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Sajwan RS, Joshi V, Ahamad T, Kumar N, Parmar P, Jindal MK. Assessment of radon transportation and uranium content in the tectonically active zone of Himalaya, India. Sci Total Environ 2024; 926:171823. [PMID: 38521261 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171823] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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The study shows how geology and tectonic activity affect the soil gas 222Rn concentration. The tectonically active zone, namely the Ghuttu region, which is located within the Himalayan seismic belt, was studied to decipher its impact on soil gas 222Rn concentrations. A soil gas 222Rn study was performed in the soil at a depth of 30 cm, and it varied from 426 ± 156 Bq m-3 to 24,057 ± 1110 Bq m-3 with an average of 5356.5 ± 1634.6 Bq m-3, and at 60 cm below the soil surface, the concentration varied from 1130 ± 416 Bq m-3 to 30,236 ± 1350 Bq m-3 with an average of 8928.5 ± 2039.5 Bq m-3. These concentrations vary in soil from -3.4 % to 437.3 % as the depth moves from 30 cm to 60 cm. The variation in uranium content also shows anomalies, and higher values of uranium content in the soil affect the radon concentration in the study area. The average soil gas 222Rn concentration in the Ghuttu window was found to be higher than that in its surrounding region. This is likely due to transportation from daughter products of uranium. 222Rn mass exhalation rate measurements were also carried out, and a weak correlation with the soil gas 222Rn concentration was observed. A significant variation in the mass exhalation rate was noticed in tectonically active areas. This study is vital to understanding the behavior of radon and uranium in tectonic regions.
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- Rohit Singh Sajwan
- Department of Chemistry, HNB Garhwal University, SRT Campus Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249199, India
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- Department of Chemistry, HNB Garhwal University, SRT Campus Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249199, India.
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- Department of Physics, HNB Garhwal University, SRT Campus Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249199, India
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- Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 - GMS Road, Dehradun, Uttrakhand 248001, India
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- Department of Chemistry, HNB Garhwal University, SRT Campus Badshahithaul, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249199, India
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- Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India.
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Chhabra S, Kumar N, Tejane H. Awareness of eclampsia among rural tribal women of reproductive age. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2024; 165:756-763. [PMID: 38234141 DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.15320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Globally, eclampsia is the leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE The present community-based study was conducted among rural tribal women of reproductive age in remote villages of central India to determine their awareness of eclampsia and its likely impact. METHODS This cross-sectional analytic study included randomly selected 4500 tribal women, between 15 and 45 years of age, residing in 140 villages in the proximity of one village with a health facility (study center), and who were willing to undergo a personal interview. In-depth face-to-face interviews (each lasting 15-30 min) of study subjects regarding awareness, knowledge, practices, and perceptions about eclampsia were conducted using a predesigned tool completed by research assistants (not the subjects). RESULTS Of the 4500 women interviewed, the majority (62.4%) were 20-29 years old, minimally educated (40.6%), laborers (41.3%), and of a low socioeconomic class (40.8%). Of all the participants, only 35.9% were aware of eclampsia, associated events during pregnancy, labor, and the immediate post-delivery period; 81.7% of those who were aware understood about symptoms and signs like headache, blurring of vision, dizziness, swelling over the body, ad high blood pressure. Of all the women who knew about eclampsia, 73.9% were aware that the occurrence of convulsions during antenatal and postnatal periods was an emergency and required urgent management, whereas 88.4% were not aware that severe convulsions affected maternal and neonatal health seriously, only 38.2% knew that eclampsia was a preventable condition. CONCLUSION There was lack of awareness about eclampsia in many women and, of those who knew, some were not aware that it was dangerous. There is a need for awareness among women and their families of the disorder, its impact, and what action is needed in case it occurs.
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- S Chhabra
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad Metropolitan Region, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Nurse Midwife, Dr. Sushila Nayar Hospital Utavali Melghat, Amravati, Melghat, India
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Bahatheg G, Kuppusamy R, Yasir M, Bridge S, Mishra SK, Cranfield CG, StC Black D, Willcox M, Kumar N. Dimeric peptoids as antibacterial agents. Bioorg Chem 2024; 147:107334. [PMID: 38583251 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107334] [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: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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Building upon our previous study on peptoid-based antibacterials which showed good activity against Gram-positive bacteria only, herein we report the synthesis of 34 dimeric peptoid compounds and the investigation of their activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens. The newly designed peptoids feature a di-hydrophobic moiety incorporating phenyl, bromo-phenyl, and naphthyl groups, combined with variable lengths of cationic units such as amino and guanidine groups. The study also underscores the pivotal interplay between hydrophobicity and cationicity in optimizing efficacy against specific bacteria. The bromophenyl dimeric guanidinium peptoid compound 10j showed excellent activity against S. aureus 38 and E. coli K12 with MIC of 0.8 μg mL-1 and 6.2 μg mL-1, respectively. Further investigation into the mechanism of action revealed that the antibacterial effect might be attributed to the disruption of bacterial cell membranes, as suggested by tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) and cytoplasmic membrane permeability studies. Notably, these promising antibacterial agents exhibited negligible toxicity against mammalian red blood cells. Additionally, the study explored the potential of 12 active compounds to disrupt established biofilms of S. aureus 38. The most effective biofilm disruptors were ethyl and octyl-naphthyl guanidinium peptoids (10c and 10 k). These compounds 10c and 10 k disrupted the established biofilms of S. aureus 38 with 51 % at 4x MIC (MIC = 17.6 μg mL-1 and 11.2 μg mL-1) and 56 %-58 % at 8x MIC (MIC = 35.2 μg mL-1 and 22.4 μg mL-1) respectively. Overall, this research contributes insights into the design principles of cationic dimeric peptoids and their antibacterial activity, with implications for the development of new antibacterial compounds.
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- Ghayah Bahatheg
- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Ultimo 2007, Australia
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Ultimo 2007, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Pal S, Saraf A, Kumar N, Singh P. Igniting taxonomic curiosity: The amazing story of Amazonocrinis with the description of a new genus Ahomia gen. nov. and novel species of Ahomia, Amazonocrinis, and Dendronalium from the biodiversity-rich northeast region of India. J Phycol 2024; 60:387-408. [PMID: 38342971 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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Five cyanobacterial strains exhibiting Nostoc-like morphology were sampled from the biodiversity hotspots of the northeast region of India and characterized using a polyphasic approach. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis using the 16S rRNA gene indicated that the strains belonged to the genera Amazonocrinis and Dendronalium. In the present investigation, the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny clearly demarcated two separate clades of Amazonocrinis. The strain MEG8-PS clustered along with Amazonocrinis nigriterrae CENA67, which is the type strain of the genus. The other three strains ASM11-PS, RAN-4C-PS, and NP-KLS-5A-PS clustered in a different clade that was phylogenetically distinct from the Amazonocrinis sensu stricto clade. Interestingly, while the 16S rRNA gene phylogeny exhibited two separate clusters, the 16S-23S ITS region analysis did not provide strong support for the phylogenetic observation. Subsequent analyses raised questions regarding the resolving power of the 16S-23S ITS region at the genera level and the associated complexities in cyanobacterial taxonomy. Through this study, we describe a novel genus Ahomia to accommodate the members clustering outside the Amazonocrinis sensu stricto clade. In addition, we describe five novel species, Ahomia kamrupensis, Ahomia purpurea, Ahomia soli, Amazonocrinis meghalayensis, and Dendronalium spirale, in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN). Apart from further enriching the genera Amazonocrinis and Dendronalium, the current study helps to resolve the taxonomic complexities revolving around the genus Amazonocrinis and aims to attract researchers to the continued exploration of the tropical and subtropical cyanobacteria for interesting taxa and lineages.
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- Sagarika Pal
- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai, India
- Collection of Cyanobacteria, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Sara M, Yasir M, Kalaiselvan P, Hui A, Kuppusamy R, Kumar N, Chakraborty S, Yu TT, Wong EHH, Molchanova N, Jenssen H, Lin JS, Barron AE, Willcox M. The activity of antimicrobial peptoids against multidrug-resistant ocular pathogens. Cont Lens Anterior Eye 2024; 47:102124. [PMID: 38341309 DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2024.102124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Ocular infections caused by antibiotic-resistant pathogens can result in partial or complete vision loss. The development of pan-resistant microbial strains poses a significant challenge for clinicians as there are limited antimicrobial options available. Synthetic peptoids, which are sequence-specific oligo-N-substituted glycines, offer potential as alternative antimicrobial agents to target multidrug-resistant bacteria. METHODS The antimicrobial activity of synthesised peptoids against multidrug-resistant (MDR) ocular pathogens was evaluated using the microbroth dilution method. Hemolytic propensity was assessed using mammalian erythrocytes. Peptoids were also incubated with proteolytic enzymes, after which their minimum inhibitory activity against bacteria was re-evaluated. RESULTS Several alkylated and brominated peptoids showed good inhibitory activity against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains at concentrations of ≤15 μg mL-1 (≤12 µM). Similarly, most brominated compounds inhibited the growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at 1.9 to 15 μg mL-1 (12 µM). The N-terminally alkylated peptoids caused less toxicity to erythrocytes. The peptoid denoted as TM5 had a high therapeutic index, being non-toxic to either erythrocytes or corneal epithelial cells, even at 15 to 22 times its MIC. Additionally, the peptoids were resistant to protease activity. CONCLUSIONS Peptoids studied here demonstrated potent activity against various multidrug-resistant ocular pathogens. Their properties make them promising candidates for controlling vision-related morbidity associated with eye infections by antibiotic-resistant strains.
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- Manjulatha Sara
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia; Centre for Ocular Research and Education, University of Waterloo, Canada
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia; School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 4720, USA
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 9430, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Medicine & School of Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 9430, USA
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
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Bienz S, Spaggiari G, Calestani D, Trevisi G, Bersani D, Zenobi R, Kumar N. Nanoscale Chemical Analysis of Thin Film Solar Cell Interfaces Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:14704-14711. [PMID: 38494603 PMCID: PMC10982994 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c17115] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Interfacial regions play a key role in determining the overall power conversion efficiency of thin film solar cells. However, the nanoscale investigation of thin film interfaces using conventional analytical tools is challenging due to a lack of required sensitivity and spatial resolution. Here, we surmount these obstacles using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and apply it to investigate the absorber (Sb2Se3) and buffer (CdS) layers interface in a Sb2Se3-based thin film solar cell. Hyperspectral TERS imaging with 10 nm spatial resolution reveals that the investigated interface between the absorber and buffer layers is far from uniform, as TERS analysis detects an intermixing of chemical compounds instead of a sharp demarcation between the CdS and Sb2Se3 layers. Intriguingly, this interface, comprising both Sb2Se3 and CdS compounds, exhibits an unexpectedly large thickness of 295 ± 70 nm attributable to the roughness of the Sb2Se3 layer. Furthermore, TERS measurements provide compelling evidence of CdS penetration into the Sb2Se3 layer, likely resulting from unwanted reactions on the absorber surface during chemical bath deposition. Notably, the coexistence of ZnO, which serves as the uppermost conducting layer, and CdS within the Sb2Se3-rich region has been experimentally confirmed for the first time. This study underscores TERS as a promising nanoscale technique to investigate thin film inorganic solar cell interfaces, offering novel insights into intricate interface structures and compound intermixing.
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- Siiri Bienz
- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
- Institute
of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, National Research Council, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Institute
of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, National Research Council, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Institute
of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, National Research Council, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, I-43124 Parma, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Kumar N, Mishra R, Bargali A, Bhavana RI. Dengue-associated longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. BMJ Case Rep 2024; 17:e259388. [PMID: 38531558 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259388] [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] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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We diagnosed a patient with dengue fever who developed acute onset of sensorimotor quadriparesis with bladder involvement, and facial nerve involvement. Despite initial negative results in routine investigations and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, spinal MRI confirmed longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. The aetiological workup was negative, prompting an investigation into the presence of dengue in the cerebrospinal fluid, which returned positive. This case underscores the importance of considering rare neurological complications in dengue, the value of advanced diagnostic techniques and the potential effectiveness of tailored interventions in challenging cases.
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- Naresh Kumar
- Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Amirali A, Babler KM, Sharkey ME, Beaver CC, Boone MM, Comerford S, Cooper D, Currall BB, Goodman KW, Grills GS, Kobetz E, Kumar N, Laine J, Lamar WE, Mason CE, Reding BD, Roca MA, Ryon K, Schürer SC, Shukla BS, Solle NS, Stevenson M, Tallon JJ, Vidović D, Williams SL, Yin X, Solo-Gabriele HM. Wastewater based surveillance can be used to reduce clinical testing intensity on a university campus. Sci Total Environ 2024; 918:170452. [PMID: 38296085 PMCID: PMC10923133 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Clinical testing has been a vital part of the response to and suppression of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, testing imposes significant burdens on a population. College students had to contend with clinical testing while simultaneously dealing with health risks and the academic pressures brought on by quarantines, changes to virtual platforms, and other disruptions to daily life. The objective of this study was to analyze whether wastewater surveillance can be used to decrease the intensity of clinical testing while maintaining reliable measurements of diseases incidence on campus. Twelve months of human health and wastewater surveillance data for eight residential buildings on a university campus were analyzed to establish how SARS-CoV-2 levels in the wastewater can be used to minimize clinical testing burden on students. Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 levels were used to create multiple scenarios, each with differing levels of testing intensity, which were compared to the actual testing volumes implemented by the university. We found that scenarios in which testing intensity fluctuations matched rise and falls in SARS-CoV-2 wastewater levels had stronger correlations between SARS-CoV-2 levels and recorded clinical positives. In addition to stronger correlations, most scenarios resulted in overall fewer weekly clinical tests performed. We suggest the use of wastewater surveillance to guide COVID-19 testing as it can significantly increase the efficacy of COVID-19 surveillance while reducing the burden placed on college students during a pandemic. Future efforts should be made to integrate wastewater surveillance into clinical testing strategies implemented on college campuses.
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- Ayaaz Amirali
- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA; Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Environmental Health and Safety, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Division of Occupational Health, Safety & Compliance, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY 10021, USA; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA; The WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Environmental Health and Safety, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, NY 10021, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA; Department of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicines, Miami, FL 33136, USA; Institute for Data Science & Computing, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, 33136, FL, USA; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Facilities and Operations, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.
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Kumar N, Lee EXY, Hui SJ, Kumar L, Jonathan Tan JH, Ashokka B. Does Patient Blood Management Affect Outcomes in Metastatic Spine Tumour Surgery? A Review of Current Concepts. Global Spine J 2024:21925682231167096. [PMID: 38453667 DOI: 10.1177/21925682231167096] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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STUDY DESIGN Narrative review. OBJECTIVE The spine is the most common site of metastases, associated with decreased quality of life. Increase in metastatic spine tumour surgery (MSTS) has caused us to focus on the management of blood, as blood loss is a significant morbidity in these patients. However, blood transfusion is also not without its own risks, and hence this led to blood conservation strategies and implementation of a concept of patient blood management (PBM) in clinical practise focusing on these patients. METHODS A narrative review was conducted and all studies that were related to blood management in metastatic spine disease as well as PBM surrounding this condition were included. RESULTS A total of 64 studies were included in this review. We discussed a new concept of patient blood management in patients undergoing MSTS, with stratification to pre-operative and intra-operative factors, as well as anaesthesia and surgical considerations. The studies show that PBM and reduction in blood transfusion allows for reduced readmission rates, lower risks associated with blood transfusion, and lower morbidity for patients undergoing MSTS. CONCLUSION Through this review, we highlight various pre-operative and intra-operative methods in the surgical and anaesthesia domains that can help with PBM. It is an important concept with the significant amount of blood loss expected from MSTS. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Not applicable.
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- Naresh Kumar
- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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Cai ZF, Tang ZX, Zhang Y, Kumar N. Mechanistic Understanding of Oxygen Activation on Bulk Au(111) Surface Using Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202318682. [PMID: 38407535 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318682] [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: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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Gaining mechanistic understanding of oxygen activation on metal surfaces is a topical area of research in surface science. However, direct investigation of on-surface oxidation processes at the nanoscale and the empirical validation of oxygen activation pathways remain challenging for the conventional analytical tools. In this study, we applied tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) to gain mechanistic insights into oxygen activation on bulk Au(111) surface. Specifically, oxidation of 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP) to 4-nitrothiophenol (4-NTP) on Au(111) surface was investigated using hyperspectral TERS imaging. Nanoscale TERS images revealed a markedly higher oxidation efficiency in disordered 4-ATP adlayers compared to the ordered adlayers signifying that the oxidation of 4-ATP molecules proceeds via interaction with the on-surface oxidative species. These results were further validated via direct oxidation of the 4-ATP adlayers with H2O2 solution. Finally, TERS measurements of oxidized 4-ATP adlayers in the presence of H2O18 provided the first empirical evidence for the generation of oxidative species on bulk Au(111) surface via water-mediated activation of molecular oxygen. This study expands mechanistic understanding of oxidation chemistry on Au by elucidating the oxygen activation pathway.
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- University of Science and Technology of China Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, CHINA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Chemistry, CHINA
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- ETH Zürich: Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI D325, 8093, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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Khan S, Amin F, Amin R, Kumar N. Exploring the Effect of Cetylpyridinium Chloride Addition on the Antibacterial Activity and Surface Hardness of Resin-Based Dental Composites. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:588. [PMID: 38475272 DOI: 10.3390/polym16050588] [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: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) addition on the antibacterial and surface hardness characteristics of two commercial resin-based dental composites (RBDCs). A total of two hundred and seventy (n = 270) specimens from Filtek Z250 Universal and Filtek Z350 XT flowable RBDCs were fabricated with the addition of CPC at 2 %wt and 4 %wt concentrations to assess their antibacterial activity using the agar diffusion test and direct contact inhibition test, and their surface hardness using the Vickers microhardness test after 1 day, 30 days, and 90 days of aging. A surface morphology analysis of the specimens was performed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The RBDCs that contained 2 %wt and 4 %wt CPC demonstrated significant antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans up to 90 days, with the highest activity observed for the 4 %wt concentration. Nevertheless, there was a reduction in antibacterial effectiveness over time. Moreover, compared to the control (0 %wt) and 2 %wt CPC groups, the universal RBDCs containing 4 %wt CPC exhibited a notable decrease in surface hardness, while all groups showed a decline in hardness over time. In conclusion, the satisfactory combination of the antibacterial effect and surface hardness property of RBDCs was revealed with the addition of a 2 %wt CPC concentration.
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- Sara Khan
- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dow Dental College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Dow College of Biotechnology, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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Shamim SA, Kumar N, Arora G, Jaswal S, Shalimar, Gamanagatti S, Bal C. A prospective study of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging of HCC as diagnosed on conventional imaging to evaluate for potential 177Lu-PSMA therapy. Ann Nucl Med 2024; 38:103-111. [PMID: 37926772 DOI: 10.1007/s12149-023-01876-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE PSMA expression is seen in many solid tumours in addition to prostate cancer and several studies and case reports have shown PSMA expression and 68Ga-PSMA imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our prospective study evaluates the role of 68Ga-PSMA in HCC patients and compares it to conventional imaging (CE-CT/MRI). METHODS Patients with radiologically and/or histopathologically confirmed HCC were included and all had undergone serum alpha-fetoprotein (S.AFP) assessment as well as CE-CT/MRI prior to PSMA PET/CT. Acquired whole-body PET/CTs were analysed both visually and quantitatively by two experienced nuclear medicine physicians. RESULTS Forty-one (41) patients (36 male; 5 female) with known HCC and a mean age of 53.9 ± 10.9 years underwent 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT. All patients had lesions on conventional imaging but only 38/41 patients showed 68Ga-PSMA uptake. Conventional imaging revealed 18 patients with single lesions, all of which were tracer avid. Twenty-three (23) of 41 patients had multifocal (> 2) hepatic lesions on CE-CT/MRI of which 3 patients showed no 68Ga-PSMA uptake, 7 showed tracer uptake in a single lesion only and 13 patients had multifocal tracer avid lesions. There was no correlation observed between S. AFP level and tumour SUVmax on 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT. CONCLUSION 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT imaging of HCC may complement conventional imaging and identify patients for potential theranostic intervention.
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- Shamim Ahmed Shamim
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar East, New Delhi, 110029, India.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar East, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar East, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar East, New Delhi, 110029, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ansari Nagar East, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Shah M, Gill R, Hotwani P, Moparty H, Kumar N, Gala D, Kumar V. A Case of Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension With Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Cureus 2024; 16:e53843. [PMID: 38465021 PMCID: PMC10924662 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53843] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) and obliterative portal venopathy (OPV) are two causes of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH), which is a vascular liver disease wherein clinical signs of portal hypertension (PHT), such as esophageal varices, ascites, and splenomegaly develop in the absence of cirrhosis and portal vein thrombosis. The etiology often remains unidentified, but herein we present the case of a 56-year-old male with NCPH and refractory ascites who underwent liver biopsy confirming NRH and OPV. Etiological workup revealed beta-2 glycoprotein-1 and anticardiolipin antibodies, concerning antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) despite no prior history of thrombosis. The patient underwent a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure for his refractory ascites and was started on prophylactic anticoagulation owing to a concern for APS with clinical improvement in his ascites and shortness of breath. Pursuing TIPS earlier in the setting of refractory ascites, as well as offering anticoagulation therapy for patients with possible APS to prevent the development of potential thromboses, could be appropriate recommendations to prevent complications in the disease course. This case report highlights the need for further investigations on the etiologies, diagnosis pathways, and treatment options for NCPH.
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- Mili Shah
- Internal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint Maarten, SXM
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- Internal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint Maarten, SXM
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- Internal Medicine, Parkview Medical Center, Fort Wayne, USA
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- Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, USA
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- Internal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Sint Maarten, SXM
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- Internal Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, USA
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Mittal Y, Srivastava P, Tripathy BC, Dhal NK, Martinez F, Kumar N, Yadav AK. Aluminium dross waste utilization for phosphate removal and recovery from aqueous environment: Operational feasibility development. Chemosphere 2024; 349:140649. [PMID: 37952825 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 10/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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The need to minimize eutrophication in water bodies and the shortage of phosphate rock reserves has stimulated the search for sequestration and recovery of phosphate from alternative sources, including wastewater. In this study, aluminium dross (AD), a smelting industry waste/by-product, was converted to high-value material by encapsulation in calcium alginate (Ca-Alg) beads, viz. Ca-Alg-AD and utilized for adsorptive/uptake removal and phosphate recovery from an aqueous environment. Encapsulation of AD in alginate beads solves serious operational difficulties of using raw AD material directly due to density difference constraining efficient contact of AD with pollutants present in water and post-treatment recovery of AD material. The phosphate removal was evaluated in both batch and continuous flow operation modes. The batch adsorption study revealed 96.86% phosphate removal from 10 mg L-1 of initial phosphate concentration in 70 min of optimal contact time. Further, the phosphate removal potential of Ca-Alg-AD beads turned out to be independent of solution pH, with an average of 95.93 ± 1.40 % phosphate removal in the 2-9 pH range. The result reflects phosphate adsorption on Ca-Alg-AD beads following a second-order pseudo-kinetic model. Ca-Alg-AD beads-based adsorption followed Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. Further, a continuous packed bed column study revealed a total phosphate adsorption capacity of 1.089 mg g-1. The chemical composition, physical stability, and surface properties of Ca-Alg-AD beads were analyzed by means of state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetry/Differential Thermal Analysis (TG/DTA). These characterization techniques comprehend the mechanism and influence of surface properties and morphology on the phosphate adsorption behaviour, which induce the involvement of multiple mechanisms such as ligand complexation, ion exchange, and electrostatic attraction for phosphate adsorption on Ca-Alg-AD beads.
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- Yamini Mittal
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India; Ingenieurgesellschaft Janisch & Schulz mbH, Münzenberg 35516, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, The University of Melbourne, 3010, VIC, Australia
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- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Wageningen University, 6708, PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India; Department of Chemical and Environmental Technology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
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Acharya S, Adamová D, Adler A, Aglieri Rinella G, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahmad S, Ahn SU, Ahuja I, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfanda HM, Alfaro Molina R, Ali B, Alici A, Alizadehvandchali N, Alkin A, Alme J, Alocco G, Alt T, Altsybeev I, Anaam MN, Andrei C, Andronic A, Anguelov V, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arata C, Arcelli S, Aresti M, Arnaldi R, Arsene IC, Arslandok M, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Azmi MD, Badalà A, Bae J, Baek YW, Bai X, Bailhache R, Bailung Y, Balbino A, Baldisseri A, Balis B, Banerjee D, Banoo Z, Barbera R, Barile F, Barioglio L, Barlou M, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barret V, Barreto L, Bartels C, Barth K, Bartsch E, Baruffaldi F, Bastid N, Basu S, Batigne G, Battistini D, Batyunya B, Bauri D, Bazo Alba JL, Bearden IG, Beattie C, Becht P, Behera D, Belikov I, Bell Hechavarria ADC, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belokurova S, Belyaev V, Bencedi G, Beole S, Bercuci A, Berdnikov Y, Berdnikova A, Bergmann L, Besoiu MG, Betev L, Bhaduri PP, Bhasin A, Bhat MA, Bhattacharjee B, Bianchi L, Bianchi N, Bielčík J, Bielčíková J, Biernat J, Bigot AP, Bilandzic A, Biro G, Biswas S, Bize N, Blair JT, Blau D, Blidaru MB, Bluhme N, Blume C, Boca G, Bock F, Bodova T, Bogdanov A, Boi S, Bok J, Boldizsár L, Bolozdynya A, Bombara M, Bond PM, Bonomi G, Borel H, Borissov A, Borquez Carcamo AG, Bossi H, Botta E, Bouziani YEM, Bratrud L, Braun-Munzinger P, Bregant M, Broz M, Bruno GE, Budnikov D, Buesching H, Bufalino S, Bugnon O, Buhler P, Buthelezi Z, Bysiak SA, Cai M, Caines H, Caliva A, Calvo Villar E, Camacho JMM, Camerini P, Canedo FDM, Carabas M, Carballo AA, Carnesecchi F, Caron R, Castillo Castellanos J, Catalano F, Ceballos Sanchez C, Chakaberia I, Chakraborty P, Chandra S, Chapeland S, Chartier M, Chattopadhyay S, Chattopadhyay S, Chavez TG, Cheng T, Cheshkov C, Cheynis B, Chibante Barroso V, Chinellato DD, Chizzali ES, Cho J, Cho S, Chochula P, Christakoglou P, Christensen CH, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Ciacco M, Cicalo C, Cindolo F, Ciupek MR, Clai G, Colamaria F, Colburn JS, Colella D, Colocci M, Concas M, Conesa Balbastre G, Conesa Del Valle Z, Contin G, Contreras JG, Coquet ML, Cormier TM, Cortese P, Cosentino MR, Costa F, Costanza S, Crkovská J, Crochet P, Cruz-Torres R, Cuautle E, Cui P, Dainese A, Danisch MC, Danu A, Das P, Das P, Das S, Dash AR, Dash S, De Caro A, de Cataldo G, de Cuveland J, De Falco A, De Gruttola D, De Marco N, De Martin C, De Pasquale S, Deb S, Debski RJ, Deja KR, Del Grande R, Dello Stritto L, Deng W, Dhankher P, Di Bari D, Di Mauro A, Diaz RA, Dietel T, Ding Y, Divià R, Dixit DU, Djuvsland Ø, Dmitrieva U, Dobrin A, Dönigus B, Dubinski JM, Dubla A, Dudi S, Dupieux P, Durkac M, Dzalaiova N, Eder TM, Ehlers RJ, Eikeland VN, Eisenhut F, Elia D, Erazmus B, Ercolessi F, Erhardt F, Ersdal MR, Espagnon B, Eulisse G, Evans D, Evdokimov S, Fabbietti L, Faggin M, Faivre J, Fan F, Fan W, Fantoni A, Fasel M, Fecchio P, Feliciello A, Feofilov G, Fernández Téllez A, Ferrandi L, Ferrer MB, Ferrero A, Ferrero C, Ferretti A, Feuillard VJG, Filova V, Finogeev D, Fionda FM, Flor F, Flores AN, Foertsch S, Fokin I, Fokin S, Fragiacomo E, Frajna E, Fuchs U, Funicello N, Furget C, Furs A, Fusayasu T, Gaardhøje JJ, Gagliardi M, Gago AM, Galvan CD, Gangadharan DR, Ganoti P, Garabatos C, Garcia JRA, Garcia-Solis E, Garg K, Gargiulo C, Garibli A, Garner K, Gasik P, Gautam A, Gay Ducati MB, Germain M, Ghosh C, Giacalone M, Giubellino P, Giubilato P, Glaenzer AMC, Glässel P, Glimos E, Goh DJQ, Gonzalez V, González-Trueba LH, Gorgon M, Gotovac S, Grabski V, Graczykowski LK, Grecka E, Grelli A, Grigoras C, Grigoriev V, Grigoryan S, Grosa F, Grosse-Oetringhaus JF, Grosso R, Grund D, Guardiano GG, Guernane R, Guilbaud M, Gulbrandsen K, Gundem T, Gunji T, Guo W, Gupta A, Gupta R, Guzman SP, Gyulai L, Habib MK, Hadjidakis C, Haider FU, Hamagaki H, Hamdi A, Hamid M, Han Y, Hannigan R, Haque MR, Harris JW, Harton A, Hassan H, Hatzifotiadou D, Hauer P, Havener LB, Heckel ST, Hellbär E, Helstrup H, Hemmer M, Herman T, Herrera Corral G, Herrmann F, Herrmann S, Hetland KF, Heybeck B, Hillemanns H, Hills C, Hippolyte B, Hofman B, Hohlweger B, Hong GH, Horst M, Horzyk A, Hosokawa R, Hou Y, Hristov P, Hughes C, Huhn P, Huhta LM, Hulse CV, Humanic TJ, Hushnud H, Hutson A, Hutter D, Iddon JP, Ilkaev R, Ilyas H, Inaba M, Innocenti GM, Ippolitov M, Isakov A, Isidori T, Islam MS, Ivanov M, Ivanov M, Ivanov V, Jablonski M, Jacak B, Jacazio N, Jacobs PM, Jadlovska S, Jadlovsky J, Jaelani S, Jaffe L, Jahnke C, Jakubowska MJ, Janik MA, Janson T, Jercic M, Jia S, Jimenez AAP, Jonas F, Jowett JM, Jung J, Jung M, Junique A, Jusko A, Kabus MJ, Kaewjai J, Kalinak P, Kalteyer AS, Kalweit A, Kaplin V, Karasu Uysal A, Karatovic D, Karavichev O, Karavicheva T, Karczmarczyk P, Karpechev E, Kebschull U, Keidel R, Keijdener DLD, Keil M, Ketzer B, Khan AM, Khan S, Khanzadeev A, Kharlov Y, Khatun A, Khuntia A, Kidson MB, Kileng B, Kim B, Kim C, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim J, Kim JS, Kim J, Kim J, Kim M, Kim S, Kim T, Kimura K, Kirsch S, Kisel I, Kiselev S, Kisiel A, Kitowski JP, Klay JL, Klein J, Klein S, Klein-Bösing C, Kleiner M, Klemenz T, Kluge A, Knospe AG, Kobdaj C, Kollegger T, Kondratyev A, Kondratyuk E, Konig J, Konigstorfer SA, Konopka PJ, Kornakov G, Koryciak SD, Kotliarov A, Kovalenko V, Kowalski M, Kozhuharov V, Králik I, Kravčáková A, Kreis L, Krivda M, Krizek F, Krizkova Gajdosova K, Kroesen M, Krüger M, Krupova DM, Kryshen E, Kučera V, Kuhn C, Kuijer PG, Kumaoka T, Kumar D, Kumar L, Kumar N, Kumar S, Kundu S, Kurashvili P, Kurepin A, Kurepin AB, Kuryakin A, Kushpil S, Kvapil J, Kweon MJ, Kwon JY, Kwon Y, La Pointe SL, La Rocca P, Lai YS, Lakrathok A, Lamanna M, Langoy R, Larionov P, Laudi E, Lautner L, Lavicka R, Lazareva T, Lea R, Lee H, Legras G, Lehrbach J, Lemmon RC, León Monzón I, Lesch MM, Lesser ED, Lettrich M, Lévai P, Li X, Li XL, Lien J, Lietava R, Lim B, Lim SH, Lindenstruth V, Lindner A, Lippmann C, Liu A, Liu DH, Liu J, Lofnes IM, Loizides C, Lokos S, Loncar P, Lopez JA, Lopez X, López Torres E, Lu P, Luhder JR, Lunardon M, Luparello G, Ma YG, Maevskaya A, Mager M, Mahmoud T, Maire A, Makariev MV, Malaev M, Malfattore G, Malik NM, Malik QW, Malik SK, Malinina L, Mal'Kevich D, Mallick D, Mallick N, Mandaglio G, Manko V, Manso F, Manzari V, Mao Y, Margagliotti GV, Margotti A, Marín A, Markert C, Martinengo P, Martinez JL, Martínez MI, Martínez García G, Masciocchi S, Masera M, Masoni A, Massacrier L, Mastroserio A, Mathis AM, Matonoha O, Matuoka PFT, Matyja A, Mayer C, Mazuecos AL, Mazzaschi F, Mazzilli M, Mdhluli JE, Mechler AF, Melikyan Y, Menchaca-Rocha A, Meninno E, Menon AS, Meres M, Mhlanga S, Miake Y, Micheletti L, Migliorin LC, Mihaylov DL, Mikhaylov K, Mishra AN, Miśkowiec D, Modak A, Mohanty AP, Mohanty B, Khan MM, Molander MA, Moravcova Z, Mordasini C, Moreira De Godoy DA, Morozov I, Morsch A, Mrnjavac T, Muccifora V, Muhuri S, Mulligan JD, Mulliri A, Munhoz MG, Munzer RH, Murakami H, Murray S, Musa L, Musinsky J, Myrcha JW, Naik B, Nambrath AI, Nandi BK, Nania R, Nappi E, Nassirpour AF, Nath A, Nattrass C, Naydenov MN, Neagu A, Negru A, Nellen L, Nesbo SV, Neskovic G, Nesterov D, Nielsen BS, Nielsen EG, Nikolaev S, Nikulin S, Nikulin V, Noferini F, Noh S, Nomokonov P, Norman J, Novitzky N, Nowakowski P, Nyanin A, Nystrand J, Ogino M, Ohlson A, Okorokov VA, Oleniacz J, Oliveira Da Silva AC, Oliver MH, Onnerstad A, Oppedisano C, Ortiz Velasquez A, Otwinowski J, Oya M, Oyama K, Pachmayer Y, Padhan S, Pagano D, Paić G, Palasciano A, Panebianco S, Park H, Park H, Park J, Parkkila JE, Patra RN, Paul B, Pei H, Peitzmann T, Peng X, Pennisi M, Pereira LG, Peresunko D, Perez GM, Perrin S, Pestov Y, Petráček V, Petrov V, Petrovici M, Pezzi RP, Piano S, Pikna M, Pillot P, Pinazza O, Pinsky L, Pinto C, Pisano S, Płoskoń M, Planinic M, Pliquett F, Poghosyan MG, Polichtchouk B, Politano S, Poljak N, Pop A, Porteboeuf-Houssais S, Pozdniakov V, Pradhan KK, Prasad SK, Prasad S, 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The production of the ψ(2S) charmonium state was measured with ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV, in the dimuon decay channel. A significant signal was observed for the first time at LHC energies down to zero transverse momentum, at forward rapidity (2.5
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- S Acharya
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A Adler
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - S U Ahn
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - R Alfaro Molina
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - B Ali
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Alici
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - A Alkin
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - T Alt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - C Andrei
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - A Andronic
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - L Aphecetche
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - H Appelshäuser
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Arata
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - S Arcelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Augustinus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
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- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - A Balbino
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Baldisseri
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | | | - L S Barnby
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | - V Barret
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - L Barreto
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C Bartels
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - N Bastid
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - I G Bearden
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Beattie
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - P Becht
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Bianchi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J Bielčíková
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - J Biernat
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A P Bigot
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - A Bilandzic
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Biro
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - S Biswas
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - N Bize
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - J T Blair
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - D Blau
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M B Blidaru
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - N Bluhme
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Blume
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - G Boca
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - F Bock
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - T Bodova
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - A Bogdanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - J Bok
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - L Boldizsár
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - A Bolozdynya
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - P M Bond
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Bonomi
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - H Bossi
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - E Botta
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Y E M Bouziani
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L Bratrud
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P Braun-Munzinger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Bregant
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M Broz
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G E Bruno
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - D Budnikov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Buesching
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Bufalino
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - O Bugnon
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - P Buhler
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - Z Buthelezi
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - S A Bysiak
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Cai
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - H Caines
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Caliva
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - E Calvo Villar
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | | | - P Camerini
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - F D M Canedo
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M Carabas
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - A A Carballo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Carnesecchi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Caron
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - J Castillo Castellanos
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - F Catalano
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - C Ceballos Sanchez
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - P Chakraborty
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Chandra
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chapeland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Chartier
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - T G Chavez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - T Cheng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Cheshkov
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - B Cheynis
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - J Cho
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - S Cho
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - P Chochula
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C H Christensen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - P Christiansen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - T Chujo
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - M Ciacco
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - C Cicalo
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - F Cindolo
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M R Ciupek
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Clai
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - J S Colburn
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - D Colella
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - M Colocci
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Concas
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - G Conesa Balbastre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - Z Conesa Del Valle
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Contin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - J G Contreras
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M L Coquet
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - T M Cormier
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Cortese
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Costanza
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - J Crkovská
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Crochet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - E Cuautle
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - P Cui
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Dainese
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M C Danisch
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Danu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - P Das
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - S Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - S De Pasquale
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Deb
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R J Debski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - K R Deja
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Del Grande
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - L Dello Stritto
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - W Deng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Dhankher
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D Di Bari
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Di Mauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R A Diaz
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Dietel
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Ding
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - R Divià
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D U Dixit
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Ø Djuvsland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - U Dmitrieva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Dobrin
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Dönigus
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - A Dubla
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - M Durkac
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - T M Eder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - V N Eikeland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Erhardt
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M R Ersdal
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Espagnon
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - W Fan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Fecchio
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Feofilov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Ferrandi
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M B Ferrer
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - C Ferrero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Filova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D Finogeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F M Fionda
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - I Fokin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Frajna
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico
| | | | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J R A Garcia
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - K Garg
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Garibli
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - K Garner
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - P Gasik
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Giacalone
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Glimos
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - V Gonzalez
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - L H González-Trueba
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - E Grecka
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Grund
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gundem
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S P Guzman
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Gyulai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M K Habib
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - F U Haider
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Hamdi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Hamid
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Han
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M R Haque
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J W Harris
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - H Hassan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L B Havener
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - S T Heckel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Hemmer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Merida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - S Herrmann
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Heybeck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hills
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Hohlweger
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - M Horst
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Hosokawa
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hughes
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L M Huhta
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - C V Hulse
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | | | - H Hushnud
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J P Iddon
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - R Ilkaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Isakov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - T Isidori
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Jablonski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - B Jacak
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - N Jacazio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Jaelani
- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - L Jaffe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | | | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jercic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - S Jia
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kabus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A S Kalteyer
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Kaplin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - D Karatovic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Karavicheva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Zentrum für Technologie und Transfer (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A M Khan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Kharlov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Khatun
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - A Khuntia
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M B Kidson
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J S Kim
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - K Kimura
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J P Kitowski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Knospe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Kondratyuk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S D Koryciak
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - V Kovalenko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - V Kozhuharov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - L Kreis
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - K Krizkova Gajdosova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D M Krupova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E Kryshen
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Kučera
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kumar
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A B Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kuryakin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - J Kvapil
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Y Kwon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - Y S Lai
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - T Lazareva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Lea
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - H Lee
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - G Legras
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - M M Lesch
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Lettrich
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P Lévai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - X L Li
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - B Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Liu
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - S Lokos
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - J A Lopez
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - P Lu
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - J R Luhder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - Y G Ma
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - A Maevskaya
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mahmoud
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - M V Makariev
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - M Malaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G Malfattore
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - S K Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - L Malinina
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mal'Kevich
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mallick
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - V Manko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - A M Mathis
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A F Mechler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Y Melikyan
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - S Mhlanga
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | | | - L C Migliorin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A N Mishra
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A P Mohanty
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - Z Moravcova
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Mordasini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - D A Moreira De Godoy
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
| | - I Morozov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - S Murray
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A I Nambrath
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Nattrass
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - M N Naydenov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A Negru
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S V Nesbo
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Nesterov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - E G Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | | | - A Nyanin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Ogino
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - M H Oliver
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - H Park
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - H Park
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J E Parkkila
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R N Patra
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - M Pennisi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - L G Pereira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - D Peresunko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G M Perez
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - S Perrin
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - Y Pestov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Petráček
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V Petrov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R P Pezzi
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - P Pillot
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Pinto
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Planinic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Pliquett
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M G Poghosyan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - B Polichtchouk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Politano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Poljak
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Pop
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - V Pozdniakov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - K K Pradhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - C A Pruneau
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - I Pshenichnov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Pucillo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Z Pugelova
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Qiu
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - S Ragoni
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A Rakotozafindrabe
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - L Ramello
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - F Rami
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - S A R Ramirez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Rasa
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M P Rauch
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - I Ravasenga
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - K F Read
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - C Reckziegel
- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
| | - A R Redelbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Reidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H A Reme-Ness
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Ricci
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A A Riedel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Rogochaya
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - S Rojas Torres
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Romanenko
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - A Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - N Rubini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - O V Rueda
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - D Ruggiano
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Rui
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - B Rumyantsev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - P G Russek
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Russo
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - E Ryabinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Ryabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Rybicki
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - H Rytkonen
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - W Rzesa
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - R Sadek
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Sadhu
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Sadovsky
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Saetre
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - K Šafařík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S K Saha
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Saha
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell' Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Munster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Kaur H, Vig R, Kumar N, Sharma A, Dogra A, Goyal B. Fusion of Multimodal Medical Images Based on Fine-Grained Saliency and Anisotropic Diffusion Filter. Curr Med Imaging 2024; 20:CMIR-EPUB-138006. [PMID: 38284702 DOI: 10.2174/0115734056269626231201042100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A clinical medical image provides vital information about a person's health and bodily condition. Typically, doctors monitor and examine several types of medical images individually to gather supplementary information for illness diagnosis and treatment. As it is arduous to analyze and diagnose from a single image, multi-modality images have been shown to enhance the precision of diagnosis and evaluation of medical conditions. OBJECTIVE Several conventional image fusion techniques strengthen the consistency of the information by combining varied image observations; nevertheless, the drawback of these techniques in retaining all crucial elements of the original images can have a negative impact on the accuracy of clinical diagnoses. This research develops an improved image fusion technique based on fine-grained saliency and an anisotropic diffusion filter to preserve structural and detailed information of the individual image. METHOD In contrast to prior efforts, the saliency method is not executed using a pyramidal decomposition, but rather an integral image on the original scale is used to obtain features of superior quality. Furthermore, an anisotropic diffusion filter is utilized for the decomposition of the original source images into a base layer and a detail layer. The proposed algorithm's performance is then contrasted to those of cutting-edge image fusion algorithms. RESULTS The proposed approach cannot only cope with the fusion of medical images well, both subjectively and objectively, according to the results obtained, but also has high computational efficiency. CONCLUSION Furthermore, it provides a roadmap for the direction of future research.
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- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Department of UCRD and ECE, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab 140413, India
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Enninful GN, Kuppusamy R, Tiburu EK, Kumar N, Willcox MDP. Non-canonical amino acid bioincorporation into antimicrobial peptides and its challenges. J Pept Sci 2024:e3560. [PMID: 38262069 DOI: 10.1002/psc.3560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
Abstract
The rise of antimicrobial resistance and multi-drug resistant pathogens has necessitated explorations for novel antibiotic agents as the discovery of conventional antibiotics is becoming economically less viable and technically more challenging for biopharma. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have emerged as a promising alternative because of their particular mode of action, broad spectrum and difficulty that microbes have in becoming resistant to them. The AMPs bacitracin, gramicidin, polymyxins and daptomycin are currently used clinically. However, their susceptibility to proteolytic degradation, toxicity profile, and complexities in large-scale manufacture have hindered their development. To improve their proteolytic stability, methods such as integrating non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) into their peptide sequence have been adopted, which also improves their potency and spectrum of action. The benefits of ncAA incorporation have been made possible by solid-phase peptide synthesis. However, this method is not always suitable for commercial production of AMPs because of poor yield, scale-up difficulties, and its non-'green' nature. Bioincorporation of ncAA as a method of integration is an emerging field geared towards tackling the challenges of solid-phase synthesis as a green, cheaper, and scalable alternative for commercialisation of AMPs. This review focusses on the bioincorporation of ncAAs; some challenges associated with the methods are outlined, and notes are given on how to overcome these challenges. The review focusses particularly on addressing two key challenges: AMP cytotoxicity towards microbial cell factories and the uptake of ncAAs that are unfavourable to them. Overcoming these challenges will draw us closer to a greater yield and an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach to make AMPs more druggable.
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- University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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- University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia
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Mawari G, Kumar N, Sarkar S, Joshi TK, Frank AL, Daga MK, Singh MM. Mercury air, urine monitoring and health effects on occupationally exposed dental healthcare workers in Delhi, India. Work 2024:WOR230109. [PMID: 38251084 DOI: 10.3233/wor-230109] [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] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mercury (Hg) is a toxic heavy metal with multiple uses in various medical devices. Hg is used in dentistry as a restorative material. Such use creates significant exposure to dental practitioners. Hence, it is important to assess the risk created by Hg use in healthcare. OBJECTIVE To quantify airborne Hg vapour exposure and Hg levels in dental healthcare workers, and determine the association of various symptoms and diseases to Hg exposure. METHODS Air monitoring of Hg vapours were conducted in dental clinics and amalgam rooms. Urine samples were collected from occupationally exposed dental healthcare workers and urine Hg levels were measured. A cross-sectional health survey was conducted in 23 healthcare units of Delhi to determine an association between Hg exposure and various health effects. RESULTS Hg vapour concentration ranged from 0.96μg/m3 to 15μg/m3, the highest concentration was recorded in the amalgam room (15μg/m3). Urine Hg levels in healthcare workers (0.51±0.17μg/L) were higher than the control (0.29±0.05μg/L). A cross-sectional health survey revealed a significant prevalence of confusion, forgetfulness, muscle spasm, and tremors by the respondents. CONCLUSION Hg concentration in dental clinics may hover above the prescribed safe levels posing a definitive health risk to healthcare workers. Urinary Hg measurements did not reveal an excess of body burden except in one case. Since Hg bio accumulates, it is probable as these workers grow older, they may end up with a higher body burden of Hg that may lead to a variety of adverse health outcomes.
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- Govind Mawari
- Center for Occupational and Environment Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Center for Occupational and Environment Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Center for Occupational and Environment Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Center for Occupational and Environment Health, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Ge S, Kumar N, Hallinan JTPD. Pedicle Screw Pseudofracture on Computed Tomography Secondary to Metal Artifact Reduction. Diagnostics (Basel) 2024; 14:108. [PMID: 38201417 PMCID: PMC10795680 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14010108] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithms are commonly used in computed tomography (CT) scans where metal implants are involved. However, MAR algorithms also have the potential to create new artifacts in reconstructed images. We present a case of a screw pseudofracture due to MAR on CT.
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- Shuliang Ge
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Mrđenović D, Combes BF, Ni R, Zenobi R, Kumar N. Probing Chemical Complexity of Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease Mice using Hyperspectral Raman Imaging. ACS Chem Neurosci 2024; 15:78-85. [PMID: 38096362 PMCID: PMC10767745 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/04/2024] Open
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One of the distinctive pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the deposition of amyloid plaques within the brain of affected individuals. These plaques have traditionally been investigated using labeling techniques such as immunohistochemical imaging. However, the use of labeling can disrupt the structural integrity of the molecules being analyzed. Hence, it is imperative to employ label-free imaging methods for noninvasive examination of amyloid deposits in their native form, thereby providing more relevant information pertaining to AD. This study presents compelling evidence that label-free and nondestructive confocal Raman imaging is a highly effective approach for the identification and chemical characterization of amyloid plaques within cortical regions of an arcAβ mouse model of AD. Furthermore, this investigation elucidates how the spatial correlation of Raman signals can be exploited to identify robust Raman marker bands and discern proteins and lipids from amyloid plaques. Finally, this study uncovers the existence of distinct types of amyloid plaques in the arcAβ mouse brain, exhibiting significant disparities in terms of not only shape and size but also molecular composition.
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- Dušan Mrđenović
- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1−5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, University of
Zürich, Wagistrasse
12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, University of
Zürich, Wagistrasse
12, 8952 Schlieren, Switzerland
- Institute
for Biomedical Engineering, University of
Zurich and ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1−5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH
Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1−5/10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Dutta A, Hazra KK, Nath CP, Kumar N, Singh SS, Praharaj CS. Long-term impact of legume-inclusive diversification and nutrient management practices on phosphorus dynamics in alkaline Fluvisol. Sci Rep 2024; 14:65. [PMID: 38167531 PMCID: PMC10762125 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49616-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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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An insight into the dynamics of soil phosphorus (P) pools with long-term cropping/management practices would help in designing efficient and sustainable management module(s). The study aimed to investigate the long-term impact of diversified rice-based rotations and variable nutrient management practices on the dynamic composition of P pools and their influence on systems' base-crop productivity in an alkaline soil of Indo-Gangetic plain (Fluvisol). Treatments consisted of four rotations [rice-wheat (R-W), rice-wheat-mungbean (R-W-Mb), rice-wheat-rice-chickpea (R-W-R-C), rice-chickpea (R-C)] each with three nutrient treatments [control (CT), integrated nutrient management (INM), sole-chemical fertilizers (CF)]. Notably, R-C exhibited higher levels of bioavailable-P (soluble-P, Ca2-P, labile-Po), particularly in subsurface soil depth (0.2-0.4 m) compared to other rotations. Likewise, the inclusion of chickpea every alternate year (R-W-R-C) resulted in higher Ca2-P (40%), labile-Pi (15%), labile-Po (11%), and moderately labile Po (8%) compared to R-W rotation demonstrating an increased significance of chickpea in maintaining a favorable soil P regime in alkaline soil. Both R-C and R-W-R-C reduced the surface-to-subsurface depth ratio (SSBR) of soluble-P and Ca2-P while increasing the ratio for microbial biomass P. Even with a suboptimal fertilizer-P rate, INM significantly increased soluble-P (4-33%), labile-Po (13-17%), microbial biomass P (10-26%), moderately labile-Po (4-17%) compared to CF and exhibited higher SSBR values. Correlation analysis demonstrated the substantial influence of very-labile carbon, microbial and phosphatase activities on P availability. The treatment-induced changes in labile-P pools significantly influenced rice (base-crop) yields. In conclusion, chickpea-inclusive diversification and INM could be a sustainable approach to enhance P bioavailability and crop productivity in tropical rice soils.
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- Asik Dutta
- Crop Production Division, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208024, India.
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- Crop Production Division, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208024, India.
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- Crop Production Division, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208024, India.
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- Crop Production Division, Indian Institute of Pulses Research (ICAR), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208024, India.
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- Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, 284003, India
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- Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India
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Kaur H, Vig R, Kumar N, Sharma A, Dogra A, Goyal B. Multimodal Medical Image Fusion Utilizing Two-scale Image Decomposition via Saliency Detection. Curr Med Imaging 2024; 20:1-13. [PMID: 38389343 DOI: 10.2174/0115734056260083230924154700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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BACKGROUND Modern medical imaging modalities used by clinicians have many applications in the diagnosis of complicated diseases. These imaging technologies reveal the internal anatomy and physiology of the body. The fundamental idea behind medical image fusion is to increase the image's global and local contrast, enhance the visual impact, and change its format so that it is better suited for computer processing or human viewing while preventing noise magnification and accomplishing excellent real-time performance. OBJECTIVE The top goal is to combine data from various modal images (CT/MRI and MR-T1/MR-T2) into a solitary image that, to the greatest degree possible, retains the key characteristics (prominent features) of the source images. METHODS The clinical accuracy of medical issues is compromised because innumerable classical fusion methods struggle to conserve all the prominent features of the original images. Furthermore, complex implementation, high computation time, and more memory requirements are key problems of transform domain methods. With the purpose of solving these problems, this research suggests a fusion framework for multimodal medical images that makes use of a multi-scale edge-preserving filter and visual saliency detection. The source images are decomposed using a two-scale edge-preserving filter into base and detail layers. Base layers are combined using the addition fusion rule, while detail layers are fused using weight maps constructed using the maximum symmetric surround saliency detection algorithm. RESULTS The resultant image constructed by the presumed method has improved objective evaluation metrics than other classical methods, as well as unhindered edge contour, more global contrast, and no ringing effect or artifacts. CONCLUSION The methodology offers a dominant and symbiotic arsenal of clinical symptomatic, therapeutic, and biomedical research competencies that have the prospective to considerably strengthen medical practice and biological understanding.
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- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- Department of UCRD and ECE, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab 140413, India
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Hooper GA, Butler AM, Guidry D, Kumar N, Brown K, Beninati W, Brown SM, Peltan ID. Relationship Between Resuscitation Team Members' Self-Efficacy and Team Competence During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Explor 2024; 6:e1029. [PMID: 38259865 PMCID: PMC10803034 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001029] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Inadequate self-efficacy of resuscitation team members may impair team performance, but high self-efficacy does not guarantee competence. We evaluated the relationship between individual self-efficacy and resuscitation team competence. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. SETTING High-fidelity in situ in-hospital cardiac arrest simulations at seven hospitals in Utah. SUBJECTS Multidisciplinary cardiac arrest resuscitation team members. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Resuscitation team members completed surveys evaluating resuscitation self-efficacy (confidence in resuscitation role, difficulty thinking clearly, and concerns about committing errors) after each simulation. The primary outcome was event-level chest compression hands-on fraction greater than 75%. Secondary outcomes included other measures of resuscitation quality, advanced cardiac life support protocol adherence, and nontechnical team performance. Analyses employed the Datta-Satten rank-sum method to account for response clustering within simulation events. Of 923 participants in 76 analyzable simulations, 612 (66%) submitted complete surveys and 33 (43%) resuscitation teams achieved hands-on fraction greater than 75%. Event-level chest compression hands-on fraction greater than 75% versus less than or equal to 75% was not associated with the percentage of resuscitation team members reporting confidence in their team role (n = 213 [74%] vs. n = 251 [77%], respectively, p = 0.18), lack of difficulty thinking clearly (n = 186 [65%] vs. n = 214 [66%], p = 0.92), or lack of worry about making errors (n = 155 [54%] vs. n = 180 [55%], p = 0.41). Team members' confidence was also not associated with secondary outcomes, except that teams with confident members had better values for composite (3.55 [interquartile range, IQR 3.00-3.82] vs. 3.18 [IQR 2.57-3.64], p = 0.024) and global (8 [7-9] vs. 8 [6-8], p = 0.029) scales measuring nontechnical team performance. CONCLUSIONS Team members' self-efficacy was not associated with most team-level competence metrics during simulated cardiac arrest resuscitation. These data suggest that self-efficacy should have a limited role for evaluation of resuscitation training programs and for initial certification and monitoring of individual resuscitation team members' competence.
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
- Telecritical Care Program, Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
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- Telehealth Program, Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
- Telecritical Care Program, Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT
- Telecritical Care Program, Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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Kumar S, Prakash P, Kumari R, Kumar N. Genetic Association of Transcription Factor 7-Like-2 rs7903146 Polymorphism With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Cureus 2024; 16:e52709. [PMID: 38384655 PMCID: PMC10880045 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.52709] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) mainly results from the inability of muscle, fat, and liver cells to uptake glucose due to insulin resistance or deficiency of insulin production by the pancreas. Predisposition to T2DM may be due to environmental, hereditary, or both factors. Although there are many genes involved in causing T2DM, transcription factor 7-like-2 gene (TCF7L2) rs7903146 (C/T) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) found in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is susceptible to T2DM. TCF7L2 is involved in pancreatic beta cell proliferation and differentiation via the Wnt signaling mechanism. OBJECTIVES To find the genetic association of TCF7L2 rs7903146 (C/T) gene polymorphism in patients with T2DM. METHODS A case-control study was conducted on 194 T2DM patients recruited from the endocrinology department at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, and 180 non-diabetic healthy controls that were age and sex-matched with the patients. All clinical examination and biochemical investigations like glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), total cholesterol, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; and determination of TCF7L2 gene polymorphism by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (AS-PCR) were carried out for each subject. RESULTS The T allele of the rs7903146 (C/T) SNP was associated with a two-fold higher risk of T2DM and the heterozygous genotype (CT) with a 1.96 times higher risk. CONCLUSION There is a high association of this SNP with the development of T2DM in the eastern Indian population. Serial monitoring of HbA1c should be done in an individual having this type of polymorphism for early detection of T2DM to prevent future complications.
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- Santosh Kumar
- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Biochemistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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- Medicine, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, IND
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Fu X, Wenholz D, Chan DSH, Black DS, Kumar N. Rational Design, Synthesis, and Anti-Proliferative Evaluation of Novel 4-Aryl-3,4-Dihydro-2 H-1,4-Benzoxazines. Molecules 2023; 29:166. [PMID: 38202749 PMCID: PMC10780242 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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A synthetic pathway to a novel 4-aryl-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzoxazine scaffold was developed and a series of compounds based on the scaffold were synthesised as potential anticancer agents. The 4-aryl-substituted compounds were prepared via Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling between substituted bromobenzenes and various 1,4-benzoxazines, which in turn were generated from a cascade hydrogenation and reductive amination one-pot reaction. These analogues exhibited moderate to good potency against various cancer cell lines. Structure-activity relationship analysis indicated that the inclusion of hydroxyl groups on ring A and ring B was beneficial to biological activity, while having a para-amino group on ring C significantly enhanced potency. Molecule 14f displayed the most potent anticancer activity (IC50 = 7.84-16.2 µM against PC-3, NHDF, MDA-MB-231, MIA PaCa-2, and U-87 MG cancer cell lines), indicating its potential as a lead compound for further structural optimisation. All the synthesised compounds were fully characterised with NMR, HMRS, and IR. The novel benzoxazine scaffold described in this study holds promise and deserves further in-depth studies.
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, Sydney 2052, Australia (D.S.B.)
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Uzair H, Waseem R, Kumar N, Hussain MS, Shah HH. Fatal outcome of dengue fever with multi-organ failure and hemorrhage: A case report. SAGE Open Med Case Rep 2023; 11:2050313X231220808. [PMID: 38149117 PMCID: PMC10750506 DOI: 10.1177/2050313x231220808] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
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Dengue fever is a prevalent viral disease caused by a single-stranded positive RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family, genus flavivirus. It is characterized by fever, headache, myalgias, leukopenia, rash, and plasma leakage, which may progress to compensated or uncompensated shock and multi-organ failure. Liver involvement is a common feature of Dengue fever and is usually manifested by nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort, anorexia, hepatomegaly, and elevated serum transaminase levels. Severe disease is associated with laboratory parameters such as mean Platelet count < 20,000/mm, Aspartate Transaminase Levels >45 IU, and lymphocytes <1500. The Expanded Dengue Syndrome (EDS), a term coined by World Health Organization in 2012, refers to an atypical presentation of Dengue fever that manifests with generalized impacts on normal physiology. This case report presents a 29-year-old male with EDS who presented at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi and died a week later due to liver failure.
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- Hafsa Uzair
- Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
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Aggarwal S, Nandi S, Verma A, Kumar N. Peripancreatic tuberculosis. BMJ Case Rep 2023; 16:e256433. [PMID: 38086575 PMCID: PMC10728911 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-256433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Peripancreatic tuberculosis (PTB) is a very rare variant of tuberculosis and its clinical and radiological findings are similar to those of pancreatic malignancy. Diagnosis of PTB is usually incidental and is made after surgical resection. We are presenting a male patient who had complaints of prolonged fever, significant weight loss and yellowish discolouration of eyes and dark-coloured urine. Investigations revealed that there was a pancreatic mass causing obstructive jaundice. However, the aetiology of the mass, whether tubercular or malignant, was not clear. Hence, the patient was planned for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Cytology and aspirate were sent for a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test which revealed the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, sensitive to rifampicin. The patient improved completely after treatment with antitubercular therapy.
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- Sunita Aggarwal
- General Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- General Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- General Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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- General Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Kumari V, Kumar N, Kumar K S, Kumar A, Skandha SS, Saxena S, Khanna NN, Laird JR, Singh N, Fouda MM, Saba L, Singh R, Suri JS. Deep Learning Paradigm and Its Bias for Coronary Artery Wall Segmentation in Intravascular Ultrasound Scans: A Closer Look. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:485. [PMID: 38132653 PMCID: PMC10743870 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10120485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION Coronary artery disease (CAD) has the highest mortality rate; therefore, its diagnosis is vital. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a high-resolution imaging solution that can image coronary arteries, but the diagnosis software via wall segmentation and quantification has been evolving. In this study, a deep learning (DL) paradigm was explored along with its bias. METHODS Using a PRISMA model, 145 best UNet-based and non-UNet-based methods for wall segmentation were selected and analyzed for their characteristics and scientific and clinical validation. This study computed the coronary wall thickness by estimating the inner and outer borders of the coronary artery IVUS cross-sectional scans. Further, the review explored the bias in the DL system for the first time when it comes to wall segmentation in IVUS scans. Three bias methods, namely (i) ranking, (ii) radial, and (iii) regional area, were applied and compared using a Venn diagram. Finally, the study presented explainable AI (XAI) paradigms in the DL framework. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS UNet provides a powerful paradigm for the segmentation of coronary walls in IVUS scans due to its ability to extract automated features at different scales in encoders, reconstruct the segmented image using decoders, and embed the variants in skip connections. Most of the research was hampered by a lack of motivation for XAI and pruned AI (PAI) models. None of the UNet models met the criteria for bias-free design. For clinical assessment and settings, it is necessary to move from a paper-to-practice approach.
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- Vandana Kumari
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida 201310, India; (V.K.); (S.K.K.)
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- Department of Applied Computational Science and Engineering, G L Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida 201310, India
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Greater Noida 201310, India; (V.K.); (S.K.K.)
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- School of CSET, Bennett University, Greater Noida 201310, India;
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- Department of CSE, CMR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad 501401, India;
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar 751003, India;
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- Department of Cardiology, Indraprastha APOLLO Hospitals, New Delhi 110076, India;
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Adventist Health St. Helena, St Helena, CA 94574, USA;
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Graphic Era, Deemed to be University, Dehradun 248002, India;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria (A.O.U.), 09100 Cagliari, Italy;
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Uttaranchal Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, India;
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- Stroke Diagnostics and Monitoring Division, AtheroPoint™, Roseville, CA 95661, USA
- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Graphic Era, Deemed to be University, Dehradun 248002, India
- Monitoring and Diagnosis Division, AtheroPoint™, Roseville, CA 95661, USA
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Rajarajan K, Verma S, Sahu S, Radhakrishna A, Kumar N, Priyadarshini E, Handa AK, Arunachalam A. Differential gene expression analysis reveals the fast-growth mechanisms in Melia dubia at different stand ages. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:10671-10675. [PMID: 37934367 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08873-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Melia dubia Cav. is a fast-growing multipurpose tree suitable for agroforestry and has been widely cultivated for wood-based industries, particularly pulp and paper production. Despite its high economic value in India, there is a lack of information regarding the molecular mechanism driving its fast-growth. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms responsible for fast-growth by expression analysis of selective candidate genes. METHODS AND RESULTS Initially, growth traits were assessed, including tree height and diameter at breast height (DBH), across three different ages (one-year-old, two-year-old, and three-year-old) of M. dubia plantations. Tree volume based on tree height and DBH, was also calculated. The analysis of annual tree height increment revealed that the second-year plantation exhibited the higher increment, followed by first and third years. In contrast, DBH was maximum in third-year plantation, followed by the second and first years. Similarly, annual tree volume increment showed a similar trend with DBH that maximum in the third year, followed by second and first years. Furthermore, a differential gene expression analysis was performed using qRT-PCR on four genes such as Phloem Intercalated with Xylem (PXY), Clavata3/Embryo Surrounding Region-Related 41 (CLE41), 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase (ACS-1) and Hemoglobin1 (Hb1) for downstream analysis. The relative gene expression showed up-regulation of CLE41, ACS-1, and Hb1 genes, while the PXY gene was downregulated across the tree ages. Interestingly, a positive association was observed between tree growth and the expression of the selected candidate genes. CONCLUSION Our results pave the way for further research on the regulatory mechanisms of genes involved in fast-growth and provide a basis for genetic improvement of Melia dubia.
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- K Rajarajan
- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India.
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- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune, India
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- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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- ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi, India
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Kumar N, Hui SJ, Ali S, Lee R, Jeyachandran P, Tan JH. Vacuum assisted closure and local drug delivery systems in spinal infections: A review of current evidence. N Am Spine Soc J 2023; 16:100266. [PMID: 37727637 PMCID: PMC10505691 DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100266] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Background Spinal infections are still showing increased incidence throughout the years as our surgical capabilities increase, coupled with an overall aging population with greater number of chronic comorbidities. The management of spinal infection is of utmost importance, due to high rates of morbidity and mortality, on top of the general difficulty in eradicating spinal infection due to the ease of hematogenous spread in the spine. We aim to summarize the utility of vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) and local drug delivery systems (LDDS) in the management of spinal infections. Methods A narrative review was conducted. All studies that were related to the use of VAC and LDDS in Spinal Infections were included in the study. Results A total of 62 studies were included in this review. We discussed the utility of VAC as a tool for the management of wounds requiring secondary closure, as well as how it is increasingly being used after primary closure as prophylaxis for surgical site infections in high-risk wounds of patients undergoing spinal surgery. The role of LDDS in spinal infections was also discussed, with preliminary studies showing good outcomes when patients were treated with various novel LDDS. Conclusions We have summarized and given our recommendations for the use of VAC and LDDS for spinal infections. A treatment algorithm has also been established, to act as a guide for spine surgeons to follow when tackling various spinal infections in day-to-day clinical practice.
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- Naresh Kumar
- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, 119228, Singapore
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Kumar N, Rahman S, Khoso MH, Zafar MS. Bi-axial flexure testing method for dental composites requires standardization. J Taibah Univ Med Sci 2023; 18:1384-1385. [PMID: 37332484 PMCID: PMC10275969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2023.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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- Naresh Kumar
- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Department of Science of Dental Materials, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan
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- Department of Restorative, Dentistry, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, KSA
- Department of Dental Materials, Islamic International Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Ong W, Liu RW, Makmur A, Low XZ, Sng WJ, Tan JH, Kumar N, Hallinan JTPD. Artificial Intelligence Applications for Osteoporosis Classification Using Computed Tomography. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:1364. [PMID: 38135954 PMCID: PMC10741220 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10121364] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Osteoporosis, marked by low bone mineral density (BMD) and a high fracture risk, is a major health issue. Recent progress in medical imaging, especially CT scans, offers new ways of diagnosing and assessing osteoporosis. This review examines the use of AI analysis of CT scans to stratify BMD and diagnose osteoporosis. By summarizing the relevant studies, we aimed to assess the effectiveness, constraints, and potential impact of AI-based osteoporosis classification (severity) via CT. A systematic search of electronic databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, ClinicalTrials.gov) was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A total of 39 articles were retrieved from the databases, and the key findings were compiled and summarized, including the regions analyzed, the type of CT imaging, and their efficacy in predicting BMD compared with conventional DXA studies. Important considerations and limitations are also discussed. The overall reported accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of AI in classifying osteoporosis using CT images ranged from 61.8% to 99.4%, 41.0% to 100.0%, and 31.0% to 100.0% respectively, with areas under the curve (AUCs) ranging from 0.582 to 0.994. While additional research is necessary to validate the clinical efficacy and reproducibility of these AI tools before incorporating them into routine clinical practice, these studies demonstrate the promising potential of using CT to opportunistically predict and classify osteoporosis without the need for DEXA.
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- Wilson Ong
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore; (J.H.T.); (N.K.)
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- University Spine Centre, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, 1E Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119228, Singapore; (J.H.T.); (N.K.)
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119074, Singapore (A.M.); (X.Z.L.); (W.J.S.); (J.T.P.D.H.)
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Lakshmanan S, Upadhayay A, Kumar N, Bhattacharya S. Region-wise and state-wise synthesis of vehicular emissions in India and their mitigation due to vehicular emissions standards. Sci Total Environ 2023; 900:165838. [PMID: 37506895 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165838] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The implementation of different stages of Bharat Stage Emission standards (BSES) in India for reducing the vehicular emissions has been in different parts of the country at various points of time. A quantitative assessment of the emission standards in mitigating vehicular emissions at different Indian states will provide an estimate of achievable emissions standards for future norms. In this regard, the present work reports an assessment of the BS standards - BS-III, BS-IV and BS-VI in reducing the exhaust emissions in each of the Indian states. The assessment is performed through the survival fraction of the vehicles registered with different norms in the two age groups 2013-2017 and 2018-2022 and the corresponding emissions of NOx, CO, VOC, PM2.5 and BC. Over the years 2013-2022, the NOx emissions are the major contributors of vehicular emissions in all the states studied. Surprisingly, the BS-IV vehicles contributed significantly to vehicular emissions in particular states when compared to the BS-III vehicles. This urged to analyse the impact of meteorological and topographical factors on the vehicular emissions. The results revealed that the vehicular emissions are largely dependent on the temperature and altitude and with an increase in temperature and at high altitudes, the CO and VOC emissions are predominant, even in regions with low vehicle population. This finding therefore indicates that the emission limits are not the same for all over the country and meteorology dependent emission limit should be included in framing the vehicle emission norms.
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- Sandhiya Lakshmanan
- CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi 110012, India.
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- CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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- CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research, New Delhi 110012, India
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Metz R, Kumar N, Schenkeveld WDC, Kraemer SM. Rates and Mechanism of Vivianite Dissolution under Anoxic Conditions. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:17266-17277. [PMID: 37924285 PMCID: PMC10653223 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c04474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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The iron phosphate mineral vivianite Fe(II)3(PO4)2·8H2O has emerged as a potential renewable P source. Although the importance of vivianite as a potential P sink in the global P cycle had previously been recognized, a mechanistic understanding of vivianite dissolution at the molecular level, critical to its potential application, is still elusive. The potential of vivianite as a P sink or source in natural or engineered systems is directly dependent on its dissolution kinetics under environmentally relevant conditions. To understand the thermodynamic and kinetic controls on bioavailability, the oxidation and dissolution processes of vivianite must be disentangled. In this study, we conducted controlled batch and flow-through experiments to quantitatively determine the dissolution rates and mechanisms of vivianite under anoxic conditions as a function of pH and temperature. Our results demonstrate that vivianite solubility and dissolution rates strongly decreased with increasing solution pH. Dissolution was nonstoichiometric at alkaline pH (>7). The rapid initial dissolution rate of vivianite is related to the solution saturation state, indicating a thermodynamic rather than a kinetic control. A defect-driven dissolution mechanism is proposed. Dissolution kinetics over pH 5-9 could be described with a rate law with a single rate constant and a reaction order of 0.61 with respect to {H+}: R exp = 36.0 · e - 1.41 · pH · [ 1 - e ( 0.2 · Δ G / RT ) ] 4.7 The activation energy of vivianite dissolution proved low (Ea = 20.3 kJ mol-1), suggesting hydrogen bridge dissociation as the rate-determining step.
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- Rouven Metz
- Centre
for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department for
Environmental Geosciences, University of
Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Soil
Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Soil
Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre
for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department for
Environmental Geosciences, University of
Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Acharya S, Adamová D, Adler A, Aglieri Rinella G, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahmad S, Ahn SU, Ahuja I, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfanda HM, Alfaro Molina R, Ali B, Ali Y, Alici A, Alizadehvandchali N, Alkin A, Alme J, Alocco G, Alt T, Altsybeev I, Anaam MN, Andrei C, Andronic A, Anguelov V, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Anuj C, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arata C, Arcelli S, Aresti M, Arnaldi R, Arsene IC, Arslandok M, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Azmi MD, Badalà A, Baek YW, Bai X, Bailhache R, Bailung Y, Bala R, Balbino A, Baldisseri A, Balis B, Banerjee D, Banoo Z, Barbera R, Barile F, Barioglio L, Barlou M, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barret V, Barreto L, Bartels C, Barth K, Bartsch E, Baruffaldi F, Bastid N, Basu S, Batigne G, Battistini D, Batyunya B, Bauri D, Bazo Alba JL, Bearden IG, Beattie C, Becht P, Behera D, Belikov I, Bell Hechavarria ADC, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belokurova S, Belyaev V, Bencedi G, Beole S, Bercuci A, Berdnikov Y, Berdnikova A, Bergmann L, Besoiu MG, Betev L, Bhaduri PP, Bhasin A, Bhat MA, Bhattacharjee B, Bianchi L, Bianchi N, Bielčík J, Bielčíková J, Biernat J, Bigot AP, Bilandzic A, Biro G, Biswas S, Bize N, Blair JT, Blau D, Blidaru MB, Bluhme N, Blume C, Boca G, Bock F, Bodova T, Bogdanov A, Boi S, Bok J, Boldizsár L, Bolozdynya A, Bombara M, Bond PM, Bonomi G, Borel H, Borissov A, Bossi H, Botta E, Bouziani YEM, Bratrud L, Braun-Munzinger P, Bregant M, Broz M, Bruno GE, Buckland MD, Budnikov D, Buesching H, Bufalino S, Bugnon O, Buhler P, Buthelezi Z, Butt JB, Bysiak SA, Cai M, Caines H, Caliva A, Calvo Villar E, Camacho JMM, Camerini P, Canedo FDM, Carabas M, Carnesecchi F, Caron R, Castillo Castellanos J, Catalano F, Ceballos Sanchez C, Chakaberia I, Chakraborty P, Chandra S, Chapeland S, Chartier M, Chattopadhyay S, Chattopadhyay S, Chavez TG, Cheng T, Cheshkov C, Cheynis B, Chibante Barroso V, Chinellato DD, Chizzali ES, Cho J, Cho S, Chochula P, Christakoglou P, Christensen CH, Christiansen P, Chujo T, Ciacco M, Cicalo C, Cifarelli L, Cindolo F, Ciupek MR, Clai G, Colamaria F, Colburn JS, Colella D, Colocci M, Concas M, Conesa Balbastre G, Conesa Del Valle Z, Contin G, Contreras JG, Coquet ML, Cormier TM, Cortese P, Cosentino MR, Costa F, Costanza S, Crkovská J, Crochet P, Cruz-Torres R, Cuautle E, Cui P, Cunqueiro L, Dainese A, Danisch MC, Danu A, Das P, Das P, Das S, Dash AR, Dash S, David RMH, De Caro A, de Cataldo G, de Cuveland J, De Falco A, De Gruttola D, De Marco N, De Martin C, De Pasquale S, Deb S, Debski RJ, Deja KR, Del Grande R, Dello Stritto L, Deng W, Dhankher P, Di Bari D, Di Mauro A, Diaz RA, Dietel T, Ding Y, Divià R, Dixit DU, Djuvsland Ø, Dmitrieva U, Dobrin A, Dönigus B, Dubey AK, Dubinski JM, Dubla A, Dudi S, Dupieux P, Durkac M, Dzalaiova N, Eder TM, Ehlers RJ, Eikeland VN, Eisenhut F, Elia D, Erazmus B, Ercolessi F, Erhardt F, Ersdal MR, Espagnon B, Eulisse G, Evans D, Evdokimov S, Fabbietti L, Faggin M, Faivre J, Fan F, Fan W, Fantoni A, Fasel M, Fecchio P, Feliciello A, Feofilov G, Fernández Téllez A, Ferrer MB, Ferrero A, Ferrero C, Ferretti A, Feuillard VJG, Filova V, Finogeev D, Fionda FM, Flor F, Flores AN, Foertsch S, Fokin I, Fokin S, Fragiacomo E, Frajna E, Fuchs U, Funicello N, Furget C, Furs A, Fusayasu T, Gaardhøje JJ, Gagliardi M, Gago AM, Galvan CD, Gangadharan DR, Ganoti P, Garabatos C, Garcia JRA, Garcia-Solis E, Garg K, Gargiulo C, Garibli A, Garner K, Gautam A, Gay Ducati MB, Germain M, Ghosh C, Ghosh SK, Giacalone M, Gianotti P, Giubellino P, Giubilato P, Glaenzer AMC, Glässel P, Glimos E, Goh DJQ, Gonzalez V, González-Trueba LH, Gorgon M, Gotovac S, Grabski V, Graczykowski LK, Grecka E, Grelli A, Grigoras C, Grigoriev V, Grigoryan S, Grosa F, Grosse-Oetringhaus JF, Grosso R, Grund D, Guardiano GG, Guernane R, Guilbaud M, Gulbrandsen K, Gundem T, Gunji T, Guo W, Gupta A, Gupta R, Guzman SP, Gyulai L, Habib MK, Hadjidakis C, Hamagaki H, Hamid M, Han Y, Hannigan R, Haque MR, Harris JW, Harton A, Hassan H, Hatzifotiadou D, Hauer P, Havener LB, Heckel ST, Hellbär E, Helstrup H, Hemmer M, Herman T, Herrera Corral G, Herrmann F, Herrmann S, Hetland KF, Heybeck B, Hillemanns H, Hills C, Hippolyte B, Hofman B, Hohlweger B, Honermann J, Hong GH, Horzyk A, Hosokawa R, Hou Y, Hristov P, Hughes C, Huhn P, Huhta LM, Hulse CV, Humanic TJ, Hushnud H, Hutson A, Hutter D, Iddon JP, Ilkaev R, Ilyas H, Inaba M, Innocenti GM, Ippolitov M, Isakov A, Isidori T, Islam MS, Ivanov M, Ivanov M, Ivanov V, Izucheev V, Jablonski M, Jacak B, Jacazio N, Jacobs PM, Jadlovska S, Jadlovsky J, Jaelani S, Jaffe L, Jahnke C, Jakubowska MJ, Janik MA, Janson T, Jercic M, Jevons O, Jimenez AAP, Jonas F, Jones PG, Jowett JM, Jung J, Jung M, Junique A, Jusko A, Kabus MJ, Kaewjai J, Kalinak P, Kalteyer AS, Kalweit A, Kaplin V, Karasu Uysal A, Karatovic D, Karavichev O, Karavicheva T, Karczmarczyk P, Karpechev E, Kashyap V, Kebschull U, Keidel R, Keijdener DLD, Keil M, Ketzer B, Khan AM, Khan S, Khanzadeev A, Kharlov Y, Khatun A, Khuntia A, Kileng B, Kim B, Kim C, Kim DJ, Kim EJ, Kim J, Kim JS, Kim J, Kim J, Kim M, Kim S, Kim T, Kimura K, Kirsch S, Kisel I, Kiselev S, Kisiel A, Kitowski JP, Klay JL, Klein J, Klein S, Klein-Bösing C, Kleiner M, Klemenz T, Kluge A, Knospe AG, Kobdaj C, Kollegger T, Kondratyev A, Kondratyuk E, Konig J, Konigstorfer SA, Konopka PJ, Kornakov G, Koryciak SD, Kotliarov A, Kovalenko O, Kovalenko V, Kowalski M, Králik I, Kravčáková A, Kreis L, Krivda M, Krizek F, Krizkova Gajdosova K, Kroesen M, Krüger M, Krupova DM, Kryshen E, Kučera V, Kuhn C, Kuijer PG, Kumaoka T, Kumar D, Kumar L, Kumar N, Kumar S, Kundu S, Kurashvili P, Kurepin A, Kurepin AB, Kushpil S, Kvapil J, Kweon MJ, Kwon JY, Kwon Y, La Pointe SL, La Rocca P, Lai YS, Lakrathok A, Lamanna M, Langoy R, Larionov P, Laudi E, Lautner L, Lavicka R, Lazareva T, Lea R, Legras G, Lehrbach J, Lemmon RC, León Monzón I, Lesch MM, Lesser ED, Lettrich M, Lévai P, Li X, Li XL, Lien J, Lietava R, Lim B, Lim SH, Lindenstruth V, 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Measurements of Groomed-Jet Substructure of Charm Jets Tagged by D^{0} Mesons in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:192301. [PMID: 38000395 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.192301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the role of parton mass and Casimir color factors in the quantum chromodynamics parton shower represents an important step in characterizing the emission properties of heavy quarks. Recent experimental advances in jet substructure techniques have provided the opportunity to isolate and characterize gluon emissions from heavy quarks. In this Letter, the first direct experimental constraint on the charm-quark splitting function is presented, obtained via the measurement of the groomed shared momentum fraction of the first splitting in charm jets, tagged by a reconstructed D^{0} meson. The measurement is made in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV, in the low jet transverse-momentum interval of 15≤p_{T}^{jet ch}<30 GeV/c where the emission properties are sensitive to parton mass effects. In addition, the opening angle of the first perturbative emission of the charm quark, as well as the number of perturbative emissions it undergoes, is reported. Comparisons to measurements of an inclusive-jet sample show a steeper splitting function for charm quarks compared with gluons and light quarks. Charm quarks also undergo fewer perturbative emissions in the parton shower, with a reduced probability of large-angle emissions.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
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- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Caliva
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M R Ciupek
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Clai
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - J S Colburn
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - D Colella
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - M Colocci
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Concas
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - G Conesa Balbastre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - Z Conesa Del Valle
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Contin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - J G Contreras
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - M L Coquet
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - T M Cormier
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Cortese
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | | | - F Costa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Costanza
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - J Crkovská
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Crochet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - R Cruz-Torres
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - E Cuautle
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - P Cui
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - L Cunqueiro
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - A Dainese
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M C Danisch
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Danu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - P Das
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A R Dash
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R M H David
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A De Caro
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - J de Cuveland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A De Falco
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - D De Gruttola
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - C De Martin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - S De Pasquale
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Deb
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R J Debski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - K R Deja
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Del Grande
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - L Dello Stritto
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - W Deng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Dhankher
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D Di Bari
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Di Mauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R A Diaz
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Dietel
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Ding
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - R Divià
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D U Dixit
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Ø Djuvsland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - U Dmitrieva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Dobrin
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Dönigus
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A K Dubey
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | | | - A Dubla
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - M Durkac
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - T M Eder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - V N Eikeland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Erhardt
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M R Ersdal
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Espagnon
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - W Fan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Fecchio
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Feofilov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - M B Ferrer
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - C Ferrero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Filova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - D Finogeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F M Fionda
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - I Fokin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Frajna
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
| | | | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J R A Garcia
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - K Garg
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Garibli
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - K Garner
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S K Ghosh
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - M Giacalone
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P Gianotti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Glimos
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - V Gonzalez
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - L H González-Trueba
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - E Grecka
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Grund
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gundem
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S P Guzman
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Gyulai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M K Habib
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - M Hamid
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Han
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M R Haque
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J W Harris
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - H Hassan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L B Havener
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - S T Heckel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Hemmer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Mérida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Herrmann
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Heybeck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hills
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Hohlweger
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J Honermann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Hosokawa
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hughes
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L M Huhta
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - C V Hulse
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | | | - H Hushnud
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J P Iddon
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - R Ilkaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Isakov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - T Isidori
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Izucheev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Jablonski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - B Jacak
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - N Jacazio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Jaelani
- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - L Jaffe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | | | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jercic
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Jevons
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P G Jones
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kabus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A S Kalteyer
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Kaplin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - D Karatovic
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Karavicheva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Kashyap
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Zentrum für Technologie und Transfer (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A M Khan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Kharlov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Khatun
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khuntia
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J S Kim
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - K Kimura
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J P Kitowski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Knospe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Kondratyuk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S D Koryciak
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - O Kovalenko
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - V Kovalenko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - L Kreis
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - K Krizkova Gajdosova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D M Krupova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - E Kryshen
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Kučera
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kumar
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A B Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - J Kvapil
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Y Kwon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - Y S Lai
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - T Lazareva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Lea
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Legras
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - M M Lesch
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Lettrich
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P Lévai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - X L Li
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - B Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Liu
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - J A Lopez
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - P Lu
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - J R Luhder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - Y G Ma
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - A Maevskaya
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mahmoud
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - M Malaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G Malfattore
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - S K Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - L Malinina
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mal'Kevich
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mallick
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - V Manko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - A M Mathis
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A F Mechler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Y Melikyan
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - S Mhlanga
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | | | - L C Migliorin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A N Mishra
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A P Mohanty
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - Z Moravcova
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Mordasini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - D A Moreira De Godoy
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - I Morozov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - S Murray
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - R Nair
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A I Nambrath
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Nattrass
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A Negru
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S V Nesbo
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Nesterov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - E G Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | | | - A Nyanin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Ogino
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - M H Oliver
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - A Oskarsson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - H Park
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J E Parkkila
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R N Patra
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - M Pennisi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - L G Pereira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - H Pereira Da Costa
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - D Peresunko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G M Perez
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - S Perrin
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - Y Pestov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Petráček
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - V Petrov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R P Pezzi
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - P Pillot
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Pinto
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Planinic
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Pliquett
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M G Poghosyan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - S Politano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Poljak
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Pop
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - J Porter
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - V Pozdniakov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - C A Pruneau
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - I Pshenichnov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Pucillo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Z Pugelova
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Qiu
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - S Ragoni
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A Rakotozafindrabe
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - L Ramello
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - F Rami
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - S A R Ramirez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - R Raniwala
- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
| | - S Raniwala
- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
| | - M Rasa
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - I Ravasenga
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - K F Read
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - C Reckziegel
- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
| | - A R Redelbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Reidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H A Reme-Ness
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Ricci
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - T Richert
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A A Riedel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Riggi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Rogochaya
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - S Rojas Torres
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Romanenko
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - A Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P Roy
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - N Rubini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - O V Rueda
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - D Ruggiano
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Rui
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - B Rumyantsev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - P G Russek
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Russo
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - E Ryabinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Ryabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Rybicki
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - H Rytkonen
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - W Rzesa
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - R Sadek
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Sadhu
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Sadovsky
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Saetre
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - K Šafařík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech
| | - S K Saha
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Saha
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Sahoo
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - D Sahu
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P K Sahu
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - J Saini
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - K Sajdakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Sakai
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - M P Salvan
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Sambyal
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - T B Saramela
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Sarkar
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - N Sarkar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - P Sarma
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - V Sarritzu
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - V M Sarti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M H P Sas
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - J Schambach
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - H S Scheid
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Schiaua
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R Schicker
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Schmah
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Schmidt
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H R Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
| | - M O Schmidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
| | - N V Schmidt
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - A R Schmier
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - R Schotter
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - J Schukraft
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K Schwarz
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - K Schweda
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Scioli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - J E Seger
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| | | | | | - I Selyuzhenkov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Senyukov
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
| | - J J Seo
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - D Serebryakov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Šerkšnytė
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Sevcenco
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - T J Shaba
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - A Shabetai
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - R Shahoyan
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Shangaraev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Sharma
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - D Sharma
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - H Sharma
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - N Sharma
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Sharma
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - S Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - U Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - A Shatat
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - O Sheibani
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - K Shigaki
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | | | - S Shirinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Q Shou
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Y Sibiriak
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - T Siemiarczuk
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T F Silva
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Silvermyr
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - R Simeonov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - B Singh
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Singh
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Singh
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - R Singh
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Singh
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Singh
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - V K Singh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - V Singhal
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - T Sinha
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - B Sitar
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Sitta
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - T B Skaali
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Skorodumovs
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Slupecki
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - N Smirnov
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - R J M Snellings
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - E H Solheim
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - J Song
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A Songmoolnak
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - F Soramel
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - S Sorensen
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - R Spijkers
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - I Sputowska
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Staa
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Stachel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I Stan
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - S F Stiefelmaier
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Stocco
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - I Storehaug
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - M M Storetvedt
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - P Stratmann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Strazzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - C P Stylianidis
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A A P Suaide
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C Suire
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - M Sukhanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Suljic
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Sumberia
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S Sumowidagdo
- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - S Swain
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - I Szarka
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - U Tabassam
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - S F Taghavi
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Taillepied
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Takahashi
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - G J Tambave
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Tang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - Z Tang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | | | - N Tapus
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - L A Tarasovicova
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M G Tarzila
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - G F Tassielli
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Tauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Telesca
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Terlizzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Tersimonov
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - S Thakur
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - D Thomas
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - A Tikhonov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - M Tkacik
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - T Tkacik
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Toia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Tokumoto
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - N Topilskaya
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Toppi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - F Torales-Acosta
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - T Tork
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - A G Torres Ramos
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Trifiró
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - A S Triolo
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - S Tripathy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - T Tripathy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Trogolo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Trubnikov
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | | | | | - R Turrisi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - T S Tveter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - K Ullaland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Ulukutlu
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Uras
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - M Urioni
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G L Usai
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M Vala
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Valle
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - S Vallero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - L V R van Doremalen
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M van Leeuwen
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C A van Veen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - R J G van Weelden
- Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - P Vande Vyvre
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Varga
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Z Varga
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | | | - M Vasileiou
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - A Vasiliev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - V Vechernin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Vercellin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S Vergara Limón
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Vermunt
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - R Vértesi
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M Verweij
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - L Vickovic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - Z Vilakazi
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - O Villalobos Baillie
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - G Vino
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A Vinogradov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Virgili
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - V Vislavicius
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - A Vodopyanov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B Volkel
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M A Völkl
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - K Voloshin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - G Volpe
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin" and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - B von Haller
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - I Vorobyev
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - N Vozniuk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Vrláková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - B Wagner
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - C Wang
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - D Wang
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - A Wegrzynek
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F T Weiglhofer
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S C Wenzel
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J P Wessels
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | | | - J Wiechula
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J Wikne
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Wilk
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Wilkinson
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G A Willems
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - B Windelband
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Winn
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - J R Wright
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - W Wu
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Y Wu
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - R Xu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Yadav
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A K Yadav
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Yalcin
- KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
| | - Y Yamaguchi
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Yamakawa
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - S Yang
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Yano
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - Z Yin
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - I-K Yoo
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - J H Yoon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - S Yuan
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - A Yuncu
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Zaccolo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - C Zampolli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H J C Zanoli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - F Zanone
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - N Zardoshti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A Zarochentsev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - P Závada
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - N Zaviyalov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Zhalov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B Zhang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - S Zhang
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - X Zhang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Zhang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - Z Zhang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - M Zhao
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - V Zherebchevskii
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Zhi
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - N Zhigareva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Zhou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Zhou
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - J Zhu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Y Zhu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - G Zinovjev
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - N Zurlo
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Chaudhry S, Kumar N, Arena R, Verma S. The evolving role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ischemic heart disease - state of the art review. Curr Opin Cardiol 2023; 38:552-572. [PMID: 37610375 PMCID: PMC10552845 DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000001086] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is the gold standard for directly assessing cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and has a relatively new and evolving role in evaluating atherosclerotic heart disease, particularly in detecting cardiac dysfunction caused by ischemic heart disease. The purpose of this review is to assess the current literature on the link between cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, cardiac dysfunction and CRF assessed by CPET. RECENT FINDINGS We summarize the basics of exercise physiology and the key determinants of CRF. Prognostically, several studies have been published relating directly measured CRF by CPET and outcomes allowing for more precise risk assessment. Diagnostically, this review describes in detail what is considered healthy and abnormal cardiac function assessed by CPET. New studies demonstrate that cardiac dysfunction on CPET is a common finding in asymptomatic individuals and is associated with CV risk factors and lower CRF. This review covers how key CPET parameters change as individuals transition from the asymptomatic to the symptomatic stage with progressively decreasing CRF. Finally, a supplement with case studies with long-term longitudinal data demonstrating how CPET can be used in daily clinical decision making is presented. SUMMARY In summary, CPET is a powerful tool to provide individualized CV risk assessment, monitor the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions, and provide meaningful feedback to help patients guide their path to improve CRF when routinely used in the outpatient setting.
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- Sundeep Chaudhry
- Research and Development, MET-TEST, Atlanta, Georgia
- Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) Network, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Research Division, Whitby Cardiovascular Institute, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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- Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT) Network, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Shamim SA, Kumar N, Arora G, Kumar D, Pathak A, Thakkar A, Sikka K, Singh CA, Kakkar A, Bhalla AS. Comparison of 68Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the Evaluation of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma-A Prospective Study. Clin Nucl Med 2023; 48:e509-e515. [PMID: 37812520 DOI: 10.1097/rlu.0000000000004868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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PURPOSE OF STUDY 18F-FDG PET/CT plays a major role in diagnosis and staging of head and neck cancer; however, FDG has lower uptake in adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC). Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression is found to be associated with endothelial cells or tumor neovasculature in malignant AdCC and salivary duct carcinoma. Thus, present study is aimed to compare the role of 68Ga-PSMA and 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with primary and/or metastatic AdCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS Histopathologically proven AdCC patients were intravenously injected with 370 MBq (10 mCi) of 18F-FDG and 111-185 MBq (3-5 mCi) of 68Ga-PSMA. Images were acquired at 60 and 45 minutes postinjection for 18F-FDG and 68Ga-PSMA, respectively, on dedicated PET/CT scanners. Visual and semiquantitative analyses of PSMA expression in regional and metastatic sites were performed by 2 experienced nuclear medicine physicians. RESULTS Seventeen patients (7 men, 10 women) having mean age of 44 ± 14.19 years were prospectively included in the study. Of 17 patients, FDG PET/CT was performed in only 14 (82%) patients. PSMA and FDG uptakes were seen at the primary site in 16 (94%) and 13 (93%) patients, respectively, whereas 1 patient was postradical tumor excision. Lung lesions (n = 7) and lymph nodes (n = 5) were detected on both FDG and PSMA PET scans. However, cerebellar and meningeal metastasis (n = 1, 6%) and bony lesions (n = 2, 12%) were detected only on PSMA PET/CT but not visualized on FDG PET/CT scan. CONCLUSIONS PSMA may have theranostic importance in unresectable or metastatic AdCC, besides having a role in staging/restaging.
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- Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Hallinan JTPD, Zhu L, Tan HWN, Hui SJ, Lim X, Ong BWL, Ong HY, Eide SE, Cheng AJL, Ge S, Kuah T, Lim SWD, Low XZ, Teo EC, Yap QV, Chan YH, Kumar N, Vellayappan BA, Ooi BC, Quek ST, Makmur A, Tan JH. A deep learning-based technique for the diagnosis of epidural spinal cord compression on thoracolumbar CT. Eur Spine J 2023; 32:3815-3824. [PMID: 37093263 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-023-07706-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop a deep learning (DL) model for epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC) on CT, which will aid earlier ESCC diagnosis for less experienced clinicians. METHODS We retrospectively collected CT and MRI data from adult patients with suspected ESCC at a tertiary referral institute from 2007 till 2020. A total of 183 patients were used for training/validation of the DL model. A separate test set of 40 patients was used for DL model evaluation and comprised 60 staging CT and matched MRI scans performed with an interval of up to 2 months. DL model performance was compared to eight readers: one musculoskeletal radiologist, two body radiologists, one spine surgeon, and four trainee spine surgeons. Diagnostic performance was evaluated using inter-rater agreement, sensitivity, specificity and AUC. RESULTS Overall, 3115 axial CT slices were assessed. The DL model showed high kappa of 0.872 for normal, low and high-grade ESCC (trichotomous), which was superior compared to a body radiologist (R4, κ = 0.667) and all four trainee spine surgeons (κ range = 0.625-0.838)(all p < 0.001). In addition, for dichotomous normal versus any grade of ESCC detection, the DL model showed high kappa (κ = 0.879), sensitivity (91.82), specificity (92.01) and AUC (0.919), with the latter AUC superior to all readers (AUC range = 0.732-0.859, all p < 0.001). CONCLUSION A deep learning model for the objective assessment of ESCC on CT had comparable or superior performance to radiologists and spine surgeons. Earlier diagnosis of ESCC on CT could reduce treatment delays, which are associated with poor outcomes, increased costs, and reduced survival.
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- James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore.
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore.
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- Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 13 Computing Drive, Singapore, 117417, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Spine Centre, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Spine Centre, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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- Orthopaedic Centre, Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, Singapore, 159964, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Spine Centre, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
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- Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Spine Centre, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute Singapore, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, 13 Computing Drive, Singapore, 117417, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore, 119074, Singapore
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Spine Centre, National University Health System, 1E, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119228, Singapore
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Manoharan A, Farrell J, Aldilla VR, Whiteley G, Kriel E, Glasbey T, Kumar N, Moore KH, Manos J, Das T. N-acetylcysteine prevents catheter occlusion and inflammation in catheter associated-urinary tract infections by suppressing urease activity. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1216798. [PMID: 37965267 PMCID: PMC10641931 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1216798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Introduction Proteus mirabilis is a key pathobiont in catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs), which is well known to form crystalline biofilms that occlude catheters. Urease activity alkylates urine through the release of ammonia, consequentially resulting in higher levels of Mg2+ and Ca2+ and formation of crystals. In this study, we showed that N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a thiol antioxidant, is a potent urease inhibitor that prevents crystalline biofilm formation. Methods To quantify urease activity, Berthelot's method was done on bacterial extracts treated with NAC. We also used an in vitro catheterised glass bladder model to study the effect of NAC treatment on catheter occlusion and biofilm encrustation in P. mirabilis infections. Inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was performed on catheter samples to decipher elemental profiles. Results NAC inhibits urease activity of clinical P. mirabilis isolates at concentrations as low as 1 mM, independent of bacterial killing. The study also showed that NAC is bacteriostatic on P. mirabilis, and inhibited biofilm formation and catheter occlusion in an in vitro. A significant 4-8log10 reduction in viable bacteria was observed in catheters infected in this model. Additionally, biofilms in NAC treated catheters displayed a depletion of calcium, magnesium, or phosphates (>10 fold reduction), thus confirming the absence of any urease activity in the presence of NAC. Interestingly, we also showed that not only is NAC anti-inflammatory in bladder epithelial cells (BECs), but that it mutes its inflammatory response to urease and P. mirabilis infection by reducing the production of IL-6, IL-8 and IL-1b. Discussion Using biochemical, microbiological and immunological techniques, this study displays the functionality of NAC in preventing catheter occlusion by inhibiting urease activity. The study also highlights NAC as a strong anti-inflammatory antibiofilm agent that can target both bacterial and host factors in the treatment of CA-UTIs.
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- Arthika Manoharan
- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Institute of Infectious Disease, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Whiteley Corporation, Tomago, NSW, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Whiteley Corporation, Tomago, NSW, Australia
- School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia
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- Whiteley Corporation, Tomago, NSW, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Urogynaecology, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Institute of Infectious Disease, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Sydney Institute of Infectious Disease, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Tan JHJ, Hallinan JTPD, Ang SW, Tan TH, Tan HIJ, Tan LTI, Sin QS, Lee R, Hey HWD, Chan YH, Liu KPG, Kumar N. Outcomes and Complications of Surgery for Symptomatic Spinal Metastases; a Comparison Between Patients Aged ≥ 70 and <70. Global Spine J 2023:21925682231209624. [PMID: 37880960 DOI: 10.1177/21925682231209624] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023] Open
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STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. OBJECTIVE Physicians may be deterred from operating on elderly patients due to fears of poorer outcomes and complications. We aimed to compare the outcomes of surgical treatment of spinal metastases patients aged ≥70-yrs and <70-yrs. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of patients surgically treated for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression and spinal instability between January-2005 to December-2021. Follow-up was till death or minimum 1-year post-surgery. Outcomes included post-operative neurological status, ambulatory status, medical and surgical complications. Two Sample t-test/Mann Whitney U test were used for numerical variables and Pearson Chi-Squared or Fishers Exact test for categorical variables. Survival was presented with a Kaplan-Meier curve. P < .05 was significant. RESULTS We identified 412 patients of which 29 (7.1%) patients were excluded due to loss to follow-up and previous surgical treatment. 79 (20.6%) were ≥70-yrs. Age ≥70-yrs patients had poorer ECOG scores (P = .0017) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (P < .001). No significant difference in modified Tokuhashi score (P = .393) was observed with significantly more ≥ prostate (P < .001) and liver (P = .029) cancer in ≥70-yrs. Improved or maintained normal neurological function (P = .934), independent ambulatory status (P = .171), and survival at 6 months (P = .119) and 12 months (P = .659) was not significantly different between both groups. Medical (P = .528) or surgical (P = .466) complication rates and readmission rates (P = .800) were similar. CONCLUSION ≥70-yrs patients have comparable outcomes to <70-yr old patients with no significant increase in complication rates. Age should not be a determining factor in deciding surgical management of spinal metastases.
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUHS, Singapore
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- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUHS, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD11, Clinical Research Centre, 10 Medical Drive, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore
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Chardi KJ, Schenkeveld WDC, Kumar N, Giammar DE, Kraemer SM. Effect of Competing Metals and Humic Substances on Uranium Mobilization from Noncrystalline U(IV) Induced by Anthropogenic and Biogenic Ligands. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:16006-16015. [PMID: 37819156 PMCID: PMC10603774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Anthropogenic and biogenic ligands may mobilize uranium (U) from tetravalent U (U(IV)) phases in the subsurface, especially from labile noncrystalline U(IV). The rate and extent of U(IV) mobilization are affected by geochemical processes. Competing metals and humic substances may play a decisive role in U mobilization by anthropogenic and biogenic ligands. A structurally diverse set of anthropogenic and biogenic ligands was selected for assessing the effect of the aforementioned processes on U mobilization from noncrystalline U(IV), including 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (DPA), citrate, N,N'-di(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylene-diamine-N,N'-diacetic acid (HBED), and desferrioxamine B (DFOB). All experiments were performed under anoxic conditions at pH 7.0. The effect of competing metals (Ca, Fe(III), and Zn) on ligand-induced U mobilization depended on the particular metal-ligand combination ranging from nearly complete U mobilization inhibition (e.g., Ca-citrate) to no apparent inhibitory effects or acceleration of U mobilization (e.g., Fe(III)-citrate). Humic substances (Suwannee River humic acid and fulvic acid) were tested across a range of concentrations either separately or combined with the aforementioned ligands. Humic substances alone mobilized appreciable U and also enhanced U mobilization in the presence of anthropogenic or biogenic ligands. These findings illustrate the complex influence of competing metals and humic substances on U mobilization by anthropogenic and biogenic ligands in the environment.
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- Kyle J. Chardi
- Centre
for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department for
Environmental Geosciences, University of
Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Soil
Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Soil
Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering, One Brookings
Drive, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Centre
for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department for
Environmental Geosciences, University of
Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Nguyen AK, Molley TG, Kardia E, Ganda S, Chakraborty S, Wong SL, Ruan J, Yee BE, Mata J, Vijayan A, Kumar N, Tilley RD, Waters SA, Kilian KA. Hierarchical assembly of tryptophan zipper peptides into stress-relaxing bioactive hydrogels. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6604. [PMID: 37872151 PMCID: PMC10593748 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41907-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023] Open
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Soft materials in nature are formed through reversible supramolecular assembly of biological polymers into dynamic hierarchical networks. Rational design has led to self-assembling peptides with structural similarities to natural materials. However, recreating the dynamic functional properties inherent to natural systems remains challenging. Here we report the discovery of a short peptide based on the tryptophan zipper (trpzip) motif, that shows multiscale hierarchical ordering that leads to emergent dynamic properties. Trpzip hydrogels are antimicrobial and self-healing, with tunable viscoelasticity and unique yield-stress properties that allow immediate harvest of embedded cells through a flick of the wrist. This characteristic makes Trpzip hydrogels amenable to syringe extrusion, which we demonstrate with examples of cell delivery and bioprinting. Trpzip hydrogels display innate bioactivity, allowing propagation of human intestinal organoids with apical-basal polarization. Considering these extensive attributes, we anticipate the Trpzip motif will prove a versatile building block for supramolecular assembly of soft materials for biotechnology and medicine.
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- Ashley K Nguyen
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Lucas Heights, NSW, 2234, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Electron Microscopy Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, 2031, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
- Australian Center for Nanomedicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
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Schwab L, Gallati N, Reiter SM, Kimber RL, Kumar N, McLagan DS, Biester H, Kraemer SM, Wiederhold JG. Mercury Isotope Fractionation during Dark Abiotic Reduction of Hg(II) by Dissolved, Surface-Bound, and Structural Fe(II). Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:15243-15254. [PMID: 37748105 PMCID: PMC10569049 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03703] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Stable mercury (Hg) isotope ratios are an emerging tracer for biogeochemical transformations in environmental systems, but their application requires knowledge of isotopic enrichment factors for individual processes. We investigated Hg isotope fractionation during dark, abiotic reduction of Hg(II) by dissolved iron(Fe)(II), magnetite, and Fe(II) sorbed to boehmite or goethite by analyzing both the reactants and products of laboratory experiments. For homogeneous reduction of Hg(II) by dissolved Fe(II) in continuously purged reactors, the results followed a Rayleigh distillation model with enrichment factors of -2.20 ± 0.16‰ (ε202Hg) and 0.21 ± 0.02‰ (E199Hg). In closed system experiments, allowing reequilibration, the initial kinetic fractionation was overprinted by isotope exchange and followed a linear equilibrium model with -2.44 ± 0.17‰ (ε202Hg) and 0.34 ± 0.02‰ (E199Hg). Heterogeneous Hg(II) reduction by magnetite caused a smaller isotopic fractionation (-1.38 ± 0.07 and 0.13 ± 0.01‰), whereas the extent of isotopic fractionation of the sorbed Fe(II) experiments was similar to the kinetic homogeneous case. Small mass-independent fractionation of even-mass Hg isotopes with 0.02 ± 0.003‰ (E200Hg) and ≈ -0.02 ± 0.01‰ (E204Hg) was consistent with theoretical predictions for the nuclear volume effect. This study contributes significantly to the database of Hg isotope enrichment factors for specific processes. Our findings show that Hg(II) reduction by dissolved Fe(II) in open systems results in a kinetic MDF with a larger ε compared to other abiotic reduction pathways, and combining MDF with the observed MIF allows the distinction from photochemical or microbial Hg(II) reduction pathways.
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- Lorenz Schwab
- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Doctoral
School in Microbiology and Environmental Science, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Environmental
Engineering Institute IIE-ENAC, Soil Biogeochemistry Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), Route
des Ronquos 86, 1951 Sion, Switzerland
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Soil
Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality Group, Department of Environmental
Sciences, University of Wageningen, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a, 6708 Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Environmental
Geochemistry Group, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
- Department
of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
- School
of Environmental Studies, Queen’s
University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Environmental
Geochemistry Group, Institute of Geoecology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental
Systems Science, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Browne K, Kuppusamy R, Walsh WR, Black DS, Willcox MDP, Kumar N, Chen R. Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics Prevent the Development of Resistance against Gentamicin and Ciprofloxacin in Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas Bacteria. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14966. [PMID: 37834415 PMCID: PMC10573972 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Bacteria readily acquire resistance to traditional antibiotics, resulting in pan-resistant strains with no available treatment. Antimicrobial resistance is a global challenge and without the development of effective antimicrobials, the foundation of modern medicine is at risk. Combination therapies such as antibiotic-antibiotic and antibiotic-adjuvant combinations are strategies used to combat antibiotic resistance. Current research focuses on antimicrobial peptidomimetics as adjuvant compounds, due to their promising activity against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Here, for the first time we demonstrate that antibiotic-peptidomimetic combinations mitigate the development of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. When ciprofloxacin and gentamicin were passaged individually at sub-inhibitory concentrations for 10 days, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) increased up to 32-fold and 128-fold for S. aureus and P. aeruginosa, respectively. In contrast, when antibiotics were passaged in combination with peptidomimetics (Melimine, Mel4, RK758), the MICs of both antibiotics and peptidomimetics remained constant, indicating these combinations were able to mitigate the development of antibiotic-resistance. Furthermore, antibiotic-peptidomimetic combinations demonstrated synergistic activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, reducing the concentration needed for bactericidal activity. This has significant potential clinical applications-including preventing the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains in hospitals and communities, reviving ineffective antibiotics, and lowering the toxicity of antimicrobial chemotherapy.
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- Katrina Browne
- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
- Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories (SORL), Prince of Wales Clinical School, Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Randwick 2031, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratories (SORL), Prince of Wales Clinical School, Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Randwick 2031, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Sydney 2052, Australia
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Chen W, Mao W, Liu Z, Hou W, Kumar N, Sun J, Cai X, Huang C, Shen W, Yang F, Cui Y, Lee HK, Tang S. Photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A by temperature-sensitive magnetic hydrogel with enhanced service life. J Hazard Mater 2023; 459:132188. [PMID: 37557050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132188] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Easy diffusion and low reusability limit the practicality of photocatalysts. In this study, a hollow sphere (HS) heterojunction was synthesized based on oxygen-doped carbon nitride (OCN) and layered double hydroxides (LDHs). A thermosensitive HS hydrogel (HS Gel) was prepared by mixing HS with N-isopropylacrylamide. Bisphenol A (BPA), being widely manufactured and used in commercial and domestical products and its high toxicity, was chosen as the target pollutant to demonstrate the photocatalytic ability and practicality of the HS Gel. HS Gel presented effective BPA degradation (95% degradation in 70 mins, 4.2 × 10-2 min-1 of kobs) at ambient temperature which is much better than kobs = 1.8 × 10-2 min-1 of OCN and kobs = 0.08 × 10-2 min-1 of LDH), and increased by two-fold the recycling service life (retention of >80% degradation efficiency after 13 usage cycles) compared to other carbon-based photocatalysts (retention of >80% degradation efficiency after 5-6 usage cycles). This is due to its multifunctional characteristics (magnetic property and thermal sensitivity). Under ambient temperature, the hydrophilic HS Gel swelled in the aqueous solution, which promoted the photocatalytic reaction between HS and BPA in the gel state. After the reaction, the HS Gel was subjected to shrinkage by high temperature heating to enhance the mechanical strength for recovery. The magnetic recovery was realized by the paramagnetic properties of layered double oxide to reduce environmental interference. Detailed studies of HS gel related to enhanced service life were conducted including structural changes, catalyst leaking and magnetic changing. A new kind of type Ӏ plus Z-scheme mechanism was also proposed based on the Kubelka-Munk equation, UV diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and Mott-Schotty technique.
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- Wenhui Chen
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China; Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, Jiangsu, PR China.
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Kumar N, Sharma V, Kaur G, Lata C, Dasila H, Perveen K, Khan F, Gupta VK, Khanam MN. Brassinosteroids as promoters of seedling growth and antioxidant activity under heavy metal zinc stress in mung bean ( Vigna radiata L.). Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1259103. [PMID: 37869675 PMCID: PMC10586047 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1259103] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
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The escalation of harmful pollutants, including heavy metals, due to industrialization and urbanization has become a global concern. To mitigate the negative impacts of heavy metal stress on germination and early plant development, growth regulators have been employed. This study aimed to evaluate the response of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) to zinc stress in the presence of brassinosteroids, focusing on seedling growth and antioxidant potential. Mung bean seedlings were treated with three concentrations of 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) (0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 PPM) with or without zinc. Results demonstrated that the application of brassinosteroids, combined with zinc stress, significantly enhanced germination percentage (about 47.06, 63.64, and 120%), speed of germination (about 39.13, 50, and 100%), seedling growth (about 38% in case of treatment combined 0.4 PPM 24-EBL and 1.5 mM ZnSO4) and seedling vigor index (204% in case of treatment combined 0.4 PPM 24-EBL and 1.5 mM ZnSO4) compared to zinc-treated seedlings alone after 24 h. The activities of antioxidative enzymes (catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, and peroxidase) and total soluble protein content decreased, while lipid peroxidation and proline content exhibited a significant increase (p ≤ 0.05) when compared to the control. However, the negative effects induced by heavy metal stress on these parameters were significantly mitigated by EBL application. Notably, the most effective concentration of EBL in overcoming zinc stress was found to be 0.4 PPM. These findings underscore the potential of exogenously applied brassinosteroids as a valuable tool in phytoremediation projects by ameliorating heavy metal stress.
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- Naresh Kumar
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Eternal University, Rajgarh, India
- Department of Biochemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
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- ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
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- ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, RRS, Shimla, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Eternal University, Rajgarh, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Frankart AJ, Nelson B, Kumar N, Takiar V. Use of Lattice Therapy for Dose-Escalation in Palliative Treatment of Bulky Head and Neck Tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e104-e105. [PMID: 37784634 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.877] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Palliative radiation is used to relieve pain and bleeding in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers. Lower doses are utilized to meet normal tissue tolerances, limiting the duration of palliation. Lattice therapy can achieve intratumoral dose escalation while sparing surrounding tissues, but a standard approach does not exist. In this study, we explore the impact of variation in the values and distributions of peak and valley doses in palliative lattice treatment plans. MATERIALS/METHODS Five-fraction volumetric-arc based (VMAT) lattice plans were generated using a customized Python v3.6 script. For each combination of peak/valley doses and sphere size and spacing, a bounding box was generated around the gross tumor volume (GTV) and divided into equal segments in the x, y, and z planes. Individual spheres were constructed for a given parameter set and those fully encompassed within the target contracted by 2 cm were used to create peak dose targets with values of 30, 40, and 50 Gy. A valley dose of 20 Gy was chosen to match standard dosing for 5-fraction palliative plans and the associated target volumes were generated by subtracting an 8 mm expansion of the peak dose spheres from the overall target volume. Multi-criteria optimization (MCO) was used to generate a final plan. The planning target volume (PTV) was a uniform 3-mm expansion from the GTV. Target volume and OAR dosimetric parameters were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis testing. RESULTS A total of 72 unique plans were evaluated for 4 patients with large GTV sizes ranging from 159 to 413 cm3. The median time to generate an individual plan using the automated script was 20 minutes (IQR, 18 - 23). Median values of mean GTV and PTV doses were 27.9 Gy (IQR, 24.7 - 30.3) and 26.7 Gy (IQR, 23.9 - 29.1), respectively. Further analysis was then limited to plans containing ablative 50 Gy dose spheres. For these 24 plans, mean GTV and PTV doses increased to a median of 31.7 Gy (IQR, 29.6 - 33.3) and 29.6 Gy (IQR, 27.8 - 31.0), respectively. Mean doses to 1, 2, and 4 cm expansions around the GTV for this cohort had median values of 19.5 Gy, 15.1 Gy, and 9.7 Gy, respectively. Median doses to 0.03 cc of mandible, spinal cord, and esophagus were 28.2 Gy (range, 7.0 - 35.7), 14.7 Gy (range, 9.8 - 18.8), and 8.7 Gy (range, 0.8 - 16.2), respectively. Mean GTV dose was dependent on sphere spacing (median 29.9 Gy for 4 cm spacing vs. 33.5 Gy for 3 cm, p<0.001), but not on sphere size (median 31.3 Gy for 2 cm vs. 31.8 Gy for 1.5 cm vs. 31.5 Gy for 1 cm, p = 0.968). CONCLUSION VMAT-based lattice planning allows dose escalation to bulky head and neck tumors, including significant coverage with ablative doses while meeting normal tissue constraints. Thus, lattice plans could enhance palliation while reducing toxicity. Mean target coverage is dependent on sphere spacing. Use of automated plan generation could also facilitate clinical application.
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- A J Frankart
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Madan R, Kumar N, Singh T, Yadav J, Kumar R, Sachdeva N, Jain R, Goyal S, Khosla D, Jayapalan S, Sahoo S, M K, Tripathi M. Early Bone Mineral Density Changes and Endocrinal Dysfunction in Childhood Brain Tumor Patients: A Prospective Study. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e134. [PMID: 37784699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.937] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and hormonal dysfunction are considered as a late effect of cranial radiation (RT). Only few studies have reported the occurrence of these problems soon after the diagnosis of brain tumor or RT initiation, emphasizing that these are not necessarily the late effects of RT. Thus, we conducted the study to analyze the incidence of low BMD and hormonal dysfunction prior to or within 6 months of RT (early change) in children with brain tumors. MATERIALS/METHODS The study was conducted as a part of intramural funding program at a tertiary care center in India. Childhood and adolescent brain tumor patients were advised for dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scan (DXA) and hormonal evaluation prior to RT. In some patients, first DXA was done within 6 months of RT due to logistics. To see the effect of radiation, we have planned to repeat hormonal evaluation after 6 and 12 months and DXA after 12 months of RT. RESULTS Twenty-five patients were analyzed. Median age at diagnosis was 11 years with a male to female ratio of 5.2:1. Medulloblastoma was the commonest diagnosis (n = 12), followed by glioma (n = 8), pineal tumors (n = 3) and ependymoma (n = 2). Nineteen and six patients underwent DXA before RT and within 6 months of RT respectively. For BMD assessment, Z score was calculated at hip and lumbar spine. BMD was defined as low (Z score = -1 to-1.99), very low (Z score = -2 to -2.5) and secondary osteoporosis (Z score ≤ -2.5). Median Z score at femur neck and spine was -2 and -1.9 respectively. Overall; 6, 3 and 9 patients had normal, low and very low BMD respectively. Seven patients had secondary osteoporosis (Table 1). Two patients with secondary osteoporosis had low vitamin D levels. None of the patient had compression fracture. On statistical analysis, no correlation was found between BMD changes and age, sex and site of the tumor. Pre RT endocrinal assessment (N = 25) was done by tanner staging and serum hormonal levels (GH, T3/T4/TSH, ACTH, cortisol and prolactin). Gonadal hormonal assessment was done in children with early or delayed puberty. Three patients were found to have endocrinal abnormality before RT (precautious puberty, central hypothyroidism and low sex hormones in 1 patient each). Follow up DXA and hormonal evaluation are awaited to see the effect of RT. CONCLUSION The index study is one of the very few studies evaluating the early changes in BMD and hormonal dysfunction soon after brain tumor diagnosis or within 6 months of RT. We observed that a significant proportion of children had reduced BMD and hormonal dysfunction before RT, highlighting the importance of early assessment and referral to the specialist for better quality of life. Table 1: BMD and endocrinal dysfunction before or within 6 months of RT.
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- PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- PGIMER, Chandigarh, India; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Misra S, Kumar N, Lal P, Kapoor V, Misra P, Kumar S. Patient Reported Financial Distress and its Association with Quality of Life and Symptom Burden in Cancer Patients Reporting to a Public Facility in LMIC. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e252. [PMID: 37784978 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1195] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Financial distress (FD) associates with worse quality of life (QoL) and there is paucity of literature from low middle income setting (LMIC). We investigated the prevalence & impact of subjective FD on QoL & symptom burden in advanced cancer patients, reporting to a public facility. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients aged ≥18yrs with a diagnosis of cancer within 3months and without prior treatment were accrued. Subjective FD was assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30 and symptoms were assessed by ESAS-R at baseline and 3 months. Patients were classified as experiencing FD if they answered ≥2 on a Likert scale question (1-4 points) asking about FD and dichotomized as Grp 1: No FD and Grp 2: FD. Mean change in score was calculated by subtracting the baseline from the 3-month score for each subscale, minimal important difference (MID) was defined using an anchor of ≥ 10-point compared to baseline for Global Qol and compared between groups. We used Mann Whitney, independent sample t test and Fisher's exact test for determining the association between FD and QoL and symptom burden. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS Of the 100 patients participating in the study, 69% reported subjective financial distress at baseline, 10% had insurance coverage, 27% used distressed financing (borrowing :21%; sold off assets:6%) and debt accumulation was seen in 34% patients. Cost reduction strategies were adopted by 98% patients. Mean Global Health (GH), physical (PF), emotional function (EF) was significantly worse at all time-points in FD patients. Physical (pain, tiredness) and psychological symptom scores (anxiety, depression) were significantly higher at all time points for FD patients. Mean change score for subscales of QoL and symptom burden was not significantly different between groups from baseline to 3 months (Table1).MID for deterioration of Global Qol was Grp 1 vs 2; 21.1% vs 32.7%, p = 0.504. CONCLUSION Two-thirds of patients have FD at presentation and report worse quality of life and symptom burden at all time-points. Presence of FD is not associated with significant change in QoL scores or symptom burden over 3 months. Measures are warranted to screen and reduce FD.
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- S Misra
- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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Kumar N, Takiar V, Nelson B, Frankart AJ. Automated Lattice Treatment Planning for Bulky Tumors. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e664-e665. [PMID: 37785965 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.2104] [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: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Spatially-fractionated radiotherapy has potential to improve local control in bulky tumors by achieving both focally high intratumoral doses and acceptable dose fall-off to surrounding normal tissues. However, a standard of care does not exist for the optimal values and distribution of peak and valley doses in treatment plans. To evaluate these questions systematically using dosimetric analyses, the number of alternative treatment plans required exceeds the practical limits of manual planning. In this study, we report an approach for automated planning of volumetric arc-based lattice therapy resulting in over 1100 unique treatment plans. MATERIALS/METHODS An automation script was generated using Python v3.6 and imported into departmental treatment planning software. A spreadsheet was created with varying combinations of the number of fractions, peak dose, valley dose, and peak-dose sphere size and spacing for 7 patients with bulky tumors (volume range, 159-593 cc). These values were imported into the script after which all planning was automated. For each combination, a bounding box was generated around the gross tumor target volume and divided into equal segments in the x, y, and z planes. Individual spheres were constructed for a given parameter set and those fully encompassed within the target contracted by 2 cm were used to create peak dose targets. The valley dose targets were generated by subtracting an 8 mm expansion of the peak dose spheres from the overall target volume. Multi-criteria optimization (MCO) was then applied to generate a final plan after which the script moved onto the next permutation in the spreadsheet. Following the creation of each plan, the script populated the source spreadsheet with data including doses to the target, fall-off structures, and organs-at-risk. Plans which resulted in an MCO infeasibility error were also noted. RESULTS A total of 1188 combinations of peak dose, valley dose, and peak-dose sphere size and spacing for 1- and 5-fraction plans were evaluated. Peak and valley doses ranged from 6 to 27 Gy and 0.4 to 20 Gy, respectively, for 1-fraction plans and 30 to 50 Gy and 2 to 20 Gy, respectively, for 5-fraction plans. This resulted in a range of peak/valley ratios from 1.35 to 67.5. Of these combinations, 594 plans were successfully generated and 594 were infeasible, most often due to sphere distribution or peak/valley dose ratios greater than 5. The median time for generation of an individual plan was 21 minutes (range, 15-46). CONCLUSION Our script allowed the evaluation of 1188 unique combinations of spatial dose distribution using automated planning. This rapid, yet systematic, assessment of parameters for spatially-fractionated radiation will be used to inform pre-clinical and clinical studies and would not have been feasible with manual planning. Moreover, the median plan generation time of 21 minutes demonstrates potential for wider use of this script in standard clinical settings.
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- N Kumar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH; Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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