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Möller S, Seif Amir Hosseini A, Emami A, Langheinrich A, Sehmisch S, Hoffmann R, Schweigkofler U. [Comparison of planimetric CT‑based volumetry with simplified models for determining the size of intrapelvic hematomas due to pelvic fractures in emergency room diagnostics]. Unfallchirurgie (Heidelb) 2024; 127:126-134. [PMID: 37306758 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-023-01324-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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bleeding in the pelvis can lead to a circulatory problem. The widely used whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) scan in the context of treatment in the trauma resuscitation unit (TRU) can give an idea of the source of bleeding (arterial vs. venous/osseous); however, the volume determination of an intrapelvic hematoma by volumetric planimetry cannot be used for a quick estimation of the blood loss. Simplified measurement techniques using geometric models should be used to estimate the extent of bleeding complications. OBJECTIVE To determine whether simplified geometric models can be used to quickly and reliably determine intrapelvic hematoma volume in fractures type Tile B/C during emergency room diagnostics or whether the time-consuming planimetric method must always be used. MATERIAL AND METHODS Retrospectively, 42 intrapelvic hemorrhages after pelvic fractures Tile B + C (n = 8:B, 34:C) at two trauma centers in Germany were selected (66% men, 33% women; mean age 42 ± 20 years) and the CT scans obtained during the initial trauma scan were analyzed in more detail. The CT datasets of the included patients with 1-5 mm slice thickness were available for analysis. By area labelling (ROIs) of the hemorrhage areas in the individual slice images, the volume was calculated by CT volumetrically. Comparatively, volumes were calculated using simplified geometric figures (cuboid, ellipsoid, Kothari). A correction factor was determined by calculating the deviation of the volumes of the geometric models from the planimetrically determined hematoma size. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The median planimetric bleeding volume in the total collective was 1710 ml (10-7152 ml). Relevant pelvic bleeding with a total volume > 100 ml existed in 25 patients. In 42.86% the volume was overestimated in the cuboid model and in 13 cases (30.95%) there was a significant underestimation to the planimetrically measured volume. Thus, we excluded this volume model. In the models ellipsoid and measuring method according to Kothari, an approximation to the planimetrically determined volume could be achieved with a correction factor calculated via a multiple linear regression analysis. The time-saving and approximate quantification of the hematoma volume using a modified ellipsoidal calculation according to Kothari makes it possible to assess the extent of bleeding in the pelvis after trauma if there are signs of a C-problem. This measurement method, as a simple reproducible metric, could be embedded in trauma resuscitation units (TRU) in the future.
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- S Möller
- , In den Weingärten 5, 65719, Hofheim am Taunus, Deutschland.
- BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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Schnetz M, Hofmann L, Ewald L, Klug A, Hoffmann R, Gramlich Y. Midterm results of modular hinge total knee arthroplasty using cementless osseointegrating stems: low fixation associated complications and good functional outcome in primary and revision knee arthroplasty. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2024; 144:831-845. [PMID: 38063882 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-023-05148-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate functional outcome and complications after primary and revision modular H-TKA using hybrid fixation with cementless stems. METHODS Between 2015 and 2018, 48 patients with 50 implants were included after hybrid implantation of a single design H-TKA system using cementless osseointegrating stems and modular components. Complications and clinical outcome were analysed using Knee Society Score (KSS), the Western Ontario McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and the Short-Form Health Survey 12 (SF-12) score. RESULTS Indications for implantation were aseptic revision (n = 29, 58%), primary TKA (n = 19, 38%) and two-stage septic revisions (n = 2, 4%). Complications were reported in 26% (n = 12), whereas complications associated with hybrid fixation occurred in 5 (10%) cases, with 2 (4%) requiring revision surgery for aseptic loosening and 3 (6%) treated with an adapted postoperative protocol for perioperative fractures. Implant survivorship was 84% after a mean follow-up of 54 months. Postoperative KSS significantly improved from 51.50 (12-100) to 78.36 (41-99; p < 0.001). The mean WOMAC score was 19.26 (0-55), SF-12 PCS was 41.56 points (22.67-57.66) and SF-12 MCS was 49.21 points (23.87-63.21). CONCLUSION Hybrid modular implantation in H-TKA provides satisfactory clinical and functional results in primary and revision TKA. Clinical outcomes significantly improve with reduced pain, increased mobility, and good-to-excellent functional scores after implantation. Whilst implant survival is comparable to previous studies and complications associated with hybrid fixation are low, general complication rates are comparably high.
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- M Schnetz
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Baena D, Toor B, Ray LB, Smith D, Kong P, Lopez J, Hoffmann R, Bertram H, Robillard R, Armitage R, Fogel SM. Sleep spindles in adolescents with major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2024; 344:535-545. [PMID: 37827259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Sleep spindle differences in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to healthy adolescents is an ongoing debate. Results mostly indicate decreased sleep spindle activity in adolescents with MDD. Given that sleep spindles predominate NREM and that acutely delaying the sleep period via a "sleep delay challenge" (SDC) increases non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep duration, it may be possible to increase spindle density in adolescents with MDD, which may provide a therapeutic benefit to depression symptoms. Here, we examined the impact of a SDC on spindle density and depression symptomology in adolescents with MDD (n = 66) and healthy controls (n = 62) tested across three nights: adaptation, normal sleep, and a SDC night which delayed bedtime by three hours. The results showed that; (1) there was no difference in spindle density between groups on the normal sleep night, (2) following the SDC, both males and females with MDD had a decrease in the frequency of slow spindles, while only females with MDD had an increase in the frequency of fast spindles, (3) acute SDC reduced depression symptoms in both groups, and (4) light sleep on the normal sleep night and slow spindle frequency at SDC predicted an 8 % improvement in depression symptoms, regardless of sex or MDD diagnosis. Taken together, these results suggest that; (a) spindles may be a useful biological marker of depression symptomatology regardless of clinical MDD diagnosis, and (b) that acute SDC may help alleviate depression symptoms in adolescents with MDD.
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- D Baena
- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada; Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada; Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada; Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA; Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham 35294, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada; Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, MI 48109, USA
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- School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1N 6N5, Canada; Sleep Research Unit, The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada; University of Ottawa Brain & Mind Research Institute, Ottawa K1H 8M5, Canada.
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Kübler J, Krumm P, Martirosian P, Winkelmann MT, Gohla G, Nikolaou K, Hoffmann R. Improved visualization of hepatic tumors in magnetic resonance-guided thermoablation using T1-inversion-recovery imaging with variable inversion time. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:7015-7024. [PMID: 37133519 PMCID: PMC10511564 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09696-9] [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: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES In magnetic resonance (MR)-guided interventions, visualization of hepatic lesions may be difficult using standard unenhanced T1-weighted gradient-echo volume-interpolated breath-hold (VIBE) sequence due to low contrast. Inversion recovery (IR) imaging may have the potential to improve visualization without the necessity to apply contrast agent. METHODS Forty-four patients (mean age 64 years, female 33%) scheduled for MR-guided thermoablation due to liver malignancies (hepatocellular carcinoma or metastases) were prospectively included in this study between March 2020 and April 2022. Fifty-one liver lesions were intra-procedurally characterized before treatment. Unenhanced T1-VIBE was acquired as part of the standard imaging protocol. Additionally, T1-modified look-locker images were acquired with eight different inversion times (TI) between 148 and 1743 ms. Lesion-to-liver contrast (LLC) was compared between T1-VIBE and IR images for each TI. T1 relaxation times for liver lesions and liver parenchyma were calculated. RESULTS Mean LLC in T1-VIBE sequence was 0.3 ± 0.1. In IR images, LLC was highest at TI 228 ms (1.04 ± 1.1) and significantly higher compared to T1-VIBE (p < 0.001). In subgroup analysis, lesions of colorectal carcinoma showed the highest LLC at 228 ms (1.14 ± 1.4), and hepatocellular carcinoma showed the highest LLC at 548 ms (1.06 ± 1.16). T1-relaxation times in liver lesions were higher compared to the adjacent liver parenchyma (1184 ± 456 vs. 654 ± 96 ms, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS IR imaging is promising to provide improved visualization during unenhanced MR-guided liver interventions compared to standard T1-VIBE sequence when using specific TI. Low TI between 150 and 230 ms yields the highest contrast between liver parenchyma and malignant liver lesions. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT Improved visualization of hepatic lesions during MR-guided percutaneous interventions using inversion recovery imaging without the necessity to apply contrast agent. KEY POINTS • Inversion recovery imaging is promising to provide improved visualization of liver lesions in unenhanced MRI. • Planning and guidance during MR-guided interventions in the liver can be performed with greater confidence without necessity to apply contrast agent. • Low TI between 150 and 230 ms yields the highest contrast between liver parenchyma and malignant liver lesions.
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- J Kübler
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section On Experimental Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Nachlas WO, Moy A, Ritchie N, Donovan J, Fournelle JH, Allaz J, Almeev R, Bullock ES, DesOrmeau JW, Goemann K, Hoffmann R, Jokubauskas P, Jöns N, Lam T, Locock A, Ruscitto DM, Vicenzi EP, von der Handt A, Wade B, Yang P, Zhang D. Evaluating Consensus in Experimental K-ratios from over 40 WDS and EDS Measurement Systems. Microsc Microanal 2023; 29:225-226. [PMID: 37613484 DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.100] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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- W O Nachlas
- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States
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- CAMCOR, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Mineralogy, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
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- Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science, Washington, DC, United States
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- Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, United States
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- Central Science Laboratory, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, United States
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- General Electric Research, Niskayuna, NY, United States
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- Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD, United States
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- Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Adelaide Microscopy, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada
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- Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gramlich Y, Schnetz M, Ruckes C, Kemmerer M, Kremer M, Hoffmann R, Klug A. The optimal diagnostic cut-off of WBC and PMN counts for joint aspiration in periprosthetic joint infection is 2479/µL and 67%, respectively: ICM criteria thresholds are too high. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2023:10.1007/s00402-023-04822-0. [PMID: 36941499 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-023-04822-0] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Various organizations have published definitions for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) with significant differences in the cut-offs of white blood cell (WBC) count and polymorphonuclear (PMN) leukocyte cells. Herein, we aim to analyze optimal cut-offs in patients which are planned to undergo a prosthesis revision and compare them with the actual published thresholds of the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) and European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS). METHODS A test kit was compiled in a monocentric prospective study, according to the ICM criteria (2018) and 2021 EBJIS criteria. The kit was implemented using: blood samples (including leukocyte count and C-reactive protein); samples for examining the synovial fluid (WBC count, PMN cell differentiation, microbiological culture for incubation over 14 days, alpha-defensin ELISA laboratory test, and leukocyte-esterase test). The cut-offs for WBC and PMN counts were investigated using ROC analyses and Youden index. The ICM 2018 criteria were applied, using alpha-defensin in all cases. Patients which have to undergo a prosthesis revision were included, a pre-operative joint aspiration had been performed, and the patients had been followed up prospectively. RESULTS 405 patients were examined with the compiled test kit; 100% had a complete dataset with respect to alpha-defensin; 383 patients, according to WBC count; and 256, according to PMN cell differentiation The cut-off of 2478.89 cells/µl in the WBC count (sensitivity: 87.70%; specificity: 88.10%) and the cut-off of 66.99% in PMN differentiation showed the best accuracy (sensitivity: 86.00%; specificity: 88.80%). Other published cut-offs for WBC were tested in this cohort and showed the following accuracy: 3000/µl (EBJIS/ICM; sensitivity: 82.10%; specificity: 91.00%), 2000/µl (sensitivity: 89.60%; specificity: 83.40%), and 1500/µl (sensitivity: 91.50%; specificity: 75.00%). The published cut-offs for PMN had the following accuracy in this cohort: 80% (ICM; sensitivity: 66.3%; specificity: 96.50%), 70% (sensitivity: 82.6%; specificity: 90%), and 65% (EBJIS, sensitivity: 86%; specificity: 88.8%). CONCLUSIONS This study aims to improve current cut-offs for PMN- and WB-Count, even though PJI diagnosis is based on the combination of all defined tests. The optimal diagnostic cut-off of WBC and PMN counts was found to be 2479/µL and 67%, respectively, whereas ICM cut-offs in this cohort seem too high, as they provide high specificity but very low sensitivity. On the other hand, a cut-off for WBC count of 1500/µl alone would be very low, leading to low specificity and very high suspicion of PJI. The current consensus guidelines could be actualized considering these results to significantly improve the diagnostic quality. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE II.
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- Y Gramlich
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Studies, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Pauwelyn M, Ingelaere S, Hoffmann R, Vijgen J, Mairesse GH, Blankoff I, Vandekerckhove Y, de Waroux JBLP, Vandenberk B, Willems R. Implantable cardiac defibrillators in octogenarians. J Geriatr Cardiol 2023; 20:23-31. [PMID: 36875166 PMCID: PMC9975482 DOI: 10.26599/1671-5411.2023.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) implantation in the very elderly remains controversial. We aimed to describe the experience and outcome of patients over 80 years old implanted with an ICD in Belgium. METHODS Data were extracted from the national QERMID-ICD registry. All implantations performed in octogenarians between February 2010 and March 2019 were analysed. Data on baseline patient characteristics, type of prevention, device configuration and all-cause mortality were available. To determine predictors of mortality, multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression modelling was performed. RESULTS Nationwide, 704 primo ICD implantations were performed in octogenarians (median age 82, IQR 81-83 years; 83% male and 45% secondary prevention). During a mean follow-up of 3.1 ± 2.3 years, 249 (35%) patients died, of which 76 (11%) within the first year after implantation. In multivariable Cox regression analysis age (HR = 1.15, P = 0.004), oncological history (HR = 2.43, P = 0.027) and secondary prevention (HR = 2.23, P = 0.001) were independently associated with 1-year mortality. A better preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was associated with a better outcome (HR = 0.97, P = 0.002). Regarding overall mortality multivariable analysis withheld age, history of atrial fibrillation, centre volume and oncological history as significant predictors. Higher LVEF was again protective (HR = 0.99, P = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS Primary ICD implantation in octogenarians is not often performed in Belgium. Among this population, 11% died within the first year after ICD implantation. Advanced age, oncological history, secondary prevention and a lower LVEF were associated with an increased one-year mortality. Age, low LVEF, atrial fibrillation, centre volume and oncological history were indicative of higher overall mortality.
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Cardiology, Leuven, Belgium.,KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Jessa Ziekenhuis, Department of Cardiology, Hasselt, Belgium
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- CHU Charleroi, Department of Cardiology, Charleroi, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium.,University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Canada
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- University Hospitals Leuven, Cardiology, Leuven, Belgium.,KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alameddine JM, Alispach C, Alves AA, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Anton G, Argüelles C, Ashida Y, Axani S, Bai X, Balagopal V. A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, Bellenghi C, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Boddenberg M, Bontempo F, Borowka J, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bradascio F, Braun J, Brinson B, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Browne S, Burgman A, Burley RT, Busse RS, Campana MA, Carnie-Bronca EG, Chen C, Chen Z, Chirkin D, Choi K, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dappen C, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Delgado López D, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dittmer M, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Erpenbeck H, Evans J, Evenson PA, Fan KL, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Feigl N, Fiedlschuster S, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Fürst P, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garcia A, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Glaser C, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griswold S, Günther C, Gutjahr P, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Ha Minh M, Hanson K, Hardin J, Harnisch AA, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Helbing K, Henningsen F, Hettinger EC, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, Hymon K, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jin M, Jones BJP, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Kardum L, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kin K, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Kontrimas T, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Kozynets T, Kun E, Kurahashi N, Lad N, Lagunas Gualda C, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Lee JW, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Lincetto M, Liu QR, Liubarska M, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Martinez-Soler I, Maruyama R, Mase K, McElroy T, McNally F, Mead JV, Meagher K, Mechbal S, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Micallef J, Mockler D, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Naab R, Nagai R, Nahnhauer R, Naumann U, Necker J, Nguyen LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren D, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Oeyen B, Olivas A, O’Sullivan E, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Paul L, Pérez de los Heros C, Peters L, Peterson J, Philippen S, Pieper S, Pittermann M, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Pries B, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Rack-Helleis J, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reichherzer P, Reimann R, Renzi G, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Roberts EJ, Robertson S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Saffer J, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schindler S, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Schwefer G, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Sharma A, Shefali S, Silva M, Skrzypek B, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Spannfellner C, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad R, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Ter-Antonyan S, Tilav S, Tischbein F, Tollefson K, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Twagirayezu JP, Ty B, Unland Elorrieta MA, Valtonen-Mattila N, Vandenbroucke J, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Walck C, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weigel P, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Weyrauch M, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wolf M, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Yanez JP, Yoshida S, Yu S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zhelnin P. Evidence for neutrino emission from the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068. Science 2022; 378:538-543. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abg3395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A supermassive black hole, obscured by cosmic dust, powers the nearby active galaxy NGC 1068. Neutrinos, which rarely interact with matter, could provide information on the galaxy’s active core. We searched for neutrino emission from astrophysical objects using data recorded with the IceCube neutrino detector between 2011 and 2020. The positions of 110 known gamma-ray sources were individually searched for neutrino detections above atmospheric and cosmic backgrounds. We found that NGC 1068 has an excess of
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Ingelaere S, Hoffmann R, Guler I, Vijgen J, Mairesse GH, Blankoff I, Vandekerckhove Y, le Polain de Waroux JB, Vandenberk B, Willems R. Inequality between women and men in ICD implantation. IJC Heart & Vasculature 2022; 41:101075. [PMID: 35782706 PMCID: PMC9240366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Background The impact of sex on ICD implantation practice and survival remain a topic of controversy. To assess sex-specific differences in ICD implantation practice we compared clinical characteristics and survival in women and men. Methods From a nationwide registry, all new ICD implantations performed between 01/02/2010 and 31/01/2019 in Belgian patients were analyzed retrospectively. Baseline characteristics and survival rates were compared between sexes. To identify predictors of mortality, multivariable Cox regression was performed. Results Only 3096 (20.9%) of 14,787 ICD implantations were performed in women. Within each type of underlying cardiomyopathy, the proportion women were lower than men. The main indication in men was ischemic vs dilated cardiomyopathy in women. Women were overall younger (59.1 ± 15.1 vs 62.6 ± 13.1 years; p < 0.001) and had less comorbidities except for oncological disease. More women functioned in NYHA-class III (33.6% vs 27.9%; p < 0.001) and had a QRS > 150 ms (29.4% vs 24.3%; p < 0.001), consistent with a higher use of CRT-D devices (31.7% vs 25.1%; p < 0.001). Women had more complications, reflected by the need to more re-interventions within 1 year (4.3% vs 2.7%, p < 0.001). After correction for covariates, sex-category was not a significant predictor of mortality (p = 0.055). Conclusion There is a significant sex-disparity in ICD implantation rates, not fully explained by epidemiological differences in the prevalence of cardiomyopathies, which could imply an undertreatment of women. Women differ from men in baseline characteristics at implantation suggesting a selection bias. Further research is necessary to evaluate if women receive equal sudden cardiac death prevention.
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Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alameddine JM, Alispach C, Alves AA, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Anton G, Argüelles C, Ashida Y, Axani S, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, Bellenghi C, Benda S, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Boddenberg M, Bontempo F, Borowka J, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bradascio F, Braun J, Brinson B, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Browne S, Burgman A, Burley RT, Busse RS, Campana MA, Carnie-Bronca EG, Chen C, Chen Z, Chirkin D, Choi K, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dappen C, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Delgado López D, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dittmer M, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Erpenbeck H, Evans J, Evenson PA, Fan KL, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Feigl N, Fiedlschuster S, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Fürst P, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garcia A, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Glaser C, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griswold S, Günther C, Gutjahr P, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Ha Minh M, Hanson K, Hardin J, Harnisch AA, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Helbing K, Henningsen F, Hettinger EC, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, Hymon K, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jin M, Jones BJP, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Kardum L, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kin K, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Kontrimas T, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Kozynets T, Kun E, Kurahashi N, Lad N, Lagunas Gualda C, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Lee JW, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Lincetto M, Liu QR, Liubarska M, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Martinez-Soler I, Maruyama R, McCarthy S, McElroy T, McNally F, Mead JV, Meagher K, Mechbal S, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Micallef J, Mockler D, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Naab R, Nagai R, Naumann U, Necker J, Nguyễn LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Oeyen B, Olivas A, O'Sullivan E, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Paul L, Pérez de Los Heros C, Peters L, Peterson J, Philippen S, Pieper S, Pittermann M, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Pries B, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Rack-Helleis J, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rechav Z, Rehman A, Reichherzer P, Reimann R, Renzi G, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Roberts EJ, Robertson S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Saffer J, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schindler S, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Schwefer G, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Sharma A, Shefali S, Shimizu N, Silva M, Skrzypek B, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Spannfellner C, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Stezelberger T, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Ter-Antonyan S, Thwaites J, Tilav S, Tischbein F, Tollefson K, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Twagirayezu JP, Ty B, Unland Elorrieta MA, Valtonen-Mattila N, Vandenbroucke J, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Veitch-Michaelis J, Verpoest S, Walck C, Wang W, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weigel P, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Weyrauch M, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wolf M, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Yanez JP, Yildizci E, Yoshida S, Yu S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zhelnin P. Strong Constraints on Neutrino Nonstandard Interactions from TeV-Scale ν_{μ} Disappearance at IceCube. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:011804. [PMID: 35841552 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.011804] [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: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report a search for nonstandard neutrino interactions (NSI) using eight years of TeV-scale atmospheric muon neutrino data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. By reconstructing incident energies and zenith angles for atmospheric neutrino events, this analysis presents unified confidence intervals for the NSI parameter ε_{μτ}. The best-fit value is consistent with no NSI at a p value of 25.2%. With a 90% confidence interval of -0.0041≤ε_{μτ}≤0.0031 along the real axis and similar strength in the complex plane, this result is the strongest constraint on any NSI parameter from any oscillation channel to date.
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- R Abbasi
- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology-CP3, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates St., Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and The International Center for Hadron Astrophysics, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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CLINICAL ISSUE Fractures of the distal femur represent rare but serious injuries with a high 1‑year mortality. An increasingly older patient population requires adapted treatment concepts. STANDARD TREATMENT PROCEDURE Surgical treatment using angular stable plating and retrograde nailing is the standard procedure. Conservative treatment is only indicated in cases of low demands and high perioperative risks of the patient. TREATMENT INNOVATIONS Primary double plate osteosynthesis and primary implantation of a distal femoral replacement represent new treatment procedures and show promising initial results in the collective of geriatric patients. DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP Conventional radiographs in 2 planes and computed tomography with multiplanar and 3D reconstructions should be performed to enable an adequate assessment of the indications and treatment planning. PERFORMANCE Nonunion rates of plate and nail osteosyntheses range from 4% to 10%. No significant differences in long-term results can be observed. The results regarding double plate osteosynthesis and distal femoral replacement so far do not show any disadvantages compared to the existing procedures but there is still insufficient data for general recommendations. ASSESSMENT Complex fractures with extensive reconstructive procedures and treatment by distal femoral replacement should be performed in specialized centers. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS The gold standard is still surgical treatment by means of minimally invasive angular stable plate or retrograde nail osteosynthesis. Complex fracture forms require individual treatment planning considering all currently available treatment options.
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- S Barzen
- Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Ginbo T, Di Corato L, Hoffmann R. Correction to: Investing in climate change adaptation and mitigation: A methodological review of real-options studies. Ambio 2022; 51:1090. [PMID: 35092572 PMCID: PMC8847650 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01700-0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Tsegaye Ginbo
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7013, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Cannaregio 873, Fondamenta San Giobbe, 30121 Venice, Italy
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- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7013, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Alves AA, Amin NM, An R, Andeen K, Anderson T, Anton G, Argüelles C, Ashida Y, Axani S, Bai X, Balagopal V A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, Bellenghi C, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Boddenberg M, Bontempo F, Borowka J, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Browne S, Burgman A, Burley RT, Busse RS, Campana MA, Carnie-Bronca EG, Chen C, Chen Z, Chirkin D, Choi K, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dappen C, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dittmer M, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Erpenbeck H, Evans J, Evenson PA, Fan KL, Fazely AR, Feigl N, Fiedlschuster S, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fischer L, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Fürst P, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garcia A, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghadimi A, Glaser C, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Gonzalez JG, Goswami S, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griswold S, Gündüz M, Günther C, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Ha Minh M, Hanson K, Hardin J, Harnisch AA, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Helbing K, Henningsen F, Hettinger EC, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill C, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Kang D, Kang W, Kang X, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kin K, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Kontrimas T, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kovacevich M, Kowalski M, Kozynets T, Kun E, Kurahashi N, Lad N, Lagunas Gualda C, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Lee JW, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Lincetto M, Liu QR, Liubarska M, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, McElroy T, McNally F, Mead JV, Meagher K, Mechbal S, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Micallef J, Mockler D, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Naab R, Nagai R, Naumann U, Necker J, Nguyễn LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Oeyen B, Olivas A, O'Sullivan E, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Paul L, Pérez de Los Heros C, Peters L, Peterson J, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pittermann M, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Pries B, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reichherzer P, Reimann R, Renzi G, Resconi E, Reusch S, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Roberts EJ, Robertson S, Roellinghoff G, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Saffer J, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schindler S, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Schwefer G, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Sharma A, Shefali S, Silva M, Skrzypek B, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Spannfellner C, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Tilav S, Tischbein F, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Twagirayezu JP, Ty B, Unland Elorrieta MA, Valtonen-Mattila N, Vandenbroucke J, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Walck C, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weigel P, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Weyrauch M, Whitehorn N, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wolf M, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Yanez JP, Yoshida S, Yu S, Yuan T, Zhang Z. Search for Relativistic Magnetic Monopoles with Eight Years of IceCube Data. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:051101. [PMID: 35179913 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.051101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
We present an all-sky 90% confidence level upper limit on the cosmic flux of relativistic magnetic monopoles using 2886 days of IceCube data. The analysis was optimized for monopole speeds between 0.750c and 0.995c, without any explicit restriction on the monopole mass. We constrain the flux of relativistic cosmic magnetic monopoles to a level below 2.0×10^{-19} cm^{-2} s^{-1} sr^{-1} over the majority of the targeted speed range. This result constitutes the most strict upper limit to date for magnetic monopoles with β≳0.8 and up to β∼0.995 and fills the gap between existing limits on the cosmic flux of nonrelativistic and ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles.
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- R Abbasi
- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Astroparticle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Experimental Particle Physics, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik and Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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Glapa K, Wolke J, Hoffmann R, Greitemann B. [Rehabilitation following the amputation of an extremity]. Orthopade 2021; 50:900-909. [PMID: 34735595 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-021-04173-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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The rehabilitation of patients with an amputation is challenging and an example of an interdisciplinary team approach. Knowledge of the principal surgical techniques and the needs for a good prosthetic fitting is mandatory for the team members. According to the ideas of International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Handicaps the goal of the rehabilitation is to achieve the highest possible participation in private, work and social life of the patient. Within the team a clear definition of responsibilities is necessary, as well as an intensive communication structure. The patient himself plays a major role. This rehabilitation is complex, in terms of both personal and resource use. Depending on the level of amputation, the usual rehabilitation times range between 4 to 12 weeks for the lower extremity; for the arms, the time varies greatly from person to person. Longer rehabilitation times seem to ensure better treatment outcomes in the long term.
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- K Glapa
- BG-Unfallklinik Frankfurt, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Reha-Klinikum Münsterland, Bad Rothenfelde, Deutschland
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- BG-Unfallklinik Frankfurt, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Reha-Klinikum Münsterland, Bad Rothenfelde, Deutschland
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Roehr S, Jung FU, Pabst A, Grochtdreis T, Nagl M, Renner A, Hoffmann R, Koenig HH, Kersting A, Riedel-Heller SG. A self-help app for Syrian refugees with posttraumatic stress (Sanadak): results of a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Public Health 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab164.744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Syrian refugees often develop posttraumatic stress as a result of the Syrian civil war and migration stressors. However, there is a lack of adequate treatments. The smartphone app Sanadak was developed and evaluated to provide cognitive behavioral therapy-based self-help in the Arabic language for Syrian refugees with posttraumatic stress.
Methods
In a randomized controlled trial, eligible individuals were allocated to the intervention group (IG; app) or control group (CG; psychoeducational reading material). Data were collected during structured face-to-face interviews at 3 assessments (preintervention/baseline, postintervention/after 4 weeks, follow-up/after 4 months). Using adjusted mixed-effects models, changes in posttraumatic stress and secondary outcomes were investigated as intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analysis.
Results
Of 170 screened individuals (aged 18-65 years), 133 were eligible and randomized to the IG (n = 65) or CG (n = 68). Although there was a pre-post reduction in posttraumatic stress, ITT showed no significant differences between IG and CG after 4 weeks (Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale for DSM-5, Diff -0.90, 95%CI -0.24 to 0.47; P=.52) and after 4 months (Diff -0.39, 95%CI -3.24 to 2.46; P=.79). The same was true for PP. Regarding secondary outcomes, ITT indicated a treatment effect for self-stigma after 4 weeks (Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale/SSMIS-stereotype agreement: d = 0.86, 95%CI 0.46 to 1.25; stereotype application: d = 0.60, 95%CI 0.22 to 0.99) and after 4 months (d = 0.52, 95%CI 0.12 to 0.92; d = 0.50, 95%CI 0.10 to 0.90).
Conclusions
Sanadak reduced mild to moderate posttraumatic stress in Syrian refugees, but not superior to the control condition. Therefore, Sanadak may not be suitable as a standalone treatment. However, as the app usability was very good, no harms detected, and stigma significantly reduced, Sanadak has potential as a bridging aid within a stepped and collaborative care approach.
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- S Roehr
- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research, Hamburg Center for Health Economics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Sabovcik F, Miller R, Cauwenberghs N, Hoffmann R, Haddad F, Kuznetsova T. Temporal shift and accuracy of machine learning in heart transplant outcomes. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Accurate prediction of outcomes following a heart transplant is critical to explaining risks and benefits to patients and decision-making when considering potential organ offers. Given the large number of potential variables to be considered, this task may be most efficiently performed using machine learning (ML).
Purpose
We trained and tested different ML algorithms to accurately predict outcomes following a cardiac transplant using the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) database.
Methods
We included 67 939 adult and pediatric patients enrolled in the UNOS database between January 1994 and December 2016 who underwent cardiac transplantation (median age 53 [IQR 38 – 60], 72.7% males). In our models, as an input, we included 114 features that have been collected from recipients and donors prior to transplant. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality at one-year post-transplant. We evaluated three different ML methods: XGBoost, Random Forest (RF) and L2 regularized logistic regression. Algorithms were trained and tested using shuffled 10-fold cross-validation (CV) as well as rolling CV. In the rolling CV, to mimic prospective procedure, ML models were trained by incrementally adding patients according to transplant year and testing models on the data in the following year. The hyperparameters, controlling the learning process, were tuned using Bayesian optimization. Prognostic accuracy for one-year all-cause mortality was characterized using the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC).
Results
In total, 8,394 patients died within 1 year of transplant. We observed a substantial difference in prognostic accuracy between the shuffled 10-fold CV and the rolling CV. In the 10-fold CV, XGBoost and RF achieved high predictive performance with AUC of 0.848 (95% CI: 0.842–0.854) and 0.891 (95% CI: 0.886–0.896), respectively. In the rolling CV, which is a more realistic setting, AUC dropped to 0.673 (95% CI: 0.661–0.684) for XGBoost and 0.670 (0.657–0.683) for RF. Predictive performance of L2 regularized logistic regression remained stable across the two CV procedures, achieving AUC 0.669 (95% CI: 0.662–0.676) in the 10-fold shuffled CV and 0.665 (95% CI: 0.649–0.680) in the rolling CV procedure (Figure).
Conclusions
Our study suggests that ML models could be used to predict mortality in the first year post-transplant. We also show that the choice of CV procedure is crucial for evaluating ML models, particularly in data collected over a long period of time. The difference between the shuffled and rolling CV in the predictive performance of the tree-based ML models might indicate temporal dataset shift. In the rolling CV, all three methods achieved similar predictive performance.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
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- F Sabovcik
- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Canada
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- Stanford University, Department of Medicine, Palo Alto, United States of America
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- KU Leuven, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Michaelsen J, Parade U, Bauerle H, Winter KD, Rauschenbach U, Mischke K, Schaefer C, Gutleben KJ, Rana O, Willich T, Schloesser M, Roetzer A, Breithardt OA, Middendorf S, Hoffmann R. Cryoballoon ablation of atrial fibrillation in low and medium volume hospitals – experiences of the German REGIONAL registry. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using cryoballoon ablation (CBA) has become an established and widespread procedure for the treatment of symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). The safety and efficacy of PVI at low and medium volume hospitals is unknown.
Aim
To determine safety and acute efficacy of PVI using CBA performed at community hospitals with limited annual case numbers.
Methods
This registry study prospectively included 1004 consecutive patients who underwent PVI with CBA for symptomatic paroxysmal (n=563) or persistent AF (n=441) between 01/2019 and 09/2020 at 20 community hospitals (each performing <100 PVI/year). Qualifying criteria for participating hospitals were an experience of performing CBA for at least 1 year and a minimum of 50 CBA performed up to the start of the registry. All CBA procedures were performed according to the individual local standards of each hospital. Procedural data, acute efficacy and complications were determined.
Results
The mean annual number of CBA procedures performed was 59±26/hospital, the mean annual number of PVI performed regardless of the method used was 70±26/center. 8/20 hospitals performed CBA only. There were 22 operators (1,1/center), in 12/20 hospitals CBA was performed by an operator being board certified in invasive electrophysiology. 10/20 hospitals included <60 patients/center (n=381), the centers enrolling >60 patients/hospital included a total of 623 pts (62%). Mean procedure time was 90.1±31.6 min, mean fluoroscopy time was 19.2±11.4 min. Isolation of all pulmonary veins could be achieved in 97.9% of patients. Not achieving the goal of “all veins isolated” in a respective patient was mainly due to early termination of CBA procedure due to phrenic nerve palsy.
Major complications occurred in 1,2% of patients: no in-hospital death (0%), clinical stroke in 2 patients (0.2%), pericardial effusion requiring pericardial drainage in 2 patients (0,2%), vascular complications needing vascular surgery and/or blood transfusion in 2 patients (0,2%), phrenic nerve palsy persisting up to hospital discharge in 6 patients (0,6%). Minor complications occurred in 7,5% of patients: pericardial effusion with no need of intervention in 0,4%, access site complications with no need for therapeutic intervention or prolonged in-hospital stay in 2,1% (mainly superficial hematoma) and phrenic nerve palsy resolving before discharge in 4,2%.
No significant difference in the number of complications could be found when testing for numbers of enrolled patients (> or < than 60/hospital) or regarding the board certification status of the operator.
Conclusions
PVI for paroxysmal or persistent AF using CBA can be performed at community hospitals with high acute efficacy and low complication rates despite low and moderate annual procedure numbers.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- Hospital - Rems-Murr Kliniken gGmbH, Winnenden, Germany
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- Klinikum Friedrichshafen GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
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- Leopoldina Hospital, Schweinfurt, Germany
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- Elbe Klinikum Buxtehude, Buxtehude, Germany
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- Helios St. Marienberg Helmstedt, Helmstedt, Germany
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- Kardiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis Brilon, Brilon, Germany
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- Dreifaltigkeits-Hospital gGmbH, Lippstadt, Germany
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- medius Klinik Ostfildern, Ostfildern, Germany
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- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Lingen, Germany
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Gohla G, Archid R, Hoffmann R, Kübler J, Munzel M, Königsrainer A, Nadalin S, Nikolaou K, Winkelmann MT. MRI-guided percutaneous thermoablation as first-line treatment of recurrent hepatic malignancies following hepatic resection: single center long-term experience. Int J Hyperthermia 2021; 38:1401-1408. [PMID: 34542009 DOI: 10.1080/02656736.2021.1979257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Hepatic recurrence of liver malignancies is a leading problem in patients after liver resection with curative intention. Thermoablation is a promising treatment approach for patients after hepatic resection, especially in liver-limited conditions. This study aimed to investigate safety, survival, and local tumor control rates of MRI-guided percutaneous thermoablation of recurrent hepatic malignancies following hepatic resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from patients with primary or secondary hepatic malignancies treated between 2004 and 2018 with MRI-guided percutaneous thermoablation of hepatic recurrence after prior hepatic resection were retrospectively analyzed. Disease-free survival and overall survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. RESULTS A total of 57 patients with hepatic recurrence (mean tumor size = 18.9 ± 9.1 mm) of colorectal cancer liver metastases (n = 27), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 17), intrahepatic recurrence of cholangiocellular carcinoma (n = 9), or other primary malignant tumor entities (n = 4) were treated once or several times with MR-guided percutaneous radiofrequency (n = 52) or microwave ablation (n = 5) (range: 1-4 times). Disease progression occurred due to local recurrence at the ablation site in nine patients (15.8%), non-local hepatic recurrence in 33 patients (57.9%), and distant malignancy in 18 patients (31.6%). The median overall survival for the total cohort was 40 months and 49 months for the colorectal cancer group, with a 5-year overall survival rate of 40.7 and 42.5%, respectively. The median disease-free survival was 10 months for both the total cohort and the colorectal cancer group with a 5-year disease-free survival rate of 15.1 and 14.8%, respectively. The mean follow-up time was 39.6 ± 35.7 months. CONCLUSION MR-guided thermoablation is an effective and safe approach in the treatment of hepatic recurrences in liver-limited conditions and can achieve long-term survival.
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- G Gohla
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany
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Singh S, Hoffmann R. Listeria monocytoge-knees infection: An unusual presentation. S Afr Med J 2021; 111:13386. [PMID: 34949243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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- S Singh
- Division of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; National Health Laboratory Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Renner A, Jäckle D, Kaiser J, Hoffmann R, Kersting A. IPSA-Studie: Posttraumatischer Stress nach belastenden Ereignissen im Arztberuf. Das Gesundheitswesen 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1732019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- A Renner
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig
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Hoffmann R. A Friendship over 35 Years. RUSS J COORD CHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070328421080029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gramlich Y, Kremer M, Brüning C, Breuer J, Hofmann L, Klug A, Hoffmann R. Implementation of a standardized clinical test kit for diagnostics of periprosthetic infections in the clinical routine. Unfallchirurg 2021; 124:247-254. [PMID: 34338839 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-021-01016-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The number of primary arthroplasties is increasing and the proportion of revision arthroplasties is becoming increasingly more important. The need for standardized and guideline-based diagnostics for the safe detection of a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is becoming apparent. In the past 10 years various organizations have published definitions and diagnostic guidelines. The implementation of an inhouse standard test kit could help to simplify the process and could improve the diagnostic quality. METHOD In 2016 a test kit was compiled in a monocentric prospective study, taking the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) criteria 2014 and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) criteria into account, which also fulfils the definitions of the ICM criteria 2018 and criteria of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society 2021. The test kit was implemented in the clinical setting of a special department for aseptic and septic revision arthroplasty. The usability and accuracy of the test kit were examined. RESULTS The test kit was implemented using blood samples (leukocyte count; C‑reactive protein, CRP), samples for examining the synovial fluid (white blood cell count, PMN cell differentiation, microbiological culture for incubation over 14 days, alpha-defensin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA, leukocyte esterase test strips) together with information and request forms. Between April 2016 and February 2020 a total of 405 patients were investigated. Within 3 calendar years, the use of the test kit increased from 59% initially to 86%, and finally to 96% of cases in the third calendar year. The leukocyte esterase test strip was reliable in only 72%, due to undifferentiated readability or blood contamination. The costs increased by the only commercially available alpha-defensin ELISA test by approx. 52€ per puncture. The best individual test showed a sensitivity/specificity of 92.8%/95.2% with alpha-defensin. It was calculated which combinations showed a similar test quality and different combinations, such as CRP+ cell count+ microbiology showed a sensitivity/specificity both of around 90%. Metallosis is a challenge for preoperative PJI diagnostics. DISCUSSION In a prospective study it was shown, that the implementation of the standardized test kit lead to a guideline based PJI diagnostic in all cases and thus to a significantly increase of the diagnostic quality. There is currently no single test that reliably excludes or proves an infection. The alpha-defensin laboratory ELISA test showed the best test accuracy, whereby the consideration of test combinations is obligatory and at the same time safe.
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- Y Gramlich
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Gramlich Y, Steinkohl D, Kremer M, Kemmerer M, Hoffmann R, Klug A. Modular knee arthrodesis secures limb, mobility, improves quality of life, and leads to high infection control in periprosthetic knee infection, when revision knee arthroplasty is not an option. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2021; 141:1349-1360. [PMID: 33893531 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-021-03907-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION This study compared the outcome of knee arthrodesis versus hinged total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients suffering from periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). METHODS 104 patients with PJI were treated using a two-stage exchange of failed TKA. In case of non reconstructable bone loss or loss of extension mechanism, a modular intramedullary arthrodesis nail was used for reimplantation [Knee Arthrodesis Module (KAM); n = 52]. The control group was retrospectively matched treated using a hinged revision TKA [Rotating Hinge Knee (RHK); n = 52]. PJI remission rates, functional outcome (WOMAC; KSS) and quality of life (SF-12), as well as comorbidities and pain were evaluated. RESULTS Mean age was 72.5 years. Charlson Comorbidity Index was higher in the KAM group (3.3 vs. 2.8). PJI remission rate was 89.4% (88.5% vs. 90.4%, respectively). In case of reinfection, implant retention was mostly possible in the RHK group (7.7%), whereas amputations were mostly performed in the KAM group (9.6%). Significant pain reduction (VAS 7.9-2.8) was achieved in both groups. Walking distance was significantly reduced in the KAM groups versus the RHK group (504 vs. 1064 m). WOMAC and KSS function scores were significantly reduced in the KAM group (25 vs. 40 and 35 vs. 64). Only moderate reduction in quality of life in the KAM group was observed (SF-12 physical: 34 vs. 40; SF-12 mental: 51 vs. 56) respectively. CONCLUSIONS Arthrodesis using a modular intramedullary nail is an alternative for limb salvage, pain reduction, and preservation of quality of life and everyday mobility, when revision TKA is not an option. This study presents the largest number of case, comparing the outcome after performing an arthrodesis versus hinged TKA after septic failed TKA.
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- Y Gramlich
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt Am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Gramlich Y, Kremer M, Brüning C, Breuer J, Hofmann L, Klug A, Hoffmann R. [Implementation of a standardized clinical test kit for diagnostics of periprosthetic infections in the clinical routine. German version]. Unfallchirurg 2021; 125:381-388. [PMID: 34189589 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-021-01017-3] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The number of primary arthroplasties is increasing and the proportion of revision arthroplasties is becoming increasingly more important. The need for standardized and guideline-based diagnostics for the safe detection of a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is becoming apparent. In the past 10 years various organizations have published definitions and diagnostic guidelines. The implementation of an inhouse standard test kit could help to simplify the process and could improve the diagnostic quality. METHOD In 2016 a test kit was compiled in a monocentric prospective study, taking the International Consensus Meeting (ICM) criteria 2014 and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) criteria into account, which also fulfils the definitions of the ICM criteria 2018 and criteria of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society 2021. The test kit was implemented in the clinical setting of a special department for aseptic and septic revision arthroplasty. The usability and accuracy of the test kit were examined. RESULTS The test kit was implemented using blood samples (leukocyte count; C‑reactive protein, CRP), samples for examining the synovial fluid (white blood cell count, PMN cell differentiation, microbiological culture for incubation over 14 days, alpha-defensin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, ELISA, leukocyte esterase test strips) together with information and request forms. Between April 2016 and February 2020 a total of 405 patients were investigated. Within 3 calendar years, the use of the test kit increased from 59% initially to 86%, and finally to 96% of cases in the third calendar year. The leukocyte esterase test strip was reliable in only 72%, due to undifferentiated readability or blood contamination. The costs increased by the only commercially available alpha-defensin ELISA test by approx. 52€ per puncture. The best individual test showed a sensitivity/specificity of 92.8%/95.2% with alpha-defensin. It was calculated which combinations showed a similar test quality and different combinations, such as CRP+ cell count+ microbiology showed a sensitivity/specificity both of around 90%. Metallosis is a challenge for preoperative PJI diagnostics. DISCUSSION In a prospective study it was shown, that the implementation of the standardized test kit lead to a guideline based PJI diagnostic in all cases and thus to a significantly increase of the diagnostic quality. There is currently no single test that reliably excludes or proves an infection. The alpha-defensin laboratory ELISA test showed the best test accuracy, whereby the consideration of test combinations is obligatory and at the same time safe.
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- Y Gramlich
- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstr. 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Ginbo T, Di Corato L, Hoffmann R. Investing in climate change adaptation and mitigation: A methodological review of real-options studies. Ambio 2021; 50:229-241. [PMID: 32451968 PMCID: PMC7708567 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01342-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Uncertain future payoffs and irreversible costs characterize investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Under these conditions, it is relevant to analyze investment decisions in a real options framework, as this approach takes into account the economic value associated with investment time flexibility. In this paper, we provide an overview of the literature adopting a real option approach to analyze investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation, and examine how the uncertain impacts of climate change on the condition of the human environment, risk preferences, and strategic interactions among decisions-makers have been modeled. We found that the complex nature of uncertainties associated with climate change is typically only partially taken into account and that the analysis is usually limited to decisions taken by individual risk neutral profit maximizers. Our findings call for further research to fill the identified gaps.
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- Tsegaye Ginbo
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7013, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Cannaregio 873, Fondamenta San Giobbe, 30121 Venice, Italy
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- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7013, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Hoffmann R, Ingelaere S, Le Polain De Waroux J, Blankoff I, Mairesse G, Vijgen J, Vandekerckhove Y, Willems R. Relationship between mortality after ICD implantation and center volume in Belgium. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction
In Belgium ICD implantation is restricted to 23 centers. A previous analysis of our group based on aggregated results per center showed that 3y mortality varied significantly between centers ranging from 7.5 to 23.4%. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that volume, infection rate and a higher proportion of implantations in primary prevention were predictors of 3y-mortality. These findings needed to be confirmed on a patient level since they could be caused by inter-patient rather than inter-hospital differences.
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The QERMID-ICD database is a retrospective database of all patients implanted with an ICD in Belgium managed by the governmental health care institution (RIZIV/INAMI). Participation is mandatory for reimbursement. We analyzed data of 9896 new implantations performed between 2010 and 2016. Following patient characteristics were available: demographics (gender, NYHA class, primary vs secondary prevention, underlying heart disease, type of device, QRS duration, age and ejection fraction (EF)), comorbidities (atrial fibrillation, diabetes, COPD, neurological disease, oncological disease and renal failure), volume of center (low < median of 65 primo-implantations/year vs high >65 implantations/year) and the average income of the arrondissement in which the patient lived (low income < p25, median p25-p75, high > p75). The primary endpoint was 3y-mortality. Chi-squared test and Mann-Whitney U test with correction for multiple testing were used and multivariate logistic regression was performed to determine the corrected odds ratio for 3-year mortality. Finally, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed.
Results
Low volume centers treated different patients than high volume centers. They implant more primary prevention (66.5 vs. 61.6%), more often patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (49.8 vs 47.9%), less often arrhythmogenic heart disease (13.2 vs 16.6%) and patients with more co-morbidities and from communities with lower average income. High volume centers used more cardiac resynchronization therapy (26.8 vs 22.5%) despite no difference in QRS width. 1 and 3-y mortality were significantly higher in the low volume centers, respectively 5.6 vs. 4.4% and 16 vs. 11.1%. This was also confirmed in Kaplan Meier survival analysis. In multivariate logistic regression underlying heart disease, income, age, EF, NYHA class, CRT, indication and most comorbidities were significantly associated with mortality, but center volume remained an independent risk factor for 3-y mortality (OR = 0.749 (0.702–0.937), p<0.001).
Conclusion
Patients treated in low and high-volume centers in Belgium are different. However, there remained an association between volume and mortality of centers when controlling for these differences. Further research to elucidate if this association is due to statistical limitations of our analysis, referral bias or differences in quality of care is necessary.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- R Hoffmann
- University of Leuven, Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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- University Hospital Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
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- Clinique Du Sud Luxembourg, Arlon, Belgium
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- Virga Jesse Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University Hospitals (UZ) Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Haj Abdo M, Langenbrink L, Michaelsen J, Wirtz M, Altiok E, Reimann D, Hoffmann R. Impact of tube angulation on radiation dose using image noise reduction technology. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.2451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study sought to evaluate the impact of tube angulation on radiation dose using image noise reduction technology in a clinical setting. Image noise reduction technology has been shown to significantly reduce radiation dose in coronary angiography in particular by reduction of radiation in cine mode.
Methods
In 500 coronary angiograms performed by the same operator the dose-area product (DAP) was determined. The DAP was determined for the cine mode as well as for the fluoroscopy mode. Furthermore, in the cine mode, the DAP on a per image (DAP/frame) basis was determined for the posterior-anterior projection (PA) as well as a left anterior oblique (LAO) cranial (LAO 20°/20°) and caudal (LAO 45°/−20°), right anterior oblique (RAO) cranial (RAO 20°/20°) and caudal (RAO 30°/−20°) angulations. The image intensifier area was kept constant for all angulations.
Results
Mean body mass index was 28.6±5.5 kg/m2. Mean total DAP was 1227±1417 cGy cm2. The mean ratio of DAP in cine mode/DAP in fluoro mode was 0.54±0.32. Mean DAP/frame in PA angulation was 5.5±3.3 (cGy cm2). Considering the cine mode, for the LAO cranial and LAO caudal angulations, the relative DAP/ frame compared to the PA angulation was 2.8±1.8 and 4.2±1.6, respectively. For the RAO cranial and RAO caudal angulations, the relative DAP/frame compared to the PA angulation was 1.7±2.2 and 1.8±1.4.
Conclusions
Using image noise reduction technology, radiation during fluoroscopy mode contributes more to total radiation dose than radiation during cine mode. In cine mode, the PA angulation has least radiation/ frame. The LAO caudal angulation is associated with greatest increase in radiation dose compared to the PA angulation, while LAO cranial angulation and RAO cranial and caudal angulations increase radiation dose to a lesser extent.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- M Haj Abdo
- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Cardiology, Lingen, Germany
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- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Cardiology, Lingen, Germany
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- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Cardiology, Lingen, Germany
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- RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Radiotherapy, Aachen, Germany
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- RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Cardiology, Aachen, Germany
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- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Cardiology, Lingen, Germany
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- St. Bonifatius Hospital, Cardiology, Lingen, Germany
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Aartsen MG, Abbasi R, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Amin NM, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Basu V, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark BA, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desai A, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Dharani S, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, DuVernois MA, Dvorak E, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Fedynitch A, Felde J, Fienberg AT, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hardin J, Haungs A, Hauser S, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kellermann M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Koundal P, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Li Y, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Ludwig A, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merz J, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Nguyen LV, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Parker GK, Paudel EN, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Popovych Y, Porcelli A, Prado Rodriguez M, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Riedel B, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk Cantu D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Scharf M, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Smithers B, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vannerom D, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Wulff J, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zhang Z, Zöcklein M. eV-Scale Sterile Neutrino Search Using Eight Years of Atmospheric Muon Neutrino Data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:141801. [PMID: 33064514 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.141801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The results of a 3+1 sterile neutrino search using eight years of data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory are presented. A total of 305 735 muon neutrino events are analyzed in reconstructed energy-zenith space to test for signatures of a matter-enhanced oscillation that would occur given a sterile neutrino state with a mass-squared differences between 0.01 and 100 eV^{2}. The best-fit point is found to be at sin^{2}(2θ_{24})=0.10 and Δm_{41}^{2}=4.5 eV^{2}, which is consistent with the no sterile neutrino hypothesis with a p value of 8.0%.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Room 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Lousiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal V A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Grégoire T, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jansson M, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Lesiak-Bzdak M, Leszczyńska A, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mallot K, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Merino G, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pieper S, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Porcelli A, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Rehman A, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, van Santen J, Verpoest S, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zöcklein M. Characteristics of the Diffuse Astrophysical Electron and Tau Neutrino Flux with Six Years of IceCube High Energy Cascade Data. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:121104. [PMID: 33016752 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.121104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first measurement of the astrophysical neutrino flux using particle showers (cascades) in IceCube data from 2010-2015. Assuming standard oscillations, the astrophysical neutrinos in this dedicated cascade sample are dominated (∼90%) by electron and tau flavors. The flux, observed in the sensitive energy range from 16 TeV to 2.6 PeV, is consistent with a single power-law model as expected from Fermi-type acceleration of high energy particles at astrophysical sources. We find the flux spectral index to be γ=2.53±0.07 and a flux normalization for each neutrino flavor of ϕ_{astro}=1.66_{-0.27}^{+0.25} at E_{0}=100 TeV, in agreement with IceCube's complementary muon neutrino results and with all-neutrino flavor fit results. In the measured energy range we reject spectral indices γ≤2.28 at ≥3σ significance level. Because of high neutrino energy resolution and low atmospheric neutrino backgrounds, this analysis provides the most detailed characterization of the neutrino flux at energies below ∼100 TeV compared to previous IceCube results. Results from fits assuming more complex neutrino flux models suggest a flux softening at high energies and a flux hardening at low energies (p value ≥0.06). The sizable and smooth flux measured below ∼100 TeV remains a puzzle. In order to not violate the isotropic diffuse gamma-ray background as measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope, it suggests the existence of astrophysical neutrino sources characterized by dense environments which are opaque to gamma rays.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
| | - J A Aguilar
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M Ahlers
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Ahrens
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
| | - C Alispach
- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
| | - K Andeen
- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
| | - T Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - I Ansseau
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - G Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - C Argüelles
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J Auffenberg
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - S Axani
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - P Backes
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - H Bagherpour
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
| | - X Bai
- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - A Balagopal V
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A Barbano
- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
| | | | - V Baum
- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - S Baur
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - R Bay
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J J Beatty
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J Becker Tjus
- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
| | - S BenZvi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
| | - E Blaufuss
- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - S Blot
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
| | - C Bohm
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - O Botner
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
| | - E Bourbeau
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - J Bourbeau
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
| | - J Buscher
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
| | - K Clark
- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1N2
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
| | - A Coleman
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
| | - G H Collin
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J M Conrad
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - P Coppin
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - D F Cowen
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - R Cross
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - P Dave
- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
| | - C De Clercq
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - J J DeLaunay
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
| | - H Dembinski
- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
| | - K Deoskar
- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
| | - P Desiati
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - G de Wasseige
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M de With
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
| | - T DeYoung
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
| | - A Diaz
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
| | - J C Díaz-Vélez
- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates Street, Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, USA
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Goesswald A, Lange M, Hoffmann R, Houben R. Monitoring health and well-being of children and adolescents in Germany since 2003. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
KiGGS - the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents is part of the German health monitoring framework providing data analyses and recommendations for politics based on own primary data collection and secondary data from other sources. In 1998, the Robert Koch Institute was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Health to develop approaches and instruments for a health survey for children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years.
Methods
KiGGS is conducted at regular intervals and acts as a central source of information that collects wide-ranging, reliable data on child and adolescent health. KiGGS comprises a cross-sectional and a longitudinal component. Until now, three nationally representative surveys have been performed: KiGGS baseline (2003-2006), Wave 1 (2009-2012) and Wave 2 (2014-2017). The baseline sample comprises 17,641 children and adolescents. The KiGGS cohort is the longitudinal component of the study. To date, two follow-ups have been accomplished.
Results
The repeated cross-sectional surveys have provided a profound data basis in order to calculate prevalences and conduct context analyses for each period and identifying changes over time in physical and mental health status, health behaviour, utilisation of health care services and prevention as well as social, family and environmental factors. Additionally, the longitudinal data enable to analyse developments in health and their influencing factors during the life course. Reports and recommendations based on KiGGS data have been useful to support the implementation of national health programs for children and adolescents, e.g. for the prevention of childhood obesity.
Conclusions
Regular health interview and examination surveys are necessary to provide reliable data to derive recommendations for health politics. Furthermore, they offer a robust method to evaluate actions taken to prevent illness and promote positive health behaviour on the population level.
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- A Goesswald
- Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany
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BACKGROUND The quality of trauma care in Germany has been significantly increased due to the establishment of standards in the white paper on severe injury care and the S3 guidelines. A key issue of multiple trauma treatment is the trauma resuscitation unit (TRU)/emergency room management, which is associated with extensive material and human resources. From the very beginning of the introduction of structured care for the severely injured, the choice of the target hospital and the indications for TRU have been the focus of scientific research. Furthermore, a reduction of the TRU team for presumably less seriously injured patients is discussed. MATERIAL AND METHODS The emergency room assignments of a level I trauma center (n = 686) were analyzed in more detail. Of the patients 235 were assigned with the TRU indications according to the cause of the accident (GoR B criteria) and compared with the collective of TRU patients admitted according to the severity of injuries or life-threatening signs, the so-called GoR A criteria (n = 104) during the corresponding period. In addition to basic data (age, sex), the injured region and severity (injury severity score, ISS), the length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital as well as the necessity for surgery and transfusion were compared. RESULT Of the emergency room allocations at the trauma center 34% were due to the cause of the accident and the severity of the injuries in this patient group was almost half as high as that of the control group with an ISS of 11. Of the patients 74% were admitted to the IMC/ICU and stayed there for an average of almost 3 days. There were between 4% and 18% severe injuries (abbreviated injury scale, AIS 3) and 17.9% were characterized as polytrauma with an ISS ≥ 16 points. CONCLUSION A significant number of patients admitted to a TCU due to the cause of accident (the so-called B criteria of the white book), have severe and potentially life-threatening injuries, which necessitate a prioritized and immediate treatment by a TCU team. Whether a reduced TCU team is sufficient in this situation needs to be critically examined.
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- U Schweigkofler
- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Deutschland
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Alispach C, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Balagopal A, Barbano A, Barwick SW, Bastian B, Baum V, Baur S, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Börner M, Böser S, Botner O, Böttcher J, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Buscher J, Busse RS, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Choi S, Clark K, Classen L, Coleman A, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Diaz A, Díaz-Vélez JC, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Engel R, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Fox D, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Griffith Z, Griswold S, Günder M, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halliday R, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Haungs A, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Heix P, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Huber T, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Jonske F, Joppe R, Kang D, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kulacz N, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Labare M, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Lazar JP, Leonard K, Leszczyńska A, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lucarelli F, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Lyu Y, Ma WY, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mallik P, Mallot K, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Matis HS, Maunu R, McNally F, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Micallef J, Mockler D, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Morse R, Moulai M, Muth P, Nagai R, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nisa MU, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Oehler M, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Park N, Peiffer P, Pérez de Los Heros C, Philippen S, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Porcelli A, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renschler M, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schieler H, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schröder FG, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Shefali S, Silva M, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stein R, Steinmüller P, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stürwald T, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tollefson K, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Trettin A, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, van Santen J, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Weaver C, Weindl A, Weiss MJ, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T, Zöcklein M. Time-Integrated Neutrino Source Searches with 10 Years of IceCube Data. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:051103. [PMID: 32083934 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.051103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
This Letter presents the results from pointlike neutrino source searches using ten years of IceCube data collected between April 6, 2008 and July 10, 2018. We evaluate the significance of an astrophysical signal from a pointlike source looking for an excess of clustered neutrino events with energies typically above ∼1 TeV among the background of atmospheric muons and neutrinos. We perform a full-sky scan, a search within a selected source catalog, a catalog population study, and three stacked Galactic catalog searches. The most significant point in the northern hemisphere from scanning the sky is coincident with the Seyfert II galaxy NGC 1068, which was included in the source catalog search. The excess at the coordinates of NGC 1068 is inconsistent with background expectations at the level of 2.9σ after accounting for statistical trials from the entire catalog. The combination of this result along with excesses observed at the coordinates of three other sources, including TXS 0506+056, suggests that, collectively, correlations with sources in the northern catalog are inconsistent with background at 3.3σ significance. The southern catalog is consistent with background. These results, all based on searches for a cumulative neutrino signal integrated over the 10 years of available data, motivate further study of these and similar sources, including time-dependent analyses, multimessenger correlations, and the possibility of stronger evidence with coming upgrades to the detector.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1N2
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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Huesken A, Hoffmann R. 4035Impact of qualified nursing education on the care of heart failure patients in a regional physician network. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
The ESC guidelines on management of patients with heart failure support a multidisciplinary management program including intensive patient teaching and follow-up care. However, adequate information of patients with heart failure on their disease by the treating physician is often limited due to time restrictions.
Aim
This study evaluated the short and long-term impact of a structured education program by a qualified heart failure nurse on the patient's understanding of his disease and adherence to therapy.
Methods
95 consecutive patients (67 male, mean age 66±11 years) hospitalized for heart failure symptoms were included in a structured education program. Each patient underwent an individual one hour teaching program by a qualified heart failure nurse who used structed teaching material. Patients were requested to respond to a questionnaire consisting of 15 questions 1 day before and 1 day after the teaching course as well as at a 6 months follow-up. The questionnaire included the nine questions of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale (EHFSCB9-Scale) as well as 6 questions on the patient's knowledge about his disease. For each question the patient had to respond to a scale ranging from 1 point (complete disagreement) to 5 points (complete agreement). 6 months follow-up data were obtained by physicians providing the outpatients care and implemented into a password protected software offering all patient data within the local network consisting of the hospital and 4 regional outpatient cardiologists.
Results
Total self-care behavior and disease knowledge score improved from 48.3±10.1 points before teaching to 64.0±9.9 points after teaching (p<0.001). Before teaching there were significant differences in the scores of individual questions ranging from 2.40±1.36 points on understanding of the own disease to 4.71±0.80 points on complete adherence to the medication protocol. After teaching there was a more homogenous score levels. Greatest gains on individual question scores could be obtained on “the patients understanding of the causes of his disease” (1.52±1.38 points), “the feeling of being completely informed about the disease” (1.44±1.23 points) and “daily weight control” (1.73±1.58 points). At 6-months follow-up total self-care behavior and disease knowledge score was 59.2±13.2 points (p=0.231 to immediately after teaching) in the 67% of patients with complete follow-up. In a logistic regression analyses no parameter could be defined which predicted a low knowledge score before teaching or an insufficient teaching effect.
Conclusions
A qualified nurse education program significantly improves self-care behavior and disease knowledge. The effect persists at 6 months follow-up. Improvements can be obtained in particular with regards to patients understanding of his disease causes and daily weight control. There are no patient characteristics which obviate the need for teaching or predict a low teaching effect.
Acknowledgement/Funding
Deutsche Stiftung für chronisch Kranke
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- Bonifatius Hospital, Lingen, Germany
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Jobmann S, Buckup J, Colcuc C, Roessler PP, Zimmermann E, Schüttler KF, Hoffmann R, Welsch F, Stein T. Anatomic ligament consolidation of the superior acromioclavicular ligament and the coracoclavicular ligament complex after acute arthroscopically assisted double coracoclavicular bundle stabilization. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019; 27:3168-3179. [PMID: 28924949 DOI: 10.1007/s00167-017-4717-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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PURPOSE The consolidation of the acromioclavicular (AC) and coracoclavicular (CC) ligament complex after arthroscopically assisted stabilization of acute acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) separation is still under consideration. METHODS Fifty-five consecutive patients after arthroscopically assisted double-CC-bundle stabilization within 14 days after acute high-grade ACJ separation were studied prospectively. All patients were clinically analysed preoperatively (FU0) and post-operatively (FU1 = 6 months; FU2 = 12 months). The structural MRI assessments were performed at FU0 (injured ACJ) and at FU2 bilateral (radiologic control group) and assessed separately the ligament thickness and length at defined regions for the conoid, trapezoid and the superior AC ligament. RESULTS Thirty-seven patients were assessed after 6.5 months and after 16.0 months. The 16-month MRI analysis revealed for all patients continuous ligament healing for the CC-complex and the superior AC ligament with in the average hypertrophic consolidation compared to the control side. Separate conoid and trapezoid strands (double-strand configuration) were detected in 27 of 37 (73%) patients, and a single-strand configuration was detected in 10 of 37 (27%) patients; both configurations showed similar CCD data. The ligament healing was not influenced by the point of surgery, age at surgery and heterotopic ossification. The clinical outcome was increased (FU0-FU2): Rowe, 47.7-97.0 pts.; TAFT, 3.9-10.6 pts.; NAS pain, 8.9-1.4 pts. (all P < 0.05). CONCLUSION The arthroscopically assisted double-CC-bundle stabilization within 14 days after acute high-grade ACJ separation showed 16 months after surgery sufficient consolidations of the AC and double-CC ligament complex in 73%. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III, Case series.
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- Department of Sporttraumatology - Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology - Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Sports medicine, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology - Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology - Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Department of Sports medicine, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Reinig Y, Welsch F, Hoffmann R, Müller D, Gramlich S, Fischer S, Schüttler KF, Zimmermann E, Stein T. Assessments of activities of daily living after arthroscopic SLAP repair with knot-tying versus knotless suture anchors. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2019; 139:981-990. [PMID: 30820694 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-019-03151-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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PURPOSE The clinical influence of knot-tying or knotless anchor systems for the arthroscopic repair of SLAP lesions (superior labrum lesion from anterior to posterior) remain unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a retrospective cohort analysis, 61 of 78 (78.2%) patients with isolated symptomatic SLAP II lesions were examined with a minimum of 24 months after arthroscopic SLAP repair compared to a control group: 28 patients with knot-tying anchors (group I, G1; 28.95 ± 9.48 years, 23 male/5 female), 33 with knotless anchors (group II, G2; 31 ± 10.09 years, 26 male/7 female) and 140 healthy volunteers (group III, G3; 30.9 ± 8.9 years, 109 male/31 female). The clinical assessment included an examination and estimated parameters of ADL (activities of daily living), the CS (Constant score), ASES (American Shoulder and Elbow score), DASH (disability of arm-shoulder hand) and the RS (Rowe score). RESULTS The ROM analysis recorded no significant differences for the external rotation in 0° abduction (G1 63.75° ± 15.55° versus = vs G2 65.30° ± 18.15°; pERG1 vs G2 = 0.72). The clinical outcomes revealed significantly decreased pain status in G1 for the O'brien test and in G2 for the Palm-up test, whereas Yergason test showed similar pain levels (pO'brien = 0.03; ppalm up = 0.02; pyergason > 0.5). The pulley associated rotator cuff tests revealed a significantly inferior force status in G2 compared to G1 (plift-off = 0.005, pJobe = 0.02) whereas the further rotator cuff assessments were equal. In general, the intervention group showed increased pain level and functional deficits compared to the G3. The score analysis detected no significant differences with PCSG1 vs G2, PASESG1 vs G2, PDASHG1 vs G2 and PRSG1 vs G2 all > 0.05 and significant impairments compared to G3 in all scores pG1/G2 vs G3 < 0.05 (CSG1 = 88.28 ± 14.42, CSG2=92.73 ± 9.24, CSG3 = 96.2 ± 4.96; ASESG1 = 81.10 ± 21.69, ASESG2 = 85.35 ± 17.12, ASESG3 = 94.95 ± 10.39,; DASHG1= 35.75 ± 13.44, DASHG2 = 36.03 ± 17.55, DASHG3 = 27.13 ± 6.52; RSG1 = 90.71 ± 9.88, RSG2 = 88.33 ± 11.22, RSG3= 92.96 ± 11.27). CONCLUSIONS The clinical assessment revealed for both anchor systems similar outcomes but showed general underestimated impairments after the SLAP repair surgery compared to the healthy control. The clinical status only marginally differed between both techniques, wherefore the present assessment of ADL allowed no recommendation of one of these two specific surgery technique for SLAP repair.
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- Department of Sporttraumatology-Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology-Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Sports Science, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology-Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Department of Sports Science, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Braeckman U, Pasotti F, Vázquez S, Zacher K, Hoffmann R, Elvert M, Marchant H, Buckner C, Quartino ML, Mác Cormack W, Soetaert K, Wenzhöfer F, Vanreusel A. Degradation of macroalgal detritus in shallow coastal Antarctic sediments. Limnol Oceanogr 2019; 64:1423-1441. [PMID: 31598006 PMCID: PMC6774326 DOI: 10.1002/lno.11125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Glaciers along the western Antarctic Peninsula are retreating at unprecedented rates, opening up sublittoral rocky substrate for colonization by marine organisms such as macroalgae. When macroalgae are physically detached due to storms or erosion, their fragments can accumulate in seabed hollows, where they can be grazed upon by herbivores or be degraded microbially or be sequestered. To understand the fate of the increasing amount of macroalgal detritus in Antarctic shallow subtidal sediments, a mesocosm experiment was conducted to track 13C- and 15N-labeled macroalgal detritus into the benthic bacterial, meiofaunal, and macrofaunal biomass and respiration of sediments from Potter Cove (King George Island). We compared the degradation pathways of two macroalgae species: one considered palatable for herbivores (the red algae Palmaria decipiens) and other considered nonpalatable for herbivores (the brown algae Desmarestia anceps). The carbon from Palmaria was recycled at a higher rate than that of Desmarestia, with herbivores such as amphipods playing a stronger role in the early degradation process of the Palmaria fragments and the microbial community taking over at a later stage. In contrast, Desmarestia was more buried in the subsurface sediments, stimulating subsurface bacterial degradation. Macrofauna probably relied indirectly on Desmarestia carbon, recycled by bacteria and microphytobenthos. The efficient cycling of the nutrients and carbon from the macroalgae supports a positive feedback loop among bacteria, microphytobenthos, and meiofaunal and macrofaunal grazers, resulting in longer term retention of macroalgal nutrients in the sediment, hence creating a food bank for the benthos.
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- Marine Biology Research GroupGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
- HGF‐MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener InstituteHelmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven and Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremenGermany
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- Marine Biology Research GroupGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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- Cátedra de Biotecnología, Facultad de Farmacia y BioquímicaUniversidad de Buenos Aires, NANOBIOTEC UBA‐CONICETBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener InstituteHelmholtz Center for Polar and Marine ResearchBremerhavenGermany
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- HGF‐MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener InstituteHelmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven and Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremenGermany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of GeosciencesUniversity of BremenBremenGermany
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- Biogeochemistry GroupMax Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremenGermany
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- Biogeochemistry GroupMax Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremenGermany
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- Instituto Antártico Argentino, Coastal Biology DepartmentBuenos AiresArgentina
- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino RivadaviaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Cátedra de Biotecnología, Facultad de Farmacia y BioquímicaUniversidad de Buenos Aires, NANOBIOTEC UBA‐CONICETBuenos AiresArgentina
- Instituto Antártico Argentino, Coastal Biology DepartmentBuenos AiresArgentina
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- NIOZ Yerseke, Estuarine and Delta Studies and Utrecht UniversityThe Netherlands
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- HGF‐MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener InstituteHelmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven and Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyBremenGermany
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- Marine Biology Research GroupGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
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Barzen S, Schweigkofler U, Hoffmann R. Beckenverletzung, Untersuchung und Anlage des Beckengurts. Notf Rett Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10049-018-0557-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A mass casualty event (MCE) poses an enormous challenge for rescue services and hospitals. In addition to a hospital emergency plan, employee training and practice exercises are essential to be prepared for such an event. The organizational and financial burden of MCE exercises in a hospital is extraordinarily high. In a retrospective analysis of several large hospital exercises, the magnitude of the necessary financial means for the preparation and execution of such drills is outlined. Depending on the size (number of patients) and scope (extent of departments involved) of the MCE exercise in a hospital, a full-size MCE drill may entail costs between 10,000 and 100,000€. Since the execution of such exercises is essential in the sense of preparedness and considering quality management aspects, possibilities of refinancing and more cost-efficient training must be developed.
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- UniversitätsCentrum für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (OUC), Carl Gustav Carus Universitätsklinikum, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Deutschland
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- Medizinmanagement, BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin gGmbH, Berlin, Deutschland.,Hochschule der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (HGU), Bad Hersfeld, Deutschland
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- Gesundheitsamt Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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- Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie und orthopädische Chirurgie, BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
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Aartsen M, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar J, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Altmann D, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Barbano A, Barron J, Barwick S, Baum V, Bay R, Beatty J, Becker KH, Becker Tjus J, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson D, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Börner M, Böser S, Botner O, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Bretz HP, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Busse R, Carver T, Chen C, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Clark K, Classen L, Collin G, Conrad J, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen D, Cross R, Dave P, de André J, De Clercq C, DeLaunay J, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries K, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Díaz-Vélez J, Dujmovic H, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eller P, Evenson P, Fahey S, Fazely A, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser T, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Garrappa S, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Giang W, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez J, Grant D, Griffith Z, Gündüz M, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Henningsen F, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill G, Hoffman K, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jacobi E, Japaridze G, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones B, Kalaczynski P, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karl M, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Keivani A, Kelley J, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein S, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koskinen D, Kowalski M, Krings K, Krückl G, Kunwar S, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Labare M, Lanfranchi J, Larson M, Lauber F, Lazar J, Leonard K, Leuermann M, Liu Q, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal C, Lu L, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn K, Makino Y, Mallot K, Mancina S, Mariş I, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, Meagher K, Medici M, Medina A, Meier M, Meighen-Berger S, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Miarecki S, Micallef J, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore R, Moulai M, Nagai R, Nahnhauer R, Nakarmi P, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nowicki S, Nygren D, Obertacke Pollmann A, Olivas A, O’Murchadha A, O’Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova D, Park N, Peiffer P, Pérez de los Heros C, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Price P, Przybylski G, Raab C, Raissi A, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea I, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera S, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Silva M, Snihur R, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak G, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stasik A, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad R, Stößl A, Strotjohann N, Stuttard T, Sullivan G, Sutherland M, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Tomankova L, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Tselengidou M, Tung C, Turcati A, Turcotte R, Turley C, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta M, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, van Santen J, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandkowsky N, Wandler F, Watson T, Weaver C, Weiss M, Weldert J, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Westerhoff S, Whelan B, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch C, Wille L, Williams D, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood T, Woolsey E, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu D, Xu X, Xu Y, Yanez J, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T. Measurement of atmospheric tau neutrino appearance with IceCube DeepCore. Int J Clin Exp Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.99.032007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Al Samarai I, Altmann D, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Barbano A, Barron JP, Barwick SW, Baum V, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker Tjus J, Becker KH, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Börner M, Bos F, Böser S, Botner O, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Brenzke M, Bretz HP, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Busse RS, Carver T, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Christov A, Clark K, Classen L, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, Day M, de André JPAM, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, Deoskar K, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Díaz-Vélez JC, di Lorenzo V, Dujmovic H, Dumm JP, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eichmann B, Eller P, Evans PA, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Giang W, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Griffith Z, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jacobi E, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Kalaczynski P, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Keivani A, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koschinsky JP, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Kroll M, Krückl G, Kunwar S, Kurahashi N, Kyriacou A, Labare M, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Leonard K, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Lozano Mariscal CJ, Lu L, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Makino Y, Mancina S, Mariş IC, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, Meagher K, Medici M, Meier M, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Miarecki S, Micallef J, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Moulai M, Nagai R, Nahnhauer R, Nakarmi P, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Olivas A, O'Murchadha A, Osborne JP, O'Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Peiffer P, Pepper JA, Pérez de Los Heros C, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Pizzuto A, Plum M, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Reimann R, Relethford B, Renzi G, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schneider J, Schöneberg S, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stasik A, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Sutherland M, Taboada I, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Toale PA, Tobin MN, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Unland Elorrieta MA, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, van Santen J, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandler FD, Wandkowsky N, Watson TB, Waza A, Weaver C, Weiss MJ, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Westerhoff S, Whelan BJ, Whitehorn N, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woolsey E, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T. Constraints on Minute-Scale Transient Astrophysical Neutrino Sources. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:051102. [PMID: 30822017 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.051102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
High-energy neutrino emission has been predicted for several short-lived astrophysical transients including gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), core-collapse supernovae with choked jets, and neutron star mergers. IceCube's optical and x-ray follow-up program searches for such transient sources by looking for two or more muon neutrino candidates in directional coincidence and arriving within 100 s. The measured rate of neutrino alerts is consistent with the expected rate of chance coincidences of atmospheric background events and no likely electromagnetic counterparts have been identified in Swift follow-up observations. Here, we calculate generic bounds on the neutrino flux of short-lived transient sources. Assuming an E^{-2.5} neutrino spectrum, we find that the neutrino flux of rare sources, like long gamma-ray bursts, is constrained to <5% of the detected astrophysical flux and the energy released in neutrinos (100 GeV to 10 PeV) by a median bright GRB-like source is <10^{52.5} erg. For a harder E^{-2.13} neutrino spectrum up to 30% of the flux could be produced by GRBs and the allowed median source energy is <10^{52} erg. A hypothetical population of transient sources has to be more common than 10^{-5} Mpc^{-3} yr^{-1} (5×10^{-8} Mpc^{-3} yr^{-1} for the E^{-2.13} spectrum) to account for the complete astrophysical neutrino flux.
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- M G Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève, Switzerland
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, Ontario, Canada P3Y 1N2
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Dienst ELEM, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik & Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Physik-department, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Oskar Klein Centre and Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Science Faculty CP230, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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- CTSPS, Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates St., Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Müller D, Reinig Y, Hoffmann R, Blank M, Welsch F, Schweigkofler U, Stein T. Return to sport after acute acromioclavicular stabilization: a randomized control of double-suture-button system versus clavicular hook plate compared to uninjured shoulder sport athletes. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2018; 26:3832-3847. [PMID: 29980805 DOI: 10.1007/s00167-018-5044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Traumatic high-grade acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) separations can be surgically stabilized by numerous anatomic and non-anatomic procedures. The return to sport (Maffe et al. in Am J Sports Med 23:93-98, 1995] and remaining sport-associated impairments after acute ACJ stabilization has not yet been investigated. METHODS 73 consecutive athletes with acute high-grade ACJ separation were prospectively assigned into two groups (64.4% randomized, 35.6% intention-to-treat): open clavicular hook plate (cHP) implantation (GI) or arthroscopically assisted double double-suture-button (dDSB) implantation (GII). Patients were analyzed using shoulder sport-specific measurement tools for sport ability (ASOSS), sport activity (SSAS), and numerical analog scales: NASpain during sport, NASshoulder function in sport, and NASre-achievement of sport level. Four points of examination were established: preoperative evaluation (FU0) and first postoperative follow-up (FU1) at 6 months; FU2 at 12 months; and FU3 at 24 months after surgery. The control group (GIII) consisted of 140 healthy athletes without anamnesis of prior macro-injury or surgery. RESULTS After surgical stabilization, 29 of 35 athletes in GI (82.9%; 38.6 ± 9.9 years) and 32 of 38 in GII (82.9%; 38.6 ± 9.9 years) were followed up for 24 months (FU3) (loss 17.8%). All operated athletes showed significantly increased scores compared to FU0 (p < 0.05). Compared to GI, GII showed significantly superior outcome data for sporting ability as well as for NASre-achievement of sport level (p < 0.05). While GII re-achieved GIII-comparable SSAS and ASOSS levels, GI remained at a significantly inferior level. Athletes after ACJ injury of Rockwood grade IV/V and overhead athletes benefited significantly from the dDSB procedure. CONCLUSION The dDSB procedure enabled significantly superior sport-specific outcomes compared to the cHP procedure. Athletes after dDSB surgeries re-achieved the sporting ability and the sport activity levels of healthy athletes, whereas athletes after cHP implantation remained at significantly inferior levels. The more extensive dDSB procedure and the more restrictive rehabilitation are recommended for treatment of acute high-grade ACJ separations of functionally high-demanding athletes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE I.
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- D Müller
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany.,Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology-Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Sporttraumatology-Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt, Germany. .,Department of Sports Science, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Aartsen MG, Ackermann M, Adams J, Aguilar JA, Ahlers M, Ahrens M, Samarai IA, Altmann D, Andeen K, Anderson T, Ansseau I, Anton G, Argüelles C, Auffenberg J, Axani S, Backes P, Bagherpour H, Bai X, Barron JP, Barwick SW, Baum V, Bay R, Beatty JJ, Becker Tjus J, Becker KH, BenZvi S, Berley D, Bernardini E, Besson DZ, Binder G, Bindig D, Blaufuss E, Blot S, Bohm C, Börner M, Bos F, Böser S, Botner O, Bourbeau E, Bourbeau J, Bradascio F, Braun J, Brenzke M, Bretz HP, Bron S, Brostean-Kaiser J, Burgman A, Busse RS, Carver T, Cheung E, Chirkin D, Christov A, Clark K, Classen L, Collin GH, Conrad JM, Coppin P, Correa P, Cowen DF, Cross R, Dave P, Day M, de André JPAM, De Clercq C, DeLaunay JJ, Dembinski H, De Ridder S, Desiati P, de Vries KD, de Wasseige G, de With M, DeYoung T, Díaz-Vélez JC, di Lorenzo V, Dujmovic H, Dumm JP, Dunkman M, Dvorak E, Eberhardt B, Ehrhardt T, Eichmann B, Eller P, Evenson PA, Fahey S, Fazely AR, Felde J, Filimonov K, Finley C, Flis S, Franckowiak A, Friedman E, Fritz A, Gaisser TK, Gallagher J, Ganster E, Gerhardt L, Ghorbani K, Giang W, Glauch T, Glüsenkamp T, Goldschmidt A, Gonzalez JG, Grant D, Griffith Z, Haack C, Hallgren A, Halve L, Halzen F, Hanson K, Hebecker D, Heereman D, Helbing K, Hellauer R, Hickford S, Hignight J, Hill GC, Hoffman KD, Hoffmann R, Hoinka T, Hokanson-Fasig B, Hoshina K, Huang F, Huber M, Hultqvist K, Hünnefeld M, Hussain R, In S, Iovine N, Ishihara A, Jacobi E, Japaridze GS, Jeong M, Jero K, Jones BJP, Kalaczynski P, Kang W, Kappes A, Kappesser D, Karg T, Karle A, Katz U, Kauer M, Keivani A, Kelley JL, Kheirandish A, Kim J, Kim M, Kintscher T, Kiryluk J, Kittler T, Klein SR, Koirala R, Kolanoski H, Köpke L, Kopper C, Kopper S, Koschinsky JP, Koskinen DJ, Kowalski M, Krings K, Kroll M, Krückl G, Kunwar S, Kurahashi N, Kuwabara T, Kyriacou A, Labare M, Lanfranchi JL, Larson MJ, Lauber F, Leonard K, Lesiak-Bzdak M, Leuermann M, Liu QR, Lohfink E, Mariscal CJL, Lu L, Lünemann J, Luszczak W, Madsen J, Maggi G, Mahn KBM, Mancina S, Maruyama R, Mase K, Maunu R, Meagher K, Medici M, Meier M, Menne T, Merino G, Meures T, Miarecki S, Micallef J, Momenté G, Montaruli T, Moore RW, Moulai M, Nahnhauer R, Nakarmi P, Naumann U, Neer G, Niederhausen H, Nowicki SC, Nygren DR, Obertacke Pollmann A, Olivas A, O’Murchadha A, O’Sullivan E, Palczewski T, Pandya H, Pankova DV, Peiffer P, Pepper JA, Pérez de los Heros C, Pieloth D, Pinat E, Plum M, Price PB, Przybylski GT, Raab C, Rädel L, Rameez M, Rauch L, Rawlins K, Rea IC, Reimann R, Relethford B, Relich M, Resconi E, Rhode W, Richman M, Robertson S, Rongen M, Rott C, Ruhe T, Ryckbosch D, Rysewyk D, Safa I, Sanchez Herrera SE, Sandrock A, Sandroos J, Santander M, Sarkar S, Sarkar S, Satalecka K, Schaufel M, Schlunder P, Schmidt T, Schneider A, Schoenen S, Schöneberg S, Schumacher L, Sclafani S, Seckel D, Seunarine S, Soedingrekso J, Soldin D, Song M, Spiczak GM, Spiering C, Stachurska J, Stamatikos M, Stanev T, Stasik A, Stein R, Stettner J, Steuer A, Stezelberger T, Stokstad RG, Stößl A, Strotjohann NL, Stuttard T, Sullivan GW, Sutherland M, Taboada I, Tatar J, Tenholt F, Ter-Antonyan S, Terliuk A, Tilav S, Toale PA, Tobin MN, Tönnis C, Toscano S, Tosi D, Tselengidou M, Tung CF, Turcati A, Turley CF, Ty B, Unger E, Usner M, Vandenbroucke J, Van Driessche W, van Eijk D, van Eijndhoven N, Vanheule S, van Santen J, Vraeghe M, Walck C, Wallace A, Wallraff M, Wandler FD, Wandkowsky N, Waza A, Weaver C, Weiss MJ, Wendt C, Werthebach J, Westerhoff S, Whelan BJ, Wiebe K, Wiebusch CH, Wille L, Williams DR, Wills L, Wolf M, Wood J, Wood TR, Woolsey E, Woschnagg K, Wrede G, Xu DL, Xu XW, Xu Y, Yanez JP, Yodh G, Yoshida S, Yuan T. Search for neutrinos from decaying dark matter with IceCube: IceCube Collaboration. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2018; 78:831. [PMID: 30930683 PMCID: PMC6405043 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6273-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
With the observation of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, interest has risen in models of PeV-mass decaying dark matter particles to explain the observed flux. We present two dedicated experimental analyses to test this hypothesis. One analysis uses 6 years of IceCube data focusing on muon neutrino 'track' events from the Northern Hemisphere, while the second analysis uses 2 years of 'cascade' events from the full sky. Known background components and the hypothetical flux from unstable dark matter are fitted to the experimental data. Since no significant excess is observed in either analysis, lower limits on the lifetime of dark matter particles are derived: we obtain the strongest constraint to date, excluding lifetimes shorter than10 28 s at 90% CL for dark matter masses above 10 TeV .
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- M. G. Aartsen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - M. Ahlers
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
| | - I. Al Samarai
- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA
| | - T. Anderson
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
| | - I. Ansseau
- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
| | - G. Anton
- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
| | - C. Argüelles
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - J. Auffenberg
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
| | - P. Backes
- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1 Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
- Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- DESY, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Département de Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire, Université de Genève, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- SNOLAB, 1039 Regional Road 24, Creighton Mine 9, Lively, ON P3Y 1N2 Canada
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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- School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746 Korea
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Physics Department, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1 Canada
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1 Canada
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005 Australia
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746 Korea
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746 Korea
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, 502 Yates St., Science Hall Rm 108, Box 19059, Arlington, TX 76019 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746 Korea
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- DESY, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- DESY, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005 Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Gent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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- Dienst ELEM, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI 54022 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute for Global Prominent Research, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Science Faculty CP230, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- III. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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- Institute of Physics, University of Mainz, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hoffmann R, Pennig D. [10 years German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU): trauma surgery-quo vadis?]. Unfallchirurg 2018; 121:850-854. [PMID: 30178107 DOI: 10.1007/s00113-018-0548-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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU), the current General Secretary of the German Society for Trauma Surgery sees the need for a standpoint on trauma surgery in Germany. This manuscript outlines future options and perspectives for the development of trauma surgery in Germany.
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- R Hoffmann
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e. V. (DGU), Straße des 17. Juni 106-108, 10623, Berlin, Deutschland.
- BG Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main gGmbH, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie e. V. (DGU), Straße des 17. Juni 106-108, 10623, Berlin, Deutschland.
- Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, St. Vinzenz-Hospital, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der Universität zu Köln, Merheimer Straße 221-223, 50733, Köln, Deutschland.
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Reinig Y, Welsch F, Hoffmann R, Müller D, Schüttler KF, Zimmermann E, Stein T. Outcome of arthroscopic SLAP repair using knot-tying-suture anchors compared with knotless-suture anchors in athletes. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2018; 138:1273-1285. [PMID: 29789946 DOI: 10.1007/s00402-018-2951-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Arthroscopic repair is one option for the surgical treatment of type II superior labrum tears from anterior to posterior (SLAP) lesions in athletes' shoulders. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty-one of 78 (78.2%) athletes were retrospectively examined after isolated arthroscopic SLAP repair (group 1/G1: 28x knot-tying anchors; group 2/G2: 33 knotless anchors; follow-up 24 months) and compared to two specific, separate matched volunteer athlete control groups (group 3/G3: 28 athletes matched to G1; group 4/G4: 33 athletes matched to G2). The assessment of G1-4 included numerical analogue scales (NASs: 1-15 scales) and the Athletic Shoulder Outcome Scoring System (ASOSS) score, and the Shoulder Sport Activity Score (SSAS). The preinjury status (FU-1), the status before surgery (FU0), and at follow-up (FU1) were assessed. RESULTS High external rotation at abduction (hER) was significantly worse in G1 than G2 (FU1: G1, 86.6° ± 7.7° versus = vs G2, 91.1° ± 10.7°; p = 0.03). The ASOSS and SSAS revealed significant impairment in G1-2 compared to G3-4 (ASOSS FU1: 83.9 ± 19.9 G1 vs 94.6 ± 7.7 G3; p = 0.002 and 80.3 ± 17.7 G2 vs 91.8 ± 9.1 G4; p = 0.002; SSAS 5.9 ± 2.7 G1 vs 6.9 ± 1.8 G3; p = 0.02 and 6.3 ± 2.5 G2 vs 7.4 ± 1.4 G4; p = 0.06), with 17-20% loss on ASOSS and 23-25% deficits on SSAS. The NAS analysis detected for pain (4 ± 3.5 vs 3.2 ± 2.6), satisfaction (2 ± 0.8 vs 1.8 ± 0.9), reduction of function (4.6 ± 3.9 vs 3.9 ± 3.8) and proficiency (9.6 ± 4.7 vs 10.9 ± 3.9) similar impairments in G1-2 (p > 0.05) and better results in G3 and G4 (all p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS After SLAP repair, athletes showed underestimated impairment of shoulder sport resumption and proficiency with high rates of shoulder sports cessation. The present data favor the knotless fixation technique, because this fixation technique allowed bilaterally equivalent ranges of motions. The uninjured shoulder athletes also showed functional deficits with significant shoulder sport impairments, which must be considered in outcome analysis and for the rehabilitation program. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III, retrospective cohort study.
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- Y Reinig
- Department of Sports Orthopedics, Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sports Orthopedics, Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sports Orthopedics, Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Sports Orthopedics, Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Sports Medicine, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Sports Orthopedics, Knee- and Shoulder-Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Department of Sports Medicine, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Naatz H, Hoffmann R, Hartwig A, La Mantia F, Pokhrel S, Mädler L. Verfahren zur Bestimmung des Flachbandpotenzials von Nanopartikeln in porösen Elektroden. CHEM-ING-TECH 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.201855178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- H. Naatz
- Universität Bremen; Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik; Badgasteiner Straße 1 28359 Bremen Deutschland
- Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien; Badgasteiner Straße 3 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- Universität Bremen; Biologie/Chemie; Leobener Straße 3 28359 Bremen Deutschland
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung; Wiener Straße 12 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- Universität Bremen; Biologie/Chemie; Leobener Straße 3 28359 Bremen Deutschland
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung; Wiener Straße 12 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- Universität Bremen; Energiesysteme; Bibliothekstraße 1 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- Universität Bremen; Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik; Badgasteiner Straße 1 28359 Bremen Deutschland
- Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien; Badgasteiner Straße 3 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- Universität Bremen; Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik; Badgasteiner Straße 1 28359 Bremen Deutschland
- Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien; Badgasteiner Straße 3 28359 Bremen Deutschland
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- R. Hoffmann
- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU), Frankfurt, Germany
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- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU), Frankfurt, Germany
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- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU), Frankfurt, Germany
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- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU), Frankfurt, Germany
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- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma (DGOU), Frankfurt, Germany
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Diehl K, Hoffmann R, Rapp I, Hilger-Kolb J. Der Zusammenhang von Beziehungsstatus mit sportlicher Aktivität und Body Mass Index: Überprüfung der „Heiratsmarkthypothese“ unter Studierenden. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2018. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1667992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- K Diehl
- Universität Heidelberg, Medizinischen Fakultät, Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universität Heidelberg, Medizinischen Fakultät, Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Mannheim, Deutschland
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- Universität Heidelberg, Max-Weber-Institut für Soziologie, Heidelberg, Deutschland
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- Universität Heidelberg, Medizinischen Fakultät, Mannheimer Institut für Public Health, Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Mannheim, Deutschland
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