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Dason ES, Drost L, Greenblatt EM, Scheer AS, Han J, Sobel M, Allen L, Jacobson M, Doshi T, Wolff E, McMahon E, Jones CA. Providers' perspectives on the reproductive decision-making of BRCA-positive women. BMC Womens Health 2022; 22:506. [PMID: 36482357 PMCID: PMC9730610 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-022-02093-2] [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: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Reproductive decision-making is difficult for BRCA-positive women. Our objective was to assess the complexities of decision-making and identify decisional supports for patients and providers when discussing reproductive options prior to risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). METHODS This study was of qualitive design, using data collection via semi-structured interviews conducted from November 2018 to October 2020. Individuals were included if they were identified to provide care to BRCA-positive women. In total, 19 providers were approached and 15 consented to participate. Providers were recruited from three clinics in Toronto, Ontario located at academic centers: [1] A familial ovarian cancer clinic, [2] A familial breast cancer clinic and [3] A fertility clinic, all of which treat carriers of the BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic mutation. The interview guide was developed according to the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and included questions regarding reproductive options available to patients, factors that impact the decision-making process and the role of decisional support. Interviews were transcribed and transcripts were analyzed thematically using NVIVO 12. RESULTS Providers identified three major decisions that reproductive-aged women face when a BRCA mutation is discovered: [1] "Do I want children?"; [2] "Do I want to take the chance of passing on this the mutation?"; and [3] "Do I want to carry a child?" Inherent decision challenges that are faced by both providers and patients included difficult decision type, competing options, scientifically uncertain outcomes, and challenging decision timing. Modifiable decisional needs included: inadequate knowledge, unrealistic expectations, unclear values and inadequate support or resources. Identified clinical gaps included counselling time constraints, lack of reliable sources of background information for patients or providers and need for time-sensitive, geographically accessible, and centralized care. CONCLUSION Our study identified a need for a patient information resource that can be immediately provided to patients who carry a BRCA genetic mutation. Other suggestions for clinical practice include more time during consultation appointments, adequate follow-up, value-centric counseling, access to psychosocial support, and a specialized decisional coach.
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- E. S. Dason
- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,Mount Sinai Fertility, 7th Floor, 250 Dundas St. W, Toronto, ON M5T 2Z5 Canada
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- grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- grid.415502.7Department of General Surgery, St. Michaels Hospital, Unity Health Network, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8 Canada
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- grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada ,grid.417199.30000 0004 0474 0188Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2 Canada
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada ,grid.417199.30000 0004 0474 0188Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2 Canada
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada ,grid.417199.30000 0004 0474 0188Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2 Canada
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- grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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- grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8 Canada
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- grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1E2 Canada ,grid.492573.e0000 0004 6477 6457Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 Canada
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Gold S, Jacobson M, Hojabri S, Sobel M. 8969 Excision of Primary Umbilical Endometriosis Under Local Anesthesia. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2022.09.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Baghoomian W, Jacobson M, Kastala A, Thibau I, Simpson E, Smith Begolka W. LB909 Understanding the motivating factors and barriers to participation in eczema clinical trials among patients and caregivers. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.927] [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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Tuominen K, Sternberg Lewerin S, Jacobson M, Rosendal T. Modelling environmentally mediated spread of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pig herd. Animal 2022; 16:100450. [DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100450] [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] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Center for Medical Interoperability, Nashville, Tenn
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- Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Western University, Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont
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- Western University, Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- ICES, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass
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- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass
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- Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont
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- Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- ICES Queen's, Kingston, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- Fraser Health Authority, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- Surrey Thoracic Surgery Group, Surrey, B.C
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Que
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ont
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Wash
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of British Columbia, Kelowna, B.C
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
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- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont
| | | | | | - D Maziak
- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | - F Maleki
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | - R Kennedy
- From the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
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- From the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | - S Bharadwaj
- From the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | - S Gowing
- From the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | | | - A Gatti
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - D Hylton
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | - Y Patel
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | | | - W Hanna
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - C Finley
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - H Begum
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - K Pearce
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | - W Hanna
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
| | | | - K Thavorn
- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - S Uddin
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - D Jones
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - A Behzadi
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - A Brar
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - L Qu
- From Western University, London, Ont
| | - M Qiabi
- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - L Tan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Liu
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - V Gupta
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - J Levy
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - B Kidane
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - M Robinson
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - L Bednarek
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - G Buduhan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Liu
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - L Tan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - S Srinathan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - B Kidane
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - H Wang
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
| | - D French
- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
| | | | - K Graham
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - S Enns
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - G Buduhan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - S Srinathan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Liu
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - A Tan
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - B Kidane
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | | | - E Poole
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - C Pascoe
- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Helewa
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - G Johnson
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Robertson
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - A Vergis
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - G Johnson
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - A Vergis
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - H Singh
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - J Park
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - R Helewa
- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
| | - A Azin
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
| | - M Lipson
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
| | - A Afzal
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | - S Roen
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
| | - W Buie
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
| | | | | | - M Chu
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - Y Lee
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - N Amin
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - D Hong
- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | | | - K Ramji
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - C Kruse
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | - H Jaffer
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | | | - N Amin
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | - D Hong
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | - R Hajjar
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
| | - K Purich
- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | - Y Zhou
- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | - S Dodd
- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | - Y Yuan
- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | | | | | | | - N Morin
- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Cwintal
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - J Faria
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - J Holland
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - J Moon
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - C Brown
- From St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C
| | | | - M Raval
- From St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C
| | - P Phang
- From St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C
| | - A Ghuman
- From St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
| | - S Muncner
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
| | | | - M Dykstra
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Western University, London, Ont
| | - J Moon
- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | | | | | - O AlAamer
- From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - N AlSelaim
- From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - M AlMalki
- From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - A Al-Osail
- From King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
| | - R Ruxton
- From Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand
| | - P Manuel
- From Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand
| | - F Mohamed
- From Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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- Providence Health Care, Vancouver, B.C
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- Providence Health Care, Vancouver, B.C
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- Providence Health Care, Vancouver, B.C
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- Providence Health Care, Vancouver, B.C
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Fla
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- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - J Faria
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - H Roy
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | - Z Baig
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | | | - M Raval
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask
| | - J Moon
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - J Faria
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - J Moon
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - J Faria
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - E Salama
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | | | - J Faria
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
| | | | | | | | | | - S V Patel
- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | | | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | - N Kasteel
- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - M Demian
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - A Pang
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - N Morin
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | | | | | - M Boutros
- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
| | - A Azin
- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Queen's Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, Ont
| | | | - T Hanna
- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Princess Margaret Research Institute, Toronto, Ont
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
| | | | - L Sidéris
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - A Sari
- Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ont
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- London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ont
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- Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ont
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- Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- ASDevices, Spira Innovations, Thetford, Que
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- From McGill University, Montreal, Que
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta
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- University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
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- Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, U.K
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex
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- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y
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- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- From the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From the Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From Western University, London, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Wash
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- From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- From the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- From Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Tex
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- Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore
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- University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- From Queen's University, Kingston, Ont
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- University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Que
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- From SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y
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- From SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, N.Y
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the University of Montreal, Montreal, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- From the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Que
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- North York General Hospital, North York, Ont
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- Humber River Hospital, North York, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire régional de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Que
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- Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire régional de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Que
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- Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire régional de Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Que
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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- Humber River Hospital, North York, Ont
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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- From the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta
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Harris T, Seco J, Ferguson D, Jacobson M, Myronakis M, Lozano I, Lehmann M, Huber P, Fueglistaller R, Morf D, Mamon H, Mancias J, Martin N, Berbeco R. Beam's-Eye-View Imaging of Liver SBRT With a Novel Multi-Layer Imager. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.07.127] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Harris TC, Seco J, Ferguson D, Jacobson M, Myronakis M, Lozano IV, Lehmann M, Huber P, Fueglistaller R, Morf D, Mamon HJ, Mancias JD, Martin NE, Berbeco RI. Improvements in beam's eye view fiducial tracking using a novel multilayer imager. Phys Med Biol 2021; 66. [PMID: 34233309 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac1246] [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: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Purpose.Electronic portal image devices (EPIDs) have been investigated previously for beams-eye view (BEV) applications such as tumor tracking but are limited by low contrast-to-noise ratio and detective quantum efficiency. A novel multilayer imager (MLI), consisting of four stacked flat-panels was used to measure improvements in fiducial tracking during liver stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) procedures compared to a single layer EPID.Methods.The prototype MLI was installed on a clinical TrueBeam linac in place of the conventional DMI single-layer EPID. The panel was extended during volumetric modulated arc therapy SBRT treatments in order to passively acquire data during therapy. Images were acquired for six patients receiving SBRT to liver metastases over two fractions each, one with the MLI using all 4 layers and one with the MLI using the top layer only, representing a standard EPID. The acquired frames were processed by a previously published tracking algorithm modified to identify implanted radiopaque fiducials. Truth data was determined using respiratory traces combined with partial manual tracking. Results for 4- and 1-layer mode were compared against truth data for tracking accuracy and efficiency. Tracking and noise improvements as a function of gantry angle were determined.Results. Tracking efficiency with 4-layers improved to 82.8% versus 58.4% for the 1-layer mode, a relative improvement of 41.7%. Fiducial tracking with 1-layer returned a root mean square error (RMSE) of 2.1 mm compared to 4-layer RMSE of 1.5 mm, a statistically significant (p < 0.001) improvement of 0.6 mm. The reduction in noise correlated with an increase in successfully tracked frames (r = 0.913) and with increased tracking accuracy (0.927).Conclusion. Increases in MV photon detection efficiency by utilization of a MLI results in improved fiducial tracking for liver SBRT treatments. Future clinical applications utilizing BEV imaging may be enhanced by including similar noise reduction strategies.
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- T C Harris
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.,BioMedical Physics in Radiation Oncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioMedical Physics in Radiation Oncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany.,Department of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Varian Medical Systems, Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland
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- Varian Medical Systems, Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland
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- Varian Medical Systems, Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Basu Roy U, Jacobson M, Selig J. MA07.08 Needs Assessment of Lung Cancer Patients & Caregivers in the Post-Shelter-in-Place Era in the United States during COVID-19. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC7976938 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.188] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Basu Roy U, Jacobson M, Feldman J, Elkins I. MA07.01 How Lung Cancer Patients Perceive their Treating Doctors and Engage in medical decision-making: Lessons from Project PRIORITY. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.182] [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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Roy UB, Elkins I, Petrillo L, Jacobson M, Feldman J. P30.05 Perception of Palliative Care and Prognostic Awareness of Lung Cancer Treatment in an Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancer Community. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.650] [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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Ikwap K, Gertzell E, Hansson I, Dahlin L, Selling K, Magnusson U, Dione M, Jacobson M. The presence of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia coli in smallholder pig farms in Uganda. BMC Vet Res 2021; 17:31. [PMID: 33461527 PMCID: PMC7814613 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02727-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The development of antimicrobial resistance is of global concern, and is commonly monitored by the analysis of certain bacteria. The aim of the present study was to study the antibiotic susceptibility in isolates of Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia (E.) coli obtained from healthy pigs originating from nineteen herds enrolled in a study on herd health management in Lira district, northern Uganda. Skin and nasal swabs were analyzed for the presence of Staphylococcus spp., and selectively cultivated to investigate the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (S.) aureus (MRSA), and rectal swabs were analyzed for the presence of E. coli. Antibiotic susceptibility was tested by broth micro-dilution. Information on the antibiotic usage and treatment regimens during the previous year was gathered using structured interviews and longitudinal data. RESULTS In Staphylococcus spp., resistance to penicillin (10/19 isolates; 53%), fusidic acid (42%) and tetracycline (37%) were most commonly found. In E. coli, resistance to sulfamethoxazole (46/52 isolates; 88%), tetracycline (54%) and trimethoprim (17%) was most frequent. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus was found in one sample (1/50; 2%). Multi-drug resistant isolates of Staphylococcus spp. and E. coli were found in 54 and 47% of the herds, respectively. At the herd level, no associations could be made between antibiotic resistance and herd size or treatment regimens for either of the bacteria. CONCLUSION In conclusion, resistance to important antibiotics frequently used in animals in Uganda was common, and the presence of MRSA was demonstrated, in Ugandan pig herds.
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- K Ikwap
- Makerere University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Kampala, Uganda
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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- International Livestock Research Institute, Dakar, Senegal
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Uppsala, Sweden
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Harris TC, Seco J, Ferguson D, Lehmann M, Huber P, Shi M, Jacobson M, Valencia Lozano I, Myronakis M, Baturin P, Fueglistaller R, Morf D, Berbeco R. Clinical translation of a new flat-panel detector for beam's-eye-view imaging. Phys Med Biol 2020; 65:225004. [PMID: 33284786 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/abb571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) lend themselves to beams-eye view clinical applications, such as tumor tracking, but are limited by low contrast and detective quantum efficiency (DQE). We characterize a novel EPID prototype consisting of multiple layers and investigate its suitability for use under clinical conditions. A prototype multi-layer imager (MLI) was constructed utilizing four conventional EPID layers, each consisting of a copper plate, a Gd2O2S:Tb phosphor scintillator, and an amorphous silicon flat panel array detector. We measured the detector's response to a 6 MV photon beam with regards to modulation transfer function, noise power spectrum, DQE, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and the linearity of the detector's response to dose. Additionally, we compared MLI performance to the single top layer of the MLI and the standard Varian AS-1200 detector. Pre-clinical imaging was done on an anthropomorphic phantom, and the detector's CNR, SNR and spatial resolution were assessed in a clinical environment. Images obtained from spine and liver patient treatment deliveries were analyzed to verify CNR and SNR improvements. The MLI has a DQE(0) of 9.7%, about 5.7 times the reference AS-1200 detector. Improved noise performance largely drives the increase. CNR and SNR of clinical images improved three-fold compared to reference. A novel MLI was characterized and prepared for clinical translation. The MLI substantially improved DQE and CNR performance while maintaining the same resolution. Pre-clinical tests on an anthropomorphic phantom demonstrated improved performance as predicted theoretically. Preliminary patient data were analyzed, confirming improved CNR and SNR. Clinical applications are anticipated to include more accurate soft tissue tracking.
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- T C Harris
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Medical school, Boston, MA, United States of America. BioMedical Physics in Radiation Oncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany. Department of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Ferguson D, Harris T, Shi M, Jacobson M, Myronakis M, Lehmann M, Huber P, Morf D, Fueglistaller R, Baturin P, Valencia Lozano I, Williams C, Berbeco R. Automated MV markerless tumor tracking for VMAT. Phys Med Biol 2020; 65:125011. [PMID: 32330918 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ab8cd3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Tumor tracking during radiotherapy treatment can improve dose accuracy, conformity and sparing of healthy tissue. Many methods have been introduced to tackle this challenge utilizing multiple imaging modalities, including a template matching based approach using the megavoltage (MV) on-board portal imager demonstrated on 3D conformal treatments. However, the complexity of treatments is evolving with the introduction of VMAT and IMRT, and successful motion management is becoming more important due to a trend towards hypofractionation. We have developed a markerless lung tumor tracking algorithm, utilizing the electronic portal imager (EPID) of the treatment machine. The algorithm has been specifically adapted to track during complex treatment deliveries with gantry and MLC motion. The core of the algorithm is an adaptive template matching method that relies on template stability metrics and local relative orientations to perform multiple feature tracking simultaneously. Only a single image is required to initialize the algorithm and features are automatically added, modified or removed in response to the input images. This algorithm was evaluated against images collected during VMAT arcs of a dynamic thorax phantom. Dynamic phantom images were collected during radiation delivery for multiple lung SBRT breathing traces and an example patient data set. The tracking error was 1.34 mm for the phantom data and 0.68 mm for the patient data. A multi-region, markerless tracking algorithm has been developed, capable of tracking multiple features simultaneously without requiring any other a priori information. This novel approach delivers robust target localization during complex treatment delivery. The reported tracking error is similar to previous reports for 3D conformal treatments.
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- D Ferguson
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America
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Oba P, Wieland B, Mwiine FN, Erume J, Gertzell E, Jacobson M, Dione MM. Status and gaps of research on respiratory disease pathogens of swine in Africa. Porcine Health Manag 2020; 6:5. [PMID: 32257367 PMCID: PMC7066813 DOI: 10.1186/s40813-020-0144-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Over the last two decades, the pig population in Africa has grown rapidly, reflecting the increased adoption of pig production as an important economic activity. Of all species, pigs are likely to constitute a greater share of the growth in the livestock subsector. However, constraints such as respiratory infectious diseases cause significant economic losses to the pig industry worldwide. Compared to industrialized countries, the occurrence and impacts of respiratory diseases on pig production in Africa is under-documented. Hence, knowledge on prevalence and incidence of economically important swine respiratory pathogens in pigs in Africa is necessary to guide interventions for prevention and control. The purpose of this review was to document the current status of research on five important respiratory pathogens of swine in Africa to inform future research and interventions. The pathogens included were porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PPRSv), porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae), Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) and swine influenza A viruses (IAV). For this review, published articles were obtained using Harzing's Publish or Perish software tool from GoogleScholar. Articles were also sourced from PubMed, ScienceDirect, FAO and OIE websites. The terms used for the search were Africa, swine or porcine, respiratory pathogens, M. hyopneumoniae, APP, PCV2, PPRSv, IAV, prevention and control. In all, 146 articles found were considered relevant, and upon further screening, only 85 articles were retained for the review. The search was limited to studies published from 2000 to 2019. Of all the studies that documented occurrence of the five respiratory pathogens, most were on IAV (48.4%, n = 15), followed by PCV2 (25.8%, n = 8), PPRSv (19.4%, n = 6), while only one study (3.2%, n = 1) reported APP and M. hyopneumoniae. This review highlights knowledge and information gaps on epidemiologic aspects as well as economic impacts of the various pathogens reported in swine in Africa, which calls for further studies.
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- P Oba
- International Livestock Research Institute, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda.,2College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.,National Agricultural Research Organization, Abi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Abi ZARDI), P. O. Box 219, Arua, Uganda
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- 4International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- 2College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda
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- 5Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7054, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- 5Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7054, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- International Livestock Research Institute, P. O. Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda
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Norris S, Papillon-Smith J, Gagnon LH, Jacobson M, Sobel M, Shore EM. 1928 Effect Of a Surgical Teaching Video on Resident Performance of a Laparoscopic Salpingo-Oophorectomy – A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is associated with well-described gynecologic sequelae, including vulvovaginal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Vulvovaginal GVHD is a common complication of allogeneic HCT, but has been under-reported in the literature. Guidelines have been published only recently to recommend common terminology, treatment, and surveillance. This review summarizes the presentation, management, and surveillance aspects of vulvovaginal GVHD. We recommend a standardized referral between women undergoing HCT and an experienced gynecologist capable of managing this disease and treating sexual side effects.
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- M Jacobson
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Women's College Hospital , Toronto , ON , Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sinai Health System , Toronto , ON , Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sinai Health System , Toronto , ON , Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Toronto , Toronto , ON , Canada
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Farquhar M, Jacobson M, Braun C, Wolfman W, Kelly C, Allen LM, Lega IC. Medical and gynecological comorbidities in adult women with Turner syndrome: our multidisciplinary clinic experience. Climacteric 2019; 23:32-37. [PMID: 31241369 DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2019.1627315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 02/08/2023]
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Objective: Women with Turner syndrome (TS) are at increased risk for chronic health conditions. Reports describing the presence of comorbidities in older adult women with TS are limited. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of endocrine, gynecological, and other chronic medical conditions in a cohort of adult TS patients.Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted on patients seen between 1 February 2015 and 1 July 2018 in a multidisciplinary TS clinic at a university-based ambulatory hospital in Toronto, Canada. All women seen at the TS clinic with a diagnosis of TS aged >18 years were included. The prevalence of diseases was determined overall and stratified by age (<40 and ≥40 years). Statistical comparisons were done using the chi-square test. The main study outcomes included the presence of comorbidities.Results: Of 122 adult women with TS, 24.5% had hypothyroidism, 16% had dysglycemia, and 27.9% had decreased bone mass. Hypothyroidism and dysglycemia were more common among older women (respectively age ≥40 years vs. age <40 years: 36.7% vs. 17.8%, p = 0.018; and 24.5% vs. 5.5%, p = 0.023). Gynecological conditions were identified in 35% of patients and were more common among older women (42.8% age ≥40 years vs. 13.7% age <40 years, p = 0.003). Overall, 41% had hearing impairment, 36.1% had cardiac abnormalities, 14.8% had hypertension, 18.8% had renal abnormalities, and 9% had celiac disease.Conclusions: The results of this study indicate a high prevalence of medical conditions in women with TS, especially those ≥40 years of age. Our study underscores the importance of multidisciplinary adult TS clinics for ongoing screening and management of comorbidities.
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- M Farquhar
- Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Division of Endocrinology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Gynecology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Division of Endocrinology, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON
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Nakshatri H, Kumar B, Burney H, Cox ML, Jacobson M, Sandusky G, D'Souza-Schorey C, Storniolo AM. Abstract P1-03-11: Harnessing the distinctive properties of tumor-adjacent tissues to develop ethnicity-dependent biomarkers of breast cancer. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p1-03-11] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Recent data demonstrating a correlation between lymph node positivity at the time of detection, and the probability of disease recurrence even decades post detection only solidifies the principle that the detection of breast cancer prior to lymph node metastasis can appreciably better clinical outcomes. Although radiologic methods have greatly improved early detection and remain the mainstay for detection, molecular assays to complement existing strategies will reduce number of false positives as well as enhance detection in cases that preclude conclusive diagnosis with radiologic techniques. Normal breast biology is routinely studied using tissues from reduction mammoplasty or normal tissues adjacent to tumor (NATs). However, studies have shown histologic abnormalities in reduction mammoplasty samples and DNA methylation and gene expression abnormalities in NATs due to “field” effects of the tumor. To interrogate the differences between normal breast and NATs as potential early detection markers, we created a tissue microarray (TMA) comprising breast tissues of 100 age-matched healthy women from the Komen Tissue Bank (KTB) and tumor-NAT pairs from 100 women (a total of 300 samples). Approximately 50% of women in each set were of African American (AA) ancestry and the remaining was of European decent. The TMAs was curated as such, because of our recent findings on ethnicity-dependent differences in breast stem-luminal progenitor-mature cell hierarchy. TMA was analyzed for ZEB1, an oncogenic transcription factor that is central to cell fate and stemness, and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and FOXA1, which are expressed predominantly in hormone-responsive mature luminal cells. ZEB1 expressing cells were localized to surrounding ductal structures of the normal breast, whereas ERα+ and FOXA1+ cells were located within the ductal compartment. KTB-normal of AA women contained significantly higher levels of ZEB1+ cells compared to KTB-normal of Caucasian women (CA). We observed only marginal increases in ZEB1+ cells in NATs or tumors of AA women. By contrast, in CA women, both NATs and tumors compared to KTB-normal contained higher levels of ZEB1+ cells. The unique localization pattern external to the ductal structures, as well as intrinsically higher expression in AA women suggest that ZEB1+ cells serve not only as stem cells from which cancers may originate but could also contribute to the microenvironment conducive for ductal tumor progression leading to aggressive and early onset of breast cancer as observed in AA women. Conversely, KTB-normal of AA showed modestly higher FOXA1 expression compared to CA women, and further, FOXA1 levels were declined in NATs of AA but not CA women. ERα levels did not change in any of our analyses, pointing to the specificity of ethnicity-dependent changes in this TMA. We also noted ethnicity-dependent variations in the levels of CD8+ T cells, PD-1+ immune cells and PD-L1+ cells but not CD68+ macrophages in NATs, suggesting distinctive immune environment in NATs. This comprehensive approach will not only serve as a platform to develop tumor-adjacent “normal” tissues as molecular markers for early detection but also provides a molecular basis for aggressive breast tumor in AA women.
Citation Format: Nakshatri H, Kumar B, Burney H, Cox ML, Jacobson M, Sandusky G, D'Souza-Schorey C, Storniolo AM. Harnessing the distinctive properties of tumor-adjacent tissues to develop ethnicity-dependent biomarkers of breast cancer [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-03-11.
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- H Nakshatri
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN; University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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Basu Roy U, Jacobson M, Ferris A. MA07.09 Willingness to Perform Multiple Biopsies to Improve Quality of Lung Cancer Care: Understanding the Oncologists’ Perspective. J Thorac Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kaiser M, Jacobson M, Andersen PH, Bækbo P, Cerón JJ, Dahl J, Escribano D, Jacobsen S. Correction to: Inflammatory markers before and after farrowing in healthy sows and in sows affected with postpartum dysgalactia syndrome. BMC Vet Res 2018; 14:175. [PMID: 29859077 PMCID: PMC5984813 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-018-1471-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- M Kaiser
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Højbakkegård Alle 5, 2630, Taastrup, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, p.o. Box 7054, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, p.o. Box 7054, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- SEGES, Danish Pig Research Center, Danish Agriculture & Food Council, Agro Food Park 15, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Regional "Campus of Excellence Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Danish Agriculture and Food Council, Axelborg, Axeltorv 3, 1709, Copenhagen V, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Regional "Campus of Excellence Mare Nostrum", University of Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Højbakkegård Alle 5, 2630, Taastrup, Denmark
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Goerres J, Uneri A, Jacobson M, Ramsay B, De Silva T, Ketcha M, Han R, Manbachi A, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Wolinsky JP, Osgood G, Siewerdsen JH. Planning, guidance, and quality assurance of pelvic screw placement using deformable image registration. Phys Med Biol 2017; 62:9018-9038. [PMID: 29058687 PMCID: PMC5868367 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa954f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Percutaneous pelvic screw placement is challenging due to narrow bone corridors surrounded by vulnerable structures and difficult visual interpretation of complex anatomical shapes in 2D x-ray projection images. To address these challenges, a system for planning, guidance, and quality assurance (QA) is presented, providing functionality analogous to surgical navigation, but based on robust 3D-2D image registration techniques using fluoroscopy images already acquired in routine workflow. Two novel aspects of the system are investigated: automatic planning of pelvic screw trajectories and the ability to account for deformation of surgical devices (K-wire deflection). Atlas-based registration is used to calculate a patient-specific plan of screw trajectories in preoperative CT. 3D-2D registration aligns the patient to CT within the projective geometry of intraoperative fluoroscopy. Deformable known-component registration (dKC-Reg) localizes the surgical device, and the combination of plan and device location is used to provide guidance and QA. A leave-one-out analysis evaluated the accuracy of automatic planning, and a cadaver experiment compared the accuracy of dKC-Reg to rigid approaches (e.g. optical tracking). Surgical plans conformed within the bone cortex by 3-4 mm for the narrowest corridor (superior pubic ramus) and >5 mm for the widest corridor (tear drop). The dKC-Reg algorithm localized the K-wire tip within 1.1 mm and 1.4° and was consistently more accurate than rigid-body tracking (errors up to 9 mm). The system was shown to automatically compute reliable screw trajectories and accurately localize deformed surgical devices (K-wires). Such capability could improve guidance and QA in orthopaedic surgery, where workflow is impeded by manual planning, conventional tool trackers add complexity and cost, rigid tool assumptions are often inaccurate, and qualitative interpretation of complex anatomy from 2D projections is prone to trial-and-error with extended fluoroscopy time.
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- J Goerres
- Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
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Cone-beam CT (CBCT) is increasingly common in guidance of interventional procedures, but can be subject to artifacts arising from patient motion during fairly long (~5-60 s) scan times. We present a fiducial-free method to mitigate motion artifacts using 3D-2D image registration that simultaneously corrects residual errors in the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of geometric calibration. The 3D-2D registration process registers each projection to a prior 3D image by maximizing gradient orientation using the covariance matrix adaptation-evolution strategy optimizer. The resulting rigid transforms are applied to the system projection matrices, and a 3D image is reconstructed via model-based iterative reconstruction. Phantom experiments were conducted using a Zeego robotic C-arm to image a head phantom undergoing 5-15 cm translations and 5-15° rotations. To further test the algorithm, clinical images were acquired with a CBCT head scanner in which long scan times were susceptible to significant patient motion. CBCT images were reconstructed using a penalized likelihood objective function. For phantom studies the structural similarity (SSIM) between motion-free and motion-corrected images was >0.995, with significant improvement (p < 0.001) compared to the SSIM values of uncorrected images. Additionally, motion-corrected images exhibited a point-spread function with full-width at half maximum comparable to that of the motion-free reference image. Qualitative comparison of the motion-corrupted and motion-corrected clinical images demonstrated a significant improvement in image quality after motion correction. This indicates that the 3D-2D registration method could provide a useful approach to motion artifact correction under assumptions of local rigidity, as in the head, pelvis, and extremities. The method is highly parallelizable, and the automatic correction of residual geometric calibration errors provides added benefit that could be valuable in routine use.
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- S Ouadah
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21205, United States of America
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Goerres J, Uneri A, De Silva T, Ketcha M, Reaungamornrat S, Jacobson M, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Osgood G, Wolinsky JP, Siewerdsen JH. Spinal pedicle screw planning using deformable atlas registration. Phys Med Biol 2017; 62:2871-2891. [PMID: 28177300 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa5f42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ouadah S, Jacobson M, Stayman JW, Ehtiati T, Weiss C, Siewerdsen JH. Task-Driven Orbit Design and Implementation on a Robotic C-Arm System for Cone-Beam CT. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2017; 10132. [PMID: 28989219 DOI: 10.1117/12.2255646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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PURPOSE This work applies task-driven optimization to the design of non-circular orbits that maximize imaging performance for a particular imaging task. First implementation of task-driven imaging on a clinical robotic C-arm system is demonstrated, and a framework for orbit calculation is described and evaluated. METHODS We implemented a task-driven imaging framework to optimize orbit parameters that maximize detectability index d'. This framework utilizes a specified Fourier domain task function and an analytical model for system spatial resolution and noise. Two experiments were conducted to test the framework. First, a simple task was considered consisting of frequencies lying entirely on the fz-axis (e.g., discrimination of structures oriented parallel to the central axial plane), and a "circle + arc" orbit was incorporated into the framework as a means to improve sampling of these frequencies, and thereby increase task-based detectability. The orbit was implemented on a robotic C-arm (Artis Zeego, Siemens Healthcare). A second task considered visualization of a cochlear implant simulated within a head phantom, with spatial frequency response emphasizing high-frequency content in the (fy , fz ) plane of the cochlea. An optimal orbit was computed using the task-driven framework, and the resulting image was compared to that for a circular orbit. RESULTS For the fz -axis task, the circle + arc orbit was shown to increase d' by a factor of 1.20, with an improvement of 0.71 mm in a 3D edge-spread measurement for edges located far from the central plane and a decrease in streak artifacts compared to a circular orbit. For the cochlear implant task, the resulting orbit favored complementary views of high tilt angles in a 360° orbit, and d' was increased by a factor of 1.83. CONCLUSIONS This work shows that a prospective definition of imaging task can be used to optimize source-detector orbit and improve imaging performance. The method was implemented for execution of non-circular, task-driven orbits on a clinical robotic C-arm system. The framework is sufficiently general to include both acquisition parameters (e.g., orbit, kV, and mA selection) and reconstruction parameters (e.g., a spatially varying regularizer).
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- S Ouadah
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, 21205 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, 21205 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, 21205 USA
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- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Imaging & Therapy Systems, Hoffman Estates, IL 60192, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, 21205 USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, 21205 USA
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Ketcha MD, de Silva T, Han R, Uneri A, Goerres J, Jacobson M, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Siewerdsen JH. Fundamental limits of image registration performance: Effects of image noise and resolution in CT-guided interventions. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2017; 10135. [PMID: 28572693 DOI: 10.1117/12.2256025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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PURPOSE In image-guided procedures, image acquisition is often performed primarily for the task of geometrically registering information from another image dataset, rather than detection / visualization of a particular feature. While the ability to detect a particular feature in an image has been studied extensively with respect to image quality characteristics (noise, resolution) and is an ongoing, active area of research, comparatively little has been accomplished to relate such image quality characteristics to registration performance. METHODS To establish such a framework, we derived Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLB) for registration accuracy, revealing the underlying dependencies on image variance and gradient strength. The CRLB was analyzed as a function of image quality factors (in particular, dose) for various similarity metrics and compared to registration accuracy using CT images of an anthropomorphic head phantom at various simulated dose levels. Performance was evaluated in terms of root mean square error (RMSE) of the registration parameters. RESULTS Analysis of the CRLB shows two primary dependencies: 1) noise variance (related to dose); and 2) sum of squared image gradients (related to spatial resolution and image content). Comparison of the measured RMSE to the CRLB showed that the best registration method, RMSE achieved the CRLB to within an efficiency factor of 0.21, and optimal estimators followed the predicted inverse proportionality between registration performance and radiation dose. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the CRLB for image registration is an important step toward understanding and evaluating an intraoperative imaging system with respect to a registration task. While the CRLB is optimistic in absolute performance, it reveals a basis for relating the performance of registration estimators as a function of noise content and may be used to guide acquisition parameter selection (e.g., dose) for purposes of intraoperative registration.
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- M D Ketcha
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Siemens Healthcare XP Division, Erlangen, Germany
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- Siemens Healthcare XP Division, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.,Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.,Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Goerres J, Jacobson M, Uneri A, De Silva T, Ketcha M, Reaungamornrat S, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Wolinsky JP, Osgood G, Siewerdsen J. Deformable 3D-2D Registration for Guiding K-Wire Placement in Pelvic Trauma Surgery. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2017; 10135:101350A. [PMID: 28989221 PMCID: PMC5627511 DOI: 10.1117/12.2255952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Pelvic Kirschner wire (K-wire) insertion is a challenging surgical task requiring interpretation of complex 3D anatomical shape from 2D projections (fluoroscopy) and delivery of device trajectories within fairly narrow bone corridors in proximity to adjacent nerves and vessels. Over long trajectories (~10-25 cm), K-wires tend to curve (deform), making conventional rigid navigation inaccurate at the tip location. A system is presented that provides accurate 3D localization and guidance of rigid or deformable surgical devices ("components" - e.g., K-wires) based on 3D-2D registration. The patient is registered to a preoperative CT image by virtually projecting digitally reconstructed radiographs (DRRs) and matching to two or more intraoperative x-ray projections. The K-wire is localized using an analogous procedure matching DRRs of a deformably parametrized model for the device component (deformable known-component registration, or dKC-Reg). A cadaver study was performed in which a K-wire trajectory was delivered in the pelvis. The system demonstrated target registration error (TRE) of 2.1 ± 0.3 mm in location of the K-wire tip (median ± interquartile range, IQR) and 0.8 ± 1.4° in orientation at the tip (median ± IQR), providing functionality analogous to surgical tracking/navigation using imaging systems already in the surgical arsenal without reliance on a surgical tracker. The method offers quantitative 3D guidance using images (e.g., inlet/outlet views) already acquired in the standard of care, potentially extending the advantages of navigation to broader utilization in trauma surgery to improve surgical precision and safety.
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- J. Goerres
- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
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- Siemens, Healthcare XP, Erlangen, Germany
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Baltimore, United States
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Baltimore, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, United States
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Baltimore, United States
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De Silva T, Punnoose J, Uneri A, Goerres J, Jacobson M, Ketcha MD, Manbachi A, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Khanna AJ, Wolinksy JP, Osgood G, Siewerdsen JH. C-arm Positioning Using Virtual Fluoroscopy for Image-Guided Surgery. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2017; 10135:101352K. [PMID: 28572694 PMCID: PMC5449120 DOI: 10.1117/12.2256028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Fluoroscopically guided procedures often involve repeated acquisitions for C-arm positioning at the cost of radiation exposure and time in the operating room. A virtual fluoroscopy system is reported with the potential of reducing dose and time spent in C-arm positioning, utilizing three key advances: robust 3D-2D registration to a preoperative CT; real-time forward projection on GPU; and a motorized mobile C-arm with encoder feedback on C-arm orientation. METHOD Geometric calibration of the C-arm was performed offline in two rotational directions (orbit α, orbit β). Patient registration was performed using image-based 3D-2D registration with an initially acquired radiograph of the patient. This approach for patient registration eliminated the requirement for external tracking devices inside the operating room, allowing virtual fluoroscopy using commonly available systems in fluoroscopically guided procedures within standard surgical workflow. Geometric accuracy was evaluated in terms of projection distance error (PDE) in anatomical fiducials. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the utility of virtual fluoroscopy to aid C-arm positioning in image guided surgery, assessing potential improvements in time, dose, and agreement between the virtual and desired view. RESULTS The overall geometric accuracy of DRRs in comparison to the actual radiographs at various C-arm positions was PDE (mean ± std) = 1.6 ± 1.1 mm. The conventional approach required on average 8.0 ± 4.5 radiographs spent "fluoro hunting" to obtain the desired view. Positioning accuracy improved from 2.6° ± 2.3° (in α) and 4.1° ± 5.1° (in β) in the conventional approach to 1.5° ± 1.3° and 1.8° ± 1.7°, respectively, with the virtual fluoroscopy approach. CONCLUSION Virtual fluoroscopy could improve accuracy of C-arm positioning and save time and radiation dose in the operating room. Such a system could be valuable to training of fluoroscopy technicians as well as intraoperative use in fluoroscopically guided procedures.
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- T De Silva
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Siemens Healthineers, Erlangen Germany
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- Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
- Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
- Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
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Reaungamornrat S, De Silva T, Uneri A, Goerres J, Jacobson M, Ketcha M, Vogt S, Kleinszig G, Khanna AJ, Wolinsky JP, Prince JL, Siewerdsen JH. Performance evaluation of MIND demons deformable registration of MR and CT images in spinal interventions. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:8276-8297. [PMID: 27811396 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/23/8276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Accurate intraoperative localization of target anatomy and adjacent nervous and vascular tissue is essential to safe, effective surgery, and multimodality deformable registration can be used to identify such anatomy by fusing preoperative CT or MR images with intraoperative images. A deformable image registration method has been developed to estimate viscoelastic diffeomorphisms between preoperative MR and intraoperative CT using modality-independent neighborhood descriptors (MIND) and a Huber metric for robust registration. The method, called MIND Demons, optimizes a constrained symmetric energy functional incorporating priors on smoothness, geodesics, and invertibility by alternating between Gauss-Newton optimization and Tikhonov regularization in a multiresolution scheme. Registration performance was evaluated for the MIND Demons method with a symmetric energy formulation in comparison to an asymmetric form, and sensitivity to anisotropic MR voxel-size was analyzed in phantom experiments emulating image-guided spine-surgery in comparison to a free-form deformation (FFD) method using local mutual information (LMI). Performance was validated in a clinical study involving 15 patients undergoing intervention of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. The target registration error (TRE) for the symmetric MIND Demons formulation (1.3 ± 0.8 mm (median ± interquartile)) outperformed the asymmetric form (3.6 ± 4.4 mm). The method demonstrated fairly minor sensitivity to anisotropic MR voxel size, with median TRE ranging 1.3-2.9 mm for MR slice thickness ranging 0.9-9.9 mm, compared to TRE = 3.2-4.1 mm for LMI FFD over the same range. Evaluation in clinical data demonstrated sub-voxel TRE (<2 mm) in all fifteen cases with realistic deformations that preserved topology with sub-voxel invertibility (0.001 mm) and positive-determinant spatial Jacobians. The approach therefore appears robust against realistic anisotropic resolution characteristics in MR and yields registration accuracy suitable to application in image-guided spine-surgery.
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- S Reaungamornrat
- Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Jacobson M, Rempel D, Martin B, Keir P, Dennerlein J. Comparison of Surface to Indwelling Extrinsic Finger Muscle EMG during use of Computer Pointing Devices. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/154193129804200604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Differences between indwelling and surface electromyography (EMG) were quantified by simultaneously recording extrinsic muscle activity of the index finger (flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS), flexor digitorum profundus (FDP), extensor indicis proprius (EIP), and extensor digitorum communis (EDC)) in a laboratory-based study. Eleven subjects performed computer-related pointing and dragging tasks using a mouse, pen and tablet, touchpad, and trackball. Surface electrodes poorly estimated FDP activity as demonstrated by low and variable cross-correlation values (0.47–0.64) and variable, high estimated error (RMS difference=11–46%MVC). Surface electrodes estimated FDS activity well (cross-correlation=0.79; RMS difference=11%MVC) when hand and forearm posture changes were minimized. Differences in forearm supination and pronation reduced the quality of FDS muscle activity estimation. Surface electrodes estimated EIP and EDC activity well with high cross-correlation values (0.77–0.84) and low RMS differences (8–12%MVC). Surface EMG can be used to assess EIP and EDC activity, and FDS activity when posture changes are minimized, during pointing device tasks. Surface EMG does not accurately assess FDP activity.
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- Melissa Jacobson
- University of California - San Francisco and Berkeley, Ergonomics Laboratory
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- University of California - San Francisco and Berkeley, Ergonomics Laboratory
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- University of California - San Francisco and Berkeley, Ergonomics Laboratory
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- University of California - San Francisco and Berkeley, Ergonomics Laboratory
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Twenty experienced typists participated in a laboratory based study to determine whether wrist and forearm postures changed over a 4 hour period of intensive keyboard use. Subjects were randomly assigned to use a conventional keyboard or a fixed split keyboard. Posture data was acquired using electrogoniometers after a 10 warm-up period and at the end of each hour. Wrist and forearm postures did not change significantly over the four hour period among subjects using the split geometry keyboard. On the conventional keyboard, all joint postures were stable except right wrist extension and left forearm pronation. The right wrist extension increased by 5° over the four hour period (p=.002) and left pronation decreased by approximately 9° (p=.001). Wrist postures among typists exposed for the first time to a split keyboard remained constant throughout a four hour period of intensive typing. On the conventional keyboard, some postures drifted over the four hour period.
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- Ergonomics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
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- Ergonomics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
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- Ergonomics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
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- Ergonomics Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley
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Malavasi LM, Nyman G, Augustsson H, Jacobson M, Jensen-Waern M. Effects of epidural morphine and transdermal fentanyl analgesia on physiology and behaviour after abdominal surgery in pigs. Lab Anim 2016; 40:16-27. [PMID: 16460586 DOI: 10.1258/002367706775404453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 11/18/2022]
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the physiological and behavioural effects of opioid analgesic treatment in pigs subjected to abdominal surgery. Ten Swedish Landrace × Yorkshire pigs (20 ± 4 kg b.w.) were submitted for intestinal cannulation. The pigs were allocated into two groups during one preoperative, one surgical and two postoperative days. All pigs were anaesthetized with medetomidine, tiletamine and zolazepam. One group was treated with epidural morphine (0.1 mg/kg) preoperatively, and transdermal fentanyl patches (50 μg/kg/h) were applied behind the ear immediately after surgery. The other group received epidural saline (equivalent volume) and placebo patches. All pigs were regularly weighed and clinically examined and repeated blood samples were analysed for serum concentrations of cortisol, β-endorphin and fentanyl. Pre- and postoperative behaviours were evaluated by a swine specialist blinded to the treatment, three times a day, and were also videotape recorded for a total of 84 h per pig. No differences in behaviour were noted by the observer. During the first postoperative 12 h, treated pigs did not differ in activity compared with preoperative recordings, while untreated pigs were found to be less active. The treated group started to show interest in eating immediately after anaesthesia recovery, whereas the placebo group did not. During the 12–60 h postoperative period, the treated group had lower activity levels compared with the preoperative levels, which were similar to those in the placebo group. Treated pigs gained 0.5 ± 0.2 kg during the subsequent two postoperative days, whereas the untreated pigs lost weight throughout the experiment. Cortisol concentration differed immediately after the surgery: Group P had 325 ± 120 nmol/L and Group M 159 ± 49 nmol/L. β-endorphin concentration did not differ between groups. The highest serum fentanyl concentration (0.37 ± 0.3 ng/mL) was measured 24 h postoperatively. Preoperative epidural morphine in combination with postoperative transdermal fentanyl resulted in earlier return to normal activity levels and an immediate weight gain after surgery.
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- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Uneri A, De Silva T, Goerres J, Jacobson M, Ketcha M, Reaungamornrat S, Kleinszig G, Vogt S, Khanna A, Wolinsky J, Siewerdsen J. WE-AB-BRA-07: Operating Room Quality Assurance (ORQA) for Spine Surgery Using Known-Component 3D-2D Image Registration. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Ouadah S, Jacobson M, Stayman JW, Ehtiati T, Siewerdsen JH. WE-AB-BRA-08: Correction of Patient Motion in C-Arm Cone-Beam CT Using 3D-2D Registration. Med Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4957737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Kandhasamy S, Kang G, Kanner JB, Karlen J, Kasprzack M, Katsavounidis E, Katzman W, Kaufer H, Kawabe K, Kawazoe F, Kéfélian F, Keiser GM, Keitel D, Kelley DB, Kells W, Khalaidovski A, Khalili FY, Khazanov EA, Kim C, Kim K, Kim N, Kim NG, Kim YM, King EJ, King PJ, Kinzel DL, Kissel JS, Klimenko S, Kline J, Koehlenbeck S, Kokeyama K, Kondrashov V, Koranda S, Korth WZ, Kowalska I, Kozak DB, Kremin A, Kringel V, Królak A, Kuehn G, Kumar A, Kumar P, Kumar R, Kuo L, Kutynia A, Kwee P, Landry M, Lantz B, Larson S, Lasky PD, Lawrie C, Lazzarini A, Lazzaro C, Leaci P, Leavey S, Lebigot EO, Lee CH, Lee HK, Lee HM, Lee J, Leonardi M, Leong JR, Le Roux A, Leroy N, Letendre N, Levin Y, Levine B, Lewis J, Li TGF, Libbrecht K, Libson A, Lin AC, Littenberg TB, Litvine V, Lockerbie NA, Lockett V, Lodhia D, Loew K, Logue J, Lombardi AL, Lorenzini M, Loriette V, Lormand M, Losurdo G, Lough J, Lubinski MJ, Lück H, Luijten E, Lundgren AP, Lynch R, Ma Y, Macarthur J, Macdonald EP, MacDonald T, Machenschalk 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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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- 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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- 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
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- 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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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
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- Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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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 and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- 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
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- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, 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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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, 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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- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- 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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- 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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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
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- Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, 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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- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy and Università degli Studi di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
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- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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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 Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- 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
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- 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
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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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- 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
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- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- 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
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy
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- 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
| | - 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
| | - E Rhoades
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 86301, USA
| | - F Ricci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - 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
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, 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
| | - J D Romano
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Romano
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - G Romanov
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - J H Romie
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 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, Victoria 3010, Australia
| | - V Sandberg
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J R Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, 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
| | - 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, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - D Sellers
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 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 Shaddock
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 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
| | - 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, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J R Smith
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M 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
| | - L Sperandio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - J Stebbins
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
- 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
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 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
| | - 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
| | | | | | - M Thomas
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
| | - P Thomas
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - K A Thorne
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, USA
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- 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
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- The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
| | - A Toncelli
- 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
| | - F Travasso
- 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
| | - S Vass
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - M Vasúth
- Wigner RCP, RMKI, H-1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklósút 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
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- 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
| | - S S Verma
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - F Vetrano
- 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
| | - 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 Wade
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
| | - L Wade
- 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
| | - M Wang
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - X Wang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - R L Ward
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 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, Los Angeles 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
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- 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, Los Angeles 70813, USA
| | - L Williams
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - R Williams
- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Williams
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 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
| | - J Worden
- LIGO - Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Yablon
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - I Yakushin
- LIGO - Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Los Angeles 70754, 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
| | - Z Yang
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - S Yoshida
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Los Angeles 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
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- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Azusa 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
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C Zhao
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
| | - 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
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- LIGO - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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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
| | - R Abbott
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M R Abernathy
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Acernese
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - K Ackley
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Addesso
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, 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
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P Ajith
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, 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
- 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
| | - 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 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
| | - P Astone
- 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
| | - S W Ballmer
- 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
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - G Bogaert
- 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
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - V B Braginsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- 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
| | - 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
- 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
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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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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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, 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
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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 Miklós út 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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- 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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- 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
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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, 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
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- 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
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- 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
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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
| | - 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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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/physrevd.89.122004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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
| | - M R Abernathy
- LIGO, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Acernese
- Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy
| | - K Ackley
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - C Adams
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - P Addesso
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, I-80100 Napoli, 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
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010 - São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - P Ajith
- International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore 560012, 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
- 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
| | - 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 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
| | - P Astone
- 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
| | - S W Ballmer
- 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
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - G Bogaert
- 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
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
| | - V B Braginsky
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
| | - M Branchesi
- Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo', I-61029 Urbino, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- 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
| | - 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
- 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
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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, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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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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- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, 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
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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 Miklós út 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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- 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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- 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
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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, ACT 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 Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, 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, ACT 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, Louisiana 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, Louisiana 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, Louisiana 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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- Argentinian Gravitational Wave Group, Cordoba Cordoba 5000, Argentina
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- LIGO Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- LIGO Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, 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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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 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, Arizona 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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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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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
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- 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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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
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- CSPAR, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- 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
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- INAF-IASF Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation and Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Saint Petersburg, 194021, Russian Federation
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama City, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse 1, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Chalkias H, Ekman E, Lundeheim N, Rydhmer L, Jacobson M. Inverted teats (Mammillae invertitae) in gilts – Effect on piglet survival and growth rate. J Anim Sci 2014; 92:2587-94. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-7387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- H. Chalkias
- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7023, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7028, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7023, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7023, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7054, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
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Constraints on cosmic strings from the LIGO-Virgo gravitational-wave detectors. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:131101. [PMID: 24745400 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.131101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Cosmic strings can give rise to a large variety of interesting astrophysical phenomena. Among them, powerful bursts of gravitational waves (GWs) produced by cusps are a promising observational signature. In this Letter we present a search for GWs from cosmic string cusps in data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors between 2005 and 2010, with over 625 days of live time. We find no evidence of GW signals from cosmic strings. From this result, we derive new constraints on cosmic string parameters, which complement and improve existing limits from previous searches for a stochastic background of GWs from cosmic microwave background measurements and pulsar timing data. In particular, if the size of loops is given by the gravitational backreaction scale, we place upper limits on the string tension Gμ below 10(-8) in some regions of the cosmic string parameter space.
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- J Aasi
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Abadie
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - B P Abbott
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Abbott
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - T Abbott
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - M R Abernathy
- 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
| | - F Acernese
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, Italy
| | - C Adams
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - T Adams
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - 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
| | - M Agathos
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - N Aggarwal
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - O D Aguiar
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
| | - P Ajith
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, 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
| | - E Amador Ceron
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - D Amariutei
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, 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
| | - 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 Ast
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S M Aston
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Astone
- 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
| | - S W Ballmer
- Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
| | - J C Barayoga
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D Barker
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S H Barnum
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - F Barone
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, 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
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom and 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 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
| | - M Bebronne
- Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Université de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, France
| | - 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
| | - A S Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - C Bell
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - I Belopolski
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - G Bergmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - J M Berliner
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - 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
| | - D Bessis
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - J Betzwieser
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P T Beyersdorf
- San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95192, USA
| | - T Bhadbhade
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - I A Bilenko
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - G Billingsley
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - J Birch
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, 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, WA 6009, Australia
| | - 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
| | - M Boer
- 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 des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, 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
| | - S Bose
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - L Bosi
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - J Bowers
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | | | - P R Brady
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | | | - M Branchesi
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - C A Brannen
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J E Brau
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, USA
| | - J Breyer
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - T Briant
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - D O Bridges
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Brillet
- Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, F-06304 Nice, France
| | - M Brinkmann
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - V Brisson
- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - M Britzger
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - R L Byer
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - 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 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 M5 S 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
| | - 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 Chao
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - P Charlton
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 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, WA 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, ACT 0200, Australia
| | | | - Q Chu
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S S Y Chua
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - S Chung
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 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
| | - 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
| | - M Colombini
- INFN, Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
| | - M Constancio
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
| | - A Conte
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R Conte
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), 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 Corsi
- The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA
| | - C A Costa
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, 12227-010, São José dos Campos, SP, 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, WA 6009, Australia
| | - M Cowart
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - D C Coyne
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Craig
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - J D E Creighton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - T D Creighton
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, 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, WA 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
| | - B Daudert
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - W Del Pozzo
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - E Deleeuw
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - S Deléglise
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - 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 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), Italy
| | - S Dhurandhar
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | - 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
| | | | - M Díaz
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - A Dietz
- The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
| | - K Dmitry
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - 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
| | - 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
- 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
| | - J-C Dumas
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Dwyer
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Eberle
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Edwards
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - A Effler
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - 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
| | - K Evans
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - 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
| | - Q Fang
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - S Farinon
- INFN, Sezione di Genova, I-16146 Genova, Italy
| | - B Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - W Farr
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - 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
| | - D Feldbaum
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - 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 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
| | - E Foley
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - S Foley
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - E Forsi
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - N Fotopoulos
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - 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
| | - M Frei
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, USA
| | - Z Frei
- MTA-Eotvos 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
| | - M-K Fujimoto
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - P Fulda
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - M Fyffe
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 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
| | - J Garcia
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - 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
| | - E Genin
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - A Gennai
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - L Gergely
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Ghosh
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - J A Giaime
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA and LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - S Giampanis
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - K D Giardina
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - A Giazotto
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - S Gil-Casanova
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - 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-Eotvos 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
| | | | - 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 Graef
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
| | - C Griffo
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, 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, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - K E 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
| | - B Hall
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - E Hall
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, 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, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5, Canada
| | - 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 T Hartman
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - K Haughian
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - K Hayama
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - J Heefner
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Heidmann
- Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS, CNRS, UPMC, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France
| | - M Heintze
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, 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
| | - 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, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M Holtrop
- University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
| | - T Hong
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - S Hooper
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - T Horrom
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
| | - D J Hosken
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - J Hough
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E J Howell
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - Y Hu
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - Z Hua
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - V Huang
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - E A 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
| | - J Iafrate
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D R Ingram
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - R Inta
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - 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
| | - Y J Jang
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | | | | | - W W Johnson
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - D Jones
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, 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, WA 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
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
| | - G Kang
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - J B Kanner
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA
| | - M Kasprzack
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy and LAL, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91898 Orsay, France
| | - R Kasturi
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 14456, USA
| | - 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
| | - K Kaufman
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Kawabe
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - S Kawamura
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - 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
| | - 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
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - E A Khazanov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - B K Kim
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
| | - 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
| | - W Kim
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - Y-M Kim
- Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
| | - E J King
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 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-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, 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 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
| | - C Kucharczyk
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - S Kudla
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
| | - 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
| | - R Kurdyumov
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - 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
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
| | - P D Lasky
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - C Lawrie
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - A Lazzarini
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - A Le Roux
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - P Leaci
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-14476 Golm, Germany
| | | | - 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
| | - J Lee
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, 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
| | - 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
| | - B Levine
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J B Lewis
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - V Lhuillier
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T G F Li
- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - A C Lin
- Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | | | - V Litvine
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - F Liu
- University of Brussels, Brussels 1050 Belgium
| | - H Liu
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - Y Liu
- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
| | - Z Liu
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - D Lloyd
- 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, 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
| | - M Lorenzini
- INFN, Sezione 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
| | - J Luan
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, 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
| | - J Macarthur
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - E Macdonald
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - 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
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - F Magana-Sandoval
- California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92831, USA
| | - M Mageswaran
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | | | - 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
| | - 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
| | - 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
| | - T Meier
- 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
| | - 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
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - Y Minenkov
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | | | - S Mitra
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411007, India
| | | | | | - R Mittleman
- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - B Moe
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, 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
| | - F Mokler
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
| | - T Mori
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - 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, SA 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
| | - D Nanda Kumar
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - I Nardecchia
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - T Nash
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - L Naticchioni
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - R 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, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - E Nishida
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - A Nishizawa
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan
| | - 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, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - M E Normandin
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - L K Nuttall
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - 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
| | - G H Ogin
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, 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, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - W Ortega Larcher
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R O'Shaughnessy
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - C Osthelder
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - C D Ott
- Caltech-CaRT, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - D J Ottaway
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
| | - R S Ottens
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
| | - J Ou
- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
| | - 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
| | - C Palomba
- INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma, Italy
| | - 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
| | - 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
- 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
| | - P Peiris
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 14623, 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
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - L Pinard
- Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA), IN2P3/CNRS, Université de Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
| | - B Pindor
- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
| | - I M Pinto
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di 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
| | - V Poole
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - C Poux
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - 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
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - M Principe
- University of Sannio at Benevento, I-82100 Benevento, Italy and INFN (Sezione di Napoli), Italy
| | - S Privitera
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - R Prix
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - G A Prodi
- INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy and Università di Trento, I-38050 Povo, Trento, Italy
| | - L Prokhorov
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, 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
| | - 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
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA and MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - S Raja
- RRCAT, Indore, MP 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
| | - 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
| | - C M Reed
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - T Reed
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, 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
| | - 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 Roddy
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | - C Rodriguez
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - M Rodruck
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - C Roever
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Universitario di Monte S.Angelo, I-80126 Napoli, Italy and Università di Salerno, Fisciano, I-84084 Salerno, 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 Sanders
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, 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
| | - R Schilling
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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 Schulz
- 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
| | - P Schwinberg
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Scott
- SUPA, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
| | - S M Scott
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - F Seifert
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - 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
| | - A Sergeev
- Institute of Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod 603950, Russia
| | - D 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
| | - 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
| | - A M Sintes
- Universitat de les Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - G R Skelton
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
| | - B J J Slagmolen
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - J Slutsky
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - 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
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
| | - N D Smith-Lefebvre
- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
| | - K Soden
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, 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
| | - L Sperandio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy and Università di Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Roma, Italy
| | - A Staley
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
| | - E Steinert
- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - J Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steinlechner
- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
| | - S Steplewski
- Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
| | - D Stevens
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
| | - A Stochino
- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
| | - R Stone
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - 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
- Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
| | - A S Stroeer
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - R Sturani
- INFN, Sezione di Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy and Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", I-61029 Urbino, Italy
| | - A L Stuver
- LIGO-Livingston Observatory, Livingston, Louisiana 70754, USA
| | | | - S Susmithan
- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
| | - P J Sutton
- Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
| | - B Swinkels
- European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), I-56021 Cascina, Pisa, Italy
| | - G Szeifert
- MTA-Eotvos University, "Lendulet" A. R. G., Budapest 1117, Hungary
| | - 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
| | - L Tang
- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
| | - D B Tanner
- University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, 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
| | | | | | - 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
| | - A Toncelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - M Tonelli
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
| | - O Torre
- INFN, Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy and Università di Siena, I-53100 Siena, 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 Ugolini
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, 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
| | | | - J F J van den Brand
- 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 Miklós út 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, SA 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, WA 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, Louisiana 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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- Nikhef, Science Park, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands and 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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- 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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- The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas 78520, USA
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 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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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, 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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- Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan 300
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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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- Albert-Einstein-Institut, Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 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, Louisiana 70754, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 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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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA and University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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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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- 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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- LIGO-Hanford Observatory, Richland, Washington 99352, 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, Louisiana 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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- 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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- 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, Louisiana 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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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA
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- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, 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, Arizona 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
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana 71272, USA
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- LIGO-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- LIGO-California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Afum-Adjei Awuah A, Ueberberg B, Owusu-Dabo E, Jacobson M. The role of candidate miRNAs in T Cell response during acute pulmonary tuberculosis in Kumasi, Ghana. Int J Infect Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1059] [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: 10/25/2022] Open
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Manell EAK, Rydén A, Hedenqvist P, Jacobson M, Jensen-Waern M. Insulin treatment of streptozotocin-induced diabetes re-establishes the patterns in carbohydrate, fat and amino acid metabolisms in growing pigs. Lab Anim 2014; 48:261-269. [PMID: 24477048 DOI: 10.1177/0023677213517683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effects of streptozotocin (STZ) were studied in eight high-health herd-certified Yorkshire × Swedish Landrace pigs (32.5 ± 2.6 kg initial body weight [BW]), and an insulin treatment protocol was developed to re-establish their metabolisms. A single intravenous dose of 150 mg STZ/kg BW successfully induced hyperglycaemia and alterations in their fat and protein metabolisms. Within 13 h post-STZ treatment blood glucose concentration had fallen to a range of 1.3 to 4.7 mmol/L. Hypoglycaemia was promptly treated with 0.5 g glucose/kg BW intravenously. All the pigs became hyperglycaemic with blood glucose concentrations >23 mmol/L within 48 h post-STZ. Two days post-STZ serum C-peptide concentrations fell below 60 ρmol/L in all the pigs and remained below 96 ρmol/L for five weeks until the end of the study. The pigs were left untreated for one week after STZ injection. At the end of this week 13-fold and nine-fold increases in serum concentrations of triglycerides and non-esterified fatty acids, respectively, were observed. Also, at this time-point a three-fold increase in the concentration of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) was observed, and alanine and taurine were decreased by approximately 70% and 40%, respectively. During the week when the pigs were untreated, a reduced weight gain was observed, but after the onset of insulin treatment the daily weight gain was at least as good as that of conventional high-health pigs. Then a subcutaneous treatment with short-acting insulin was initiated. The initial dose of 2/3 IU/kg BW daily, divided between two doses, was gradually increased to 1 IU/kg BW. Within three weeks, the insulin treatment restored the metabolic changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolisms produced by the STZ. In conclusion, the results underscore the usefulness of this animal model in translational research as insulin treatment re-establishes the changes in carbohydrate, fat and amino acid metabolisms observed in STZ-diabetic pigs and resolves clinical signs of disease similar to those in humans.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Comparative Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Comparative Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Comparative Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Comparative Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Comparative Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Choi CH, Webb B, Chimenti M, Jacobson M, Barber DL. pH Sensing by FAK-His58 Regulates Focal Adhesion Remodeling. J Gen Physiol 2013. [DOI: 10.1085/jgp.1424oia30] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Axelrod S, Punsoni M, Arendash B, Kim B, Feuerman M, Jacobson M, Fonacier L. Neutrophil Predominant Urticaria: A Systematic Review of Patients Undergoing Skin Biopsy in an Allergy Practice. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.127] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Wu H, Orban N, Jacobson M, Lee D, Durham S. Effects of Repetitive Allergen Challenge on Expression of TGF-β, Activin -A and Its Receptor ALK4 in Nasal Mucosa of Allergic Rhinitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jacobson M, Andersson M, Lindberg R, Fossum C, Jensen-Waern M. Microarray and cytokine analyses of field cases of pigs with diarrhoea. Vet Microbiol 2011; 153:307-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Shafiullah M, Ljubisavljevic M, Adeghate E. Heart rate, body temperature and physical activity are variously affected during insulin treatment in alloxan-induced type 1 diabetic rat. Physiol Res 2010; 60:65-73. [PMID: 20945962 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.931984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Diabetes mellitus is associated with a variety of cardiovascular complications including impaired cardiac muscle function. The effects of insulin treatment on heart rate, body temperature and physical activity in the alloxan (ALX)-induced diabetic rat were investigated using in vivo biotelemetry techniques. The electrocardiogram, physical activity and body temperature were recorded in vivo with a biotelemetry system for 10 days before ALX treatment, for 20 days following administration of ALX (120 mg/kg) and thereafter, for 15 days whilst rats received daily insulin. Heart rate declined rapidly after administration of ALX. Pre-ALX heart rate was 321+/-9 beats per minute, falling to 285+/-12 beats per minute 15-20 days after ALX and recovering to 331+/-10 beats per minute 5-10 days after commencement of insulin. Heart rate variability declined and PQ, QRS and QT intervals were prolonged after administration of ALX. Physical activity and body temperature declined after administration of ALX. Pre-ALX body temperature was 37.6+/-0.1 °C, falling to 37.3+/-0.1 °C 15-20 days after ALX and recovering to 37.8+/-0.1 °C 5-10 days after commencement insulin. ALX-induced diabetes is associated with disturbances in heart rhythm, physical activity and body temperature that are variously affected during insulin treatment.
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- Department of Physiology, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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The recently isolated sex attractant of the female American cockroach elicits an electical response in the antennae of males, females, and mymphs of this species. These electroantennograms are known to be summated receptor (generator) potentials of many olfactory sensillae stimulated simultaneously. Many other odorous substances also elicit such responses in the cockroach antenna.
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Blayney JK, Grills CM, Jithesh PV, Wistuba II, Jacobson M, O'Byrne KJ, Kerr KM, Scagliotti G, Holt RJ, Fennell DA. Evaluation of machine learning versus Cox regression in identification of factors predicting recurrence following resection of non-small cell lung cancer. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.1599] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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McLoone HE, Jacobson M, Hegg C, Johnson PW. User-centered design and evaluation of a next generation fixed-split ergonomic keyboard. Work 2010; 37:445-56. [DOI: 10.3233/wor-2010-1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Conventional, straight keyboards remain the most popular design among keyboards sold and used with personal computers despite the biomechanical benefits offered by alternative keyboard designs. Some typists indicate that the daunting medical device-like appearance of these alternative 'ergonomic' keyboards is the reason for not purchasing an alternative keyboard design. The purpose of this research was to create a new computer keyboard that promoted more neutral postures in the wrist while maintaining the approachability and typing performance of a straight keyboard. The design process created a curved alphanumeric keyboard, designed to reduce ulnar deviation, and a built-in, padded wrist-rest to reduce wrist extension. Typing performance, wrist postures and perceptions of fatigue when using the new curved keyboard were compared to those when using a straight keyboard design. The curved keyboard reduced ulnar deviation by 2.2 degrees +/- 0.7 (p < 0.01). Relative to the straight keyboard without a built-in wrist-rest, the prototype curved keyboard with the built-in padded wrist-rest reduced wrist extension by 6.3 degrees +/- 1.2 (p < 0.01). There were no differences in typing speed or accuracy between keyboards. Perceived fatigue ratings were significantly lower in the hands, forearms and shoulders with the curved keyboard. The new curved keyboard achieved its design goal of reducing discomfort and promoting more neutral wrist postures while not compromising users' preferences and typing performance.
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