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Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Alves AA, Amin NM, An R, Andeen K, Anderson T, Anton G, Argüelles C, Ashida Y, Axani S, Bai X, Balagopal V A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, Bellenghi C, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Boddenberg M, Bontempo F, Borowka J, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Browne S, Burgman A, Burley RT, Busse RS, Campana MA, Carnie-Bronca EG, Chen C, Chen Z, Chirkin D, Choi K, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dappen C, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dittmer M, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Erpenbeck H, Evans J, Evenson PA, Fan KL, Fazely AR, Feigl N, Fiedlschuster S, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Fürst P, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garcia A, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Glaser C, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griswold S, Gündüz M, Günther C, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Ha Minh M, Hanson K, Hardin J, Harnisch AA, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Helbing K, Henningsen F, Hettinger EC, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kin K, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Kontrimas T, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Kozynets T, Kun E, Kurahashi N, Lad N, Lagunas Gualda C, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Lee JW, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Lincetto M, Liu QR, Liubarska M, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, McElroy T, McNally F, Mead JV, Meagher K, Mechbal S, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Micallef J, Mockler D, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Naab R, Nagai R, Naumann U, Necker J, Nguyễn LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Oeyen B, Olivas A, O'Sullivan E, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Paul L, Pérez de Los Heros C, Peters L, Peterson J, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pittermann M, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Pries B, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reichherzer P, Reimann R, Renzi G, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Roberts EJ, Robertson S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Saffer J, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schindler S, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Schwefer G, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Sharma A, Shefali S, Silva M, Skrzypek B, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Spannfellner C, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Tilav S, Tischbein F, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Twagirayezu JP, Ty B, Unland Elorrieta MA, Valtonen-Mattila N, Vandenbroucke J, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Walck C, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weigel P, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Weyrauch M, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wolf M, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Yanez JP, Yoshida S, Yu S, Yuan T, Zhang Z. Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:051101. [PMID: 35179913 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.051101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We present an all-sky 90% confidence level upper limit on the cosmic flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles using 2886 days of IceCube data. The analysis was optimized for monopole speeds between 0.750c and 0.995c, without any explicit restriction on the monopole mass. We constrain the flux of relativistic cosmic magnetic monopoles to a level below 2.0×10^{-19} cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} over the majority of the targeted speed range. This result constitutes the most strict upper limit to date for magnetic monopoles with β≳0.8 and up to β∼0.995 and fills the gap between existing limits on the cosmic flux of nonrelativistic and ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Abbasi
- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
| | - J A Aguilar
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M Ahlers
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Ahrens
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
| | - C Alispach
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
| | - A A Alves
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - N M Amin
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
| | - R An
- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
| | - K Andeen
- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
| | - T Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - G Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - C Argüelles
- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
| | - Y Ashida
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - S Axani
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - X Bai
- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - A Balagopal V
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - A Barbano
- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
| | - S W Barwick
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
| | | | - V Basu
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - S Baur
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - R Bay
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J J Beatty
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - C Bellenghi
- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | | | - D Z Besson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | | | - J Braun
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
| | - A Coleman
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - M Dittmer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
| | - H Dujmovic
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M Dunkman
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
| | - N Feigl
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - A T Fienberg
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - E Ganster
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - C Günther
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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Goldner L, Shelef L, Goldstein BA, Scharf M. Understanding processes that advance suicidal behavior among Israeli active duty soldiers: A mediation model. J Clin Psychol 2021; 78:590-601. [PMID: 34380174 DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23237] [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: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The current study was aimed to identify the factors and mechanisms that promote nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation (SI) as precursors of suicidal behaviors in a sample of 553 Israeli active-duty soldiers. METHODS A mediation model was used to examine the contribution of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, emotion-regulation difficulties, habituation, and risk-taking behaviors to soldiers' self-injury and SI. RESULTS Results indicated direct effects between PTSD symptoms and self-injury and SI, as well as between emotion regulation difficulties and self-injury. Indirect effects were found between PTSD symptoms and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) through the mechanisms of habituation and risk-taking behavior and between difficulties in emotion regulation and NSSI through the mechanism of risk-taking behaviors. CONCLUSION To tackle soldiers' suicidal behaviors, clinicians might assess soldiers' PTSD symptoms and difficulties in emotion regulation and intervene by lessening their access to thrill-seeking situations and situations that increase habituation to pain and death.
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- Limor Goldner
- School of Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Mental Health Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Mental Health Unit, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel.,Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Czepielewski MA, Garret Q, Vencio SAC, Rassi N, Faria MS, Senn CCP, Bronstein MD, Cerqueira MJAG, Neves ACL, Spinola-Castro AM, Cunha MPR, Leite NR, Wassermann GE, Alegria MC, Toffoletto O, Afiune J, Baradelli R, Rodrigues DG, Scharf M. Switching from originator recombinant growth hormone (Genotropin™) to biosimilar (CRISCY™): Results from a 6-month, multicentric, non-inferiority, extension trial. Growth Horm IGF Res 2021; 56:101372. [PMID: 33260063 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2020.101372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A previous 12-month comparative trial with Criscy™ (r-hGH Cristália), a biosimilar recombinant growth hormone, demonstrated equivalent efficacy and safety to Genotropin™. This extension trial evaluated the effects of switching patients treated with Genotropin™ to the biosimilar Criscy™ over an additional 6-month treatment period, comparing efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity parameters with patients remaining in the Criscy™ arm. DESIGN This extension study included 11 research centers and 81 patients who participated in the CERES study (Czepielewski et al., 2019 [1]). Participants from the Genotropin™ arm (n = 39) had the drug replaced by Criscy™ and the remaining participants were kept in the Criscy™ arm (n = 42) for an additional 6-month period to evaluate immunogenicity, efficacy (growth rate, height SDS), and safety (laboratory tests, and adverse events). RESULTS Before the switch, both Criscy™ and Genotropin groups were similar concerning demographics, and auxological measures: age, sex, height, height SDS, weight, and BMI. Height velocity (HV) after 18 months of treatment was 8.7 ± 1.56 cm/year for Criscy™ group and 8.9 ± 1.36 cm/year for Genotropin™ group in the ITT population (p = 0.43). The auxological parameters and IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 SDS were comparable between both groups of patients. No participants were excluded from the study due to adverse events. There were no clinical or statistical relevant differences between the treatment groups concerning frequency, distribution, intensity, and AEs outcome. Similarly, no new anti-r-hGH (ADA) cases among patients that switched from Genotropin™ to Criscy™ were reported. No neutralizing antibody (nAb) was detected in either group. CONCLUSIONS This trial showed that switching from originator recombinant human growth hormone to Criscy™ had no impact on efficacy, safety, nor immunogenicity as compared to continued treatment with Criscy™. Growth rates and ADA incidence remained the same as seen before the switch.
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- M A Czepielewski
- Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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- ICF - Instituto de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Estudos e Pesquisas Ltda, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Hospital Alberto Rassi - HGG, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão/HU/UFMA, São Luis, MA, Brazil
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- Centro de Diabetes de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- CPQUALI Pesquisa Clínica Ltda, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Clínica do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira - IMIP, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- CAEP - Centro Avançado de Estudos e Pesquisas Ltda, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Diabetes de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Rodacki M, Calliari LE, Ramalho AC, Vianna AGD, Franco DR, Melo KFS, Araujo LR, Krakauer M, Scharf M, Minicucci W, Ziegler R, Gabbay M. Using trend arrows in continuous glucose monitoring systems for insulin adjustment in clinical practice: Brazilian Diabetes Society Position Statement. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2021; 13:2. [PMID: 33390180 PMCID: PMC7780381 DOI: 10.1186/s13098-020-00607-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
This manuscript reports the Brazilian Diabetes Society Position Statement for insulin adjustments based on trend arrows observed in continuous glucose monitoring systems. The Brazilian Diabetes Society supports the utilization of trend arrows for insulin dose adjustments in patients with diabetes on basal-bolus insulin therapy, both with multiple daily insulin doses or insulin pumps without closed-loop features. For those on insulin pumps with predictive low-glucose suspend feature, we suggest that only upward trend arrows should be used for adjustments. In this paper, tables for insulin adjustment based on sensitivity factors are provided and strategies to optimize the use of trend arrows in clinical practice are discussed.
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- M Rodacki
- Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Pediatric Department, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Mediccal Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Endocrinology, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Curitiba Diabetes Center, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- CPCLIN/DASA Clinical Research Center, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Diabetes Secion, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo (USP), Quasar Telemedicine (Glic), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Endocrinology Section, School of Medical Sciences, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Diabetes and Endocrinology, Science Valley Research Institute, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- Curitiba Diabetes Center, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Endocrinology Section, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Diabetes Clinic for Children and Adolescents, Munster, Germany
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- Diabetes Centre-UNIFESP, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Aartsen MG, Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Felde J, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardin J, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merz J, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Nguyen LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zöcklein M. eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:141801. [PMID: 33064514 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.141801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The results of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented. A total of 305 735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in reconstructed energy-zenith space to test for signatures of a matter-enhanced oscillation that would occur given a sterile neutrino state with a mass-squared differences between 0.01 and 100 eV^{2}. The best-fit point is found to be at sin^{2}(2θ_{24})=0.10 and Δm_{41}^{2}=4.5 eV^{2}, which is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8.0%.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Lousiana 70813, USA
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- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwa-no-ha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin 54022, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia 31207-0001, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Lousiana 70813, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Aartsen M, Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar J, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Amin N, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal V. A, Barbano A, Barwick S, Bastian B, Basu V, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty J, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson D, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse R, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark B, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin G, Conrad J, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen D, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay J, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries K, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez J, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois M, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson P, Fahey S, Fazely A, Fedynitch A, Felde J, Fienberg A, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser T, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez J, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardin J, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill G, Hoffman K, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze G, Jeong M, Jones B, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley J, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein S, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen D, Koundal P, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi J, Larson M, Lauber F, Lazar J, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Liu Q, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal C, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma W, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn K, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mancina S, Mariş I, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merz J, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore R, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Nguyen L, Niederhausen H, Nisa M, Nowicki S, Nygren D, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O’Murchadha A, O’Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova D, Park N, Parker G, Paudel E, Peiffer P, Pérez de los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price P, Przybylski G, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea I, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera S, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder F, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak G, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad R, Stößl A, Strotjohann N, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan G, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung C, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley C, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta M, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Watson T, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss M, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan B, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch C, Williams D, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood T, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu X, Xu Y, Yanez J, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zöcklein M. Searching for eV-scale sterile neutrinos with eight years of atmospheric neutrinos at the IceCube Neutrino Telescope. Int J Clin Exp Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.102.052009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Shulman S, Scharf M, Ziv I, Norona J, Welsh DP. Adolescents' Sexual Encounters With Either Romantic or Casual Partners and the Quality of Their Romantic Relationships Four Years Later. J Sex Res 2020; 57:155-165. [PMID: 30632792 DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2018.1560387] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Adolescent sexual behavior was examined within a health perspective. Assuming a developmental perspective, the current study investigated the associations between sexual behavior in either stable relationships or in casual encounters, and the quality of romantic relationships and affect 4 years later. Data were collected from 144 Israeli adolescents aged 16-18 years (mean age 16.57 years). Participants completed diary data over a period of 10 days and reported on the quality of their romantic encounters and their emotions, and on their sexual behavior in stable relationships or casual encounters. Four years later, they were asked to complete diary data again for 10 consecutive days and report on the quality of their romantic relationships and their positive and negative affect. Findings indicate that involvement in sexual behavior in stable romantic relationships was associated only with future romantic partner support. In contrast, earlier involvement in casual sexual behavior was associated with a number of future indices: lower partner support, greater negative affect as well as greater relationship tension, and dyadic hurtful behavior 4 years later. The differential role of sexuality within a stable relationship or casual encounters among adolescents for their future romantic development is discussed within a developmental framework.
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- Shmuel Shulman
- Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University and Department of Psychology, College of Management
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- Department of Psychology, College of Management
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Czepielewski MA, Garret Q, Vencio SAC, Rassi N, Felicio JS, Faria MS, Senn CCP, Bronstein MD, Cerqueira MJAG, Neves ACL, Sgarbi JA, Spinola-Castro AM, Cunha MPR, Bandeira F, Toffoletto O, Afiune J, Baradelli R, Rodrigues DG, Scharf M. Efficacy and safety of a biosimilar recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH Cristalia) compared with reference r-hGH in children with growth hormone deficiency (CERES study): A randomized, multicentric, investigator-blind, phase 3 trial. Growth Horm IGF Res 2019; 48-49:29-35. [PMID: 31493626 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Revised: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The CERES study was a randomized, multicenter, investigator-blind trial aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) developed by Cristalia, as a biosimilar product, with analytical, functional and pharmacokinetics similarities comparable to Genotropin™, in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). DESIGN A total of 135 naïve prepubertal children with GHD were recruited, of whom 97 were randomized in 14 Brazilian sites to received either r-hGH Cristalia (n = 49) or Genotropin™ (n = 48). Efficacy was evaluated considering the height standard deviation score (SDS) and growth velocity as auxological parameters, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 were measured as pharmacodynamic parameters during 12 months treatment time. Safety was assessed by monitoring adverse events, immunogenicity, blood count with platelets, biochemical profile and hormonal levels particularly fasting glucose, insulin and HbA1C. RESULTS The auxological parameters and IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels were comparable between both groups of patients. At end of study or the 12th month treatment, the means growth velocity was 9.7 cm/year and 9.5 cm/year, for r-hGH Cristalia and Genotropin™, respectively. The ANCOVA mean difference between the groups was 0.16 cm/year to Cristalia group (CI 95% = -0.72 to 1.03 cm/year). There was no difference in adherence among the treatment groups. The safety profile was comparable between groups. CONCLUSIONS The clinical similarity between r-hGH and Genotropin™ was demonstrated within 12 month of treatment. On the basis of comparability of quality, safety, and efficacy to the reference product, r-hGH from Cristalia can be considered a cost-effective therapeutic option for patients with growth disorders.
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- M A Czepielewski
- Serviço de Endocrinologia, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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- ICF - Instituto de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Estudos e Pesquisas Ltda, Aparecida de Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Hospital Alberto Rassi - HGG, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil
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- Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão/HU/UFMA, São Luis, MA, Brazil
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- Centro de Diabetes de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- CPQUALI Pesquisa Clínica Ltda, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Clínica do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira - IMIP, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Unidade de Pesquisa Clínica de Marília Ltda (UpCliM), Marília, SP, Brazil
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- CAEP - Centro Avançado de Estudos e Pesquisas Ltda, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisas Médicas Básica e Clínica Ltda, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Cristália Produtos Químicos Farmacêuticos Ltda, Itapira, SP, Brazil
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- Centro de Diabetes de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Kalfon Hakhmigari M, Michaeli Y, J. Dickson D, Scharf M, Shulman S. Personality maturation among emerging adults and future career success. CDI 2019. [DOI: 10.1108/cdi-03-2018-0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of maturation processes – personality change and reflectivity as characterized by greater awareness to self and others – during emerging adulthood in predicting career success.
Design/methodology/approach
A sample of 205 of Israeli emerging adults was followed over a 12-year period. Participants completed measures of self-criticism at age 23 and 29, reflectivity at the age of 29 and subjective and objective career outcomes such as satisfaction with work and level of income at the age of 35. Hierarchical regressions determined the extent that decreases in self-criticism as well as greater reflectivity that predicted future career success.
Findings
The findings of this paper indicated that greater decreases in self-criticism were longitudinally associated with less frequent negative experiences at work and lesser tendency to have doubts about one’s career. Greater reflective capacity was longitudinally associated with a future higher income, greater career satisfaction and a stronger perception of one’s career as a means to implement inner interests.
Research limitations/implications
The results of this paper suggest that decreasing negative self-perception and enhancing awareness about self and others might facilitate a future career success.
Originality/value
This is among the first studies that demonstrate the role of personality maturation during emerging adulthood for future career success.
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Lankford ML, Britton SL, Buettner AD, Scharf M, Tiscione B, Willey JP, Mahtani RL. Abstract P4-13-05: Evolving treatment patterns in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p4-13-05] [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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Background: The last several years have seen the approval of multiple targeted agents for use alone or combined with standard endocrine therapies (ET) in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line hormone receptor positive (HR+), HER2 negative (HER2-) metastatic breast cancer (MBC) settings. Due to these new approvals, standards of care for treatment are evolving.
Methods: Prescribing preferences (PPrefs) of 592 U.S.-based medical oncologists were studied using a validated, proprietary, case-based market research tool (Challenging Cases®). Data were acquired using blinded, audience-response iPad technology at 8 live and virtual events during 2016-2018.
Two core hypothetical cases were presented: 1st line MBC and recurrent (REC) MBC. For each core case the following variables were introduced: time from completion of adjuvant (adj) therapy (Tx) to REC disease, site of metastases [visceral (VIS) vs non-visceral (N-VIS)], and age for the 1st line case, and type of metastases and line of Tx for the recurrent case. Rx choices for which there are published phase 3 data were offered, as well as a category for “other.”
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Table 1.Preferred Rx for recurrent disease during or after 5 yrs of adjuvant non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor (NSAI)*ScenarioExemestane (EXE) + Everolimus (EVE)NSAI + CDK inhibitor (CDKi)Fulvestrant (FUL) + CDKiChemotherapy (CT)Endocrine therapy (ET)OtherREC 18 months (mos) into adj AI Tx, VIS) and N-VIS mets, Age 635%25%63%3%4%0%REC post 5 yrs adj AI and 2 yr treatment free interval (TFI), N-VIS mets, Age 674%49%34%1%12%1%REC post 5 yrs adj AI and 2 yr TFI, N-VIS mets, Age 853%34%19%0%42%1%* May not equal 100% due to rounding.
Table 2.Preferred Rx for 2nd or 3rd recurrence*ScenarioEXE + EVENSAI + CDKiFUL + CDKiCTETAbemaciclibOtherREC post 5 yrs adj AI and 2 yr TFI, N-VIS mets, age 67 --> 12 mos 1st line Tx --> N-VIS mets31%12%38%6%12%1%1%REC post 5 yrs adj AI and 2 yr TFI, N-VIS mets, age 67 --> 12 mos 1st line NSAI + palbociclib Tx --> N-VIS mets38%1%33%9%15%0%3%REC 12 mos into adj AI, age 61,N-VIS mets -->12 mos Tx 1st line -->N-VIS mets21%9%53%9%6%0%1%REC post 5 yrs adj AI and 2 yr TFI, N-VIS mets, age 67 -->12 mos 1st line Tx, N-VIS mets --> 6 mos 2nd line Tx --> VIS and N-VIS mets23%1%9%59%5%2%1%* May not equal 100% due to rounding.
In the setting of a patient (pt), age 63 with early REC on an adj AI, the most preferred strategy was FUL + a CDKi. In a pt, age 67, who completed 5 years of an adj AI with a TFI of 2 years, the most common preference was NSAI + a CDKi. In an older pt (age 85) who completed 5 years of an adj AI and TFI of 2 years, the most common choice of TX was single agent ET. For a pt with N-VIS mets treated in the 2nd line setting, FUL + a CDKi was the most preferred strategy. In a 2nd line pt with REC at 12 mos on adj Tx and after 12 mos of 1st line Tx, FUL + a CDKi and EXE + EVE were the most preferred therapies. In a 3rd line pt, with VIS mets CT was the preferred choice.
Conclusion: Treatment patterns in HR+ HER2- MBC are evolving with the approval of several new agents and emerging data. Age, time to relapse, line of Tx, and type of mets may be some of the key factors that determine PPrefs in HR+, HER2- MBC.
Citation Format: Lankford ML, Britton SL, Buettner AD, Scharf M, Tiscione B, Willey JP, Mahtani RL. Evolving treatment patterns in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic 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 P4-13-05.
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- ML Lankford
- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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- Xcenda, LLC, Palm Harbor, FL; Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Deerfield Beach, FL
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Michaeli Y, Kalfon Hakhmigari M, Scharf M, Shulman S. Romantic outcomes in young adulthood: The role of dependency, parental support, and reflective functioning. J Fam Psychol 2018; 32:873-881. [PMID: 30070568 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In recent years, an increasing number of young adults have difficulties making a smooth transition to adulthood in becoming romantically committed and balancing romantic commitments and other aspects of life. The present study was conducted on a sample of 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 23 to 34 years. The study examined the role of personality attributes (dependency, self-criticism), parental support, and reflectivity concerning own family of origin in making a smoother transition to mature romantic engagement. Greater achievement of romantic goals and greater mastery in balancing family and work demands were predicted by low dependency or low self-criticism (assessed at age 23) and a high level of reflectivity (assessed at age 29). The distinctive role of reflectivity with regard to own family script and personality attributes for a smoother romantic transition in adulthood is discussed. In addition, the possible implications of the findings for intervention are also discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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Michaeli Y, Kalfon Hakhmigari M, Dickson DJ, Scharf M, Shulman S. The role of change in self-criticism across young adulthood in explaining developmental outcomes and psychological wellbeing. J Pers 2018; 87:785-798. [PMID: 30260502 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12433] [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: 12/03/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Past research has confirmed the role of self-criticism in numerous forms of psychopathology and negative interpersonal outcomes. However, the majority of these studies were cross-sectional and have not addressed the role of possible changes in self-criticism across time for future outcomes. The current study investigated the degree to which changes in self-criticism during young adulthood precede better psychological outcomes beyond the contribution of their baseline levels. METHOD A total of 168 Israeli emerging adults were followed for 12 years. Participants completed assessments of self-criticism at age 23, 24, 26.5, and 29, and of developmental tasks and psychological adaptation at age 35. Analyses assessed the extent to which the intercept and linear slope of self-criticism were associated with assessments of coping with age-related tasks and psychological well-being at age 35. RESULTS Findings indicated that decreases in self-criticism between the ages of 23 and 29 were associated with better coping with age-related task outcomes and psychological health at age 35. CONCLUSIONS These findings are among the first to show that decreases in self-criticism serve as important precursors of coping with age-related tasks and psychological outcomes and point to the positive contributions of changes in personality attributes for future development.
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- Yossi Michaeli
- Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Scharf M, Goldner L. “If you really love me, you will do/be…”: Parental psychological control and its implications for children's adjustment. Developmental Review 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In addition to the major physical, sexual and cognitive changes, as well as changes in relationships with parents and peers, in recent years adolescents also have to cope with many technological changes and increasing societal instabilities. Most of the existing research has examined the extent to which increasing uncertainties might impact expression of psychopathology and its magnitude. Emerging from a developmental psychopathology perspective, we are looking first for a better understanding of the meaning that adolescents give to these changes, which in turn is likely to affect their behavior. We are also looking for better understanding the importance of the role parents, and other societal systems/institutions (such as peers) play in ameliorating or enhancing the likelihood of maladaptive adolescent behavior under these circumstances.
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Norona JC, Tregubenko V, Boiangiu SB, Levy G, Scharf M, Welsh DP, Shulman S. Changes in rejection sensitivity across adolescence and emerging adulthood: Associations with relationship involvement, quality, and coping. J Adolesc 2018; 63:96-106. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Revised: 12/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kaye DL, Fornari V, Scharf M, Fremont W, Zuckerbrot R, Foley C, Hargrave T, Smith BA, Wallace J, Blakeslee G, Petras J, Sengupta S, Singarayer J, Cogswell A, Bhatia I, Jensen P. Description of a multi-university education and collaborative care child psychiatry access program: New York State's CAP PC. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2017; 48:32-36. [PMID: 28917392 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although, child mental health problems are widespread, few get adequate treatment, and there is a severe shortage of child psychiatrists. To address this public health need many states have adopted collaborative care programs to assist primary care to better assess and manage pediatric mental health concerns. This report adds to the small literature on collaborative care programs and describes one large program that covers most of New York state. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CAP PC, a component program of New York State's Office of Mental Health (OMH) Project TEACH, has provided education and consultation support to primary care providers covering most of New York state since 2010. The program is uniquely a five medical school collaboration with hubs at each that share one toll free number and work together to provide education and consultation support services to PCPs. METHODS The program developed a clinical communications record to track information about all consultations which forms the basis of much of this report. 2-week surveys following consultations, annual surveys, and pre- and post-educational program evaluations have also been used to measure the success of the program. RESULTS CAP PC has grown over the 6years of the program and has provided 8013 phone consultations to over 1500 PCPs. The program synergistically provided 17,523 CME credits of educational programming to 1200 PCPs. PCP users of the program report very high levels of satisfaction and self reported growth in confidence. CONCLUSIONS CAP PC demonstrates that large-scale collaborative consultation models for primary care are feasible to implement, popular with PCPs, and can be sustained. The program supports increased access to child mental health services in primary care and provides child psychiatric expertise for patients who would otherwise have none.
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- D L Kaye
- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States.
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- Hofstra/Northwell Health School of Medicine, Glen Oaks, NY, United States
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- University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, United States
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Columbia University Medical Center/NY State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States
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- Hofstra/Northwell Health School of Medicine, Glen Oaks, NY, United States
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, United States
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Columbia University Medical Center/NY State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States
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- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- REACH Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AK, United States
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Goldberg A, Scharf M, Wiseman H. Sense of Coherence and Parenting Representation among Parents of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes. J Pediatr Nurs 2017; 35:3-7. [PMID: 28728765 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This study examines the association between parental sense of coherence (SOC) and maternal and paternal representations of parents of adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (IDDM). METHOD Seventy five mothers and fathers of adolescents (age 13-18) diagnosed with IDDM, were recruited. Data were gathered from a demographic and SOC questionnaires, and the Parenting Representations Interview (PRI-A). RESULTS A significant association was found between mothers' and fathers' SOC and a more balanced description of parenting, and positive correlations between mothers' and fathers' SOC and their representations of the self as parent, representations of the adolescent, and relationships representations. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between parents' SOC and less differentiated relationships. CONCLUSIONS SOC may promote well-being in spite of exposure to challenging circumstances as parenting an adolescent with IDDM. It appears that fathers and mothers need to and can be addressed as significant caregivers in any treatment or clinical intervention, as they have a relative involvement in taking care of children and therefore sharing the caregiving responsibilities and functioning as co-primary caregivers.
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- Alon Goldberg
- Tel-Hai College, Department of Education, Upper Galilee 12210, Israel.
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- University of Haifa, Faculty of Education, Department of Counseling and Human Development, Haifa, Israel
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- University of Haifa, Faculty of Education, Department of Counseling and Human Development, Haifa, Israel
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Hahn S, Trendelenburg G, Scharf M, Denno Y, Brakopp S, Teegen B, Probst C, Wandinger KP, Buttmann M, Haarmann A, Szabados F, vom Dahl M, Kümpfel T, Eichhorn P, Gold H, Paul F, Jarius S, Melzer N, Stöcker W, Komorowski L. Identification of the flotillin-1/2 heterocomplex as a target of autoantibodies in bona fide multiple sclerosis. J Neuroinflammation 2017; 14:123. [PMID: 28645295 PMCID: PMC5481867 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-017-0900-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Autoantibodies, in particular those against aquaporin-4 and myelin-oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), aid as biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of demyelination. Here, we report on discovery of autoantibodies against flotillin in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS The target antigen was identified by histo-immunoprecipitation using the patients' sera and cryosections of rat or pig cerebellum combined with mass spectrometrical analysis. Correct identification was ascertained by indirect immunofluorescence and neutralization tests using the target antigens recombinantly expressed in HEK293 cells. RESULTS Serum and CSF of the index patient produced a fine-granular IgG indirect immunofluorescence staining of the hippocampal and cerebellar molecular layers. Flotillin-1 and flotillin-2 were identified as target autoantigens. They also reacted with recombinant human flotillin-1/2 co-expressed in HEK293 cells, but not with the individual flotillins in fixed- and live-cell assays. Moreover, neutralization using flotillin-1/2, but not the single flotillins, abolished the tissue reactivity of patient serum. Screening of 521 patients, for whom anti-aquaporin-4 testing was requested and negative, revealed 8 additional patients with anti-flotillin-1/2 autoantibodies. All eight were negative for anti-MOG. Six patients ex post fulfilled the revised McDonald criteria for MS. Vice versa, screening of 538 MS sera revealed anti-flotillin-1/2 autoantibodies in eight patients. The autoantibodies were not found in a cohort of 67 patients with other neural autoantibody-associated syndromes and in 444 healthy blood donors. CONCLUSIONS Autoantibodies against the flotillin-1/2 heterocomplex, a peripheral membrane protein that is involved in axon outgrowth and regeneration of the optic nerve, are present in 1-2% of patients with bona fide MS.
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- S. Hahn
- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
- Clinical Immunological Laboratory Prof. Dr. med Stöcker, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein (UKSH), Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Caritas Hospital, Bad Mergentheim, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Medical Laboratory Osnabrück, Georgsmarienhütte, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Ammerland Klinik, Westerstede, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen, Heilbronn, Germany
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- NeuroCure Clinical Research Center and Clinical and Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
- Clinical Immunological Laboratory Prof. Dr. med Stöcker, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Euroimmun AG, Seekamp 31, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
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Rousseau S, Scharf M, Smith Y. Achievement-oriented and dependency-oriented parental psychological control: An examination of specificity to middle childhood achievement and dependency-related problems. European Journal of Developmental Psychology 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1265501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Sofie Rousseau
- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Scharf M, Mayseless O, Rousseau S. When somatization is not the only thing you suffer from: Examining comorbid syndromes using latent profile analysis, parenting practices and adolescent functioning. Psychiatry Res 2016; 244:10-8. [PMID: 27455145 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Understanding somatization presents a challenge to clinicians because it is often associated with other syndromes. We addressed somatization's comorbidity with other internalizing syndromes (anxiety, depression, withdrawal) using latent profile analysis. A representative sample of 3496 Israeli middle and high-school youths reported their internalizing symptoms, perceived parenting practices, psychosocial functioning, and health behaviors. Four profiles, similar across age and gender, were identified: overall-low (65.4%), moderately-high anxiety/depression/withdrawal (24.4%), high somatization (4.8%), and overall-high (5.4%). MANOVAs and follow-up ANOVAs revealed that for the most part the overall-high profile evinced the worst parenting, psychosocial functioning, and health behaviors (smoking and drinking), while the overall-low group evinced the best. For most variables the high somatization and moderately high profiles displayed midway results. However, the moderately-high profile reported higher levels of harsh parenting than the high somatization profile. The high somatization profile reported similar or higher levels of smoking, risk taking, vandalism, and rule violation than the overall-high group. High somatization, either alone or alongside anxiety, depression, and withdrawal, was associated with disruptive and risk-taking behaviors. This link might reflect problems in emotion and anger regulation and become stronger in adolescence because of dysregulation processes characterizing this period. Implications for practice are discussed.
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- Miri Scharf
- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
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Shulman S, Seiffge-Krenke I, Scharf M, Boiangiu SB, Tregubenko V. The diversity of romantic pathways during emerging adulthood and their developmental antecedents. International Journal of Behavioral Development 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0165025416673474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The present study examined patterns of romantic pathways in 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 22 to 29 years. Analyses of interviews at age 29 yielded four distinctive romantic pathways differing in stability and ability to learn from romantic experiences: Sporadic, Lengthy Relationships but Absence of Experiential Learning, Moving from Casual to Steady Involvements, and Steady Relationships. Low efficacy, immature dependency, and level of maternal support measured 7 years earlier, predicted less optimal romantic pathways; Sporadic, and Lengthy relationships but absence of experiential learning. Distinctive gender pathways suggested that men are more likely to embark on a sporadic romantic pathway, while women tend more to prefer a stable romantic pathway. Findings of the study suggest that gender, intrapersonal capabilities, and maternal support can predict the pattern of the romantic pathway on which young people embark during their twenties.
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- University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
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In this study, 116 emerging adults and adolescents completed questionnaires and were interviewed about their relationship with a sibling. Respondents’ siblings and their mothers also rated the quality of the sibling relationship. Emerging adults were found to spend less time and to be less involved in joint activities with their siblings than adolescents, but they reported being more involved in emotional exchanges with and feeling more warmth toward their siblings. Conflict and rivalry were also reported by emerging adults to be less intense than by adolescents. Narrative analyses showed that emerging adults had a more mature perception of their relationship with their siblings. Unlike in adolescence, the quality of emerging adults’ relationships with their siblings was less related to their relationship with their parents. The results are discussed in the framework of changes in close relationships from adolescence to emerging adulthood.
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Sagi A, van IJzendoorn MH, Scharf M, Joels T, Koren-Karie N, Mayseless O, Aviezer O. Ecological Constraints for Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment. International Journal of Behavioral Development 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/016502597385342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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To determine whether the transmission of attachment across generations is free from contextual constraints, adult attachment representations were assessed in two kibbutz settings, home-based and communal sleeping. It was hypothesised that under extreme child-rearing circumstances, such as the communal sleeping arrangement, the transmission of attachment is not evident, whereas in the more regular home-based environment the expected transmission of attachment will be found. The participants were 45 mothers and 45 infants, about equal numbers of boys and girls, from 20 kibbutz infant houses with communal sleeping arrangements, and from 25 kibbutz infant houses with home-based sleeping arrangements. Mothers were administered the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), and infants were assessed through the Ainsworth Strange Situation. Among the home-based pairs, a correspondence of 76% was found between AAI and Strange Situation classifications, whereas the correspondence was only 40% in the communal sleeping group. It is argued that living in a communal sleeping arrangement reduces the expected transmission of attachment.
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- School of Education of the Kibbutz Movement, Oranim, Israel
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Scharf M, Kerns KA, Rousseau S, Kivenson-Baron I. Mother-child attachment and social anxiety: Associations with friendship skills and peer competence of Arab children. School Psychology International 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0143034316631179] [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: 11/15/2022]
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The goal of the study was to examine the joint and distinct contribution of attachment security and social anxiety to Arab children’s peer competence in middle childhood. We focused on Arab children as very little research has examined close relationships for this group. A sample of 404 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade Arabic students (203 boys and 201 girls), mostly from lower middle-class neighborhoods in northern Israel, participated in the study. In a cross-sectional design, bivariate correlations and regression analyses were performed, and findings revealed that attachment security was negatively related to distancing strategies in help-seeking and help-giving contexts, whereas social anxiety was positively related to these strategies. Secure attachment was also associated with providing reassurance to friends, and with peer competence as perceived by teachers. The possible implications of the socio-cultural context, suggestions for future studies, and implications for school intervention are discussed.
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Wüst W, Lell M, May M, Scharf M, Schlundt C, Achenbach S, Uder M, Schmid A. Mikrovaskuläre Obstruktion und Infarktgröße mittels steady state free precession Bildgebung nach Kontrastmittelgabe in der kardialen MRT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1551005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Scharf M, Miske R, Heidenreich F, Giess R, Landwehr P, Blocker IM, Begemann N, Denno Y, Tiede S, Dahnrich C, Schlumberger W, Unger M, Teegen B, Stocker W, Probst C, Komorowski L. Neuronal Na+/K+ ATPase is an autoantibody target in paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome. Neurology 2015; 84:1673-9. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000001493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Scharf M, Mayseless O, Kivenson-Baron I. The viability of the Parenting Representations Interview for assessing and measuring change in parents of adolescents. Attach Hum Dev 2015; 17:199-219. [DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2015.1006387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kemmler W, Lell M, Scharf M, Fraunberger L, von Stengel S. [High versus moderate intense running exercise - effects on cardiometabolic risk-factors in untrained males]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2015; 140:e7-e13. [PMID: 25580979 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-100423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Introduction | The philosophy on how to improve cardiometabolic risk factors most efficiently by endurance exercise is still controversial. To determine the effect of high-intensity (interval) training (HI[I]T) vs. moderate-intensity continuous exercise (MICE) training on cardiometabolic risk factors we conducted a 16-week crossover randomized controlled trial. Methods | 81 healthy untrained middle aged men were randomly assigned to a HI(I)T-group and a control-group that started the MICE running program after their control status. HI(I)T consisted of running exercise around or above the individual anaerobic threshold (≈ 80- 100 % HRmax); MICE focused on continuous running exercise at ≈ 65-77.5 % HRmax. Both protocols were comparable with respect to energy consumption. Study endpoints were cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), metabolic syndrome Z-score (MetS-Z-score), intima-media-thickness (IMT) and body composition. Results | VO2max-changes in this overweighed male cohort significantly (p=0.002) differ between HIIT (14.7 ± 9.3 %, p=0.001) and MICE (7.9 ± 7.4 %,p=0.001). LVMI, as determined via magnetic resonance imaging, significantly increased in both exercise groups (HIIT: 8.5 ± 5.4 %, p=0.001 vs. MICE: 5.3 ± 4.0 %, p=0.001), however the change was significantly more pronounced (p=0.005) in the HIIT-group. MetS-Z-score (HIIT: -2.06 ± 1.31, p=0.001 vs. MICE: -1.60 ± 1.77, p=0.001) and IMT (4.6 ± 5.9 % p=0.011 vs. 4.4 ± 8.1 %, p=0.019) did not show significant group-differences. Reductions of fat mass (-4.9 ± 9.0 %, p=0.010 vs. -9.5 ± 9.4, p=0.001) were significantly higher among the MICE-participants (p=0.034), however, the same was true (p=0.008) for lean body mass (0.5 ± 2.3 %, p=0.381 vs. -1.3 ± 2.0 %, p=0.003). Conclusion | In summary high-intensity interval training tends to impact cardiometabolic health more favorable compared with a moderate-intensity continuous endurance exercise protocol.
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- Wolfgang Kemmler
- Institut für Medizinische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
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- Institut für Radiologie, FAU
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- Institut für Medizinische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
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Ficklscherer A, Scharf M, Hartl TK, Schröder C, Milz S, Roßbach BP, Gülecyüz MF, Pietschmann MF, Müller PE. Tissue characteristics in tendon-to-bone healing change after rotator cuff repair using botulinumneurotoxin A for temporary paralysis of the supraspinatus muscle in rats. Connect Tissue Res 2014; 55:140-6. [PMID: 24409812 DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2013.878337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We hypothesized that botulinumneurotoxin A (BoNtA) positively influences tissue characteristics at the re-insertion site when used as an adjuvant prior to rotator cuff repair. One hundred and sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to either a BoNtA or saline-injected control group. BoNtA or saline solution was injected into the supraspinatus muscle one week prior to repair of an artificially created supraspinatus tendon defect. Post-operatively, one subgroup was immobilized using a cast on the operated shoulder while the other had immediate mobilization. Histologically, the fibrocartilage transition zone was more prominent and better organized in the BoNtA groups when compared to the saline control group. In the immediately mobilized BoNtA groups significantly more collagen 2 at the insertion was detected than in the control groups (p<0.05). Fiber orientation of all BoNtA groups was better organized and more perpendicular to the epiphysis compared with control groups. Tendon stiffness differed significantly (p<0.05) between casted BoNtA and casted saline groups. Tendon viscoelasticity was significantly higher (p<0.05) in the immobilized saline groups no matter if repaired with increased or normal repair load. The results of this study suggest that reduction of load at the healing tendon-to-bone interface leads to improved repair tissue properties.
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- A Ficklscherer
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Munich (LMU) - Campus Grosshadern , Munich , Germany and
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Scharf M, Oshri A, Eshkol V, Pilowsky T. Adolescents' ADHD symptoms and adjustment: The role of attachment and rejection sensitivity. Am J Orthopsychiatry 2014; 84:209-217. [PMID: 24826937 DOI: 10.1037/h0099391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The associations between attachment style, ADHD symptoms, and social adjustments were examined in a community sample of adolescents. Five hundred and eight junior high school students completed questionnaires pertaining to attachment style, ADHD symptoms (inattention and hyperactivity), and rejection sensitivity, and were rated by homeroom teachers on social adjustment. Analyses supported a 3-profile pattern of attachment styles: secure, dismissing, and preoccupied. The 3 attachment profiles showed differential risk on adolescents' social adjustment, as well as on ADHD symptoms. The secure profile showed the most adaptive outcomes on all of the examined adjustment outcomes, compared with the other 2 profiles. In contrast, the preoccupied attachment profile showed the highest levels of ADHD problems, angry and anxious expectations, while displaying a similar level of maladjustment to the dismissing profile. In addition, structural equation modeling was used and supported a model that tested an indirect link between attachment security and adolescent adjustment via an ADHD latent factor. Findings suggest that clinicians and educators should pay attention to relational patterns (attachment styles) in adolescence, as these may serve as a developmental precursor for ADHD and a range of adjustment problems in school.
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- Miri Scharf
- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa
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- Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia
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- Department of Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa
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- School of Social Sciences, Academic College, Tel Aviv-Jaffa
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May M, Eller A, Stahl C, Wuest W, Scharf M, Hammon M, Dankerl P, Schlechtweg P, Allmendinger T, Sedlmair M, Schmidt B, Uder M, Lell M. Dose Reduction in Computed Tomography of the Chest: Image Quality of Iterative Reconstructions at a 50% Radiation Dose Compared to Filtered Back Projection at a 100% Radiation Dose. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2014; 186:576-84. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1356254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- M. May
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen
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Scharf M. Parenting in Israel: Together Hand in Hand, You Are Mine and I Am Yours. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7503-9_14] [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: 02/21/2023]
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Goldner L, Scharf M. Attachment Security, Personality, and Adjustment of Elementary School Children. The Journal of Genetic Psychology 2013; 174:473-93. [DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2012.709201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The present study examined patterns of romantic involvement in 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 22 to 29 years. Analyses of interviews at age 29 yielded four distinctive relational patterns that are associated with different levels of concurrent wellbeing: Intimately committed, Intimate, Non- intimately committed, and Non-stable. Low efficacy, immature dependency and low parental support, measured 7 years earlier, predicted less optimal romantic relational patterns—non-stable or non-intimately committed. Continued pursuit of studies predicted a delay in entering a committed relationship, despite the capability for such a relationship. Findings of the study suggest that personality and family attributes explain the type and quality of relationships in which young people will be involved, while contextual factors only explain postponement of commitment.
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The associations between self-perception and attachment orientations and three aspects of children’s competence within friendships were examined: Managing conflict, seeking support, and giving support. Questionnaires were completed by 260 4th- and 5th-grade students. Homeroom teachers reported on the children’s social adjustment. Secure attachment orientation and positive self-perception were positively associated with prosocial friendship competencies, and negatively associated with disengaging strategies. By contrast, ambivalent attachment was related to accommodation strategy and to disengaging strategies in the context of seeking and giving support. Girls and boys showed different levels of competencies within friendships; the results also demonstrate that engaging and disengaging strategies might function differently for boys and girls, and reveal the moderating role of attachment. The role of culture in children’s competencies and the implications for intervention for children with friendship difficulties are discussed.
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Egger C, Goertz RS, Strobel D, Lell M, Neurath MF, Knieling F, Scharf M. Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) for easy and rapid evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma compared to dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT)--a pilot study. Ultraschall Med 2012; 33:587-592. [PMID: 23154871 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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PURPOSE To check the feasibility of the easy quantification of tumor vascularization derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) in comparison to dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS 19 patients with cirrhosis and histologically proven HCC prospectively underwent CEUS (SonoVue) and CT (Imeron400). Following CEUS, the software ImageJ was used for the easy quantification of the echogenicity in HCC lesions and tumor-free liver parenchyma. For DCE-CT we used the software Hepacare and created arterial enhancement fraction color maps of the whole liver and HCC lesions. RESULTS Unifocal/multifocal HCCs were detected in 12/7 (US) and 10/9 patients (CT) and biopsied nodules were defined as a reference lesion with a median of 40 mm (US) and 42 mm (CT). CEUS showed HCC-typical hyper-/hypoenhancement in the arterial/late phase in 16/19 reference lesions, while all reference lesions showed an HCC-typical vascular pattern in CT. With DCE-US, quantitative assessment could not be performed in 3/19 patients due to respiratory motion or insufficient image quality. 13/16 reference lesions showed an HCC-typical vascular pattern. Quantitative assessment was possible with DCE-CT in all patients and all reference nodules showed HCC-typical values of the arterial enhancement fraction. There was no statistical difference between CEUS, DCE-US and DCE-CT in the quantitative assessment of contrast enhancement. CONCLUSION The quantitative evaluation of DCE-US was feasible in HCC without a statistical difference with respect to DCE-CT. Further studies with a larger study population including small nodules ≤ 2 cm are needed to assess whether this technique is helpful in routine ultrasound.
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- Departement of Internal Medecine 1, University of Erlangen, Germany.
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Scharf M, Mayseless O, Kivenson-Baron I. Intergenerational concordance in Adult Attachment Interviews with mothers, fathers and adolescent sons and subsequent adjustment of sons to military service. Attach Hum Dev 2012; 14:367-90. [DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2012.691652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Scheidler J, Weöres I, Brinkschmidt C, Zeitler H, Panzer S, Scharf M, Heuck A, Siebels M. Diagnosis of prostate cancer in patients with persistently elevated PSA and tumor-negative biopsy in ambulatory care: performance of MR imaging in a multi-reader environment. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2012; 184:130-5. [PMID: 22274854 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE False-negative results are obtained in approx. 20 % of prostate cancer (PCa) patients (pts) at initial systematic transrectal biopsy (Bx), in particular when digital rectal examination (DRE) or transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is negative. The aim of this study was to assess whether MR endorectal imaging of the prostate in a multi-reader ambulatory care setting may assist in patient selection for re-biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS 115 consecutive pts with persistent PSA elevation, negative Bx, DRE and TRUS were examined using T2w axial and coronal and T1w axial sequences for tumor diagnosis. MR images were prospectively read as tumor-suspicious or tumor-negative by the MR radiologist on duty. Additionally, a retrospective readout of a prostate MR expert and an abdominal imaging fellowship-trained radiologist was performed to evaluate the effect of the reader's experience on tumor detection. Imaging findings were compared to the results of the repeat Bx (61 pts) or the clinical course of at least two years. RESULTS For the prospective reading, the sensitivity of MRI was 83 %, the specificity was 69 %, the PPV was 33 % and the NPV was 96 %. ROC analysis revealed a significantly better performance of the prostate MR imaging expert compared to the abdominal imaging radiologist (area under ROC 0.88 vs. 0.66, p < 0.001). Based on the prospective reading, a pre-test probability for PCa of 17.4 % as in our study can be reduced to 5 % when obtaining a tumor-negative result in MRI. CONCLUSION MR imaging in a multi-reader ambulatory care setting assists in patient selection for re-biopsy. Reducing the post-test probability for PCa to 5 % allows for further follow-up instead of re-biopsy in MR tumor-negative patients. Specific training and experience improve tumor detection in prostate MR imaging.
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- J Scheidler
- Radiologie, Radiologisches Zentrum München-Pasing, München, Germany.
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Second-generation Holocaust survivors might not show direct symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder or attachment disorganization, but are at risk for developing high levels of psychological distress. We present themes of difficult experiences of second-generation Holocaust survivors, arguing that some of these aversive experiences might have disorganizing qualities even though they do not qualify as traumatic. Based on in-depth interviews with 196 second-generation parents and their adolescent children, three themes of disorganizing experiences carried across generations were identified: focus on survival issues, lack of emotional resources, and coercion to please the parents and satisfy their needs. These themes reflect the frustration of three basic needs: competence, relatedness, and autonomy, and this frustration becomes disorganizing when it involves stability, potency, incomprehensibility, and helplessness. The findings shed light on the effect of trauma over the generations and, as such, equip therapists with a greater understanding of the mechanisms involved.
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- Miri Scharf
- Department of Counseling and Human Development, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
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Scharf M, Wiseman H, Farah F. Parent–adolescent relationships and social adjustment: The case of a collectivistic culture. International Journal of Psychology 2011; 46:177-90. [DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2010.528424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Scharf M, Mayseless O, Kivenson-Baron I. Leaving the Parental Nest: Adjustment Problems, Attachment Representations, and Social Support During the Transition from High School to Military Service. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2011; 40:411-23. [DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Miri Scharf
- a Counseling and Human Development, University of Haifa
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The authors examine the precursors of parenting buds (representations regarding parenting before actual parenting) by following 60 men from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Quality of relationships with parents, and attachment representations (state of mind with respect to attachment and attachment styles) assessed in adolescence, contribute to the development of parenting buds in emerging adulthood (desire to have children, perceived parenting capacity, satisfaction with future parenting, self-as-a-parent and future-child perceptions). Quality of relations with parents in emerging adulthood is also associated with parenting buds. Qualitative analyses reveal distinct profiles of parenting buds among participants with different attachment representations. The findings highlight the importance of studying parenting buds as part of the attempt to understand the development of the caregiving behavioral system.
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Scharf M, Mayseless O. Finding the authentic self in a communal culture: Developmental goals in emerging adulthood. New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2010; 2010:83-95. [DOI: 10.1002/cd.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Wienzek-Lischka S, Ernst-Schlegel M, Lang C, Scharf M, Mueller K, Bein G. HLA-B*9553: a novel HLA allele shown in three generations of a family. Tissue Antigens 2010; 76:156-8. [PMID: 20403146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01490.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*9553, a novel HLA-B allele, was identified in a volunteer hematopoietic stem cell donor. HLA-B*9553 differs from the closely related allele HLA-B*1518 in one single nucleotide substitution resulting in an amino acid substitution.
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- Tissue Typing Laboratory, Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
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Scharf M, Wilhelm M, Uder M, Lell M. Strukturelle und funktionelle Veränderungen in der Cardio-MRT bei Triathleten. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252803] [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: 10/19/2022]
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Mayseless O, Scharf M. Too close for comfort: inadequate boundaries with parents and individuation in late adolescent girls. Am J Orthopsychiatry 2009; 79:191-202. [PMID: 19485636 DOI: 10.1037/a0015623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This longitudinal study examined the ramifications of psychological control-guilt induction, parentification, triangulation, and blurring in parent-adolescent relationships for girls' individuation and adjustment. The study followed 120 girls in their transition from high school to military service. Results from the variable-centered and person-centered analyses merged in underscoring the somewhat different developmental path of two groups of inadequate boundary constellations. The group with high guilt induction and psychological control, which involves rejection and invalidation of the child's autonomous self, evinced the worst coping and adjustment to the transition and the lowest level of individuation with a combination of angry entanglement and strivings for overindependence. The blurred-parentified group resembled the adequate boundaries group regarding some indicators (e.g., low levels of engulfment anxiety and high conflictual independence), but further revealed overdependence and immaturity (e.g., high nurturance seeking, low emotional independence, and the lowest functional independence). Implications for preventive work with adolescents and their families are suggested.
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- Ofra Mayseless
- Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Scheidler J, Weöres I, Heuck A, Zeitler H, Scharf M, Siebels M. Wertigkeit der endorektalen MRT in der Diagnose des Prostatakarzinoms bei Patienten mit persistierender PSA-Erhöhung und negativer systematischer ultraschallgesteuerter transrektaler 12fach Biopsie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221638] [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: 10/20/2022]
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