automatic weapon training. Noise Health 2012; 13:432-43. [PMID: 22122960 DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.90317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a significant clinical, social, and economic issue. The development of novel therapeutic agents to reduce NIHL will potentially benefit multiple very large noise-exposed populations. Oxidative stress has been identified as a significant contributor to noise-induced sensory cell death and NIHL, and several antioxidant strategies have now been suggested for potential translation to human subjects. One such strategy is a combination of beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and magnesium, which has shown promise for protection against NIHL in rodent models, and is being evaluated in a series of international human clinical trials using temporary (military gunfire, audio player use) and permanent (stamping factory, military airbase) threshold shift models (NCT00808470). The noise exposures used in the recently completed Swedish military gunfire study described in this report did not, on average, result in measurable changes in auditory function using conventional pure-tone thresholds and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) amplitudes as metrics. However, analysis of the plasma samples confirmed significant elevations in the bloodstream 2 hours after oral consumption of active clinical supplies, indicating the dose is realistic. The plasma outcomes are encouraging, but clinical acceptance of any novel therapeutic critically depends on demonstration that the agent reduces noise-induced threshold shift in randomized, placebo-controlled, prospective human clinical trials. Although this noise insult did not induce hearing loss, the trial design and study protocol can be applied to other populations exposed to different noise insults.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- C G Le Prell
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
29
|
Abstract
Genetic rescue is a management intervention whereby a small population is supplemented with individuals from other populations in an attempt to reverse the effects of inbreeding and increased genetic load. One such rescue was recently documented in the population of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) within the National Bison Range wildlife refuge (Montana, USA). Here, we examine the locus-specific effects of rescue in this population using a newly developed genome-wide set of 195 microsatellite loci and first-generation linkage map. We found that the rate of introgression varied among loci and that 111 loci, 57% of those examined, deviated from patterns of neutral inheritance. The most common deviation was an excess of homozygous genotypes relative to neutral expectations, indicative of directional selection. As in previous study of this rescue, individuals with more introduced alleles had higher reproductive success and longevity. In addition, we found 30 loci, distributed throughout the genome, which seem to have individual effects on these life history traits. Although the potential for outbreeding depression is a major concern when translocating individuals between populations, we found no evidence of such effects in this population.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J M Miller
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
30
|
Morgan MA, Marlowe E, Novak-Weekly S, Miller JM, Painter TM, Salimnia H, Crystal B. A 1.5 hour procedure for identification of Enterococcus Species directly from blood cultures. J Vis Exp 2011:2616. [PMID: 21339730 DOI: 10.3791/2616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Enterococci are a common cause of bacteremia with E. faecalis being the predominant species followed by E. faecium. Because resistance to ampicillin and vancomycin in E. faecalis is still uncommon compared to resistance in E. faecium, the development of rapid tests allowing differentiation between enterococcal species is important for appropriate therapy and resistance surveillance. The E. faecalis OE PNA FISH assay (AdvanDx, Woburn, MA) uses species-specific peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes in a fluorescence in situ hybridization format and offers a time to results of 1.5 hours and the potential of providing important information for species-specific treatment. Multicenter studies were performed to assess the performance of the 1.5 hour E. faecalis/OE PNA FISH procedure compared to the original 2.5 hour assay procedure and to standard bacteriology methods for the identification of enterococci directly from a positive blood culture bottle.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Margie A Morgan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Cente, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
31
|
Arbab-Zadeh A, Texter J, Ostbye KM, Kitagawa K, Brinker J, George RT, Miller JM, Trost JC, Lange RA, Lima JAC, Lardo AC. Quantification of lumen stenoses with known dimensions by conventional angiography and computed tomography: implications of using conventional angiography as gold standard. Heart 2010; 96:1358-63. [PMID: 20801854 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.186783] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) has inherent limitations for displaying complex vascular anatomy, yet it remains the gold standard for stenosis quantification. OBJECTIVE To investigate the accuracy of stenosis assessment by multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) and QCA compared to known dimensions. METHODS Nineteen acrylic coronary vessel phantoms with precisely drilled stenoses of mild (25%), moderate (50%) and severe (75%) grade were studied with 64-slice MDCT and digital flat panel angiography. Fifty-seven stenoses of circular and non-circular shape were imaged with simulated cardiac motion (60 bpm). Image acquisition was optimised for both imaging modalities, and stenoses were quantified by blinded expert readers using electronic callipers (for MDCT) or lumen contour detection software (for QCA). RESULTS Average difference between true and measured per cent diameter stenosis for QCA was similar compared to MDCT: 7 (+/-6)% vs 7 (+/-5)% (p=0.78). While QCA performed better than MDCT in stenoses with circular lumen (mean error 4 (+/-3)% vs 7 (+/-6)%, p<0.01), MDCT was superior to QCA for evaluating stenoses with non-circular geometry (mean error 10 (+/-7)% vs 7 (+/-5)%, p<0.05). In such lesions, QCA underestimated the true diameter stenosis by >20% in 9 of 27 (33%) vs 1 of 29 (3%) in lumen with circular geometry. CONCLUSIONS QCA often underestimates diameter stenoses in lumen with non-circular geometry. Compared to QCA, MDCT yields mildly greater measurement errors in perfectly circular lumen but performs better in non-circular lesions. These findings have implications for using QCA as the gold standard for stenosis quantification by MDCT.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A Arbab-Zadeh
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
32
|
Miller JM, Poissant J, Kijas JW, Coltman DW. A genome-wide set of SNPs detects population substructure and long range linkage disequilibrium in wild sheep. Mol Ecol Resour 2010; 11:314-22. [PMID: 21429138 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The development of genomic resources for wild species is still in its infancy. However, cross-species utilization of technologies developed for their domestic counterparts has the potential to unlock the genomes of organisms that currently lack genomic resources. Here, we apply the OvineSNP50 BeadChip, developed for domestic sheep, to two related wild ungulate species: the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli). Over 95% of the domestic sheep markers were successfully genotyped in a sample of fifty-two bighorn sheep while over 90% were genotyped in two thinhorn sheep. Pooling the results from both species identified 868 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 570 were detected in bighorn sheep, while 330 SNPs were identified in thinhorn sheep. The total panel of SNPs was able to discriminate between the two species, assign population of origin for bighorn sheep and detect known relationship classes within one population of bighorn sheep. Using an informative subset of these SNPs (n=308), we examined the extent of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) within one population of bighorn sheep and found that high levels of LD persist over 4 Mb.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J M Miller
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
33
|
Thomas A, Low LK, Tumbarello JA, Miller JM, Fenner DE, DeLancey JOL. Changes in self-assessment of continence status between telephone survey and subsequent clinical visit. Neurourol Urodyn 2010; 29:734-40. [PMID: 19816917 PMCID: PMC3375677 DOI: 10.1002/nau.20827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
AIMS To explore variance in reporting continence information obtained by telephone survey with face-to-face clinician interview in a clinical setting. METHODS As part of a cross-sectional, epidemiologic study of incontinence prevalence among Black and White women aged 35-64 years, randomly selected households were contacted from geographic areas of known racial composition. Of 2,814 women who completed a 20-min, 137-item telephone interview, 1,702 were invited for future components of the study. A subset of these women was recruited for a clinical evaluation that was conducted within a mean of 82 days (SD 38 days) following the interviews. Prior to urodynamics testing, a clinician interview was conducted inquiring about continence status. The criterion for incontinence for both the telephone interview and the clinician interview was constant: 12 or more episodes of incontinence per year. Women whose subjective reports of continence information differed between telephone and clinician interviews were designated as "switchers." RESULTS Of the 394 women (222 Black and 172 White) who completed the clinical portion, 24.6% (n = 97) were switchers. Switchers were four times more likely to change from continent to incontinent (80.4%, N = 78) than from incontinent to continent (19.4%, N = 19; P = 0.000) and nearly three times more likely to be Black (69%, N = 67) than White (31%, N = 30; P = 0.001). Telephone qualitative interviews were completed with 72 of the switchers. The primary reason for switching was changes in women's life circumstances such as variation in seasons, activities of daily living, and health status followed by increased awareness of leakage secondary to the phone interview. CONCLUSION One-time subjective telephone interviews assessing incontinence symptoms may underestimate the prevalence of incontinence especially among Black women.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A Thomas
- Pelvic Floor Research Group, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
34
|
Abstract
Scrapie is a naturally occurring fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. Susceptibility to the disease is partly dependent upon the genetic makeup of the host. In a recent study, it was shown that sheep intracerebrally inoculated with a US scrapie agent (No. 13-7) developed scrapie and survived for an average of 19 months post inoculation. In the present study, when this scrapie inoculum was further passaged for 3 successive generations, the survival time was reduced by approximately 8 months in scrapie-susceptible (QQ on prion protein gene [PRNP] at codon 171) Suffolk sheep. It is concluded that inoculum No. 13-7 appears to have been stabilized in susceptible (171 QQ) Suffolk sheep and may be considered a specific isolate of sheep scrapie agent in the USA and therefore that it can be used to evaluate other isolates of sheep scrapie in this country.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
35
|
Marino SE, Meador KJ, Loring DW, Okun MS, Fernandez HH, Fessler AJ, Kustra RP, Miller JM, Ray PG, Roy A, Schoenberg MR, Vahle VJ, Werz MA. Subjective perception of cognition is related to mood and not performance. Epilepsy Behav 2009; 14:459-64. [PMID: 19130899 PMCID: PMC2688662 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Revised: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Clinicians monitor cognitive effects of drugs primarily by asking patients to describe their side effects. We examined the relationship of subjective perception of cognition to mood and objective cognitive performance in healthy volunteers and neurological patients. METHODS Three separate experiments used healthy adults treated with lamotrigine (LTG) and topiramate (TPM), adults with epilepsy on LTG or TPM, and patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Correlations were calculated for change scores on and off drugs in the first two experiments and for the single assessment in Experiment 3. RESULTS Across all three experiments, significant correlations were more frequent (chi(2)=259, P < or = 0.000) for mood versus subjective cognitive perception (59%) compared with subjective versus objective cognition (2%) and mood versus objective cognitive performance (2%). CONCLUSIONS Subjective perception of cognitive effects is related more to mood than objective performance. Clinicians should be aware of this relationship when assessing patients' cognitive complaints.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- SE Marino
- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN
| | - KJ Meador
- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
| | - DW Loring
- Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
| | - MS Okun
- Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, Movement Disorders Center, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
| | - HH Fernandez
- Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, Movement Disorders Center, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
| | - AJ Fessler
- Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
| | - RP Kustra
- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
| | - JM Miller
- GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC
| | - PG Ray
- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
| | - A Roy
- Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
| | - MR Schoenberg
- Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH
| | - VJ Vahle
- St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
| | - MA Werz
- Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH
| |
Collapse
|
36
|
|
37
|
Hamir AN, Richt JA, Miller JM, Kunkle RA, Hall SM, Nicholson EM, O'Rourke KI, Greenlee JJ, Williams ES. Experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) of elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) to white-tailed deer by intracerebral route. Vet Pathol 2008; 45:297-306. [PMID: 18487485 DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-3-297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
To compare clinical and pathologic findings of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a natural host, 3 groups (n = 5) of white-tailed deer (WTD) fawns were intracerebrally inoculated with a CWD prion of WTD, mule deer, or elk origin. Three other uninoculated fawns served as controls. Approximately 10 months postinoculation (MPI), 1 deer from each of the 3 inoculated groups was necropsied and their tissues were examined for lesions of spongiform encephalopathy (SE) and for the presence of abnormal prion protein (PrP(d)) by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot (WB). The remaining deer were allowed to live until they developed clinical signs of the disease which began approximately 18 MPI. By 26 MPI, all deer were euthanatized on humane grounds. Obvious differences in clinical signs or the incubation periods were not observed between the 3 groups of deer given CWD. In 1 of 3 nonclinical deer euthanatized at 10 MPI, minimal microscopic lesions of SE were seen in the central nervous system (CNS) tissues, and PrP(d) was observed by IHC in tissues of all 3 deer. In the clinical deer, CNS lesions of SE and PrP(d) accumulations were more severe and extensive. It is concluded that the 3 sources of CWD prion did not induce significant differences in time to clinical disease or qualitative differences in signs or lesions in WTD. However, this observation does not imply that these CWD agents would necessarily behave similarly in other recipient species.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 2300 Dayton Avenue, PO Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
38
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Nicholson EM, Miller JM, Hall SM, Schoenenbruecher H, Brunelle BW, Richt JA. Preliminary observations on the experimental transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from elk and white-tailed deer to fallow deer. J Comp Pathol 2008; 138:121-30. [PMID: 18336829 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2007.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 12/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
To determine the transmissibility of chronic wasting disease (CWD) to fallow deer (Dama dama) and to provide information about clinical course, lesions and suitability of currently used diagnostic procedures for detection of CWD in this species, 13 fawns were inoculated intracerebrally with CWD brain suspension from elk (n=6) or white-tailed deer (n=7). Three other fawns were kept as uninfected controls. Three CWD-inoculated deer were killed 7.6 months post-inoculation (mpi). None had abnormal prion protein (PrPd) in their tissues. One sick deer died at 24 mpi and one deer without clinical signs was killed at 26 mpi. Both animals had a small focal accumulation of PrPd in the midbrain. Between 29 and 37 mpi, three other deer became sick and were killed. All had shown gradual decrease in appetite and some loss of body weight. Microscopical lesions of spongiform encephalopathy were not observed, but PrPd was detected in tissues of the central nervous system (CNS) by immunohistochemistry, western blot and by two commercially available rapid diagnostic tests. This study demonstrates that intracerebrally inoculated fallow deer amplified CWD PrPd from white-tailed deer and elk in the absence of lesions of spongiform encephalopathy. Four years after CWD inoculation, the remaining five inoculated and two control deer are alive and apparently healthy.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 2300 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
39
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Richt JA, Miller JM, Greenlee JJ. Experimental transmission of US scrapie agent by nasal, peritoneal, and conjunctival routes to genetically susceptible sheep. Vet Pathol 2008; 45:7-11. [PMID: 18192568 DOI: 10.1354/vp.45-1-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Scrapie is a naturally occurring fatal neurodegenerative disease of sheep and goats. This study documents incubation periods, pathologic findings, and distribution of abnormal prion proteins (PrP(Sc)) by immunohistochemistry in tissues of genetically susceptible sheep inoculated with US sheep scrapie agent. Four-month-old Suffolk lambs (QQ at codon 171) were inoculated by 1 of 3 different routes (nasal, peritoneal, and conjunctival) with an inoculum (No. 13-7) consisting of a pool of scrapie-affected sheep brains. Except for 3 sheep, all inoculated animals were euthanized when advanced clinical signs of scrapie were observed between 19 and 46 months postinoculation (MPI). Spongiform lesions in the brains and labeling of PrP(Sc) in central nervous system and lymphoid tissues were present in these sheep. One intranasally inoculated sheep euthanized at 12 MPI had presence of PrP(Sc) that was confined to the pharyngeal tonsil. These results indicate that the upper respiratory tract, specifically the pharyngeal tonsil, may serve as a portal of entry for prion protein in scrapie-infected environments.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
40
|
Miller JM, Ashton-Miller JA, Perruchini D, DeLancey JOL. Test-retest reliability of an instrumented speculum for measuring vaginal closure force. Neurourol Urodyn 2008; 26:858-63. [PMID: 17357114 PMCID: PMC2743035 DOI: 10.1002/nau.20407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
AIMS The study aimed to: a) determine reliability of an instrumented speculum designed for measuring intravaginal closure pressure, and b) compare findings with a comparable device reported in the literature. The goal of these new devices is to reduce subjectivity, improve precision, and acknowledge reliability issues in quantifying levator ani closure force acting on the vagina. METHODS The instrumented speculum consisted of two parallel aluminum bills, similar in size to a Peterson speculum. Strain gages located near the root of each bill measure the magnitude of force exerted in the distal vagina. A contraction of the "U-shaped" levator ani muscle closes the levator hiatus with resultant reaction force measured by the speculum in the mid-sagittal plane. We tested the device in twelve nulliparous women making repeated measures within and across 3 different visit days. All measures were made by the same investigator. RESULTS Same day measures were repeatable within +/-3.8 N by the third visit, with lesser repeatability on the 1st and 2nd visit days. Across days, repeatability was improved by Visits 2 and 3 with a coefficient of repeatability between those days of +/-5.5 N. Better repeatability was obtained using averaged scores rather than 'best effort' ; but average scores can underestimate best effort. CONCLUSION Reasonable within-visit repeatability was found. Across-visit repeatability is consistent with the known difficulty that women have in maximally isolating and activating their levator ani muscles. The results corroborate the repeatability results of Dumoulin et al. [2004] using a similar type of dynamometer.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- J M Miller
- School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
41
|
Dewey M, Vavere AL, Arbab-Zadeh A, Miller JM, Sara L, Cox C, Lima JA, Clouse M. Prädiktoren für die diagnostische Genauigkeit der 64-Zeilen-CT-Koronarangiographie im Vergleich zur konventionellen Koronarangiographie – Ergebnisse der CorE64-Multicenterstudie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1073759] [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: 10/21/2022]
|
42
|
|
43
|
|
44
|
|
45
|
Hamir AN, Miller JM, Kunkle RA, Hall SM, Richt JA. Susceptibility of cattle to first-passage intracerebral inoculation with chronic wasting disease agent from white-tailed deer. Vet Pathol 2007; 44:487-93. [PMID: 17606510 DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-4-487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Fourteen, 3-month-old calves were intracerebrally inoculated with the agent of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from white-tailed deer (CWDwtd) to compare the clinical signs and neuropathologic findings with those of certain other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE, prion diseases) that have been shown to be experimentally transmissible to cattle (sheep scrapie, CWD of mule deer [CWDmd], bovine spongiform encephalopathy [BSE], and transmissible mink encephalopathy). Two uninoculated calves served as controls. Within 26 months postinoculation (MPI), 12 inoculated calves had lost considerable weight and eventually became recumbent. Of the 12 inoculated calves, 11 (92%) developed clinical signs. Although spongiform encephalopathy (SE) was not observed, abnormal prion protein (PrPd) was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blot (WB) in central nervous system tissues. The absence of SE with presence of PrPd has also been observed when other TSE agents (scrapie and CWDmd) were similarly inoculated into cattle. The IHC and WB findings suggest that the diagnostic techniques currently used to confirm BSE would detect CWDwtd in cattle, should it occur naturally. Also, the absence of SE and a distinctive IHC pattern of CWDwtd and CWDmd in cattle suggests that it should be possible to distinguish these conditions from other TSEs that have been experimentally transmitted to cattle.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
46
|
Brunelle BW, Hamir AN, Baron T, Biacabe AG, Richt JA, Kunkle RA, Cutlip RC, Miller JM, Nicholson EM. Polymorphisms of the prion gene promoter region that influence classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy susceptibility are not applicable to other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in cattle. J Anim Sci 2007; 85:3142-7. [PMID: 17709775 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Two regulatory region polymorphisms in the prion gene of cattle have been reported to have an association with resistance to classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). However, it is not known if this association also applies to other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in cattle. In this report, we compare the relationship between these 2 polymorphisms and resistance in cattle affected with naturally occurring atypical BSE as well as in cattle experimentally inoculated with either scrapie, chronic wasting disease, or transmissible mink encephalopathy. Our analysis revealed no association between genotype and resistance to atypical BSE or experimentally inoculated TSE. This indicates the promoter polymorphism correlation is specific to classical BSE and that atypical BSE and experimentally inoculated TSE are bypassing the site of influence of the polymorphisms. This genetic discrepancy demonstrates that atypical BSE progresses differently in the host relative to classical BSE. These results are consistent with the notion that atypical BSE originates spontaneously in cattle.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- B W Brunelle
- Virus and Prion Diseases of Livestock Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, USDA, ARS, Ames, IA 50010, USA
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
47
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Miller JM, Greenlee JJ, Richt JA. Experimental second passage of chronic wasting disease (CWD(mule deer)) agent to cattle. J Comp Pathol 2006; 134:63-9. [PMID: 16423572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2005.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 07/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
To compare clinicopathological findings in first and second passage chronic wasting disease (CWD(mule deer)) in cattle, six calves were inoculated intracerebrally with brain tissue derived from a first-passage CWD-affected calf in an earlier experiment. Two uninoculated calves served as controls. The inoculated animals began to lose both appetite and weight 10-12 months later, and five subsequently developed clinical signs of central nervous system (CNS) abnormality. By 16.5 months, all cattle had been subjected to euthanasia because of poor prognosis. None of the animals showed microscopical lesions of spongiform encephalopathy (SE) but PrP(res) was detected in their CNS tissues by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and rapid Western blot (WB) techniques. Thus, intracerebrally inoculated cattle not only amplified CWD PrP(res) from mule deer but also developed clinical CNS signs in the absence of SE lesions. This situation has also been shown to occur in cattle inoculated with the scrapie agent. The study confirmed that the diagnostic techniques currently used for diagnosis of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the US would detect CWD in cattle, should it occur naturally. Furthermore, it raised the possibility of distinguishing CWD from BSE in cattle, due to the absence of neuropathological lesions and to a distinctive multifocal distribution of PrP(res), as demonstrated by IHC which, in this study, appeared to be more sensitive than the WB technique.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, National Animal Disease Center, 2300 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA
| | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
48
|
Hamir AN, Kunkle RA, Miller JM, Hall SM. Abnormal prion protein in ectopic lymphoid tissue in a kidney of an asymptomatic white-tailed deer experimentally inoculated with the agent of chronic wasting disease. Vet Pathol 2006; 43:367-9. [PMID: 16672586 DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-3-367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of deer and elk, is one of a group of fatal, neurologic diseases that affect several mammalian species, including human beings. Infection by the causative agent induces accumulations of an abnormal form of prion protein (PrPres) in nervous and lymphoid tissues. This report documents the presence of PrPres within ectopic lymphoid follicles in a kidney of a white-tailed deer that had been experimentally inoculated by the intracerebral route with CWD 10 months previously. The deer was nonclinical, but spongiform lesions characteristic of TSE were detected in tissues of the central nervous system (CNS) and PrPres was seen in CNS and in lymphoid tissues by immunohistochemistry. The demonstration of PrPres in lymphoid tissue in the kidney of this deer corroborates a recently published finding of PrPres in lymphoid follicles of organs other than CNS and lymphoid tissues in laboratory animals with TSE (scrapie).
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- A N Hamir
- National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, 2300 Dayton Avenue, PO Box 70, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
| | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
49
|
Miller JM, Raymond J, Fabian A, Steeghs D, Homan J, Reynolds C, van der Klis M, Wijnands R. The magnetic nature of disk accretion onto black holes. Nature 2006; 441:953-5. [PMID: 16791188 DOI: 10.1038/nature04912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Although disk accretion onto compact objects-white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes-is central to much of high-energy astrophysics, the mechanisms that enable this process have remained observationally difficult to determine. Accretion disks must transfer angular momentum in order for matter to travel radially inward onto the compact object. Internal viscosity from magnetic processes and disk winds can both in principle transfer angular momentum, but hitherto we lacked evidence that either occurs. Here we report that an X-ray-absorbing wind discovered in an observation of the stellar-mass black hole binary GRO J1655 - 40 (ref. 6) must be powered by a magnetic process that can also drive accretion through the disk. Detailed spectral analysis and modelling of the wind shows that it can only be powered by pressure generated by magnetic viscosity internal to the disk or magnetocentrifugal forces. This result demonstrates that disk accretion onto black holes is a fundamentally magnetic process.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jon M Miller
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|
50
|
Meador KJ, Loring DW, Vahle VJ, Ray PG, Werz MA, Fessler AJ, Ogrocki P, Schoenberg MR, Miller JM, Kustra RP. Cognitive and behavioral effects of lamotrigine and topiramate in healthy volunteers. Neurology 2006; 64:2108-14. [PMID: 15985582 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000165994.46777.be] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The relative cognitive and behavioral effects of lamotrigine (LTG) and topiramate (TPM) are unclear. METHODS The authors directly compared the cognitive and behavioral effects of LTG and TPM in 47 healthy adults using a double-blind, randomized crossover design with two 12-week treatment periods. During each treatment condition, subjects were titrated to receive either LTG or TPM at a target dose of 300 mg/day for each. Neuropsychological evaluation included 17 measures yielding 41 variables of cognitive function and subjective behavioral effects. Subjects were tested at the end of each antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment period and during two drug-free conditions (pretreatment baseline and 1 month following final AED withdrawal). RESULTS Direct comparison of the two AEDs revealed significantly better performance on 33 (80%) variables for LTG, but none for TPM. Even after adjustment for blood levels, performance was better on 19 (46%) variables for LTG, but none for TPM. Differences spanned both objective cognitive and subjective behavioral measures. Comparison of TPM to the non-drug average revealed significantly better performance for non-drug average on 36 (88%) variables, but none for TPM. Comparison of LTG to non-drug average revealed better performance on 7 (17%) variables for non-drug average and 4 (10%) variables for LTG. CONCLUSIONS Lamotrigine produces significantly fewer untoward cognitive and behavioral effects compared to topiramate (TPM) at the dosages, titrations, and timeframes employed in this study. The dosages employed may not have been equivalent in efficacy. Future studies are needed to delineate the cognitive and behavioral effects of TPM at lower dosages.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- K J Meador
- Department of Neurology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Collapse
|