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Castro AF, Li W, Bernard-Davila B, Huynh M, Van Wye G. Recent Advances in the Use of the Mortality Syndromic Surveillance System-New York City, 2015-2020. Public Health Rep 2024; 139:317-324. [PMID: 37610119 PMCID: PMC11037230 DOI: 10.1177/00333549231190115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE New York City's automated mortality syndromic surveillance system monitors temporal and spatial patterns in mortality. To describe the use of the syndromic surveillance system, we used the system to find mortality patterns for the 15 leading causes of death and for deaths from rare and reportable diseases in New York City from February 2015 through June 2020. We used results to find aberrations that indicate threats to public health. METHODS We used unobserved components models to analyze time series of mortality counts for leading causes of death, historical limits methods for rare and reportable diseases, and SaTScan for temporal-spatial cluster analysis. We obtained data on the number of deaths from the electronic death registry system maintained by the city's Bureau of Vital Statistics. RESULTS The mortality syndromic surveillance system detected an increase in the number of deaths from heart disease by April 1, 2020, when 75.0 deaths occurred on March 24, 2020, instead of an expected 45.8 deaths (95% upper prediction limit of 61.0) and an increase in the number of deaths from all causes on March 20, 2020, when 194.0 deaths were observed while 150.1 deaths were expected (95% upper prediction limit of 178.0). The number of deaths from all causes returned to normal the week beginning June 14, 2020, when 990.0 deaths were observed and 998.8 deaths were expected. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS When compared with efforts from New York City to provide yearly vital statistics, the automated mortality syndromic surveillance system can provide timely mortality data with fewer resources and raise the capacity to detect anomalous increases in mortality.
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- Alejandro F Castro
- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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Maduro G, Li W, Huynh M, Bernard-Davila B, Gould LH, Van Wye G. Descriptive study of causes of death and COVID-19-associated morbidities from the New York City electronic death record: first wave of the pandemic March-July 2020. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e072441. [PMID: 38569678 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Assessing excess deaths from benchmarks across causes of death during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and identifying morbidities most frequently mentioned alongside COVID-19 deaths in the death record. METHODS Descriptive study of death records between 11 March 2020 and 27 July 2020, from the New York City Bureau of Vital Statistics. Mortality counts and percentages were compared with the average for the same calendar period of the previous 2 years. Distributions of morbidities from among forty categories of conditions were generated citywide and by sex, race/ethnicity and four age groups. Causes of death were assumed to follow Poisson processes for Z-score construction. RESULTS Within the study period, 46 563 all-cause deaths were reported; 132.9% higher than the average for the same period of the previous 2 years (19 989). Of those 46 563 records, 19 789 (42.5%) report COVID-19 as underlying cause of death. COVID-19 was the most prevalent cause across all demographics, with respiratory conditions (prominently pneumonia), hypertension and diabetes frequently mentioned morbidities. Black non-Hispanics had greater proportions of mentions of pneumonia, hypertension, and diabetes. Hispanics had the largest proportion of COVID-19 deaths (52.9%). Non-COVID-19 excess deaths relative to the previous 2-year averages were widely reported. CONCLUSION Mortality directly due to COVID-19 was accompanied by significant increases across most other causes from their reference averages, potentially suggesting a sizable COVID-19 death undercount. Indirect effects due to COVID-19 may partially account for some increases, but findings are hardly dispositive. Unavailability of vaccines for the time period precludes any impact over excess deaths. Respiratory and cardiometabolic-related conditions were most frequently reported among COVID-19 deaths across demographic characteristics.
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- Gil Maduro
- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
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- Institute for State and Local Governance, City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Epidemiologic Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
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- Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
- Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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Vieira L, McCarthy K, Liu SH, Huynh M, Kennedy J, Chan HT, Mayer VL, Tabaei B, Howell F, Wye GV, Howell EA, Janevic T. Predictors and Trends in First-Trimester Hemoglobin A1c Screening in New York City, 2009 to 2017. Am J Perinatol 2023. [PMID: 37604202 DOI: 10.1055/a-2157-2944] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Glycated hemoglobin is an adjunct tool in early pregnancy to assess glycemic control. We examined trends and maternal predictors for those who had A1c screening in early pregnancy using hospital discharge and vital registry data between 2009 and 2017 linked with the New York City A1C Registry (N = 798,312). First-trimester A1c screening increased from 2.3% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2017. The likelihood of screening became less targeted to high-risk patients over time, with a decrease in mean A1c values from 5.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 5.8, 5.9) to 5.3 (95% CI: 5.3, 5.4). The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus increased while testing became less discriminate for those with high-risk factors, including pregestational type 2 diabetes, chronic hypertension, obesity, age over 40 years, as well as Asian or Black non-Hispanic race/ethnicity. KEY POINTS: · First-trimester A1c screening increased from 2.3% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2017 in New York City.. · The likelihood of screening became less targeted to high-risk patients over time.. · The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus increased, while testing became less discriminate..
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- Luciana Vieira
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stamford Health System, Stamford, Connecticut
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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- Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City
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- Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City
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- Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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- Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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- Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City
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McCarthy KJ, Liu SH, Huynh M, Kennedy J, Chan HT, Mayer VL, Vieira L, Tabaei B, Howell F, Lee A, Van Wye G, Howell EA, Janevic T. Influence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus on Diabetes Risk and Glycemic Control in a Retrospective Population-Based Cohort. Diabetes Care 2023:dc221676. [PMID: 37341505 PMCID: PMC10369124 DOI: 10.2337/dc22-1676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Racial/ethnic-specific estimates of the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on type 2 diabetes remain underexplored in large population-based cohorts. We estimated racial/ethnic differences in the influence of GDM on diabetes risk and glycemic control in a multiethnic, population-based cohort of postpartum women. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Hospital discharge and vital registry data for New York City (NYC) births between 2009 and 2011 were linked with NYC A1C Registry data between 2009 and 2017. Women with baseline diabetes (n = 2,810) were excluded for a final birth cohort of 336,276. GDM on time to diabetes onset (two A1C tests of ≥6.5% from 12 weeks postpartum onward) or glucose control (first test of A1C <7.0% following diagnosis) was assessed using Cox regression with a time-varying exposure. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical factors and stratified by race/ethnicity. RESULTS The cumulative incidence for diabetes was 11.8% and 0.6% among women with and without GDM. The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of GDM status on diabetes risk was 11.5 (95% CI 10.8, 12.3) overall, with slight differences by race/ethnicity. GDM was associated with a lower likelihood of glycemic control (aHR 0.85; 95% CI 0.79, 0.92), with the largest negative influence among Black (aHR 0.77; 95% CI 0.68, 0.88) and Hispanic (aHR 0.84; 95% CI 0.74, 0.95) women. Adjustment for screening bias and loss to follow-up modestly attenuated racial/ethnic differences in diabetes risk but had little influence on glycemic control. CONCLUSIONS Understanding racial/ethnic differences in the influence of GDM on diabetes progression is critical to disrupt life course cardiometabolic disparities.
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- Katharine J McCarthy
- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute, New York, NY
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY
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- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY
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- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute, New York, NY
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
- Blavatnik Family Women's Health Research Institute, New York, NY
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Kinsey EW, Widen EM, Quinn JW, Huynh M, Van Wye G, Lovasi GS, Neckerman KM, Caniglia EC, Rundle AG. Neighborhood Food Environment and Birth Weight Outcomes in New York City. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2317952. [PMID: 37306998 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.17952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Importance Infants born with unhealthy birth weight are at greater risk for long-term health complications, but little is known about how neighborhood characteristics (eg, walkability, food environment) may affect birth weight outcomes. Objective To assess whether neighborhood-level characteristics (poverty rate, food environment, and walkability) are associated with risk of unhealthy birth weight outcomes and to evaluate whether gestational weight gain mediated these associations. Design, Setting, and Participants The population-based cross-sectional study included births in the 2015 vital statistics records from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Only singleton births and observations with complete birth weight and covariate data were included. Analyses were performed from November 2021 to March 2022. Exposures Residential neighborhood-level characteristics, including poverty, food environment (healthy and unhealthy food retail establishments), and walkability (measured by both walkable destinations and a neighborhood walkability index combining walkability measures like street intersection and transit stop density). Neighborhood-level variables categorized into quartiles. Main Outcomes and Measures The main outcomes were birth certificate birth weight measures including small for gestational age (SGA), large for gestational age (LGA), and sex-specific birth weight for gestational age z-score. Generalized linear mixed-effects models and hierarchical linear models estimated risk ratios for associations between density of neighborhood-level characteristics within a 1-km buffer of residential census block centroid and birth weight outcomes. Results The study included 106 194 births in New York City. The mean (SD) age of pregnant individuals in the sample was 29.9 (6.1) years. Prevalence of SGA and LGA were 12.9% and 8.4%, respectively. Residence in the highest density quartile of healthy food retail establishments compared with the lowest quartile was associated with lower adjusted risk of SGA (with adjustment for individual covariates including gestational weight gain z-score: risk ratio [RR], 0.89; 95% CI 0.83-0.97). Higher neighborhood density of unhealthy food retail establishments was associated with higher adjusted risk of delivering an infant classified as SGA (fourth vs first quartile: RR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.01-1.24). The RR for the association between density of unhealthy food retail establishments and risk of LGA was higher after adjustment for all covariates in each quartile compared with quartile 1 (second: RR, 1.12 [95% CI, 1.04-1.20]; third: RR, 1.18 [95% CI, 1.08-1.29]; fourth: RR, 1.16; [95% CI, 1.04-1.29]). There were no associations between neighborhood walkability and birth weight outcomes (SGA for fourth vs first quartile: RR, 1.01 [95% CI, 0.94-1.08]; LGA for fourth vs first quartile: RR, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.98-1.14]). Conclusions and Relevance In this population-based cross-sectional study, healthfulness of neighborhood food environments was associated with risk of SGA and LGA. The findings support use of urban design and planning guidelines to improve food environments to support healthy pregnancies and birth weight.
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- Eliza W Kinsey
- Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Nieves CI, Borrell LN, Evans CR, Jones HE, Huynh M. The application of intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) to examine birthweight inequities in New York City. Health Place 2023; 81:103029. [PMID: 37119694 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Exploring the intersection of dimensions of social identity is critical for understanding drivers of health inequities. We used multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) to examine the intersection of age, race/ethnicity, education, and nativity status on infant birthweight among singleton births in New York City from 2012 to 2018 (N = 725,875). We found evidence of intersectional effects of various systems of oppression on birthweight inequities and identified U.S.-born Black women as having infants of lower-than-expected birthweights. The MAIHDA approach should be used to identify intersectional causes of health inequities and individuals affected most to develop policies and interventions redressing inequities.
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- Christina I Nieves
- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States.
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States; Institute for Implementation Science, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, United States
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Thomas MP, Ammann G, Onyebeke C, Gomez TK, Lobis S, Li W, Huynh M. Birth equity on the front lines: Impact of a community-based doula program in Brooklyn, NY. Birth 2023; 50:138-150. [PMID: 36625505 DOI: 10.1111/birt.12701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND We assessed whether participation in Healthy Start Brooklyn's By My Side Birth Support Program-a maternal-health program providing community-based doula support during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the early postpartum period-was associated with improved birth outcomes. By My Side takes a strength-based approach that aligns with the doula principles of respecting the client's autonomy, providing culturally appropriate care without judgment or conditions, and promoting informed decision making. METHODS Using a matched cohort design, birth certificate records for By My Side participants from 2010 through 2017 (n = 603) were each matched to three controls who also lived in the program area (n = 1809). Controls were matched on maternal age, race/ethnicity, education level, and trimester of prenatal-care initiation, using the simple random sampling method. The sample was restricted to singleton births. The odds of preterm birth, low birthweight, and cesarean birth were estimated, using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS By My Side participants had lower odds of having a preterm birth (5.6% vs 11.9%, P < .0001) or a low-birthweight baby (5.8% vs 9.7%, P = .0031) than controls. There was no statistically significant difference in the odds of cesarean delivery. CONCLUSION Participation in the By My Side Birth Support Program was associated with lower odds of preterm birth and low birthweight for participants, who were predominantly Black and Hispanic. Investing in doula services is an important way to address birth inequities among higher risk populations such as birthing people of color and those living in poverty. It could also help shape a new vision of the maternal-health system, placing the needs and well-being of birthing people at the center.
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- Mary-Powel Thomas
- Healthy Start Brooklyn, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- By My Side Birth Support Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Office of the First Deputy Commissioner and Chief Equity Officer, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- Formerly with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Office of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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Brazier E, Borrell LN, Huynh M, Kelly EA, Nash D. Impact of new labor management guidelines on Cesarean rates among low-risk births at New York City hospitals: A controlled interrupted time series analysis. Ann Epidemiol 2023; 79:3-9. [PMID: 36621618 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To examine the impact of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (ACOG-SMFM) 2014 recommendations for preventing unnecessary primary Cesareans. METHODS In a population-based cohort of births in New York City from 2012 to 2016, we used controlled interrupted time series analyses to estimate changes in age-standardized Cesarean rates among nulliparous, term, singleton vertex (NTSV) deliveries. RESULTS Among 192,405 NTSV births across 40 hospitals, the age-standardized NTSV Cesarean rate decreased after the ACOG-SMFM recommendations from 25.8% to 24.0% (Risk ratio [RR]: 0.93; 95% CI 0.89, 0.97), with no change in the control series. Decreases were observed among non-Hispanic White women (RR: 0.89; 95% CI 0.82, 0.97), but not among non-Hispanic Black women (RR: 0.97; 95% CI 0.88, 1.07), Asian/Pacific Islanders (RR: 1.01; 95% CI 0.91, 1.12), or Hispanic women (RR: 0.94; 95% CI 0.86, 1.02). Similar patterns were observed at teaching hospitals, with no change at nonteaching hospitals. CONCLUSIONS While low-risk Cesarean rates may be modifiable through changes in labor management, additional research, and interventions to address Cesarean disparities, are needed.
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- Ellen Brazier
- CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH), Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY
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- Office of Vital Statistics, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH), Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY
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Rundle AG, Kinsey EW, Widen EM, Quinn JW, Huynh M, Lovasi GS, Neckerman KM, Van Wye G. Neighbourhood walkability is associated with risk of gestational diabetes: A cross-sectional study in New York City. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2023; 37:212-217. [PMID: 36633306 PMCID: PMC10404343 DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite the links between neighbourhood walkability and physical activity, body size and risk of diabetes, there are few studies of neighbourhood walkability and risk of gestational diabetes (GD). OBJECTIVES Assess whether higher neighbourhood walkability is associated with lower risk of GD in New York City (NYC). METHODS Cross-sectional analyses of a neighbourhood walkability index (NWI) score and density of walkable destinations (DWD) and risk of GD in 109,863 births recorded in NYC in 2015. NWI and DWD were measured for the land area of 1 km radius circles around the geographic centroid of each Census block of residence. Mixed generalised linear models, with robust standard error estimation and random intercepts for NYC Community Districts, were used to estimate risk ratios for GD for increasing quartiles of each of the neighbourhood walkability measures after adjustment for the pregnant individual's age, race and ethnicity, parity, education, nativity, and marital status and the neighbourhood poverty rate. RESULTS Overall, 7.5% of pregnant individuals experienced GD. Risk of GD decreased across increasing quartiles of NWI, with an adjusted risk ratio of 0.81 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.75, 0.87) comparing those living in areas in the 4th quartile of NWI to those in the first quartile. Similarly, for comparisons of the 4th to 1st quartile of DWD, the adjusted risk ratio for GD was 0.77 (95% CI 0.71, 0.84). CONCLUSIONS These analyses find support for the hypothesis that higher neighbourhood walkability is associated with a lower risk of GD. The analyses provide further health related support for urban design policies to increase walkability.
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- Andrew G Rundle
- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, Human Services, & Nursing, Lehman College, New York, New York, USA
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- Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA
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Yung J, Li J, Kehm RD, Cone JE, Parton H, Huynh M, Farfel MR. COVID-19-Specific Mortality among World Trade Center Health Registry Enrollees Who Resided in New York City. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:14348. [PMID: 36361222 PMCID: PMC9654565 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We examined the all-cause and COVID-19-specific mortality among World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) enrollees. We also examined the socioeconomic factors associated with COVID-19-specific death. Mortality data from the NYC Bureau of Vital Statistics between 2015-2020 were linked to the WTCHR. COVID-19-specific death was defined as having positive COVID-19 tests that match to a death certificate or COVID-19 mentioned on the death certificate via text searching. We conducted step change and pulse regression to assess excess deaths. Limiting to those who died in 2019 (n = 210) and 2020 (n = 286), we examined factors associated with COVID-19-specific deaths using multinomial logistic regression. Death rate among WTCHR enrollees increased during the pandemic (RR: 1.70, 95% CL: 1.25-2.32), driven by the pulse in March-April 2020 (RR: 3.38, 95% CL: 2.62-4.30). No significantly increased death rate was observed during May-December 2020. Being non-Hispanic Black and having at least one co-morbidity had a higher likelihood of COVID-19-associated mortality than being non-Hispanic White and not having any co-morbidity (AOR: 2.43, 95% CL: 1.23-4.77; AOR: 2.86, 95% CL: 1.19-6.88, respectively). The racial disparity in COVID-19-specific deaths attenuated after including neighborhood proportion of essential workers in the model (AOR:1.98, 95% CL: 0.98-4.01). Racial disparities continue to impact mortality by differential occupational exposure and structural inequality in neighborhood representation. The WTC-exposed population are no exception. Continued efforts to reduce transmission risk in communities of color is crucial for addressing health inequities.
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- Janette Yung
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York, NY 11101, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, New York, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY 10013, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, New York, NY 11101, USA
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Yamada D, Vu S, Wu X, Shi Z, Huynh M, Zheng J, Hwang S. 486 Glibenclamide ameliorates skin inflammation in a TRPM4 gain-of-function murine model of imiquimod-mediated psoriasiform dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.495] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Brazier E, Borrell LN, Huynh M, Kelly EA, Nash D. Variation and racial/ethnic disparities in Caesarean delivery at New York City hospitals: The contribution of hospital-level factors. Ann Epidemiol 2022; 73:1-8. [PMID: 35728734 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE We aimed to quantify general and specific contextual effects associated with Caesarean delivery at New York City (NYC) hospitals, overall and by maternal race/ethnicity. METHODS Among 127,449 singleton, nulliparous births at NYC hospitals from 2015 to 2017, we used multilevel logistic regression to examine the association of hospital characteristics (public/private ownership, teaching status and delivery caseloads) with Caesarean delivery, overall, and by maternal race/ethnicity. We estimated the intra-class correlation (ICC) to examine general contextual effects and 80% interval odds ratios (IOR) and percentage of opposed odds ratios (POOR) to examine specific contextual effects. RESULTS Overall, 27.8% of births were Caesareans. The general contextual (hospital) effect on Caesarean delivery was small (ICC: 1.8%). Hospital characteristics associated with Caesarean delivery differed by maternal race/ethnicity, with delivery in teaching hospitals reducing the odds of Caesarean delivery among White (IOR: 0.31, 0.86; POOR: 4.7%) and Asian women (IOR: 0.41, 0.95; POOR: 7.3%), but not among Black (IOR: 0.51, 1.34; POOR: 30.7%) or Hispanic women (IOR: 0.44, 1.24; POOR: 22.6%). Hospital ownership and caseloads were not associated with Caesarean delivery for any group. CONCLUSION There is little within-hospital clustering of Caesarean delivery, suggesting that Caesarean disparities may not be explained by hospital of delivery.
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- Ellen Brazier
- Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH), Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY.
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- Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
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- Office of Vital Statistics, Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH), Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
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Ngai S, Sell J, Baig S, Iqbal M, Eddy M, Culp G, Montesano M, McGibbon E, Johnson K, Devinney K, Baumgartner J, Huynh M, Mathes R, Van Wye G, Fine AD, Thompson CN. Built By Epidemiologists For Epidemiologists: An Internal COVID-19 Dashboard for Real Time Situational Awareness in New York City. JAMIA Open 2022; 5:ooac029. [PMID: 35601690 PMCID: PMC9118998 DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac029] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Objective
New York City (NYC) experienced a large first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, but the Health Department lacked tools to easily visualize and analyze incoming surveillance data to inform response activities. To streamline ongoing surveillance, a group of infectious disease epidemiologists built an interactive dashboard using open-source software to monitor demographic, spatial, and temporal trends in COVID-19 epidemiology in NYC in near-real time for internal use by other surveillance and epidemiology experts.
Materials and methods
Existing surveillance databases and systems were leveraged to create daily analytic datasets of COVID-19 case and testing information, aggregated by week and key demographics. The dashboard was developed iteratively using R, and includes interactive graphs, tables, and maps summarizing recent COVID-19 epidemiologic trends. Additional data and interactive features were incorporated to provide further information on the spread of COVID-19 in NYC.
Results
The dashboard allows key staff to quickly review situational data, identify concerning trends, and easily maintain granular situational awareness of COVID-19 epidemiology in NYC.
Discussion
The dashboard is used to inform weekly surveillance summaries and alleviated the burden of manual report production on infectious disease epidemiologists. The system was built by and for epidemiologists, which is critical to its utility and functionality. Interactivity allows users to understand broad and granular data, and flexibility in dashboard development means new metrics and visualizations can be developed as needed.
Conclusions
Additional investment and development of public health informatics tools, along with standardized frameworks for local health jurisdictions to analyze and visualize data in emergencies, are warranted.
Lay Summary
New York City (NYC) experienced a large first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, but the Health Department lacked tools to easily visualize and analyze incoming surveillance data to inform response activities. To streamline ongoing surveillance, a group of infectious disease epidemiologists built an interactive dashboard using open-source software to monitor demographic, spatial, and temporal trends in COVID-19 epidemiology in NYC in near-real time for internal use by other surveillance and epidemiology experts.
The dashboard allows key staff to quickly identify concerning trends and easily maintain granular situational awareness of COVID-19 epidemiology in NYC, and has alleviated the burden of manual report production on infectious disease epidemiologists. The system was built by and for epidemiologists, which is critical to its utility and functionality. Interactivity allows users to understand broad and granular data, and flexibility in dashboard development means new metrics and visualizations can be developed as needed.
Additional investment and development of public health informatics tools, along with standardized frameworks for local health jurisdictions to analyze and visualize data in emergencies, are warranted.
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- Stephanie Ngai
- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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Kinsey EW, Widen E, Quinn JW, Huynh M, Van Wye G, Lovasi GS, Neckerman K, Rundle A. Neighborhood walkability and poverty predict excessive gestational weight gain: A cross-sectional study in New York City. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2022; 30:503-514. [PMID: 35068077 PMCID: PMC8830702 DOI: 10.1002/oby.23339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study evaluated associations between neighborhood-level characteristics and gestational weight gain (GWG) in a population-level study of 2015 New York City births. METHODS Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) for associations between neighborhood-level characteristics (poverty, food environment, walkability) within 1 km of a residential Census block centroid and excessive or inadequate GWG compared with recommended GWG. All models were adjusted for individual-level sociodemographic characteristics. RESULTS Among the sample of 106,285 births, 41.8% had excessive GWG, and 26.3% had inadequate GWG. Residence in the highest versus lowest quartile of neighborhood poverty was associated with greater odds of excessive GWG (OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.08-1.26). Residence in neighborhoods in the quartile of highest walkability compared with the quartile of lowest walkability was associated with lower odds of excessive GWG (OR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.81-0.93). Adjustment for prepregnancy BMI attenuated the associations for neighborhood poverty, but not for walkability. Neighborhood variables were not associated with inadequate GWG. CONCLUSIONS These analyses indicate that greater neighborhood walkability is associated with lower odds of excessive GWG, potentially from differences in pedestrian activity during pregnancy. This research provides further evidence for using urban design to support healthy weight status during pregnancy.
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- Eliza W. Kinsey
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Seil K, Takemoto E, Farfel MR, Huynh M, Li J. Exploratory Case Study of Suicide among a Sample of 9/11 Survivors. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 19:57. [PMID: 35010318 PMCID: PMC8751231 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous research has found higher than expected suicide mortality among rescue/recovery workers (RRWs) enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR). Whether any enrollee suicides are related to the decedents' experiences on 9/11 is unknown. We abstracted medical examiner file data to learn more about 9/11-related circumstances of suicides among WTCHR enrollees. METHODS We identified 35 enrollee suicide cases that occurred in New York City using linked vital records data. We reviewed medical examiner files on each case, abstracting demographic and circumstantial data. We also reviewed survey data collected from each case at WTCHR enrollment (2003-2004) and available subsequent surveys to calculate descriptive statistics. RESULTS Cases were mostly non-Hispanic White (66%), male (83%), and middle-aged (median 58 years). Nineteen decedents (54%) were RRWs, and 32% of them worked at the WTC site for >90 days compared to 18% of the RRW group overall. In the medical examiner files of two cases, accounts from family mentioned 9/11-related circumstances, unprompted. All deaths occurred during 2004-2018, ranging from one to four cases per year. Leading mechanisms were hanging/suffocation (26%), firearm (23%), and jump from height (23%). Sixty percent of the cases had depression mentioned in the files, but none mentioned posttraumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSIONS RRWs may be at particular risk for suicide, as those who worked at the WTC site for long periods appeared to be more likely to die by suicide than other RRWs. Mental health screening and treatment must continue to be prioritized for the 9/11-exposed population. More in-depth investigations of suicides can elucidate the ongoing impacts of 9/11.
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- Kacie Seil
- New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, Queens, NY 11101, USA; (E.T.); (M.R.F.); (J.L.)
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- New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, Queens, NY 11101, USA; (E.T.); (M.R.F.); (J.L.)
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- New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, Queens, NY 11101, USA; (E.T.); (M.R.F.); (J.L.)
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- New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York, NY 10013, USA;
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- New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, World Trade Center Health Registry, Queens, NY 11101, USA; (E.T.); (M.R.F.); (J.L.)
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Calvo M, Kelman E, Gould LH, Gwynn RC, Bates LM, Davila M, Gany F, Huynh M, Siscovick D. Health Data for New York City Overview: Advancing Health Equity through Policy-Relevant Collaborative Research. J Urban Health 2021; 98:695-699. [PMID: 34799822 PMCID: PMC8604197 DOI: 10.1007/s11524-021-00587-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Michele Calvo
- New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, USA
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- Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, USA
- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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Ashurst J, Santarelli A, Huynh M, Smith V, Krzeczowski R, Shah B, Hammode E, Ihms B, Potter P. 102 A Comparison of Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes of Those Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit Between Community and Urban Emergency Departments in Arizona. Ann Emerg Med 2021. [PMCID: PMC8335477 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tsui EK, Huynh M. Combating Anti-Asian American/Pacific Islander Racism Through Local Health Departments and Schools of Public Health. Am J Public Health 2021; 111:1470-1472. [PMID: 34464200 PMCID: PMC8489625 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2021.306391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- Emma K Tsui
- Emma K. Tsui is with the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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- Emma K. Tsui is with the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Ashurst J, Santarelli A, Huynh M, Smith V, Krzeczowski R, Shah B, Hammode E, Ihms B, Potter P. 96 A Comparison of Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes of Those With COVID-19 Who Present to Either a Rural or Urban Emergency Department in Arizona. Ann Emerg Med 2021. [PMCID: PMC8335530 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.07.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Yamada D, Vu S, Wu X, Shi Z, Huynh M, Zheng J, Hwang S. 153 A specific mutation in TRPM4 predisposes mice to psoriasiform dermatitis (PsD). J Invest Dermatol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.173] [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]
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Yi Y, Kennedy J, Chazotte C, Huynh M, Jiang Y, Wildeman C. Paternal Jail Incarceration and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from New York City, 2010-2016. Matern Child Health J 2021; 25:1221-1241. [PMID: 33914227 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-021-03168-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine population-level associations between paternal jail incarceration during pregnancy and infant birth outcomes using objective measures of health and incarceration. METHODS We use multivariate logistic regression models and linked records on all births and jail incarcerations in New York City between 2010 and 2016. RESULTS 0.8% of live births were exposed to paternal incarceration during pregnancy or at the time of birth. After accounting for parental sociodemographic characteristics, maternal health behaviors, and maternal health care access, paternal incarceration during pregnancy remains associated with late preterm birth (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.21, 1.48), low birthweight (OR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.27, 1.53), small size for gestational age (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.17, 1.57), and NICU admission (OR = 1.14, 95% CI = 1.05, 1.24). CONCLUSIONS We found strong positive baseline associations (p < 0.001) between paternal jail incarceration during pregnancy with probabilities of all adverse outcomes examined. These associations did not appear to be driven purely by duration or frequency of paternal incarceration. These associations were partially explained by parental characteristics, maternal health behavior, and health care. These results indicate the need to consider paternal incarceration as a potential stressor and source of trauma for pregnant women and infants.
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- Youngmin Yi
- Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, United States
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- Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, United States
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, United States
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- Bureau of Maternal, Infant, and Reproductive Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States. .,ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Thompson CN, Baumgartner J, Pichardo C, Toro B, Li L, Arciuolo R, Chan PY, Chen J, Culp G, Davidson A, Devinney K, Dorsinville A, Eddy M, English M, Fireteanu AM, Graf L, Geevarughese A, Greene SK, Guerra K, Huynh M, Hwang C, Iqbal M, Jessup J, Knorr J, Lall R, Latash J, Lee E, Lee K, Li W, Mathes R, McGibbon E, McIntosh N, Montesano M, Moore MS, Murray K, Ngai S, Paladini M, Paneth-Pollak R, Parton H, Peterson E, Pouchet R, Ramachandran J, Reilly K, Sanderson Slutsker J, Van Wye G, Wahnich A, Winters A, Layton M, Jones L, Reddy V, Fine A. COVID-19 Outbreak - New York City, February 29-June 1, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020; 69:1725-1729. [PMID: 33211680 PMCID: PMC7676643 DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6946a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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New York City (NYC) was an epicenter of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States during spring 2020 (1). During March-May 2020, approximately 203,000 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). To obtain more complete data, DOHMH used supplementary information sources and relied on direct data importation and matching of patient identifiers for data on hospitalization status, the occurrence of death, race/ethnicity, and presence of underlying medical conditions. The highest rates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were concentrated in communities of color, high-poverty areas, and among persons aged ≥75 years or with underlying conditions. The crude fatality rate was 9.2% overall and 32.1% among hospitalized patients. Using these data to prevent additional infections among NYC residents during subsequent waves of the pandemic, particularly among those at highest risk for hospitalization and death, is critical. Mitigating COVID-19 transmission among vulnerable groups at high risk for hospitalization and death is an urgent priority. Similar to NYC, other jurisdictions might find the use of supplementary information sources valuable in their efforts to prevent COVID-19 infections.
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- Corinne N Thompson
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, New York
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Yang W, Kandula S, Huynh M, Greene SK, Van Wye G, Li W, Chan HT, McGibbon E, Yeung A, Olson D, Fine A, Shaman J. Estimating the infection-fatality risk of SARS-CoV-2 in New York City during the spring 2020 pandemic wave: a model-based analysis. Lancet Infect Dis 2020; 21:203-212. [PMID: 33091374 PMCID: PMC7572090 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30769-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Background As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the infection-fatality risk (ie, risk of death among all infected individuals including those with asymptomatic and mild infections) is crucial for gauging the burden of death due to COVID-19 in the coming months or years. Here, we estimate the infection-fatality risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in New York City, NY, USA, the first epidemic centre in the USA, where the infection-fatality risk remains unclear. Methods In this model-based analysis, we developed a meta-population network model-inference system to estimate the underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in New York City during the 2020 spring pandemic wave using available case, mortality, and mobility data. Based on these estimates, we further estimated the infection-fatality risk for all ages overall and for five age groups (<25, 25–44, 45–64, 65–74, and ≥75 years) separately, during the period March 1 to June 6, 2020 (ie, before the city began a phased reopening). Findings During the period March 1 to June 6, 2020, 205 639 people had a laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2 and 21 447 confirmed and probable COVID-19-related deaths occurred among residents of New York City. We estimated an overall infection-fatality risk of 1·39% (95% credible interval 1·04–1·77) in New York City. Our estimated infection-fatality risk for the two oldest age groups (65–74 and ≥75 years) was much higher than the younger age groups, with a cumulative estimated infection-fatality risk of 0·116% (0·0729–0·148) for those aged 25–44 years and 0·939% (0·729–1·19) for those aged 45–64 years versus 4·87% (3·37–6·89) for those aged 65–74 years and 14·2% (10·2–18·1) for those aged 75 years and older. In particular, weekly infection-fatality risk was estimated to be as high as 6·72% (5·52–8·01) for those aged 65–74 years and 19·1% (14·7–21·9) for those aged 75 years and older. Interpretation Our results are based on more complete ascertainment of COVID-19-related deaths in New York City than other places and thus probably reflect the true higher burden of death due to COVID-19 than that previously reported elsewhere. Given the high infection-fatality risk of SARS-CoV-2, governments must account for and closely monitor the infection rate and population health outcomes and enact prompt public health responses accordingly as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds. Funding National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research Program, and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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- Wan Yang
- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Equitable Health Systems, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
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Brown TS, Dubowski K, Plitt M, Falci L, Lee E, Huynh M, Furuya Y, Vora NM. Erroneous Reporting of Deaths Attributed to Pneumonia and Influenza at 2 New York City Teaching Hospitals, 2013-2014. Public Health Rep 2020; 135:796-804. [PMID: 33031711 PMCID: PMC7649996 DOI: 10.1177/0033354920953209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Cause-of-death information, reported by frontline clinicians after a patient's death, is an irreplaceable source of public health data. However, systematic bias in cause-of-death reporting can lead to over- or underestimation of deaths attributable to different causes. New York City consistently reports higher rates of deaths attributable to pneumonia and influenza than many other US cities and the country. We investigated systematic erroneous reporting as a possible explanation for this phenomenon. METHODS We reviewed all deaths from 2 New York City hospitals during 2013-2014 in which pneumonia or influenza was reported as the underlying cause of death (n = 188), and we examined the association between erroneous reporting and multiple extrinsic factors that may influence cause-of-death reporting (patient demographic characteristics and medical comorbidities, time and hospital location of death, type of medical provider reporting the death, and availability of certain diagnostic information). RESULTS Pneumonia was erroneously reported as the underlying cause of death in 163 (86.7%) reports. We identified heart disease and dementia as the more likely underlying cause of death in 21% and 17% of erroneously reported deaths attributable to pneumonia, respectively. We found no significant association between erroneous reporting and the multiple extrinsic factors examined. CONCLUSIONS Our results underscore how erroneous reporting of 1 condition can lead to underreporting of other causes of death. Misapplication or misunderstanding of procedures by medical providers, rather than extrinsic factors influencing the reporting process, are key drivers of erroneous cause-of-death reporting.
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- Tyler S. Brown
- Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Bixler D, Miller AD, Mattison CP, Taylor B, Komatsu K, Peterson Pompa X, Moon S, Karmarkar E, Liu CY, Openshaw JJ, Plotzker RE, Rosen HE, Alden N, Kawasaki B, Siniscalchi A, Leapley A, Drenzek C, Tobin-D'Angelo M, Kauerauf J, Reid H, Hawkins E, White K, Ahmed F, Hand J, Richardson G, Sokol T, Eckel S, Collins J, Holzbauer S, Kollmann L, Larson L, Schiffman E, Kittle TS, Hertin K, Kraushaar V, Raman D, LeGarde V, Kinsinger L, Peek-Bullock M, Lifshitz J, Ojo M, Arciuolo RJ, Davidson A, Huynh M, Lash MK, Latash J, Lee EH, Li L, McGibbon E, McIntosh-Beckles N, Pouchet R, Ramachandran JS, Reilly KH, Dufort E, Pulver W, Zamcheck A, Wilson E, de Fijter S, Naqvi O, Nalluswami K, Waller K, Bell LJ, Burch AK, Radcliffe R, Fiscus MD, Lewis A, Kolsin J, Pont S, Salinas A, Sanders K, Barbeau B, Althomsons S, Atti S, Brown JS, Chang A, Clarke KR, Datta SD, Iskander J, Leitgeb B, Pindyck T, Priyamvada L, Reagan-Steiner S, Scott NA, Viens LJ, Zhong J, Koumans EH. SARS-CoV-2-Associated Deaths Among Persons Aged <21 Years - United States, February 12-July 31, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020; 69:1324-1329. [PMID: 32941417 DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6937e4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Since February 12, 2020, approximately 6.5 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and 190,000 SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths have been reported in the United States (1,2). Symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection are milder in children compared with adults (3). Persons aged <21 years constitute 26% of the U.S. population (4), and this report describes characteristics of U.S. persons in that population who died in association with SARS-CoV-2 infection, as reported by public health jurisdictions. Among 121 SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths reported to CDC among persons aged <21 years in the United States during February 12-July 31, 2020, 63% occurred in males, 10% of decedents were aged <1 year, 20% were aged 1-9 years, 70% were aged 10-20 years, 45% were Hispanic persons, 29% were non-Hispanic Black (Black) persons, and 4% were non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons. Among these 121 decedents, 91 (75%) had an underlying medical condition,* 79 (65%) died after admission to a hospital, and 39 (32%) died at home or in the emergency department (ED).† These data show that nearly three quarters of SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths among infants, children, adolescents, and young adults have occurred in persons aged 10-20 years, with a disproportionate percentage among young adults aged 18-20 years and among Hispanics, Blacks, AI/ANs, and persons with underlying medical conditions. Careful monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 infections, deaths, and other severe outcomes among persons aged <21 years remains particularly important as schools reopen in the United States. Ongoing evaluation of effectiveness of prevention and control strategies will also be important to inform public health guidance for schools and parents and other caregivers.
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Pourat N, Yue D, Chen X, O'Masta B, Huynh M, Chau B. Progress of California's Effort to Improve Outcomes of Care for Homeless Medicaid Patients Under a Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Program. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13528] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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- N. Pourat
- University of California at Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health Los Angeles CA United States
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- UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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Yue D, Pourat N, Chen X, O'Masta B, Huynh M, Xin K. How to Identify Homelessness Using Administrative Data. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13531] [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: 12/01/2022] Open
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- D. Yue
- UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Los Angeles CA United States
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Wu X, Shi Z, Hsu D, Huynh M, Yamada D, Chong J, Mendoza L, Hwang S. 857 An in vitro assay of inflammatory monocyte-keratinocyte activation predicts in vivo activity of BET inhibitors in a preclinical model of psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.873] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Krieger N, Van Wye G, Huynh M, Waterman PD, Maduro G, Li W, Gwynn RC, Barbot O, Bassett MT. Structural Racism, Historical Redlining, and Risk of Preterm Birth in New York City, 2013-2017. Am J Public Health 2020; 110:1046-1053. [PMID: 32437270 PMCID: PMC7287548 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2020.305656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Objectives. To assess if historical redlining, the US government's 1930s racially discriminatory grading of neighborhoods' mortgage credit-worthiness, implemented via the federally sponsored Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) color-coded maps, is associated with contemporary risk of preterm birth (< 37 weeks gestation).Methods. We analyzed 2013-2017 birth certificate data for all singleton births in New York City (n = 528 096) linked by maternal residence at time of birth to (1) HOLC grade and (2) current census tract social characteristics.Results. The proportion of preterm births ranged from 5.0% in grade A ("best"-green) to 7.3% in grade D ("hazardous"-red). The odds ratio for HOLC grade D versus A equaled 1.6 and remained significant (1.2; P < .05) in multilevel models adjusted for maternal sociodemographic characteristics and current census tract poverty, but was 1.07 (95% confidence interval = 0.92, 1.20) after adjustment for current census tract racialized economic segregation.Conclusions. Historical redlining may be a structural determinant of present-day risk of preterm birth.Public Health Implications. Policies for fair housing, economic development, and health equity should consider historical redlining's impacts on present-day residential segregation and health outcomes.
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- Nancy Krieger
- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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- Nancy Krieger and Pamela D. Waterman are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), Boston, MA. Gretchen Van Wye is with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), New York, NY. Mary Huynh is with the Office of Vital Statistics, NYC DOHMH. Gil Maduro is with the commissioner's office, NYC DOHMH. Wenhui Li is with the Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, NYC DOHMH. R. Charon Gwynn is with the Division of Epidemiology, NYC DOHMH. Oxiris Barbot is the commissioner of NYC DOHMH. At the time of the initial conceptualization of this work, Mary T. Bassett was the commissioner of the NYC DOHMH, and now is with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights and Department of Social and Behavioral Science, HSPH
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Liu SY, Fiorentini C, Bailey Z, Huynh M, McVeigh K, Kaplan D. Structural Racism and Severe Maternal Morbidity in New York State. Clin Med�Insights�Womens�Health 2019; 12:1179562X19854778. [PMID: 35237092 PMCID: PMC8842459 DOI: 10.1177/1179562x19854778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Objective: We examined the association between county-level structural racism indicators and the odds of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in New York State. Design: We merged individual-level hospitalization data from the New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) with county-level data from the American Community Survey and the Vera Institute of Justice from 2011 to 2013 (n = 244 854). Structural racism in each county included in our sample was constructed as the racial inequity (ratio of black to white population) in female educational attainment, female employment, and incarceration. Results: Multilevel logistic regression analysis estimated the association between each of these structural racism indicators and SMM, accounting for individual- and hospital-level characteristics and clustering in facilities. In the models adjusted for individual- and hospital-level factors, county-level racial inequity in female educational attainment was associated with small but statistically significant higher odds of SMM (odds ratio [OR] = 1.17, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.47, 1.85). County-level structural racism indicators of female employment inequity and incarceration inequity were not statistically significant. Interaction terms examining potential effect measure modification by race with each structural racism indicator also indicated no statistical difference. Conclusions: Studies of maternal disparities should consider multiple dimensions of structural racism as a contributing cause to SMM and as an additional area for potential intervention.
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- Sze Yan Liu
- Division of Epidemiological Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Division of Family and Child Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Center for Health Equity, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Division of Epidemiological Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Division of Family and Child Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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- Division of Family and Child Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, USA
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Wu X, Yu S, Shi Z, Huynh M, Chong J, Hwang S. 693 BET inhibitor OTX015 reduces imiquimod-induced mouse psoriasiform dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.769] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Yu S, Wu X, Shi Z, Huynh M, Hwang S. 022 Diet-induced obesity predisposes anti-PD-1 antibody-treated mice to imiquimod-mediated psoriasiform dermatitis: implications for immune-related adverse events in cancer patients treated with anti-PD-1. J Invest Dermatol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.03.098] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Huynh M. The Impact of Cryoballoon Versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation on Healthcare Utilisation and Costs: An Economic Analysis From the FIRE AND ICE Trial – An Australian private payer perspective. Heart Lung Circ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reilly KH, Zimmerman R, Huynh M, Kennedy J, McVeigh KH. Characteristics of Mothers and Infants Living in Homeless Shelters and Public Housing in New York City. Matern Child Health J 2018; 23:572-577. [DOI: 10.1007/s10995-018-2672-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Krieger N, Huynh M, Li W, Waterman PD, Van Wye G. Severe sociopolitical stressors and preterm births in New York City: 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2017. J Epidemiol Community Health 2018; 72:1147-1152. [PMID: 30327451 PMCID: PMC6252370 DOI: 10.1136/jech-2018-211077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background Severe stressors can induce preterm birth (PTB; gestation <37 weeks), with such stressors including social and economic threats, interpersonal violence, hate crimes and severe sociopolitical stressors (ie, arising from political leaders’ threatening rhetoric or from political legislation). We analysed temporal changes in risk of PTB among immigrant, Hispanic and Muslim populations targeted in the US 2016 presidential election and its aftermath. Methods Trend analysis of all singleton births in New York City from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2017 (n=230 105). Results Comparing the period before the US presidential nomination (1 September 2015 to 31 July 2016) to the post-inauguration period (1 January 2017 to 31 August 2017), the overall PTB rate increased from 7.0% to 7.3% (relative risk (RR): 1.04; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.07). Among Hispanic women, the highest post-inauguration versus pre-inauguration increase occurred among foreign-born Hispanic women with Mexican or Central American ancestry (RR: 1.15; 95% CI 1.01 to 1.31). The post-inauguration versus pre-inauguration PTB rate also was higher for women from the Middle East/North Africa and from the travel ban countries, although non-significant due to the small number of events. Conclusion Severe sociopolitical stressors may contribute to increases in the risk of PTB among targeted populations.
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- Nancy Krieger
- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York, USA
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- Statistical Analysis and Reporting Unit, Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York, USA
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York, USA.,Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York, USA
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Licqurish S, Huynh M, Qama A, Emery J. Improving Cancer Outcomes for Vietnamese Speaking Migrants: A Mixed Methods Study. J Glob Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1200/jgo.18.59000] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background: Prompt diagnosis of symptomatic cancer has been shown to improve survival and quality of life. The time from noticing a bodily change and seeking medical help has been termed the 'symptom appraisal interval'. The processes people undertake during symptom appraisal are impacted by numerous factors, including culture. Aim: We aimed to explore culturally specific factors that impact symptom appraisal and help seeking for a cancer diagnosis in Vietnamese-speaking Australians and to develop a culturally relevant community-based symptom awareness campaign. Methods: We used a mixed methods approach to survey and interview people who had not experienced cancer and interviewed people with a recent diagnosis of cancer. We also tested campaign materials in focus groups and interviews with community members. Results: 28 people participated in the interview study and 65 completed surveys. We found poor symptom recognition and a prevailing Taoist or traditional Eastern model of health and illness. There was also a strong emphasis on being healthy for your family and fatalistic beliefs. Home remedies and Eastern medicine were commonly used for cancer symptom management and the people with cancer were shocked at their cancer diagnosis. Conclusion: The study findings were used to tailor a symptom awareness campaign for Vietnamese speaking communities to raise awareness of cancer symptoms and to prompt people to discuss symptoms with family and their general practitioner sooner to facilitate timely diagnosis and better outcomes.
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- S. Licqurish
- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victoria, Australia
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Tran OC, Lucero DE, Balter S, Fitzhenry R, Huynh M, Varma JK, Vora NM. Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value of Death Certificate Data Among Deaths Caused by Legionnaires' Disease in New York City, 2008-2013. Public Health Rep 2018; 133:578-583. [PMID: 30005174 DOI: 10.1177/0033354918782494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Death certificates are an important source of information for understanding life expectancy and mortality trends; however, misclassification and incompleteness are common. Although deaths caused by Legionnaires' disease might be identified through routine surveillance, it is unclear whether Legionnaires' disease is accurately recorded on death certificates. We evaluated the sensitivity and positive predictive value of death certificates for identifying deaths from confirmed or suspected Legionnaires' disease among adults in New York City. METHODS We deterministically matched death certificate data from January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2013, on New York City residents aged ≥18 years to surveillance data on confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease from January 1, 2008, through October 31, 2013. We estimated sensitivity and positive predictive value by using surveillance data as the reference standard. RESULTS Of 294 755 deaths, 27 (<0.01%) had an underlying cause of death of Legionnaires' disease and 33 (0.01%) had any mention of Legionnaires' disease on the death certificate. Of 1211 confirmed or suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease, 267 (22.0%) matched to a record in the death certificate data set. The sensitivity of death certificates that listed Legionnaires' disease as the underlying cause of death was 17.3% and of death certificates with any mention of Legionnaires' disease was 20.9%. The positive predictive value of death certificates that listed Legionnaires' disease as the underlying cause of death was 70.4% and of death certificates with any mention of Legionnaires' disease was 69.7%. CONCLUSIONS Death certificates had limited ability to identify confirmed or suspected deaths with Legionnaires' disease. Provider trainings on the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease, particularly hospital settings, and proper completion of death certificates might improve the sensitivity of death certificates for people who die of Legionnaires' disease.
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- Olivia C Tran
- 1 Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA.,2 Clinical Research and Development, Evolent Health, Arlington, VA, USA
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- 1 Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA.,3 Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- 4 Enteric, Waterborne and Hepatitis Health Education Unit, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- 4 Enteric, Waterborne and Hepatitis Health Education Unit, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- 5 Bureau of Vital Statistics, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA
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- 1 Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA.,6 National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- 1 Division of Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, NY, USA.,7 Career Epidemiology Field Officer Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Cordoba E, Maduro G, Huynh M, Varma JK, Vora NM. Deaths From Pneumonia-New York City, 1999-2015. Open Forum Infect Dis 2018; 5:ofy020. [PMID: 29955618 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background "Pneumonia and influenza" are the third leading cause of death in New York City. Since 2012, pneumonia and influenza have been the only infectious diseases listed among the 10 leading causes of death in NYC. Most pneumonia and influenza deaths in NYC list pneumonia as the underlying cause of death, not influenza. We therefore analyzed death certificate data for pneumonia in NYC during 1999-2015. Methods We calculated annualized pneumonia death rates (overall and by sociodemographic subgroup) and examined the etiologic agent listed. Results There were 41 400 pneumonia deaths during the study period, corresponding to an annualized age-adjusted death rate of 29.7 per 100 000 population. Approximately 17.5% of pneumonia deaths specified an etiologic agent. Age-adjusted pneumonia death rate declined over the study period and across each borough. Males had an annualized age-adjusted pneumonia death rate 1.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.5-1.5) times that of females. Non-Hispanic blacks had an annualized age-adjusted pneumonia death rate 1.2 (95% CI, 1.2-1.2) times that of non-Hispanic whites. The annualized pneumonia death rate increased with age group above 5-24 years and neighborhood-level poverty. Staten Island had an annualized age-adjusted pneumonia death rate 1.3 (95% CI, 1.2-1.3) times that of Manhattan. In the multivariable analysis, pneumonia deaths were more likely to occur among males, non-Hispanic blacks, persons aged ≥65 years, residents of neighborhoods with higher poverty levels, and in Staten Island. Conclusions While the accuracy of death certificates is unknown, investigation is needed to understand why certain populations are disproportionately recorded as dying from pneumonia in NYC.
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- Evette Cordoba
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.,New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York.,National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York.,Career Epidemiology Field Officer Program, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Falci L, Lee Argov EJ, Van Wye G, Plitt M, Soto A, Huynh M. Examination of Cause-of-Death Data Quality Among New York City Deaths Due to Cancer, Pneumonia, or Diabetes From 2010 to 2014. Am J Epidemiol 2018; 187:144-152. [PMID: 28595293 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cause-of-death (COD) statement on the standard US death certificate is a valuable tool for public health practice, but its utility is impaired by reporting inaccuracies. To assess the quality of CODs reported in New York City, we developed and applied a quality measure to 3 leading CODs: cancer, pneumonia, and diabetes. The COD quality measure characterized 5 common issues with COD completion: nonspecific conditions as the underlying COD (UCOD); UCOD discrepancies; the presence of only 1 informative cause on the entire certificate; competing causes listed together on 1 line; and clinically improbable sequences. COD statements with more than 1 quality issue were defined as statements of "limited" quality. Of 82,116 deaths with cancer, diabetes, or pneumonia assigned as the UCOD in New York City from 2010 to 2014, 66.8% of pneumonia certificates were classified as "limited" quality as compared with 45.6% of cancer certificates and 32.3% of diabetes certificates. Forty percent of cancer certificates listed only 1 informative condition on the death certificate. Almost half of pneumonia certificates (45.9%) contained only enough information to assign International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, code J18.9 ("unspecified pneumonia") as the UCOD, whereas most diabetes certificates contained UCOD discrepancies (25.2%). These limitations affect the quality of mortality data but may be reduced through quality improvement efforts.
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- Laura Falci
- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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- Bureau of Vital Statistics, Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York
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Lim S, Chan PY, Walters S, Culp G, Huynh M, Gould LH. Impact of residential displacement on healthcare access and mental health among original residents of gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0190139. [PMID: 29272306 PMCID: PMC5741227 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES As gentrification continues in New York City as well as other urban areas, residents of lower socioeconomic status maybe at higher risk for residential displacement. Yet, there have been few quantitative assessments of the health impacts of displacement. The objective of this paper is to assess the association between displacement and healthcare access and mental health among the original residents of gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City. METHODS We used 2 data sources: 1) 2005-2014 American Community Surveys to identify gentrifying neighborhoods in New York City, and 2) 2006-2014 Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System. Our cohort included 12,882 residents of gentrifying neighborhoods in 2006 who had records of emergency department visits or hospitalization at least once every 2 years in 2006-2014. Rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations post-baseline were compared between residents who were displaced and those who remained. RESULTS During 2006-2014, 23% were displaced. Compared with those who remained, displaced residents were more likely to make emergency department visits and experience hospitalizations, mainly due to mental health (Rate Ratio = 1.8, 95% confidence interval = 1.5, 2.2), after controlling for baseline demographics, health status, healthcare utilization, residential movement, and the neighborhood of residence in 2006. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest negative impacts of displacement on healthcare access and mental health, particularly among adults living in urban areas and with a history of frequent emergency department visits or hospitalizations.
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- Sungwoo Lim
- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Queens, New York, United States of America
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Bassett MT, Wye GV, Huynh M, Paone D, Kunins HV. White individuals' risk of premature mortality in context. Lancet 2017; 389:1393. [PMID: 28402815 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)30887-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Mary T Bassett
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA.
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
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- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY 11101, USA
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Huynh M, Spasojevic J, Li W, Maduro G, Van Wye G, Waterman PD, Krieger N. Spatial social polarization and birth outcomes: preterm birth and infant mortality - New York City, 2010-14. Scand J Public Health 2017; 46:157-166. [PMID: 28385056 DOI: 10.1177/1403494817701566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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AIMS This study assessed the relationship between spatial social polarization measured by the index of the concentration of the extremes (ICE) and preterm birth (PTB) and infant mortality (IM) in New York City. A secondary aim was to examine the ICE measure in comparison to neighborhood poverty. METHODS The sample included singleton births to adult women in New York City, 2010-2014 ( n=532,806). Three ICE measures were employed at the census tract level: ICE - Income (persons in households in the bottom vs top 20th percentile of US annual household income), ICE -Race/Ethnicity (black non-Hispanic vs white non-Hispanic populations), and ICE - Income + Race/Ethnicity combined. Preterm birth was defined as birth before 37 weeks' gestation. Infant mortality was defined as a death before one year of age. A two-level generalized linear model with random intercept was utilized adjusting for individual-level covariates. RESULTS Preterm birth prevalence was 7.1% and infant mortality rate was 3.4 per 1000 live births. Women who lived in areas with the least privilege were more likely to have a preterm birth or infant mortality as compared to women living in areas with the most privilege. After adjusting for covariates, this association remained for preterm birth (ICE - Income: Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) 1.16 (1.10-1.21); ICE - Race/Ethnicity: AOR 1.41 (1.34-1.49); ICE - Income + Race/Ethnicity: AOR 1.36 (1.29-1.43)) and IM (ICE - Race/Ethnicity (AOR 1.80 (1.43-2.28) and ICE - Income + Race/Ethnicity (AOR 1.54 (1.23-1.94)). High neighborhood poverty was associated with PTB only (AOR 1.09 (1.04-1.14). CONCLUSIONS These results provide preliminary evidence for the use of the ICE measure in examining structural barriers to healthy birth outcomes.
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- M Huynh
- 1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
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- 1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
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- 1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
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- 1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
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- 1 Bureau of Vital Statistics, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, USA
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- 2 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- 2 Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Ethan D, Basch CH, Hillyer GC, Berdnik A, Huynh M. An analysis of weight loss articles and advertisements in mainstream women's health and fitness magazines. Health Promot Perspect 2016; 6:80-4. [PMID: 27386422 PMCID: PMC4932226 DOI: 10.15171/hpp.2016.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background: Magazines are a commonly used source for health and fitness information. Little is known about the nature and extent of weight loss strategies and products presented in mainstream women’s health and fitness magazines. Methods: This preliminary cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of articles and advertisements featuring weight loss content and products in mainstream US-based health and fitness magazines, as well as assessed weight loss themes presented. Thirty-one US health and fitness-focused magazine issues were coded. Prevalence of, product type, and themes related to weight loss in articles and advertisements were assessed. Results: Among the 31 issues of the five US-based women’s magazines examined, we identified 39 articles (4.8% [95% CI = 3.3% to 5.5%] of 819 articles) related to weight loss with 14 identified weight loss topics. The most prevalent article topics covered were exercising/workouts (32.0% [95% CI = 28.8% to 33.6%]) followed by dieting (18.6% [95% CI = 15.9% to 19.9%]).The most common product advertised was weight loss pills (46.0% [95% CI = 42.6% to 47.7%]). Fat burners were also frequently advertised (14.9% [95% CI = 12.5% to 16.1%]) followed by hunger reduction strategies (10.3% [95% CI = 8.2% to 11.3%]) and fat blockers (6.9% [95% CI= 5.2% to 7.8%]). Conclusion: Articles presented information about exercise and dieting whereas advertisements supported potentially harmful health beliefs and behaviors. As a well-utilized American media format, health and fitness-focused magazines have an opportunity to communicate frequent,accurate messaging about healthy weight reduction and limit advertisements that may include misleading claims.
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- Danna Ethan
- Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, the City University of New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health, William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Health, William Paterson University, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, the City University of New York, New York, USA
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Devaux L, Huynh M, Hernandez J, Nicolier A. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in ferret and the histological assessment of the endoscopic biopsies. Vet Rec 2016; 178:96. [PMID: 26684485 DOI: 10.1136/vr.103164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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- L Devaux
- Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, Arcueil, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, Arcueil, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis, Arcueil, France
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Liu J, Lassaline M, Romero de Mello Sa S, Huynh M, Seferian R, Bellone R. 3 Genetic investigation of limbal squamous cell carcinoma in Haflinger horses. J Equine Vet Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2015.03.010] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Aasi J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott T, Abernathy MR, Accadia T, Acernese F, Ackley K, Adams C, Adams T, Addesso P, Adhikari RX, Affeldt C, Agathos M, Aggarwal N, Aguiar OD, Ain A, Ajith P, Alemic A, Allen B, Allocca A, Amariutei D, Andersen M, Anderson R, Anderson SB, Anderson WG, Arai K, Araya MC, Arceneaux C, Areeda J, Aston SM, Astone P, Aufmuth P, Aulbert C, Austin L, Aylott BE, Babak S, Baker PT, Ballardin G, Ballmer SW, Barayoga JC, Barbet M, Barish BC, Barker D, Barone F, Barr B, Barsotti L, Barsuglia M, Barton MA, Bartos I, Bassiri R, Basti A, Batch JC, Bauchrowitz J, Bauer TS, Behnke B, Bejger M, Beker MG, Belczynski C, Bell AS, Bell C, Bergmann G, Bersanetti D, Bertolini A, Betzwieser J, Beyersdorf PT, Bilenko IA, Billingsley G, Birch J, Biscans S, Bitossi M, Bizouard MA, Black E, Blackburn JK, Blackburn L, Blair D, Bloemen S, Blom M, Bock O, Bodiya TP, Boer M, Bogaert G, Bogan C, Bond C, Bondu F, Bonelli L, Bonnand R, Bork R, Born M, Boschi V, Bose S, Bosi L, Bradaschia C, 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Improved upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from 2009-2010 LIGO and Virgo data. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:231101. [PMID: 25526109 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.231101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Gravitational waves from a variety of sources are predicted to superpose to create a stochastic background. This background is expected to contain unique information from throughout the history of the Universe that is unavailable through standard electromagnetic observations, making its study of fundamental importance to understanding the evolution of the Universe. We carry out a search for the stochastic background with the latest data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors. Consistent with predictions from most stochastic gravitational-wave background models, the data display no evidence of a stochastic gravitational-wave signal. Assuming a gravitational-wave spectrum of Ω_{GW}(f)=Ω_{α}(f/f_{ref})^{α}, we place 95% confidence level upper limits on the energy density of the background in each of four frequency bands spanning 41.5-1726 Hz. In the frequency band of 41.5-169.25 Hz for a spectral index of α=0, we constrain the energy density of the stochastic background to be Ω_{GW}(f)<5.6×10^{-6}. For the 600-1000 Hz band, Ω_{GW}(f)<0.14(f/900 Hz)^{3}, a factor of 2.5 lower than the best previously reported upper limits. We find Ω_{GW}(f)<1.8×10^{-4} using a spectral index of zero for 170-600 Hz and Ω_{GW}(f)<1.0(f/1300 Hz)^{3} for 1000-1726 Hz, bands in which no previous direct limits have been placed. The limits in these four bands are the lowest direct measurements to date on the stochastic background. We discuss the implications of these results in light of the recent claim by the BICEP2 experiment of the possible evidence for inflationary gravitational waves.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Accadia
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Addesso
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - R X Adhikari
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - A Alemic
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Andersen
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R Anderson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W G Anderson
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Austin
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Belczynski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bersanetti
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P T Beyersdorf
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Blackburn
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Bloemen
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M Blom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Buchman
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - T Bulik
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - H J Bulten
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Burman
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - L Cadonati
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - A Castiglia
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Celerier
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - J Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M Cordier
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corpuz
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - S Coughlin
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M Cowart
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - A Donath
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Dossa
- Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Gill
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Gossler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C Guido
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Holt
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E James
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - P Jaranowski
- Biał ystok University, 15-424 Biał ystok, Poland
| | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Haris K
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea and Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Kremin
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland and NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | | | - P Kwee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Landry
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C-H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - E Luijten
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Lynch
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N Mangini
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R A Matzner
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Milde
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Miller
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - P Moesta
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S R P Mohapatra
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA and Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D Moraru
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - A Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
| | - H Paris
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Quiroga
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba, Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' Astrophysics Research Group, Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - J Read
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/International Center for Theoretical Physics-South American Institue for Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 29-33, Hungary
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy
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- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Los Angeles 70813, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
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- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 70402, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- LIGO - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Zuraw
- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Huynh M. Provider type and preterm birth in New York City births, 2009-2010. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014; 25:1520-9. [PMID: 25418224 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This cross- sectional analysis assessed the role of provider type in preterm birth (PTB) using birth certificates (2009– 2010) from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for singleton births to adult, low- risk women (n=73,887). Provider was categorized as a midwife led model or physician led model; PTB as less than 37 weeks gestation. Thirteen percent (13%) received care from a midwife led model. Preterm birth was significantly lower for women who received care from a midwife led model than for those with a physician led model (2.8% vs. 4.6%, p<.0001). The prevalence of PTB was significantly lower among women who used a midwife led model than among women who used a physician led model. After adjustment, the use of a midwife led model significantly reduced the likelihood of PTB (AOR: 0.56, 95% CI: 0.49, 0.63). These results have implications for clinical care and health care costs.
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Huynh M, Borrell LN, Chambers EC. Maternal education and excessive gestational weight gain in New York city, 1999-2001: the effect of race/ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status. Matern Child Health J 2014; 18:138-145. [PMID: 23456346 DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/26/2022]
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To examine the association between maternal education and excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) and whether this association differs by maternal race/ethnicity and neighborhood socio-economic status (SES). A sample of 56,911 New York City births between 1999 and 2001 was used. Self-reported EGWG was defined as gaining >40 pounds. Maternal education and race/ethnicity were obtained from birth record data. Neighborhood SES was determined from 2000 US Census data. Women with a high school [prevalence ratio (PR) = 1.21; 95 % CI 1.10-1.32] and some college (PR = 1.33; 95 % CI 1.21-1.47) education were more likely to gain excessive weight during pregnancy than their counterparts with less than a high school education. Having a college or more education was associated with a decreased EGWG for non-Hispanic white women (PR = 0.81; 95 % CI 0.67-0.96) but an increased EGWG for Hispanic women (PR = 1.25; 95 % CI 1.12-1.44). EGWG increased for women with a college or more education in medium and low SES neighborhoods (1.26; 95 % CI 1.04-1.53 and 1.20; 95 % CI 1.10-1.30, respectively); whereas a college or more education was not significant in the high SES neighborhoods. Our findings suggest that maternal education is associated with EGWG. However, this association depends on race/ethnicity and SES of the neighborhood of residence.
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- Mary Huynh
- Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Gillet Hall 413, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York, Gillet Hall 413, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA
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- Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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Huynh M, Vilmouth S, Gonzalez MS, Calvo Carrasco D, Di Girolamo N, Forbes NA. Retrospective cohort study of gastrointestinal stasis in pet rabbits. Vet Rec 2014; 175:225. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.102460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Huynh
- Exotic Medicine Service; Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis; 43 Avenue Aristide Briand Arcueil 94110 France
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- Exotic Medicine Service; Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Frégis; 43 Avenue Aristide Briand Arcueil 94110 France
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- Great Western Exotics; Vets Now Referrals Swindon; Unit 10 Berkshire House, County Business Park Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NR UK
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- Great Western Exotics; Vets Now Referrals Swindon; Unit 10 Berkshire House, County Business Park Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NR UK
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- Clinica per Animale Exotici; Centro Veterinario Specialistico; Via Sandor Giovanni 53 Rome 00137 Italy
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- Great Western Exotics; Vets Now Referrals Swindon; Unit 10 Berkshire House, County Business Park Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NR UK
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Search for gravitational waves associated with γ-ray bursts detected by the interplanetary network. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:011102. [PMID: 25032916 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.011102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
We present the results of a search for gravitational waves associated with 223 γ-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) in 2005-2010 during LIGO's fifth and sixth science runs and Virgo's first, second, and third science runs. The IPN satellites provide accurate times of the bursts and sky localizations that vary significantly from degree scale to hundreds of square degrees. We search for both a well-modeled binary coalescence signal, the favored progenitor model for short GRBs, and for generic, unmodeled gravitational wave bursts. Both searches use the event time and sky localization to improve the gravitational wave search sensitivity as compared to corresponding all-time, all-sky searches. We find no evidence of a gravitational wave signal associated with any of the IPN GRBs in the sample, nor do we find evidence for a population of weak gravitational wave signals associated with the GRBs. For all IPN-detected GRBs, for which a sufficient duration of quality gravitational wave data are available, we place lower bounds on the distance to the source in accordance with an optimistic assumption of gravitational wave emission energy of 10(-2)M⊙c(2) at 150 Hz, and find a median of 13 Mpc. For the 27 short-hard GRBs we place 90% confidence exclusion distances to two source models: a binary neutron star coalescence, with a median distance of 12 Mpc, or the coalescence of a neutron star and black hole, with a median distance of 22 Mpc. Finally, we combine this search with previously published results to provide a population statement for GRB searches in first-generation LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors and a resulting examination of prospects for the advanced gravitational wave detectors.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
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- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Affeldt
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Allen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Allocca
- Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Andersen
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R A Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S B Anderson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K Arai
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M C Araya
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Arceneaux
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - J S Areeda
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Ast
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - P Aufmuth
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Augustus
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - C Aulbert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B E Aylott
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Babak
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - P T Baker
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - G Ballardin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Barbet
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - B C Barish
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Barone
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - B Barr
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Barsotti
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Barsuglia
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - M A Barton
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - I Bartos
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - R Bassiri
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Basti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J C Batch
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Bauchrowitz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Th S Bauer
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Baune
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Bavigadda
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - B Behnke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - M G Beker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - C Belczynski
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Bersanetti
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - A Bertolini
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Biscans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Bitossi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Biwer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M A Bizouard
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Black
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J K Blackburn
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - D Blair
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Bloemen
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - O Bock
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T P Bodiya
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Boer
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - C Bogan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Bond
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Bondu
- Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
| | - L Bonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - R Bonnand
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - R Bork
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Born
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Boschi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - Sukanta Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
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- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A F Brooks
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D A Brown
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D D Brown
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - F Brückner
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Buchman
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Buikema
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A Buonanno
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - R Burman
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - D Buskulic
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Buy
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - L Cadonati
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Cagnoli
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - E Calloni
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J B Camp
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - P Campsie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K C Cannon
- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H8, Canada
| | - B Canuel
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - J Cao
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - C D Capano
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - F Carbognani
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - L Carbone
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Caride
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - G Castaldi
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Caudill
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Cavaglià
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - F Cavalier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Cavalieri
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Celerier
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Cella
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cepeda
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Cesarini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - R Chakraborty
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Chalermsongsak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S J Chamberlin
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia
| | - E Chassande-Mottin
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - X Chen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Chen
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - A Chiummo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H S Cho
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - M Cho
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - J H Chow
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - G Ciani
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - F Clara
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E Clark
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J A Clark
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - J H Clayton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Cleva
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Coccia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - P-F Cohadon
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - A Colla
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - C Collette
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - L Cominsky
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - D Cook
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T R Corbitt
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Cornish
- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
| | - A Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M W Coughlin
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - J-P Coulon
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Countryman
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P Couvares
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - D M Coward
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M J Cowart
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Coyne
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - R P Croce
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S G Crowder
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - A Cumming
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Cunningham
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Cuoco
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - C Cutler
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Dahl
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dal Canton
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Damjanic
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S L Danilishin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S D'Antonio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - K Danzmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Dattilo
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - H Daveloza
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Davier
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G S Davies
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Daw
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - R Day
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - T Dayanga
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - D DeBra
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - G Debreczeni
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - J Degallaix
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - T Denker
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Dent
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - H Dereli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - V Dergachev
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R De Rosa
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - R T DeRosa
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - R DeSalvo
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - J Dickson
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - L Di Fiore
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - A Di Lieto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - I Di Palma
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - V Dolique
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E Dominguez
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - F Donovan
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - K L Dooley
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Doravari
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - R Douglas
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T P Downes
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Drago
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - R W P Drever
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J C Driggers
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - Z Du
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - M Ducrot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Edo
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - H-B Eggenstein
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ehrens
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Eichholz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | | | - G Endrőczi
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Essick
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Etzel
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Evans
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Evans
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - V Fafone
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Fairhurst
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - X Fan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W M Farr
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - M Favata
- Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043, USA
| | - D Fazi
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - H Fehrmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M M Fejer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Feldbaum
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - F Feroz
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - I Ferrante
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - E C Ferreira
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Ferrini
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Fidecaro
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L S Finn
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Fiori
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R P Fisher
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Flaminio
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - J-D Fournier
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Franco
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - S Frasca
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - F Frasconi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Frede
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Frei
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - A Freise
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Frey
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T T Fricke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Fritschel
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V V Frolov
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J R Gair
- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom
| | - L Gammaitoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - S Gaonkar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - F Garufi
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - N Gehrels
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - G Gemme
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Gendre
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Ghosh
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - J Gleason
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - E Goetz
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Goetz
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Gondan
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - G González
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Gordon
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M L Gorodetsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - S Gossan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Goßler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Gouaty
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C Gräf
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - P B Graff
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Granata
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - A Grant
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Gras
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - C Gray
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R J S Greenhalgh
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - A M Gretarsson
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - P Groot
- Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - H Grote
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Grover
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S Grunewald
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - G M Guidi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - C J Guido
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Gushwa
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E K Gustafson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Gustafson
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - J Ha
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - E D Hall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - W Hamilton
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Hammer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - G Hammond
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Hanke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Hanks
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Hanna
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2 L 2Y5, Canada
| | - M D Hannam
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Hanson
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J Harms
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G M Harry
- American University, Washington, DC 20016, USA
| | - I W Harry
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - E D Harstad
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - M Hart
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C-J Haster
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA and LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Heitmann
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - P Hello
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - G Hemming
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Hendry
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I S Heng
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A W Heptonstall
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Heurs
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Hewitson
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Hild
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - D Hoak
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K A Hodge
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Hofman
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - K Holt
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Hopkins
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D Hoske
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Huerta
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - B Hughey
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - S Husa
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - S H Huttner
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M Huynh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T Huynh-Dinh
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Idrisy
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - G Islas
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - T Isogai
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Ivanov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B R Iyer
- Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka 560080, India
| | - K Izumi
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - M Jacobson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - H Jang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | | | - Y Ji
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D I Jones
- University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
| | - R Jones
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R J G Jonker
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - L Ju
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Haris
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - P Kalmus
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kalogera
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - S Kandhasamy
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Karlen
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - E Katsavounidis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - W Katzman
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - H Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Kaufer
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Kaur
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Kawazoe
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Kéfélian
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Keiser
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - D Keitel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D B Kelley
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - W Kells
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D G Keppel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Khalaidovski
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Y Khalili
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Kim
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - K Kim
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - N G Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - N Kim
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - P J King
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D L Kinzel
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - J S Kissel
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Klimenko
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Kline
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Koehlenbeck
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Kokeyama
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - V Kondrashov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Koranda
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - W Z Korth
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - I Kowalska
- Astronomical Observatory Warsaw University, 00-478 Warsaw, Poland
| | - D B Kozak
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Kringel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Krishnan
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Królak
- NCBJ, 05-400 Świerk-Otwock, Poland and IM-PAN, 00-956 Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Kuehn
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Kumar
- Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428, India
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - P Kumar
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Kumar
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - L Kuo
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | | | - P K Lam
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Landry
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Lantz
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Larson
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Lazzaro
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - S Leavey
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | | | - C H Lee
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - H K Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - H M Lee
- Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
| | - J Lee
- Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea
| | - P J Lee
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - M Leonardi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - J R Leong
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Leonor
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Leroy
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - N Letendre
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - Y Levin
- Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
| | - B Levine
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Lewis
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T G F Li
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Libbrecht
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Libson
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - N A Lockerbie
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - V Lockett
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - D Lodhia
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Loew
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J Logue
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A L Lombardi
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - E Lopez
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - M Lormand
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - G Losurdo
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J Lough
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M J Lubinski
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Lück
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A P Lundgren
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Y Ma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - E P Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - T MacDonald
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - B Machenschalk
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M MacInnis
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - D M Macleod
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - R Magee
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Maglione
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - K Mailand
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Majorana
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | | | - V Malvezzi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - N Man
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G M Manca
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - I Mandel
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - V Mandic
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - V Mangano
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - N M Mangini
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - G Mansell
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - F Marchesoni
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
| | - F Marion
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - S Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - Z Márka
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - A Markosyan
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - E Maros
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Marque
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - F Martelli
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - I W Martin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - R M Martin
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - L Martinelli
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - D Martynov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J N Marx
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Mason
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Masserot
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - F Matichard
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - L Matone
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - N Mavalvala
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - G May
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - N Mazumder
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - G Mazzolo
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R McCarthy
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D E McClelland
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S C McGuire
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - G McIntyre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J McIver
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - K McLin
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA
| | - D Meacher
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - G D Meadors
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - M Mehmet
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Meidam
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - M Meinders
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Melatos
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - G Mendell
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R A Mercer
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Meshkov
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Messenger
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - M S Meyer
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P M Meyers
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - F Mezzani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Miao
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Michel
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - E E Mikhailov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - L Milano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Napoli 'Federico II', Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - J Miller
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - C Mishra
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V P Mitrofanov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - A Moggi
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Mohan
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | | | - D Moraru
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - G Moreno
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - N Morgado
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S R Morriss
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - K Mossavi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Mours
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - C M Mow-Lowry
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C L Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Mueller
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Mukherjee
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Mullavey
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - J Munch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - D Murphy
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - P G Murray
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Mytidis
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M F Nagy
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R K Nayak
- IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal 741252, India
| | - V Necula
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - G Nelemans
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - I Neri
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Neri
- Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - G Newton
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Nguyen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - A B Nielsen
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Nissanke
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A H Nitz
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - F Nocera
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - D Nolting
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E N Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - E Ochsner
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - J O'Dell
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, HSIC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E Oelker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J J Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - S H Oh
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - F Ohme
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - S Omar
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Oppermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Oram
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B O'Reilly
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - H Overmier
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - B J Owen
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - C Padilla
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - A Pai
- IISER-TVM, CET Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala 695016, India
| | - O Palashov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - H Pan
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
| | - Y Pan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - C Pankow
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - F Paoletti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M A Papa
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - H Paris
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - A Pasqualetti
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - R Passaquieti
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | | | - M Pedraza
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Pele
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Penn
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - A Perreca
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - M Phelps
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Pichot
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Pickenpack
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - F Piergiovanni
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - V Pierro
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, Italy
| | - M Pitkin
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Poeld
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Poggiani
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - A Poteomkin
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - J Powell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J Prasad
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - V Predoi
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | | | - T Prestegard
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - L R Price
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Prijatelj
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G A Prodi
- Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - O Puncken
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - M Punturo
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - P Puppo
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - M Pürrer
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - J Qin
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - V Quetschke
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - E Quintero
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - F J Raab
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D S Rabeling
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - I Rácz
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - H Radkins
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - P Raffai
- MTA Eötvös University, 'Lendulet' A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
| | - G Rajalakshmi
- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
| | - M Rakhmanov
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C Ramet
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Ramirez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - P Rapagnani
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - V Raymond
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Razzano
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - V Re
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S Recchia
- Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute, I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Regimbau
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Reid
- SUPA, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
| | - D H Reitze
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - O Reula
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Riesen
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K Riles
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - N A Robertson
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Robinet
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - A Rocchi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - S B Roddy
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Rolland
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - J G Rollins
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Romano
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D Rosińska
- CAMK-PAN, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland and Institute of Astronomy, 65-265 Zielona Góra, Poland
| | - S Rowan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Rüdiger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - P Ruggi
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - K Ryan
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - F Salemi
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - L Sammut
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
| | - S Sankar
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - V Sannibale
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | | | - E Saracco
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Sassolas
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | | | - P R Saulson
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - R Savage
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scheuer
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Schilman
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - P Schmidt
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - R Schnabel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | | | - E Schreiber
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Schuette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B F Schutz
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom and Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A S Sengupta
- Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382424, India
| | - D Sentenac
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - V Sequino
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D A Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Shah
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | - M S Shahriar
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Shaltev
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - Z Shao
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B Shapiro
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - P Shawhan
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - D H Shoemaker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T L Sidery
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K Siellez
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - X Siemens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Sigg
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - D Simakov
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Singer
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Singh
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M R Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R J E Smith
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E J Son
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 305-390, Korea
| | - B Sorazu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - T Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune - 411007, India
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - M Steinke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - B C Stephens
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - S Stevenson
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D Stops
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - K A Strain
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Straniero
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - S Strigin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - R Sturani
- Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista/ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, São Paulo, São Paulo 01140-070, Brazil
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tacca
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
| | - D Talukder
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Tao
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - S P Tarabrin
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - R Taylor
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - G Tellez
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K S Thorne
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - E Thrane
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Tiwari
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K V Tokmakov
- SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Tomlinson
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - C V Torres
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - C I Torrie
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - F Travasso
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - G Traylor
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Tse
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - D Tshilumba
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
| | - H Tuennermann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - D Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
| | | | - A L Urban
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - S A Usman
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - H Vahlbruch
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Vajente
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - G Valdes
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | | | - M van Beuzekom
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - J F J van den Brand
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and VU University Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | | | - M V van der Sluys
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Department of Astrophysics/IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands
| | | | - A A van Veggel
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S Vass
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
| | - R Vaulin
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A Vecchio
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - G Vedovato
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - J Veitch
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - P J Veitch
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
| | - K Venkateswara
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
| | - D Verkindt
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - F Vetrano
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - A Viceré
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - J-Y Vinet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - S Vitale
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Vo
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - H Vocca
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy and Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - C Vorvick
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - W D Vousden
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - S P Vyachanin
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - A R Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wade
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Walker
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - L Wallace
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Walsh
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - M Was
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - B Weaver
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - L-W Wei
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Weinert
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - A J Weinstein
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Weiss
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - T Welborn
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - L Wen
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - P Wessels
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M West
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - T Westphal
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - K Wette
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J T Whelan
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - D J White
- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - B F Whiting
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Wiesner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C Wilkinson
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K Williams
- Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T D Williams
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
| | | | - J L Willis
- Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas 79699, USA
| | - B Willke
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Wimmer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - W Winkler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - C C Wipf
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - A G Wiseman
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - H Wittel
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G Woan
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - N Wolovick
- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
| | - J Worden
- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - Y Wu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - I Yakushin
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Yam
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - H Yamamoto
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C C Yancey
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - H Yang
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Yoshida
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
| | - M Yvert
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | | | - M Zanolin
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona 86301, USA
| | - J-P Zendri
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - Fan Zhang
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA and Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - L Zhang
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Zhao
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - H Zhu
- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - X J Zhu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - M E Zucker
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - S Zuraw
- University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | - J Zweizig
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R L Aptekar
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
| | - J L Atteia
- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
| | - T Cline
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - V Connaughton
- CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA
| | - D D Frederiks
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
| | - S V Golenetskii
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
| | - K Hurley
- University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - H A Krimm
- Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (CRESST) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA and Universities Space Research Association, 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, Maryland 21046, USA
| | - M Marisaldi
- INAF-IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
| | - V D Pal'shin
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation and Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251, Saint Petersburg, Russia
| | - D Palmer
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
| | - D S Svinkin
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
| | - Y Terada
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama City, Japan
| | - A von Kienlin
- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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