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Bruno M, Fiore S. Review of lithium-ion batteries' supply-chain in Europe: Material flow analysis and environmental assessment. J Environ Manage 2024; 358:120758. [PMID: 38593735 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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European legislation stated that electric vehicles' sale must increase to 35% of circulating vehicles by 2030, and concern is associated to the batteries' supply chain. This review aims at analysing the impacts (about material flows and CO2 eq emissions) of Lithium-Ion Batteries' (LIBs) recycling at full-scale in Europe in 2030 on the European LIBs' supply-chain. Literature review provided the recycling technologies' (e.g., pyro- and hydrometallurgy) efficiencies, and an inventory of existing LIBs' production and recycling plants in Europe. European production plants exhibit production capacity adequate for the expected 2030 needs. The key critical issues associated to recycling regard pre-treatments and the high costs and environmental impacts of metallurgical processes. Then, according to different LIBs' composition and market shares in 2020, and assuming a 10-year battery lifetime, the Material Flow Analysis (MFA) of the metals embodied in End of Life (EoL) LIBs forecasted in Europe in 2030 was modelled, and the related CO2 eq emissions calculated. In 2030 the European LIBs' recycling structure is expected to receive 664 t of Al, 530 t of Co, 1308 t of Cu, 219 t of Fe, 175 t of Li, 287 t of Mn and 486 t of Ni. Of these, 99% Al, 86% Co, 96% Cu, 88% Mn and 98% Ni will be potentially recovered by pyrometallurgy, and 71% Al, 92% Co, 92% Fe, 96% Li, 88 % Mn and 90% Ni by hydrometallurgy. However, even if the recycling efficiencies of the technologies applied at full-scale are high, the treatment capacity of European recycling plants could supply as recycled metals only 2%-wt of the materials required for European LIBs' production in 2030 (specifically 278 t of Al, 468 t of Co, 531 t of Cu, 114 t of Fe, 95 t of Li, 250 t of Mn and 428 t of Ni). Nevertheless, including recycled metals in the production of new LIBs could cut up 28% of CO2 eq emissions, compared to the use of virgin raw materials, and support the European batteries' value chain.
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- Martina Bruno
- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy.
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Bruno M, Francia C, Fiore S. Closed-loop recycling of lithium iron phosphate cathodic powders via citric acid leaching. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-32837-6. [PMID: 38468005 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-32837-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Lithium recovery from Lithium-ion batteries requires hydrometallurgy but up-to-date technologies aren't economically viable for Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LFP) batteries. Selective leaching (specifically targeting Lithium and based on mild organic acids and low temperatures) is attracting attention because of decreased environmental impacts compared to conventional hydrometallurgy. This study analysed the technical and economic performances of selective leaching with 6%vv. H2O2 and citric acid (0.25-1 M, 25 °C, 1 h, 70 g/l) compared with conventional leaching with an inorganic acid (H2SO4 1 M, 40 °C, 2 h, 50 g/l) and an organic acid (citric acid 1 M, 25 °C, 1 h, 70 g/l) to recycle end of life LFP cathodes. After conventional leaching, chemical precipitation allowed to recover in multiple steps Li, Fe and P salts, while selective leaching allowed to recover Fe and P, in the leaching residues and required chemical precipitation only for lithium recovery. Conventional leaching with 1 M acids achieved leaching efficiencies equal to 95 ± 2% for Li, 98 ± 8% for Fe, 96 ± 3% for P with sulfuric acid and 83 ± 0.8% for Li, 8 ± 1% for Fe, 12 ± 5% for P with citric acid. Decreasing citric acid's concentration from 1 to 0.25 M didn't substantially change leaching efficiency. Selective leaching with citric acid has higher recovery efficiency (82 ± 6% for Fe, 74 ± 8% for P, 29 ± 5% for Li) than conventional leaching with sulfuric acid (69 ± 15% for Fe, 70 ± 18% for P, and 21 ± 2% for Li). Also, impurities' amounts were lower with citric acid (335 ± 19 335 ± 19 of S mg/kg of S) than with sulfuric acid (8104 ± 2403 mg/kg of S). In overall, the operative costs associated to 0.25 M citric acid route (3.17€/kg) were lower compared to 1 M sulfuric acid (3.52€/kg). In conclusion, citric acid could be a viable option to lower LFP batteries' recycling costs, and it should be further explored prioritizing Lithium recovery and purity of recovered materials.
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- Martina Bruno
- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, DIATI, Politecnico Di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- DISAT, Department of Applied Sciences and Technology, Politecnico Di Torino, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, DIATI, Politecnico Di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy.
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Farì G, Mancini R, Dell’Anna L, Ricci V, Della Tommasa S, Bianchi FP, Ladisa I, De Serio C, Fiore S, Donati D, Ranieri M, Bernetti A, Megna M. Medial or Lateral, That Is the Question: A Retrospective Study to Compare Two Injection Techniques in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis Pain with Hyaluronic Acid. J Clin Med 2024; 13:1141. [PMID: 38398454 PMCID: PMC10889499 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13041141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Background: Mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis (KOA) can be successfully treated using intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IA-HA). The medial infrapatellar (MIP) approach and lateral infrapatellar (LIP) approach are two of the most used techniques for performing IA-HA, but it is still not clear which one is preferable. Objectives: The study aims to find the best knee injection technique between MIP and LIP approaches. Methods: In total, 161 patients were enrolled, divided into two groups (MIP or LIP). Each technique was performed once a week for three weeks. Patients were evaluated using the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and Roles and Maudsley Score (RMS) at T0 (before the first injection), T1 (one week after the third injection) and T2 (six months after). Results: NRS, KOOS and RMS showed a statistically significant improvement in both groups at all the detection times, without significant differences. No differences were detected between the groups in terms of systemic effect effusions, while the MIP group presented a mildly higher number of bruises in comparison with the LIP group (p = 0.034). Conclusions: Both the IA-HA techniques are equally effective in measured outcomes. The MIP approach seems to produce some local and transient side effects. So, the choice of the LIP or MIP approach depends on the operator's skill and experience.
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- Giacomo Farì
- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Unit, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, 20121 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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- School of Specialization in Rheumatology, Fondazione Polclinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41121 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Aldo Moro University, 70121 Bari, Italy (M.R.)
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Torregrosa-Martin C, Ibarra A, Aguilar J, Ambi F, Arranz F, Arbeiter F, Bagnasco A, Becerril S, Bernardi D, Bolzon B, Botta E, Brenneis B, Cappelli M, Cara P, Castellanos J, Cosic D, De la Morena C, Diez A, Ericsson G, García A, García M, Garcinuño B, Gutiérrez J, Gutiérrez V, Jimenez-Rey D, Dezsi T, Ferreira MJ, Fiore S, Krolas W, Lorenzo R, Luque M, Maciá L, Marroncle J, Martin-Fuertes F, Marugán J, Maestre J, Meléndez C, Miccichè G, Mollá J, Moreno A, Nitti F, Núñez C, Ogando F, Pinna T, Oliver C, Podadera I, Prieto C, Prokopowicz R, Qiu Y, Rapisarda D, Regidor D, Rodríguez E, Sabogal A, Sánchez-Herranz D, Sanmarti M, Seguí L, Serikov A, Tadić T, Talarowska A, Wiacek U, Weber M, Valenzuela J, Zsakai A. Overview of IFMIF-DONES diagnostics: Requirements and techniques. Fusion Engineering and Design 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Comoglio C, Castelluccio S, Scarrone A, Onofrio M, Fiore S. Assessing the environmental performances of waste-to-energy plants: The case-study of the EMAS-registered waste incinerators in Italy. Waste Manag 2022; 153:209-218. [PMID: 36113342 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This study evaluated the environmental performances of 15 Italian waste incineration (WI) plants registered to EMAS. From the EMAS Environmental Statements, the validated data related to 5 environmental aspects (emissions to air, energy consumption/production, waste production and reagent consumption) and 24 key indicators were analyzed to describe and assess the environmental performances of the plants in 2017-2019 in relation to the best available techniques associated emission levels (BAT-AELs) and other sectorial reference values. All air pollutants' average concentrations resulted significantly below the upper BAT-AELs, the majority under the lower BAT-AELs, with an overall slightly decreasing trend (-4.6%). The specific productions of bottom and other ashes were steady over time and just above the lower characteristic values. The specific energy consumption was higher than the average European performance and stable over time, while the specific reagent consumption was harder to evaluate, with results varying for the different reagents. An evaluation of the influence of the WI plants' characteristics on the environmental performances was also performed considering 13 different parameters (e.g., flue gas cleaning technologies, waste treatment capacity, etc.). A correlation analysis highlighted the positive influence of the pre-dedusting stages on overall emissions, specific reagents consumption and specific waste production, and of the plant size on the specific energy production. This study demonstrated that EMAS can provide a tool to evaluate the environmental performances of WI plants and compare different installations using certified data. It also highlighted the excellent performances of the Italian WI plants registered to EMAS compared to the sectorial references.
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- Claudio Comoglio
- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
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Cerasuolo PG, Gambini G, De Lorenzis E, Fiore S, Verardi L, Natalello G, Alonzi G, Rizzo S, D’agostino MA, Bosello SL. POS0887 CHORIORETINAL MICROVASCULAR INVOLVEMENT IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.3043] [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: 11/04/2022]
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BackgroundThe optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a new non-invasive imaging technique that can detect flow and provide information about the vessel density (VD) at different layers in the eye. The ocular microvascular network has been only occasionally addressed as disease target in scleroderma (SSc) considering the relatively low prevalence of ocular symptoms in these patients.ObjectivesThe study aims to evaluate retinal and choriocapillaris microvasculature in a group of SSc patients compared to matched controls (HC)and according to disease characteristics, capillaroscopy findings and pulmonary function tests.MethodsVD was assessed through OCTA at the retinal superficial (SCP) and deep (DCP) capillary plexus, at the foveal avascular zone perimeter (FAZP) and at the choriocapillaris (CC) of 30 SSc patients compared to 30 sex- and age-matched subjects without any retinal disease.ResultsThe SSc patients (age 57.3±10.0, female 86.7%) had diffuse cutaneous skin disease in 30.0% of the cases, an average disease duration of 10.4±7.2 yy, and anti-centromere and anti-Scl70 antibody positivity in 40.0%and in 30.0% of the cases, respectively. Compared to the HC, SSc showed an impaired VD at SCP (47.7±3.6 vs59.1±3.5%, p=0.009), DCP (50.0±6.7 vs 54.3±6.4%, p=0.015), FAZP (48.7±4.55 vs 51.0±3.55%, p=0.034) and CC(67.1±2.2 vs 68.6±1.7, p=.005). Moreover, in the SSc group, the presence of digital ulcers (46.7%),telangiectasias (43.3%) and interstitial lung disease (46.7%) was related to reduced VD at FAZP (46.8±4.1 vs50.3±4.3%, p=0.033), CC (66.1±1.4 vs 67.9±2.4%, p=0.004), and DCP (47.2±8.8 vs 51.9±4.3, p=0.004),respectively. Lastly, the average capillary density on capillaroscopy showed a positive correlation with VD at FAZP (r=0.474, p=0.008), DCP (r=0.414, p=0.023), and foveal CC (r=0.482, p=0.007) and there was also a correlation between CC and both DLco (r=0.467, p=0.009) and FVC/DLco (r=-0.436, p=0.004).ConclusionThe SSc patients in our cohort showed lower ocular vessel density at different levels compared to HC. Furthermore, impaired VD at different levels of the eye correlates with the organ involvement and the degree of digital and pulmonary microvascular impairment. According to those data, the OCTA could be proposed as a biomarker tool to investigate the microvascular abnormalities in SSc.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Bruno M, Sotera L, Fiore S. Analysis of the influence of mobile phones' material composition on the economic profitability of their manual dismantling. J Environ Manage 2022; 309:114677. [PMID: 35151134 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This work presents a systematic characterisation of 100 waste mobile phones (73 feature phones and 23 smartphones) produced between 1989 and 2016. All items were inventoried and the evolvement of the relative abundances of their macro-components (mechanic and electro-mechanic parts, electronics and others) and materials was investigated. The average lifetime was 15.1 years for feature phones and 6.4 years for smartphones. The main component was plastic, on average 46%-wt. in feature phones and 37%-wt. in smartphones; over the years electronics' and plastic's amounts decreased (respectively 80% and 70%), while metal components' amount increased (12%). A cost-benefit analysis explored the profitability of the management of waste mobile phones through manual dismantling followed by the sale of the separated components and materials. The average cost of manual dismantling was estimated as 6.93 € per item according to EU average labour costs and 1.50 € per item based on minimum EU labour costs. According to the performed economic analysis, the actual market prices for the potentially recoverable materials and components of waste mobile phones were not able (particularly mixed plastics) to counterbalance the costs of manual dismantling according to the European standard labour costs.
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- Martina Bruno
- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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- DIATI, Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructure, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy.
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Boano F, Costamagna E, Caruso A, Fiore S, Chiappero M, Galvão A, Pisoeiro J, Rizzo A, Masi F. Evaluation of the influence of filter medium composition on treatment performances in an open-air green wall fed with greywater. J Environ Manage 2021; 300:113646. [PMID: 34509128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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According to the European Research and Innovation Policy Agenda, nature-based solutions (NBSs) are key technologies to improve the sustainability of urban areas. Among NBSs, green walls have been recently studied for several applications, among the others the treatment of lowly polluted wastewater flows as greywater (GW, e.g. domestic wastewater excluding toilet flushes). This work is aimed at the evaluation of the influence of four additives (compost, biochar, granular activated carbon, polyacrylate) mixed with a base filter medium made of coconut fibre and perlite, on the performances of a green wall fed in batch mode with synthetic GW. The green wall was operated with a high hydraulic loading rate of GW (740.8 L/m2/day) in open-air winter conditions (3.5-15 °C measured for GW) between January and April. The performances of the green wall have been assessed though the monitoring every 1-2 weeks of physicochemical and biological parameters (pH, electric conductivity, total suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, BOD5 and COD, nitrogen and phosporus compounds, chlorides and sulphates, anionic surfactants and E. coli). Removal performances were excellent for BOD5 (>95%) and E.coli (>98%) for all additives; compared to the base medium, biochar was the best performing additive over the highest number of parameters, achieving removals equal to 51% for COD, 47% for TKN and nitric nitrogen and 71% for anionic surfactants. Compost also achieved high removal performances, but the frequent clogging events occurred during the monitoring period do not make its use recommendable. Granular activated carbon and the combination of biochar and polyacrylate performed better than the base medium, but only about the removal of nitric nitrogen. These results demonstrated that, in the considered experimental boundaries, biochar could improve the overall treatment performances of a green wall fed by GW and operated in challenging conditions.
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- Fulvio Boano
- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy; CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy.
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy; CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Turin, Italy
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- CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal
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- IRIDRA Srl, Via La Marmora 51, 50121, Florence, Italy
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Santucci V, Fiore S. Recovery of Waste Polyurethane from E-Waste. Part II. Investigation of the Adsorption Potential for Wastewater Treatment. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:ma14247587. [PMID: 34947183 PMCID: PMC8704397 DOI: 10.3390/ma14247587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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This study explored the performances of waste polyurethane foam (PUF) derived from the shredding of end-of-life refrigerators as an adsorbent for wastewater treatment. The waste PUF underwent a basic pre-treatment (e.g., sieving and washing) prior the adsorption tests. Three target pollutants were considered: methylene blue, phenol, and mercury. Adsorption batch tests were performed putting in contact waste PUF with aqueous solutions of the three pollutants at a solid/liquid ratio equal to 25 g/L. A commercial activated carbon (AC) was considered for comparison. The contact time necessary to reach the adsorption equilibrium was in the range of 60–140 min for waste PUF, while AC needed about 30 min. The results of the adsorption tests showed a better fit of the Freundlich isotherm model (R2 = 0.93 for all pollutants) compared to the Langmuir model. The adsorption capacity of waste PUF was limited for methylene blue and mercury (Kf = 0.02), and much lower for phenol (Kf = 0.001). The removal efficiency achieved by waste PUF was lower (phenol 12% and methylene blue and mercury 37–38%) compared to AC (64–99%). The preliminary results obtained in this study can support the application of additional pre-treatments aimed to overcome the adsorption limits of the waste PUF, and it could be applied for “rough-cut” wastewater treatment.
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Fiore S, Demichelis F, Chiappero M, Onofrio M. Investigation of the anaerobic digestion of cosmetic industrial wastes: Feasibility and perspectives. J Environ Manage 2021; 299:113678. [PMID: 34523543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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This study assessed the anaerobic digestion (AD) of wastes deriving from cosmetics production: sludge from onsite wastewater treatment plant (sWWTP), residues of shampoo/conditioner (RSC) and sludge from mascara production (MS), considered as single substrates and as mixture according to the produced amounts (54 %-wt sWWTP, 31 %-wt RSC, 13 %-wt MS, plus 2 %-wt food waste from the canteen, FW). Total COD (CODT) was 624-1436 g O2/kg VS, while soluble COD was 5-23 %-wt of CODT. AD tests at 35 °C achieved the following biogas yields: 0.10 Nm3/kgvs (70 %-v/v methane) for sWWTP; 0.07 Nm3/kgvs (62 %-v/v methane) for RSC; 0.04 Nm3/kgvs (67 %-v/v methane) for MS. The mixed substrates underwent physico-chemical pre-treatments (thermo-alkaline, TA: 120 min at 50 °C; thermo-alkaline-sonication, TAS: 15 min at 40 kHz and 80 °C, both based on the addition of 0.08 g NaOH per each g of total solid in the substrate), reaching 64-66% disintegration rate, and AD tests (5 %-wt dry substance) at 35 and 52 °C. Biogas yields were (for TA and TAS respectively): 0.22 and 0.20 Nm3/kgVS (62-70% methane); 0.21 and 0.19 Nm3/kgVS (66-66% methane) at 52 °C. At both temperatures, methane yields considerably improved (+71-100%), compared to mixed untreated substrates, and 5-8 %-wt total solids reductions were observed. A technical-economic scale-up assessment completed the research. The energy analysis highlighted the crucial role of TA pre-treatment in achieving the process energetic sustainability. The economic analysis showed that the AD of the considered cosmetic waste could be sustainable anyway, thanks to the savings related to the disposal of the digestate compared to current waste management costs.
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- Silvia Fiore
- DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy.
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- DISAT (Department of Applied Science and Technology), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy
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Chiappero M, Berruti F, Mašek O, Fiore S. Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of mixed wastewater sludge with biochar addition. Bioresour Technol 2021; 340:125664. [PMID: 34358988 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
This work analysed the effects of Biochar (BC) addition to the Anaerobic digestion (AD) of wastewater Mixed sludge (MS) in semi-continuous mode. A 3 L digester was operated at 37 °C for 100 days, feeding MS collected every three weeks in the same wastewater treatment plant, and 10 g L-1 of BC. The average performance of MS digestion (biogas 188 NmL d-1, 68% methane) improved in presence of BC (biogas 244 NmL d-1, 69% methane). According to the results of the multiple linear regression analysis performed on the experimental data, the 79% variation of the soluble COD in the MS was the driving factor for the 38% increase of biogas and methane yields. In conclusion, in the considered experimental conditions, the variability of the substrate's composition was the key factor driving the performances of the AD of MS, independently of the addition of BC.
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- Marco Chiappero
- DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B9, Canada
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- UK Biochar Research Centre (UKBRC), School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, United Kingdom
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- DIATI (Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy.
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Abudinén F, Adachi I, Adamczyk K, Ahlburg P, Aihara H, Akopov N, Aloisio A, Anh Ky N, Asner DM, Atmacan H, Aushev T, Aushev V, Baur A, Babu V, Baehr S, Bambade P, Banerjee S, Bansal S, Baudot J, Becker J, Behera PK, Bennett JV, Bernieri E, Bernlochner FU, Bertemes M, Bertholet E, Bessner M, Bettarini S, Bianchi F, Bilka T, Biswas D, Bozek A, Bračko M, Branchini P, Braun N, Browder TE, Budano A, Bussino S, Campajola M, Cao L, Casarosa G, Cecchi C, Červenkov D, Chang P, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Chen C, Chen YT, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chirapatpimol K, Cho K, Cho SJ, Choudhury S, Cinabro D, Corona L, Cremaldi LM, Cunliffe S, Czank T, Dattola F, De La Cruz-Burelo E, de Marino G, De Nardo G, De Nuccio M, De Pietro G, de Sangro R, Destefanis M, Dey S, De Yta-Hernandez A, Di Canto A, Di Capua F, Dingfelder J, Doležal Z, Domínguez Jiménez I, Dong TV, Dort K, Dubey S, Duell S, Dujany G, Eidelman S, Eliachevitch M, Epifanov D, Ferber T, Ferlewicz D, Fillinger T, Finocchiaro G, Fiore S, Fodor A, Forti F, Frey A, Fulsom BG, Gabyshev N, Ganiev E, Garcia-Hernandez M, Garmash A, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gellrich A, Giordano R, Giri A, Glazov A, Gobbo B, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Grace P, Gradl W, Graziani E, Greenwald D, Guan Y, Gudkova K, Hadjivasiliou C, Halder S, Hara K, Hartbrich O, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hazra S, Hearty C, Heredia de la Cruz I, Hernández Villanueva M, Hershenhorn A, Higuchi T, Hill EC, Hirata H, Hoek M, Hohmann M, Hsu CL, Humair T, Iijima T, Inami K, Inguglia G, Irakkathil Jabbar J, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki M, Iwasaki Y, Jackson P, Jacobs WW, Jaffe DE, Jin Y, Joo C, Junkerkalefeld H, Kaliyar AB, Kandra J, Kang KH, Karl R, Karyan G, Kawasaki T, Ketter C, Kichimi H, Kiesling C, Kim CH, Kim DY, Kim YK, Kimmel TD, Kodyš P, Koga T, Kohani S, Konno T, Korobov A, Korpar S, Kovalenko E, Kraetzschmar TMG, Krinner F, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar J, Kumar M, Kumar R, Kumara K, Kunigo T, Kurz S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacaprara S, Lai YT, La Licata C, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Laurenza M, Lautenbach K, Le Diberder FR, Lee SC, Leitl P, Levit D, Lewis PM, Li C, Li LK, Li SX, Li YB, Libby J, Lieret K, Liptak Z, Liu QY, Liventsev D, Longo S, Lozar A, Lueck T, Lyu C, Maggiora M, Maity S, Manfredi R, Manoni E, Marcello S, Marinas C, Martini A, Masuda M, Matsuda T, Matsuoka K, Matvienko D, Meier F, Merola M, Metzner F, Milesi M, Miller C, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Mizuk R, Mohanty GB, Moser HG, Mrvar M, Müller FJ, Murphy C, Mussa R, Nakamura KR, Nakao M, Natkaniec Z, Natochii A, Nayak M, Nazaryan G, Niebuhr C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Ogawa S, Onishchuk Y, Ono H, Onuki Y, Oskin P, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Paladino A, Pang T, Panta A, Paoloni E, Pardi S, Park H, Park SH, Paschen B, Passeri A, Pathak A, Patra S, Paul S, Pedlar TK, Peruzzi I, Pestotnik R, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Podesta-Lerma PLM, Podobnik T, Pokharel S, Polat G, Popov V, Praz C, Prell S, Prencipe E, Prim MT, Rad N, Rados P, Raiz S, Remnev M, Ripp-Baudot I, Ritter M, Rizzo G, Rizzuto LB, Robertson SH, Rodríguez Pérez D, Roney JM, Rostomyan A, Rout N, Russo G, Sahoo D, Sanders DA, Sandilya S, Sangal A, Santelj L, Sato Y, Savinov V, Scavino B, Schueler J, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seddon RM, Seino Y, Selce A, Senyo K, Serrano J, Sevior ME, Sfienti C, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Spataro S, Spruck B, Starič M, Stefkova S, Stottler ZS, Stroili R, Sumihama M, Sumisawa K, Summers DJ, Sutcliffe W, Suzuki SY, Svidras H, Tabata M, Takahashi M, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanaka S, Tanida K, Tanigawa H, Taniguchi N, Taras P, Tenchini F, Tonelli D, Torassa E, Toutounji N, Trabelsi K, Uchida M, Unno Y, Uno K, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Usov YV, Vahsen SE, van Tonder R, Varner GS, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vitale L, Wach B, Waheed E, Wakeling HM, Wan Abdullah W, Wang MZ, Wang XL, Warburton A, Watanuki S, Webb J, Welsch M, Wessel C, Wiechczynski J, Windel H, Xu XP, Yabsley BD, Yamada S, Yan W, Yang SB, Ye H, Yelton J, Yin JH, Yook YM, Yoshihara K, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zani L, Zhilich V, Zhou QD, Zhou XY, Zhukova VI. Search for B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] Decays Using an Inclusive Tagging Method at Belle II. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:181802. [PMID: 34767404 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.181802] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
A search for the flavor-changing neutral-current decay B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] is performed at the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric energy electron-positron collider. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 63 fb^{-1} collected at the ϒ(4S) resonance and a sample of 9 fb^{-1} collected at an energy 60 MeV below the resonance. Because the measurable decay signature involves only a single charged kaon, a novel measurement approach is used that exploits not only the properties of the B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] decay, but also the inclusive properties of the other B meson in the ϒ(4S)→BB[over ¯] event, to suppress the background from other B meson decays and light-quark pair production. This inclusive tagging approach offers a higher signal efficiency compared to previous searches. No significant signal is observed. An upper limit on the branching fraction of B^{+}→K^{+}νν[over ¯] of 4.1×10^{-5} is set at the 90% confidence level.
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- F Abudinén
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Soongsil University, Seoul 06978
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur 302017
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow 101000
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- ENEA Casaccia, I-00123 Roma
- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281
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- P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Meson Science Laboratory, Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- National Centre for Particle Physics, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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Santucci V, Fiore S. Recovery of Waste Polyurethane from E-Waste-Part I: Investigation of the Oil Sorption Potential. Materials (Basel) 2021; 14:6230. [PMID: 34771760 PMCID: PMC8584342 DOI: 10.3390/ma14216230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The shredding of end-of-life refrigerators produces every year in Italy 15,000 tons of waste polyurethane foam (PUF), usually destined for energy recovery. This work presents the results of the investigation of the oil sorption potential of waste PUF according to ASTM F726-17 standard. Three oils (diesel fuel and two commercial motor oils) having different densities (respectively, 0.83, 0.87, and 0.88 kg/dm3) and viscosities (respectively, 3, 95, and 140 mm2/s at 40 °C) were considered. The waste PUF was sampled in an Italian e-waste treatment plant, and its characterization showed 16.5 wt% particles below 0.71 mm and 13 wt% impurities (paper, plastic, aluminum foil), mostly having dimensions (d) above 5 mm. Sieving at 0.071 mm was applied to the waste PUF to obtain a "coarse" (d > 0.71 mm) and a "fine" fraction (d < 0.71 mm). Second sieving at 5 mm allowed an "intermediate" fraction to be obtained, with dimensions between 0.71 and 5 mm. The oil sorption tests involved the three fractions of waste PUF, and their performances were compared with two commercial oil sorbents (sepiolite and OKO-PUR). The results of the tests showed that the "fine" PUF was able to retain 7.1-10.3 g oil/g, the "intermediate" PUF, 4.2-7.4 g oil/g, and the "coarse" PUF, 4.5-7.0 g oil/g, while sepiolite and OKO-PUR performed worse (respectively, 1.3-1.6 and 3.3-5.3 g oil/g). In conclusion, compared with the actual management of waste PUF (100 wt% sent to energy recovery), the amount destined directly to energy recovery could be limited to 13 wt% (i.e., the impurities). The remaining 87 wt% could be diverted to reuse for oil sorption, and afterward directed to energy recovery, considered as a secondary option.
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- Department of Engineering for Environment, Land, and Infrastructures (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy;
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Dua A, Ford K, Fiore S, Pappas DA, Janak J, Blachley T, Roberts-Toler C, Emeanuru K, Kremer J, Kivitz A. POS0606 DISEASE ACTIVITY AND PATIENTS-REPORTED OUTCOMES AFTER SWITCHING BETWEEN IL-6 RECEPTOR INHIBITORS AND JAK INHIBITORS: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE CORRONA REGISTRY. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.1298] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who fail therapy may be switched to any of the five classes of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and targeted synthetic DMARDs, to meet treatment goals. Physicians may hesitate to switch between Janus Kinase inhibitors (JAKi) and interleukin-6 receptor inhibitors (IL-6Ri) since they both impact IL-6 signalling and due to limited data on switching between the two classes.Objectives:This retrospective, observational study based on the real-world Corrona RA registry aimed to describe the response in RA patients switching between IL-6Ri and JAKi.Methods:Adult RA patients who initiated either IL-6Ri or JAKi after November 2012 and had a six-month post-initiation follow-up visit were eligible. Patients in ‘Cohort A’ initiated an IL-6Ri following discontinuation of a JAKi and those in ‘Cohort B’ initiated a JAKi following discontinuation of an IL-6Ri. Disease activity measures and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were evaluated at baseline and at six-month follow-up. Within each group, change from baseline was assessed for Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), pain, fatigue, tender joint count (TJC), swollen joint count (SJC), physician global assessment (MDGA), patient global assessment (PtGA) and morning stiffness duration. Proportion of patients achieving CDAI low disease activity (LDA), CDAI remission and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for HAQ, pain, fatigue, MDGA, PtGA were assessed. Adjusted linear and logistic regression models were performed for between-group comparisons (Cohort A vs Cohort B) excluding initiators who switched therapy prior to six-month visit.Results:Cohorts A and B included 122 and 144 initiators, respectively. Patients who switched toIL-6Ri (vs JAKi) were younger (mean [SD] age, 56.2 [11.3] vs 58.9 [12.6] years), had higher baseline CDAI (23.2 [12.9] vs 20.2 [12.8]), had higher prior use of ≥2 csDMARDs (75% vs 65%), and were less likely to initiate therapy as monotherapy (44% vs 50%).In Cohort A, significant changes from baseline were observed for all continuous outcomes except HAQ and fatigue. In Cohort B, a significant improvement was observed only for patient-reported pain (Table 1).Table 1.Unadjusted Within-Group Change from Baseline to Six Months, Mean (95% CI), nOutcomesCohort A, N = 122Cohort B, N = 144CDAI-4.7 (-7.6, -1.9), 109-2.4 (-5.2, 0.4), 116HAQ-0.0 (-0.1, 0.1), 105-0.1 (-0.1, 0.0), 118Patient-reported pain-8.2 (-13.4, -3.0), 109-5.9 (-11.5, -0.2), 120Patient-reported fatigue-4.4 (-9.0, 0.2), 109-1.7 (-6.6, 3.3), 117TJC-1.6 (-3.0, -0.1), 112-1.2 (-2.6, 0.3), 117SJC-1.5 (-2.5, -0.4), 112-0.4 (-1.3, 0.6),117MDGA-10.9 (-15.6, -6.3), 112-4.3 (-8.7, 0.2), 117PtGA-6.0 (-11.2, -0.8), 109-4.8 (-10.5, 0.8), 120Morning stiffness durationa-1.3 (-2.2, -0.5), 109-0.1 (-1.1, 0.8), 118aAmong those reporting morning stiffness at baseline.In the adjusted between-group comparison (data not shown) of change from baseline, there were no significant differences in clinical outcomes between Cohorts A and B.In both cohorts, patients achieved CDAI LDA, CDAI remission, and MCIDs across other PROs (Figure 1). In the adjusted between-group comparison (data not shown), the results were similar with the exception of achievement of CDAI LDA among patients with moderate to high disease activity at baseline.Figure 1.Rates of CDAI LDA, CDAI Remission, and MCID for PROsa at Six MonthsConclusion:In general, in both cohorts a substantial proportion of patients achieved CDAI LDA and MCID across PROs. Despite some overlap of JAKi and IL-6Ri therapies’ on the IL-6 pathway, there are some distinct mechanisms of action which may result in meaningful improvements for a subset of patients.Acknowledgements:Amy Praestgaard (Sanofi) contributed to the interpretation of the statistical analysis for this abstract. Medical writing support for this abstract was provided by Nupur Chaubey (Sanofi).Disclosure of Interests:Anisha Dua Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Consultant of: Consulting/advisory board for AbbVie, Novartis, and Chemocentryx, Employee of: Board member of Vasculitis foundation and Chicago Rheumatism Society, Kerri Ford Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi, Stefano Fiore Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi. In addition, Stefano Fiore has a patent EP 19306553.9; USPTO #s 62/799,698; 62/851,474; 62/935,395 issued, Dimitrios A Pappas Shareholder of: Corrona LLC, Consultant of: Sanofi, AbbVie, Gtech, Roche Hellas, and Novartis, Employee of: Corrona LLC. Board of directors, Corrona Research Foundation, Judson Janak: None declared, Taylor Blachley: None declared, Carla Roberts-Toler: None declared, Kelechi Emeanuru: None declared, Joel Kremer Consultant of: AbbVie, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, BMS, Genentech, Regeneron, Sanofi, and Corrona, Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Lilly, Novartis, and Pfizer, Alan Kivitz Shareholder of: Pfizer, Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Novartis, Speakers bureau: Celgene, Merck, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, Flexion, and AbbVie, Consultant of: AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Flexion, Janssen, Pfizer, Sanofi, Regeneron, SUN Pharma Advanced Research, Gilead Sciences, Inc. In addition, Alan Kivitz reports other from Altoona Center for Clinical Research, PC, during the conduct of the study.
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Curtis J, Fiore S, Ford K, Janak J, Chang H, Pappas DA, Blachley T, Emeanuru K, Bykerk V. POS0594 MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT AND WORSENING IN PATIENTS WHO DO NOT ACHIEVE LDA AND SWITCH THERAPY TO A NEW BIOLOGIC OR TARGETED THERAPY: RESULTS FROM THE CORRONA REGISTRY. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.544] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Background:Guidelines recommend adjusting therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who fail to reach and sustain low disease activity (LDA) or remission (disease control). Many factors can affect the decision to change therapy, including the potential for improvement as well as the fear of potential worsening or loss of improvement already achieved. Although data exist on response to treatment in patients who switch therapy, data addressing the likelihood of worsening are limited.Objectives:The aim of this analysis was to describe the demographic, clinical characteristics, and change in clinical outcomes in patients on biologic/targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) who had some improvement in clinical disease activity index (CDAI) but did not achieve LDA after ~ 6-12 months of treatment and then switched to a different b/tsDMARD.Methods:This study included adult inadequately responding RA patients from the CORRONA registry who: (1) started a biologic or Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi) between January 2010 to November 2020 (V1), (2) had any CDAI improvement (i.e., decrease ≥1 unit) but were not in LDA or remission at a subsequent visit (baseline [BL]) occurring 3 to 15 months after V1; (3) had a third visit (follow-up [F/U]) 6 (±3) months after BL with a valid CDAI measure; (4) switched therapy at the BL or between BL and F/U, with the switch occurring at least 3 months prior to the F/U. CDAI >10 and ≤22 was defined as moderate disease activity (MDA) and CDAI >22 was defined as high disease activity (HDA). Two thresholds of change in CDAI (≥6 and ≥12 units) were used to define meaningful improvement and meaningful worsening after the switch. If there was no meaningful improvement or meaningful worsening, this was considered as no meaningful change (-5 to +5 for 6 units change and -11 to +11 for 12 units change). These thresholds for meaningful change were set for all switchers regardless of their pre-switch CDAI value. Descriptive statistics were generated for demographic and clinical characteristics for the switchers at BL, and the change of clinical outcomes was evaluated from BL to F/U.Results:Of the 1,224 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria, 93 (7.6%) switched therapy and 1,131 (92.4%) did not switch therampy after not achieving an adequate response on the initial b/tsDMARD. At BL, 42.5% and 70.0% of patients had no meaningful improvement to their prior therapy based on ≥6 and ≥12-unit change, respectively; mean (SD) age was 53.1 (14.0) years; duration of RA 10.7 (10.4) years; CDAI 22.2 (10.8); 81.7% were female; 64.5% had MDA, 35.5% had HDA; 21.5 % reported being disabled, 24.7% were current smokers, and 50% were obese. In terms of prior biologic use 57.0%, 22.6%, and 20.4% had been on 1, 2, and 3+, respectively. From BL to F/U, meaningful worsening occurred in 30.1% and 12.9% using a threshold of 6 and 12, respectively, with the remaining patients experiencing meaningful improvement or no meaningful change (Figure 1).Figure 1.Meaningful Worsening, Meaningful Improvement, and No Meaningful Change Based on CDAI Change Thresholds of ≥6 and ≥12 From BL to F/U (N=93)Conclusion:In our analysis, a large proportion of patients who initiated a biologic/JAKi and experienced some improvement but failed to attain LDA or remission, did not switch therapy within approximately a year. This analysis consisted of many patients who did not have a meaningful response to their prior biologic/JAKi, patients who had received multiple prior biologics, and a large portion of patients with poor prognostic factors. Despite this, the proportion of patients with meaningful worsening was low compared with most patients who had either meaningful improvement or no meaningful change. Additional research is warranted to understand the reasons for not switching and whether the likelihood of a meaningful change correlates with prior response, poor prognosis, or other factors.Acknowledgements:Amy Praestgaard (Sanofi) contributed to the statistical analysis for this abstract. Medical writing support for this abstract was provided by Krishna Kammari (Sanofi).Disclosure of Interests:Jeffrey Curtis Grant/research support from: and personal fees from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, CORRONA, Eli Lily, Janssen, Myriad, Pfizer, Roche, Regeneron, Radius, UCB, outside the submitted work, Stefano Fiore Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi. In addition, he has a patent EP 19306553.9; USPTO #s 62/799,698; 62/851,474; 62/935,395 issued, Kerri Ford Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi, Judson Janak: None declared, Hong Chang: None declared, Dimitrios A Pappas Employee of: CORRONA LLC. He has previously acted as a consultant for Sanofi, Abbvie, Gtech Roche Hellas, and Novartis. He has an equity interest in CORRONA LLC. and is on the Board of directors of the CORRONA research foundation, Taylor Blachley: None declared, Kelechi Emeanuru: None declared, Vivian Bykerk Grant/research support from: reports grants from Amgen, BMS, UCB, and Novartis were given to institution, that grants from the NIH, PCORI, and CIHR were given to institutions which whom she is affiliated, and that she has received personal fees from Amgen, Gilead, BMS, Pfizer, Sanofi Aventis, Roche, UCB and Regeneron, outside the submitted work.
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Fiore S, Chen L, Clinton C, Yun H, Praestgaard A, Ford K, Curtis J. POS0638 DISEASE SEVERITY AND OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WHO RECEIVE A NEWLY APPROVED BIOLOGIC: REAL-WORLD US EXPERIENCE WITH SARILUMAB FROM THE ACR RISE REGISTRY. Ann Rheum Dis 2021. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.3655] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have received multiple biologics or targeted therapies over time tend to have more refractory and more severe disease, which may lead to worse clinical response to treatment.Objectives:We used data from the ACR RISE registry to assess whether disease severity was greater in those who received sarilumab shortly after its FDA approval (May 2017) than in subsequent time periods and to evaluate the effectiveness of sarilumab in populations with various degrees of disease severity.Methods:Patients with RA who initiated sarilumab treatment in the period 2017-2020 were identified in the ACR RISE registry and divided into Cohort 1 (2017, year of the FDA approval) and the calendar year-based Cohorts 2-4 (2018-2020). Patient demographics, RA-related features, and comorbidities were determined using data prior to sarilumab initiation. The cohorts were compared using chi-square test (categorical variables) and a nonparametric test (continuous variables). Sarilumab effectiveness was assessed using 3 cohorts assembled based on progressively restrictive criteria: Active Disease cohort (Clinical Disease Activity Index [CDAI] >10 or Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 [RAPID3] >6, and C-reactive protein, if measured, ≥8 mg/L), TARGET Eligibility cohort (patients who satisfied enrolment criteria for TARGET,1 a Phase 3 sarilumab trial in patients with RA and an inadequate response to TNF inhibitors), and TARGET Baseline cohort (patients from TARGET Eligibility cohort with characteristics weighted to match those from the TARGET trial baseline,1 using the matching-adjusted indirect comparison method2). In all 3 effectiveness cohorts, mean changes in CDAI and RAPID3 at 6 and 12 months post-initiation of sarilumab were evaluated using a model adjusted for baseline score, age, sex, race, calendar year, and seropositivity.Results:A total of 2949 patients, treated by 585 rheumatologists, initiated sarilumab treatment in the period 2017–2020. The 4 yearly cohorts were relatively similar in terms of patients’ age, sex, race, and most clinical characteristics. However, patients receiving sarilumab shortly after FDA approval (Cohort 1) had more ambulatory visits, a greater number of previously used non-TNFi biologics (particularly tocilizumab), and a higher comorbidity burden, and were more likely to be current users of glucocorticoids or opioids than sarilumab initiators in the subsequent 3 years. In the 3 cohorts used to assess sarilumab effectiveness, the greatest improvement was observed in the TARGET Baseline cohort, which also had the greatest mean baseline CDAI score (43), compared with the other two (24 both).Conclusion:In this real-world cohort, we observed modest evidence for channeling of patients with greater RA severity and greater prior exposure to non-TNFi biologics to sarilumab shortly after its FDA approval. This cohort effect did not diminish the effectiveness of sarilumab. All cohorts showed improvement, with the greatest clinical improvement observed in the cohort with the highest baseline CDAI score who most closely resembled those enrolled in a phase 3 trial of patients with an inadequate response to TNF inhibitors.References:[1]Fleischmann R, et al. Arthritis Rheumatol 2017;69:277-290.[2]Signorovitch JE et al. Value Health 2012;15:940-7.Figure 1.Adjusted improvements in CDAI and RAPID3Acknowledgements:This study was sponsored by Sanofi. Medical writing support was provided by Vojislav Pejović, PhD (Eloquent Medical Affairs, division of Envision Pharma Group) and funded by Sanofi.Disclosure of Interests:Stefano Fiore Employee of: Sanofi, Lang Chen: None declared, Cassie Clinton Consultant of: Information available in profile, Huifeng Yun Grant/research support from: Research support for Pfizer, Amy Praestgaard Employee of: Sanofi, Kerri Ford Employee of: Sanofi, Jeffrey Curtis Consultant of: Received consulting and research grants from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, Lilly, Gilead, GSK, Janssen, Myriad, Pfizer, Roche, Samsung, Sandoz, Sanofi, UCB, Grant/research support from: Received consulting and research grants from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, Lilly, Gilead, GSK, Janssen, Myriad, Pfizer, Roche, Samsung, Sandoz, Sanofi, UCB
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Farinelli R, Balossino I, Bencivenni G, Cibinetto G, Felici G, Fiore S, Garzia I, Gatta M, Giovannetti M, Hall-Wilton R, Lai CC, Lavezzi L, Mezzadri G, Morello G, Paoletti E, Papalino G, Pietropaolo A, Pillon M, Poli Lener M, Robinson L, Scodeggio M, Svensson P. µRANIA-V: an innovative solution for neutron detection in homeland security. EPJ Web Conf 2021. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202125307009] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Detection of neutrons is becoming of the utmost importance, especially in the studies of radioactive waste and in homeland security applications. The crisis of 3He availability has required the development of innovative techniques. One solution is to develop light gas detectors for neutron counting to be used as portals for ports and airports. The neutron is converted on the Boron-coated cathode, releasing a charged particle, whose passage can be identified by the gas detector. While several technologies have been deployed in the past, the project μRANIA-V (μRwell Advanced Neutron Identification Apparatus) aims to detect thermal neutrons by means of the μRwell technology, an innovative gas detector. The goal is to produce tiles to operate as portals in homeland security or for radioactive waste management. The technological transfer towards the industry has started, thus the production can be cost-effective also owing to a construction process relatively easier compared to similar apparatus. By reading directly the signals from the amplification stage, the neutrons can be counted with simplified electronics further reducing the total cost. In this paper, the project will be described, with details on the μRwell technology and on the neutron counting, on the test beam performed, and on the future plans.
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Abudinén F, Adachi I, Aihara H, Akopov N, Aloisio A, Ameli F, Anh Ky N, Asner DM, Aushev T, Aushev V, Babu V, Baehr S, Bahinipati S, Bambade P, Banerjee S, Bansal S, Baudot J, Becker J, Behera PK, Bennett JV, Bernieri E, Bernlochner FU, Bertemes M, Bessner M, Bettarini S, Bhardwaj V, Bianchi F, Bilka T, Bilokin S, Biswas D, Bračko M, Branchini P, Braun N, Browder TE, Budano A, Bussino S, Campajola M, Casarosa G, Cecchi C, Červenkov D, Chang MC, Chang P, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Chirapatpimol K, Cho HE, Cho K, Cho SJ, Choi SK, Cinabro D, Corona L, Cremaldi LM, Cunliffe S, Dash N, Dattola F, De La Cruz-Burelo E, De Nardo G, De Nuccio M, De Pietro G, de Sangro R, Destefanis M, De Yta-Hernandez A, Di Capua F, Doležal Z, Dong TV, Dort K, Dossett D, Dujany G, Eidelman S, Ferber T, Ferlewicz D, Fiore S, Fodor A, Forti F, Fulsom BG, Ganiev E, Garg R, Garmash A, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gebauer U, Gellrich A, Geßler T, Giordano R, Giri A, Gobbo B, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Gomis P, Gradl W, Graziani E, Greenwald D, Hadjivasiliou C, Halder S, Hartbrich O, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hearty C, Hedges MT, Heredia de la Cruz I, Hernández Villanueva M, Hershenhorn A, Higuchi T, Hill EC, Hirata H, Hoek M, Hohmann M, Hsu CL, Hu Y, Inami K, Inguglia G, Irakkathil Jabbar J, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Jackson P, Jacobs WW, Jaffe DE, Jang EJ, Jia S, Jin Y, Joo C, Kaliyar AB, Kandra J, Karyan G, Kato Y, Kichimi H, Kiesling C, Kim CH, Kim DY, Kim HJ, Kim SH, Kim YK, Kimmel TD, Kinoshita K, Kleinwort C, Kodyš P, Koga T, Kohani S, Komarov I, Korpar S, Kraetzschmar TMG, Križan P, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar M, Kumar R, Kumara K, Kurz S, Kwon YJ, Lacaprara S, La Licata C, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Lee IS, Lee SC, Leitl P, Levit D, Lewis PM, Li C, Li LK, Li YB, Libby J, Lieret K, Li Gioi L, Liptak Z, Liu QY, Liventsev D, Longo S, Luo T, MacQueen C, Maeda Y, Manfredi R, Manoni E, Marcello S, Marinas C, Martini A, Masuda M, Matsuoka K, Matvienko D, Meggendorfer F, Meier F, Merola M, Metzner F, Milesi M, Miller C, Miyabayashi K, Mizuk R, Azmi K, Mohanty GB, Moser HG, Mrvar M, Müller FJ, Mussa R, Nakamura I, Nakao M, Nakazawa H, Natochii A, Niebuhr C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nouxman MHA, Ogawa K, Ogawa S, Ono H, Oskin P, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Paladino A, Panta A, Paoloni E, Pardi S, Park H, Park SH, Paschen B, Passeri A, Pathak A, Patra S, Paul S, Pedlar TK, Peruzzi I, Peschke R, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Polat G, Popov V, Praz C, Prencipe E, Prim MT, Purohit MV, Rad N, Rados P, Rasheed R, Reif M, Reiter S, Remnev M, Ripp-Baudot I, Ritter M, Ritzert M, Rizzo G, Robertson SH, Rodríguez Pérez D, Roney JM, Rosenfeld C, Rostomyan A, Rout N, Sahoo D, Sakai Y, Sanders DA, Sandilya S, Sangal A, Santelj L, Sato Y, Savinov V, Scavino B, Schwanda C, Schwartz AJ, Seddon RM, Seino Y, Selce A, Senyo K, Serrano J, Sevior ME, Sfienti C, Shiu JG, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Solovieva E, Spataro S, Spruck B, Starič M, Stefkova S, Stottler ZS, Stroili R, Strube J, Sumihama M, Sumiyoshi T, Summers DJ, Sutcliffe W, Svidras H, Tabata M, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanaka S, Tanida K, Tanigawa H, Taras P, Tenchini F, Tonelli D, Torassa E, Trabelsi K, Uchida M, Uglov T, Unger K, Unno Y, Uno S, Urquijo P, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, van Tonder R, Varner GS, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vitale L, Waheed E, Wakai M, Wakeling HM, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Wang XL, Warburton A, Watanabe M, Watanuki S, Webb J, Wehle S, Welsch M, Wessel C, Wiechczynski J, Windel H, Won E, Wu LJ, Xu XP, Yabsley B, Yan W, Yang SB, Ye H, Yonenaga M, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zani L, Zhou QD, Zhukova VI. Search for Axionlike Particles Produced in e^{+}e^{-} Collisions at Belle II. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 125:161806. [PMID: 33124872 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.161806] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We present a search for the direct production of a light pseudoscalar a decaying into two photons with the Belle II detector at the SuperKEKB collider. We search for the process e^{+}e^{-}→γa, a→γγ in the mass range 0.2<m_{a}<9.7 GeV/c^{2} using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of (445±3) pb^{-1}. Light pseudoscalars interacting predominantly with standard model gauge bosons (so-called axionlike particles or ALPs) are frequently postulated in extensions of the standard model. We find no evidence for ALPs and set 95% confidence level upper limits on the coupling strength g_{aγγ} of ALPs to photons at the level of 10^{-3} GeV^{-1}. The limits are the most restrictive to date for 0.2<m_{a}<1 GeV/c^{2}.
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- F Abudinén
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Hanoi
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow 101000
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Kiev
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Satya Nagar 751007
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Department of Physics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei 24205
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- II. Physikalisches Institut, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
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- Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar, 140306
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow 101000
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- University of Heidelberg, 68131 Mannheim
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
- Università di Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, 13288 Marseille
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Theoretical Research Division, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, 91405 Orsay
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Andreoli F, Angelone M, Colangeli A, Besi Vetrella U, Fiore S, Flammini D, Del Prete P, Loreti S, Mariano G, Mazzitelli G, Moro F, Pagano G, Pietropaolo A, Pillon M, Terranova N, Villari R, Naish J, Nobs C, Packer L. Comparison between measurement and calculations for a 14 MeV neutron water activation experiment. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023921002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The nuclear heat loads due to gamma rays emitted from the decay of 16N and delayed neutrons from17N, generated by the activation of water in cooling circuits, are critical for ITER design. The assessment of nuclear heating from activated water is complex; it requires temporal and spatial dependent transport and activation calculations taking into account variation of irradiation, water flow conditions and cooling circuits’ parameters. A water activation experiment has been recently conducted at the14 MeV Frascati Neutron Generator (FNG) in order to validate the methodology for water activation assessment used for ITER and to reduce the safety factors applied to the calculation results, which have a large impact on the schedule, commissioning and licensing. Water circulating inside an ITER First Wall (FW) mock-up was irradiated with 14 MeV neutrons and then measured using a large CsI scintillator detector. The system consists of a closed water loop where the cooling water, transiting through an ITER FW mock-up, is irradiated by FNG. The induced 16N activity via 14 MeV neutrons interactions with 16O via the 16O(n,p)16N reaction is measured in a dedicated counting station via an expansion volume. The water then passes to a much larger holding delay tank, and after several 16N half-lives decay time, it is then recirculated and exposed again to neutrons in the ITER First Wall (FW) mock-up. The measured 16N activity is obtained measuring the emitted characteristic 6.13 and 7.12 MeV gamma-rays. Calculations were performed in an accurate model of the FW mock-up using the MCNP Monte Carlo code and FENDL-3.1 nuclear data library to obtain the predicted flux impinging on the water. The EASY-2007 inventory code was used to predict the 16N activity. In this work, a comparison between measurements and calculations is reported together with associated uncertainty analysis.
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Burmester GR, Morello JP, Hagino O, Praestgaard A, Fiore S, Genovese MC. SAT0100 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LOW HEMOGLOBIN AND RADIOGRAPHIC PROGRESSION OVER 52 WEEKS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A PHASE 3 TRIAL OF SARILUMAB. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.2008] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Background:Anemia is a common comorbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Objectives:Assess whether low hemoglobin (Hb) identifies a subgroup of patients at increased risk of joint damage progression, and investigate whether sarilumab modulates this risk.Methods:The 52-week, double-blind, Phase 3 MOBILITY trial (NCT01061736) in patients with active RA and inadequate response to methotrexate (n = 1197) demonstrated the tolerability and efficacy (clinical and radiographic) of subcutaneous sarilumab 150 and 200 mg every 2 weeks versus placebo, both in combination with methotrexate (MTX). In thispost hocanalysis, baseline characteristics and radiographic outcomes in MOBILITY were analyzed by baseline Hb category (low or normal) according to World Health Organization criteria, with low Hb defined as <120 g/L for women and <130 g/L for men. NominalPvalues are presented.Results:A total of 414 patients (35%) had low Hb at baseline. Patients with low Hb were more likely than patients with normal Hb to be female (86% vs 79%, respectively), Asian (14% vs 5%), younger (mean age 49 vs 51 years), and to have lower body weight (mean 69 vs 77 kg); all nominalP<0.01. Duration of RA, prior biologic use, rheumatoid factor positivity, and baseline tender and swollen joint counts were similar between patients with low and normal baseline Hb, but there was a nominally significant difference in C-reactive protein (mean 30.2 [SD 28.5] vs 17.3 [18.5] mg/L;P<0.0001). Patients with low Hb generally exhibited more joint damage progression over 52 weeks than patients with normal Hb (Table). In the sarilumab + MTX groups, joint damage progression was mitigated compared with placebo + MTX in patients with low Hb and in patients with normal Hb. Mean change from baseline in Hb at 52 weeks in the placebo + MTX, sarilumab 150 mg + MTX, and sarilumab 200 mg + MTX groups was +3.7 (SD 10.8), +14.7 (12.1), and +14.0 (10.5) g/L, respectively, in patients with low Hb at baseline, and –2.5 (9.9), +6.2 (9.3), and +8.0 (9.9) g/L in patients with normal Hb at baseline.Table.Mean change from baseline (SD) in radiographic measures of joint damagePlacebo+ MTXSarilumab 150 mg+ MTXSarilumab 200 mg+ MTXLow Hb (n = 140)Normal Hb (n = 258)Low Hb (n = 145)Normal Hb (n = 255)Low Hb (n = 129)Normal Hb (n = 270)mTSS3.75 (9.00)2.29 (6.98)1.20*** (5.58)0.73** (4.07)0.60*** (4.13)0.08*** (4.83)Joint space narrowing1.52 (3.71)1.22 (3.92)0.79* (3.17)0.30** (2.70)0.50** (2.93)0.06*** (3.33)Erosion score2.24 (6.24)1.07 (3.91)0.41*** (3.18)0.44* (2.05)0.10*** (2.13)0.02*** (2.19)NominalP*<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001 versus placebo by rank ANCOVA model stratified by prior biologic use and region; mTSS, modified total Sharp scoreConclusion:Overall, sarilumab slowed joint damage progression in patients with RA. Additionally, in those patients with low Hb, who may suffer greater damage than those with normal Hb, sarilumab also increased Hb.Acknowledgments:Study funding and medical writing support (Matt Lewis, PhD, of Adelphi Communications Ltd, Macclesfield, UK) were provided by Sanofi Genzyme (Cambridge, MA, USA) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Tarrytown, NY, USA) in accordance with Good Publication Practice (GPP3) guidelines.Disclosure of Interests:Gerd Rüdiger Burmester Consultant of: AbbVie Inc, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Merck, Roche, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma, Speakers bureau: AbbVie Inc, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Merck, Roche, Pfizer, and UCB Pharma, Jean-Pierre Morello Shareholder of: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Employee of: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Owen Hagino Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi, Amy Praestgaard Employee of: Sanofi Genzyme, Stefano Fiore Shareholder of: Sanofi, Employee of: Sanofi, Mark C. Genovese Grant/research support from: Abbvie, Eli Lilly and Company, EMD Merck Serono, Galapagos, Genentech/Roche, Gilead Sciences, Inc., GSK, Novartis, Pfizer Inc., RPharm, Sanofi Genzyme, Consultant of: Abbvie, Eli Lilly and Company, EMD Merck Serono, Genentech/Roche, Gilead Sciences, Inc., GSK, Novartis, RPharm, Sanofi Genzyme
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Adachi I, Ahlburg P, Aihara H, Akopov N, Aloisio A, Anh Ky N, Asner DM, Atmacan H, Aushev T, Aushev V, Aziz T, Babu V, Baehr S, Bambade P, Banerjee S, Bansal V, Barrett M, Baudot J, Becker J, Behera PK, Bennett JV, Bernieri E, Bernlochner FU, Bertemes M, Bessner M, Bettarini S, Bianchi F, Biswas D, Bozek A, Bračko M, Branchini P, Briere RA, Browder TE, Budano A, Burmistrov L, Bussino S, Campajola M, Cao L, Casarosa G, Cecchi C, Červenkov D, Chang MC, Cheaib R, Chekelian V, Chen YQ, Chen YT, Cheon BG, Chilikin K, Cho K, Cho S, Choi SK, Choudhury S, Cinabro D, Corona L, Cremaldi LM, Cunliffe S, Czank T, Dattola F, De La Cruz-Burelo E, De Nardo G, De Nuccio M, De Pietro G, de Sangro R, Destefanis M, Dey S, De Yta-Hernandez A, Di Capua F, Doležal Z, Domínguez Jiménez I, Dong TV, Dort K, Dossett D, Dubey S, Duell S, Dujany G, Eidelman S, Eliachevitch M, Fast JE, Ferber T, Ferlewicz D, Finocchiaro G, Fiore S, Fodor A, Forti F, Fulsom BG, Ganiev E, Garcia-Hernandez M, Garg R, Gaur V, Gaz A, Gellrich A, Gemmler J, Geßler T, Giordano R, Giri A, Gobbo B, Godang R, Goldenzweig P, Golob B, Gomis P, Gradl W, Graziani E, Greenwald D, Guan Y, Hadjivasiliou C, Halder S, Hara T, Hartbrich O, Hayasaka K, Hayashii H, Hearty C, Hedges MT, Heredia de la Cruz I, Hernández Villanueva M, Hershenhorn A, Higuchi T, Hill EC, Hoek M, Hsu CL, Hu Y, Iijima T, Inami K, Inguglia G, Irakkathil Jabbar J, Ishikawa A, Itoh R, Iwasaki Y, Jacobs WW, Jaffe DE, Jang EJ, Jeon HB, Jia S, Jin Y, Joo C, Joo KK, Kahn J, Kakuno H, Kaliyar AB, Kandra J, Karyan G, Kato Y, Kawasaki T, Kim BH, Kim CH, Kim DY, Kim KH, Kim SH, Kim YK, Kim Y, Kimmel TD, Kindo H, Kleinwort C, Kodyš P, Koga T, Kohani S, Komarov I, Korpar S, Kovalchuk N, Kraetzschmar TMG, Križan P, Kroeger R, Krokovny P, Kuhr T, Kumar J, Kumar M, Kumar R, Kumara K, Kurz S, Kuzmin A, Kwon YJ, Lacaprara S, La Licata C, Lanceri L, Lange JS, Lautenbach K, Lee IS, Lee SC, Leitl P, Levit D, Li LK, Li YB, Libby J, Lieret K, Li Gioi L, Liptak Z, Liu QY, Liventsev D, Longo S, Luo T, Maeda Y, Maggiora M, Manoni E, Marcello S, Marinas C, Martini A, Masuda M, Matsuda T, Matsuoka K, Matvienko D, Meggendorfer F, Mei JC, Meier F, Merola M, Metzner F, Milesi M, Miller C, Miyabayashi K, Miyake H, Mizuk R, Azmi K, Mohanty GB, Moon T, Morii T, Moser HG, Mueller F, Müller FJ, Muller T, Muroyama G, Mussa R, Nakano E, Nakao M, Nayak M, Nazaryan G, Neverov D, Niebuhr C, Nisar NK, Nishida S, Nishimura K, Nishimura M, Oberhof B, Ogawa K, Onishchuk Y, Ono H, Onuki Y, Oskin P, Ozaki H, Pakhlov P, Pakhlova G, Paladino A, Panta A, Paoloni E, Park H, Paschen B, Passeri A, Pathak A, Paul S, Pedlar TK, Peruzzi I, Peschke R, Pestotnik R, Piccolo M, Piilonen LE, Popov V, Praz C, Prencipe E, Prim MT, Purohit MV, Rados P, Rasheed R, Reiter S, Remnev M, Resmi PK, Ripp-Baudot I, Ritter M, Rizzo G, Rizzuto LB, Robertson SH, Rodríguez Pérez D, Roney JM, Rosenfeld C, Rostomyan A, Rout N, Russo G, Sahoo D, Sakai Y, Sandilya S, Sangal A, Santelj L, Sartori P, Sato Y, Savinov V, Scavino B, Schueler J, Schwanda C, Seddon RM, Seino Y, Selce A, Senyo K, Sfienti C, Shen CP, Shiu JG, Shwartz B, Sibidanov A, Simon F, Sobie RJ, Soffer A, Sokolov A, Solovieva E, Spataro S, Spruck B, Starič M, Stefkova S, Stottler ZS, Stroili R, Strube J, Sumihama M, Sumiyoshi T, Summers DJ, Suzuki SY, Tabata M, Takizawa M, Tamponi U, Tanaka S, Tanida K, Taniguchi N, Taras P, Tenchini F, Torassa E, Trabelsi K, Tsuboyama T, Uchida M, Unger K, Unno Y, Uno S, Ushiroda Y, Vahsen SE, van Tonder R, Varner GS, Varvell KE, Vinokurova A, Vitale L, Vossen A, Wakai M, Wakeling HM, Wan Abdullah W, Wang CH, Wang MZ, Warburton A, Watanabe M, Webb J, Wehle S, Wessel C, Wiechczynski J, Windel H, Won E, Yabsley B, Yamada S, Yan W, Yang SB, Ye H, Yin JH, Yonenaga M, Yuan CZ, Yusa Y, Zani L, Zhang Z, Zhilich V, Zhou QD, Zhou XY, Zhukova VI. Search for an Invisibly Decaying Z^{'} Boson at Belle II in e^{+}e^{-}→μ^{+}μ^{-}(e^{±}μ^{∓}) Plus Missing Energy Final States. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:141801. [PMID: 32338980 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.141801] [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: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Theories beyond the standard model often predict the existence of an additional neutral boson, the Z^{'}. Using data collected by the Belle II experiment during 2018 at the SuperKEKB collider, we perform the first searches for the invisible decay of a Z^{'} in the process e^{+}e^{-}→μ^{+}μ^{-}Z^{'} and of a lepton-flavor-violating Z^{'} in e^{+}e^{-}→e^{±}μ^{∓}Z^{'}. We do not find any excess of events and set 90% credibility level upper limits on the cross sections of these processes. We translate the former, in the framework of an L_{μ}-L_{τ} theory, into upper limits on the Z^{'} coupling constant at the level of 5×10^{-2}-1 for M_{Z^{'}}≤6 GeV/c^{2}.
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- I Adachi
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
| | - A Aloisio
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam
- Institute of Physics, Hanoi
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
| | - H Atmacan
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
| | - T Aushev
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700
| | - V Aushev
- Taras Shevchenko National Univ. of Kiev, Kiev
| | - T Aziz
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
| | - V Babu
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
| | - S Baehr
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
| | - P Bambade
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
| | - M Barrett
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - J Baudot
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
| | - J Becker
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
| | - J V Bennett
- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow 31-342
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Department of Physics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei 24205
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon 34141
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828
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- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
| | - L Corona
- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
| | - T Czank
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Roma
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
| | - R Garg
- Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
| | - A Gaz
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
| | - J Gemmler
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
| | - T Geßler
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
| | - R Giordano
- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
| | - A Giri
- Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285
| | - B Gobbo
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
| | - R Godang
- University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688
| | - P Goldenzweig
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
| | | | - D Greenwald
- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
| | - C Hadjivasiliou
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
| | - S Halder
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
| | - T Hara
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - O Hartbrich
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
| | - I Heredia de la Cruz
- Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City 07360
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Mexico City 03940
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
| | - T Higuchi
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
| | - G Inguglia
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
| | - J Irakkathil Jabbar
- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
| | - A Ishikawa
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
| | - Y Iwasaki
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828
| | - H B Jeon
- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
| | - S Jia
- Beihang University, Beijing 100191
| | - Y Jin
- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Kitasato University, Sagamihara 252-0373
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 08826
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Soongsil University, Seoul 06978
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Yonsei University, Seoul 03722
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 121 16 Prague
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
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- Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur 302017
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- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Peking University, Beijing 100871
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Paterna 46980
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047
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- University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki 889-2192
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
- Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Ion-beam Application (MOE) and Institute of Modern Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200443
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- National Centre for Particle Physics, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- Seoul National University, Seoul 08826
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- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8583
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, Yerevan 0036
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- Taras Shevchenko National Univ. of Kiev, Kiev
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Moscow Physical Engineering Institute, Moscow 115409
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566
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- INFN Sezione di Roma Tre, I-00146 Roma
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- University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, I-00044 Frascati
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow Region 141700
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa 904-0495
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, 67037 Strasbourg
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- Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539 Munich
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Institute of Particle Physics (Canada), Victoria, British Columbia V8W 2Y2
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, I-80126 Napoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, I-80126 Napoli
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578
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- University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Vienna 1050, Austria
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- INFN Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia
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- Yamagata University, Yamagata 990-8560
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- Beihang University, Beijing 100191
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P6
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- Tel Aviv University, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv, 69978
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino 142281
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Institut für Kernphysik, D-55099 Mainz
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- J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397
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- University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522
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- J-PARC Branch, KEK Theory Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Theoretical Research Division, Nishina Center, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198
- Showa Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo 194-8543
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- INFN Sezione di Torino, I-10125 Torino
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka 319-1195
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Université de Montréal, Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- INFN Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova
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- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire, IN2P3/CNRS et Université Paris-Sud 11, Centre Scientifique d'Orsay, F-91898 Orsay Cedex
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550
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- Institut für Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131 Karlsruhe
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193
- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- INFN Sezione di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trieste, I-34127 Trieste
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- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z1
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- National Centre for Particle Physics, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur
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- National United University, Miao Li 36003
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617
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- McGill University, Montréal, Québec, H3A 2T8
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 München
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- Korea University, Seoul 02841
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- School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo 192-0397
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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- Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, I-56127 Pisa
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
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- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk 630090
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba 305-0801
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- Beihang University, Beijing 100191
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- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991
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Boano F, Caruso A, Costamagna E, Ridolfi L, Fiore S, Demichelis F, Galvão A, Pisoeiro J, Rizzo A, Masi F. A review of nature-based solutions for greywater treatment: Applications, hydraulic design, and environmental benefits. Sci Total Environ 2020; 711:134731. [PMID: 31822408 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/28/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Recognizing greywater as a relevant secondary source of water and nutrients represents an important chance for the sustainable management of water resource. In the last two decades, many studies analysed the environmental, economic, and energetic benefits of the reuse of greywater treated by nature-based solutions (NBS). This work reviews existing case studies of traditional constructed wetlands and new integrated technologies (e.g., green roofs and green walls) for greywater treatment and reuse, with a specific focus on their treatment performance as a function of hydraulic operating parameters. The aim of this work is to understand if the application of NBS can represent a valid alternative to conventional treatment technologies, providing quantitative indications for their design. Specifically, indications concerning threshold values of hydraulic design parameters to guarantee high removal performance are suggested. Finally, the existing literature on life cycle analysis of NBS for greywater treatment has been examined, confirming the provided environmental benefits.
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- Fulvio Boano
- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy.
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- IRIDRA Srl, Via La Marmora 51, 50121 Florence, Italy
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Fiore S, Aberle O, Angelone M, Calviani M, Di Giambattista F, Lepore L, Nyman M, Pillon M, Plompen A. Self Powered Neutron Detectors with High Energy Sensitivity. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202022502001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Alassali A, Abis M, Fiore S, Kuchta K. Classification of plastic waste originated from waste electric and electronic equipment based on the concentration of antimony. J Hazard Mater 2019; 380:120874. [PMID: 31336271 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The aim of this research is a preliminary assessment of antimony concentration in plastic fractions deriving from different e-waste. We considered microwave ovens, desktop computers, laptops, mobile phones, a TV case, a PC monitor and LED lamps (63 items in total). The plastic fraction ranged from 8%-wt in computers and microwave ovens, up to 40%-wt in cell phones and 59%-wt in LED lamps. Specific polymers were identified through Near Infrared spectroscopy. The samples followed three parallel procedures: acid digestion with aqua regia; conversion into ashes at 600 °C then acid digestion with aqua regia; leaching according to UNI10802 reference procedure. Plastic components with significant amounts of antimony were the ones derived from desktop computers (25-1900 mg/kg) and from microwave ovens (830 mg/kg), yet their relative amount compared to the total weight of the item was limited. Items with larger plastic fractions showed lower concentrations of antimony (1-6 mg/kg in mobile phones cases and 160-640 mg/kg in plastic components of LED lamps). Leaching tests revealed that the analyzed plastic fractions could be mostly admitted in non-hazardous waste landfills. The analysis of ashed samples highlighted the need to further improve the acidic extraction procedure.
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- Ayah Alassali
- TUHH - Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Waste Resources Management, Harburger Schlossstrasse 36, 21079 Hamburg, Germany.
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- TUHH - Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Waste Resources Management, Harburger Schlossstrasse 36, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
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- TUHH - Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Waste Resources Management, Harburger Schlossstrasse 36, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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Peinemann JC, Demichelis F, Fiore S, Pleissner D. Techno-economic assessment of non-sterile batch and continuous production of lactic acid from food waste. Bioresour Technol 2019; 289:121631. [PMID: 31220764 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.121631] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Non-sterile lactic acid (LA) fermentation of highly viscous food waste was demonstrated in batch and continuous flow fermentations. With Streptococcus sp., an indigenous consortium, and/or applied glucoamylase, food waste was fermented without addition of external carbon or nitrogen sources. Experimental results were used for economic and energy evaluations under consideration of different catchment area sizes from 50,000 to 1,000,000 inhabitants. During batch mode, addition of glucoamylase resulted in a titer (after 24 h), yield, and productivity of 50 g L-1, 63%, and 2.93 g L-1h-1, respectively. While titer and yield were enhanced, productivity was lower during continuous operation and 69 g L-1, 86%, and 1.27 g L-1h-1 were obtained at a dilution rate of 0.44 d-1 when glucoamylase was added. Both batch and continuous flow fermentations were found economically profitable with food waste from 200,000 or more inhabitants.
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- Jan Christoph Peinemann
- Sustainable Chemistry (Resource Efficiency), Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.203, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Sustainable Chemistry (Resource Efficiency), Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.203, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany.
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Fiore S, Ibanescu D, Teodosiu C, Ronco A. Improving waste electric and electronic equipment management at full-scale by using material flow analysis and life cycle assessment. Sci Total Environ 2019; 659:928-939. [PMID: 31096423 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This work has as main objective the analysis of waste from electric and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste) management through material flow analysis and life cycle assessment of a full-scale Italian facility that is significant about the e-waste flows treated (9900 t/y) and representative of a developed EU country about the industrial process outline, based on manual dismantling phases and physic-mechanical automatic processes. Three WEEE categories (i.e. R1-Cooling equipment, R2-Large household appliances and R3- TVs and screens) have been chosen with the reason that they are the most abundant in EU. The methodology was based on two end-of-life scenarios: S0-partial recycling of valuable fractions and landfilling of the rest, which is conventional e-waste processing in Italian facilities; S1-complete recycling of valuable fractions, limited incineration and landfilling of the rest, which describes what happens in the considered case study. Mass balance of the three treatment lines showed recycling rate (RR) values equal to: for R1 40% for S0 and 80% for S1; for R2 65% for S0 and 99% for S1; for R3 86% for S0 and 91% for S1, with significant fractions incinerated or landfilled only for R1 treatment line. Life cycle assessment considered transport (post-consumer collection), treatment, recycling, incineration and disposal. As main results, eco-toxicity aquatic potentials referring to marine and fresh water were the most relevant impact categories. In conclusion, recycling (mostly of metals) played a crucial role for environmental benefits, and transport and polyurethane plus rubber incineration for the environmental impacts.
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- Silvia Fiore
- Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dr. D. Mangeron Street, 700050, Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dr. D. Mangeron Street, 700050, Iasi, Romania
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Alassali A, Fiore S, Kuchta K. Assessment of plastic waste materials degradation through near infrared spectroscopy. Waste Manag 2018; 82:71-81. [PMID: 30509597 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Plastic waste is a relevant challenge for waste management sector and further technological means have to be urgently researched. The evaluation of plastic waste quality through non-destructive, cost-effective and mature technologies could be without any doubt a key issue. This study is aimed at the assessment of Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for the generation of global degradation-prediction models able to forecast plastic ageing. The degradation of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) was achieved by thermal ageing (at 85 °C, 105 °C and 120 °C and durations ranging from 4 to 504 h), to simulate environmental outdoor conditions. Experimental data obtained for each plastic material were elaborated through partial least square (PLS) regression to obtain empirical models. For all inspected plastic materials, a good correspondence between the variation in absorbance units and the change in chemical bonds vibrations was observed. The PLS models were afterwards calibrated (taking into account the different ageing conditions; first separately then including the ageing factors combined). A high accuracy (R2 equal to 0.85-1.00) was observed in predicting ageing for PET and ABS, while the correspondence showed a 30% decrease for PE and PP. This study proves that NIR spectroscopy can be recommended as an effective tool to investigate plastics degradation, with some limitations for specific polymers that need further investigations.
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- Ayah Alassali
- TUHH - Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Waste Resources Management, Harburger Schlossstr. 36, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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- DIATI (Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructures Engineering), Politecnico di Torino, 24, corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Turin, Italy.
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- TUHH - Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics, Waste Resources Management, Harburger Schlossstr. 36, 21079 Hamburg, Germany
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Ibanescu D, Cailean Gavrilescu D, Teodosiu C, Fiore S. Assessment of the waste electrical and electronic equipment management systems profile and sustainability in developed and developing European Union countries. Waste Manag 2018; 73:39-53. [PMID: 29274687 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The assessment of waste management systems for electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from developed economies (Germany, Sweden and Italy) and developing countries (Romania and Bulgaria), is discussed covering the period 2007-2014. The WEEE management systems profiles are depicted by indicators correlated to WEEE life cycle stages: collection, transportation and treatment. The sustainability of national WEEE management systems in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is presented, together with the greenhouse gas efficiency indicator that underlines the efficiency of WEEE treatment options. In the countries comparisons, the key elements are: robust versus fragile economies, the overall waste management performance and the existence/development of suitable management practices on WEEE. Over the life cycle perspective, developed economies (Germany, Sweden and Italy) manage one order of magnitude higher quantities of WEEE compared to developing countries (Romania and Bulgaria). Although prevention and reduction measures are encouraged, all WEEE quantities were larger in 2013, than in 2007. In 2007-2014, developed economies exceed the annual European collection target of 4 kg WEEE/capita, while collection is still difficult in developing countries. If collection rates are estimated in relationship with products placed on market, than similar values are registered in Sweden and Bulgaria, followed by Germany and Italy and lastly Romania. WEEE transportation shows different patterns among countries, with Italy as the greatest exporter (in 2014), while Sweden treats the WEEE nationally. WEEE reuse is a common practice in Germany, Sweden (from 2009) and Bulgaria (from 2011). By 2014, recycling was the most preferred WEEE treatment option, with the same kind of rates performance, over 80%, irrespective of the country, with efforts in each of the countries in developing special collection points, recycling facilities and support instruments. The national total and the recycling carbon footprints of WEEE are lower in 2013 than in 2007 for each country, the order in reducing the environmental impacts being: Germany, Italy, Sweden, Bulgaria and Romania. The negative values indicate savings in greenhouse gas emissions. In 2013, the GHG efficiency shows no differences of the WEEE management in the developed and developing countries.
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- Dumitrita Ibanescu
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dr. D. Mangeron Street, 700050 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dr. D. Mangeron Street, 700050 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, 73 Prof. Dr. D. Mangeron Street, 700050 Iasi, Romania.
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- Department of Engineering for Environment, Land and Infrastructures (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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Summary
Background:
In health applications, and elsewhere, 3D data sets are increasingly accessed through the Internet. To reduce the transfer time while maintaining an unaltered 3D model, adequate compression and decompression techniques are needed. Recently, Grid technologies have been integrated with Web Services technologies to provide a framework for interoperable application-to-application interaction.
Objectives:
The paper describes an implementation of the Edgebreaker compression technique exploiting web services technology and presents a novel approach for using such services in a Grid Portal. The Grid portal, developed at the CACT/ISUFI of the University of Lecce, allows the processing and delivery of biomedical images (CT – computerized tomography – and MRI – magnetic resonance images) in a distributed environment, using the power and security of computational Grids.
Methods:
The Edgebreaker Compression Web Service has been deployed on a Grid portal and allows compressing and decompressing 3D data sets using the Globus toolkit GSI (Globus Security Infrastructure) protocol. Moreover, the classical algorithm has been modified extending the compression to files containing more than one object.
Results and Conclusions:
An implementation of the Edgebreaker compression technique and related experimental results are presented. A novel approach for using the compression web service in a Grid portal allowing storing and preprocessing of huge 3D data sets, and subsequent efficient transmission of results for remote visualization is also described.
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Sodin-Semrl S, Antico G, Mikus R, Lakota K, Varga J, Fiore S. Lipoxin A4 and Serum Amyloid a Differentially Modulate Phospholipase D in Human Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes. EUR J INFLAMM 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/1721727x0900700102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and scrum amyloid A (SAA) are endogenous negative and positive modulators of inflammation, respectively. Both molecules bind the shared lipoxin A4 receptor (ALX) and elicit opposing effects on the production of inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases. The aim of these studies is to examine the divergence of the intracellular signaling pathways triggered by lipid LXA4 (1 nM) and protein SAA (200 nM) ligands of ALX. Phospholipase D (PLD) is a phosphohydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the generation of phosphatidic acid (PA) from membrane phospholipids. Our results showed that in fibroblast-like synoviocytes, activation of PLD occurred only in response to LXA4, and not SAA. PA (30 μM) mimicked LXA4 and demonstrated inhibition of IL-8 production induced by SAA or interleukin-1β. In sharp contrast to LXA4, SAA confirmed the stimulation of IL-8 release as determined previously. Taken together, these findings suggest that two physiologic ligands sharing the common ALX receptor, LXA4 and SAA, differentially regulate the level of PLD activation and differentially modulate IL-8. These results may have important implications for understanding the regulation of inflammatory responses under physiologic and pathological conditions.
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- S. Sodin-Semrl
- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, IL, USA
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- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, USA; Present address
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- University Medical Centre, Department of Rheumatology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Genentech Inc., Clinical Science Development ITGR, 1 DNA Way, M/S 211, S. San Francisco, CA, USA
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Demichelis F, Pleissner D, Fiore S, Mariano S, Navarro Gutiérrez IM, Schneider R, Venus J. Investigation of food waste valorization through sequential lactic acid fermentative production and anaerobic digestion of fermentation residues. Bioresour Technol 2017; 241:508-516. [PMID: 28600944 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This work concerns the investigation of the sequential production of lactic acid (LA) and biogas from food waste (FW). LA was produced from FW using a Streptococcus sp. strain via simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) and separate enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF). Via SHF a yield of 0.33gLA/gFW (productivity 3.38gLA/L·h) and via SSF 0.29gLA/gFW (productivity 2.08gLA/L·h) was obtained. Fermentation residues and FW underwent anaerobic digestion (3wt% TS). Biogas yields were 0.71, 0.74 and 0.90Nm3/kgVS for FW and residues from SSF and SHF respectively. The innovation of the approach is considering the conversion of FW into two different products through a biorefinery concept, therefore making economically feasible LA production and valorising its fermentative residues. Finally, a mass balance of three different outlines with the aim to assess the amount of LA and biogas that may be generated within different scenarios is presented.
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- Sustainable Chemistry (Resource Efficiency), Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, C13.203, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy Potsdam, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy Potsdam, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany.
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Sodin-Semrl S, Spagnolo A, Mikus R, Barbaro B, Varga J, Fiore S. Opposing Regulation of Interleukin-8 and NF-kB Responses by Lipoxin A4 and Serum Amyloid a via the Common Lipoxin a Receptor. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2017; 17:145-56. [PMID: 15171815 DOI: 10.1177/039463200401700206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) is a potent eicosanoid that inhibits IL-1β-induced activation of human fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) via the LXA4 receptor (ALXR). Serum amyloid A (SAA) is an acute phase reactant with cytokine-like properties. SAA has been shown to bind the same seven transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor ligated by LXA4. Here we compared the inflammatory responses of lipid (LXA4) and peptide (SAA) ligands in human FLS via the shared ALX and characterized their downstream signaling. LXA4 induced stimulation of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-2, whereas SAA induced interleukin-8 and matrix metalloproteinase-3 production. SAA up-regulated NF-kB and AP-1 DNA binding activity, while LXA4 markedly inhibited these responses after IL-1β stimulation. A human IL-8 promoter luciferase construct was transfected into CHO cells stably expressing ALXR in order to determine the role of NF-kB and/or AP-1 in the regulation of IL-8 gene expression. The NF-kB pathway proved to be the preeminent for the biological responses elicited by both ligands. These findings suggest that two endogenous molecules, targeting a common receptor, could participate in the pathogenesis of inflammatory arthritis by differentially regulating inflammatory responses in tissues expressing the ALXR.
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- S Sodin-Semrl
- Section of Rheumatology, Dept Med, COM, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607-7171, USA
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- P. Conti
- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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- Immunology Division, Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Chieti, 66100 Chieti, Italy
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Sodin-Semrl S, Spagnolo A, Barbaro B, Varga J, Fiore S. Lipoxin A4 Counteracts Synergistic Activation of Human Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2016; 17:15-25. [PMID: 15000862 DOI: 10.1177/039463200401700103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Excessive production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Lipoxin A4 (LXA4) and transforming growth factor (32 (TGF-|32) have potential anti-inflammatory activities; these two mediators were tested to determine how they affect IL-1β-dependent release of IL-6 and MMPs in human fibroblast-like synoviocytes. The results revealed dramatic differences between the mediators: TGF-β2 acted synergistically with IL-1β to stimulate IL-6 protein levels, whereas LXA4 inhibited IL-6 expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Inhibition, by LXA4 was abrogated when cells were pre-incubated with antibody against the ALXR (Lipoxin A4 Receptor) TGF-β2 by itself had no significant effect on IL-6 or MMP levels. LXA4, at nanomolar concentrations, altered the MMP-1 and MMP-3 expression levels of IL-1β and TGF-β2 stimulated fibroblast-like synoviocytes. Furthermore, IL-1β and TGF-β2 up-regulated ALXR mRNA. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that ALXR mediate the effects of LXA4 on inflammatory responses after stimulation of fibroblast-like synoviocytes with IL-1β plus TGF-β2. These activities might constitute an important mechanism by which LXA4 regulates synovial fibroblast activation.
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- S Sodin-Semrl
- Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, COM, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Pavese G, Lettino A, Calvello M, Esposito F, Fiore S. Aerosol composition and properties variation at the ground and over the column under different air masses advection in South Italy. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:6546-6562. [PMID: 26635222 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5860-1] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Aerosol composition and properties variation under the advection of different air masses were investigated, as case studies, by contemporary measurements over the atmospheric column and at the ground in a semi-rural site in South Italy. The absence of local strong sources in this area allowed to characterize background aerosol and to compare particle mixing effects under various atmospheric circulation conditions. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ǻngström parameters from radiometric measurements allowed the detection and identification of polluted, dust, and volcanic atmospheric conditions. AODs were the input for a suitable model to evaluate the columnar aerosol composition, according to six main atmospheric components (water-soluble, soot, sea salt accumulation, sea salt coarse, mineral dus,t and biological). Scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis of particulate sampled with a 13-stage impactor at the ground showed not only fingerprints typical of the different air masses but also the effects of transport and aging on atmospheric particles, suggesting processes that changed their chemical and optical properties. Background columnar aerosol was characterized by 72% of water-soluble and soot, in agreement with ground-based findings that highlighted 60% of contribution from anthropogenic carbonate particles and soot. In general, a good agreement between ground-based and columnar results was observed. Under the advection of trans-boundary air masses, water-soluble and soot were always present in columnar aerosol, whereas, in variable percentages, sea salt and mineral particles characterized both dust and volcanic conditions. At the ground, sulfates characterized the amorphous matrix produced in finer stages by the evaporation of solutions of organic and inorganic aerosols. Sulfates were also one of the key players involved in heterogeneous chemical reactions, producing complex secondary aerosol, as such clay-sulfate internally mixed particle externally mixed with soot chains.
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- G Pavese
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C.da S. Loja, 85050, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy.
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C.da S. Loja, 85050, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C.da S. Loja, 85050, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy
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- Università della Basilicata-Scuola di Ingegneria, C.da Macchia Romana, 85100, Potenza, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale (CNR-IMAA), C.da S. Loja, 85050, Tito Scalo, Potenza, Italy
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Senesse P, Graff-Cailleaud P, Sire C, Gallocher O, Lavau-Denes S, Garcia-Ramirez M, Alfonsi M, Cupissol D, Kaminsky M, Fiore S, Flori N, De Forges H, Garrel R, Janiszewski C, Thézénas S, Boisselier P. Étude multicentrique en double insu de phase III réalisée avec le Gortec et évaluant l’efficacité d’une solution orale immunomodulatrice dans les cancers épidermoïdes de la tête et du cou. NUTR CLIN METAB 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nupar.2016.01.031] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Tamilia E, Delafield J, Fiore S, Taffoni F. An automatized system for the assessment of nutritive sucking behavior in infants: a preliminary analysis on term neonates. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2015; 2014:5752-5. [PMID: 25571302 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nutritive Sucking (NS) is a highly organized process that can reflect infants' maturation during the early post-natal period. The assessment of NS may provide a sensitive means of evaluating early motor skills and their development. Thus, a reliable tool for assessing sucking behavior may benefit diagnostics and treatment of newborns since the first days of life. The aim of this work is to propose an automatized system to measure sucking ability and calculate a set of objective and quantitative indices for its assessment. We focused on the analysis of the Intraoral Pressure (IP) generated by infants while feeding: an ad-hoc designed software application was developed to analyze the signal obtained by a pressure transducer connected with a catheter placed through a standard bottle teat into the oral cavity during feeding. Automatic algorithms for suck and burst identification and for their characterization are described. We carried out a preliminary test of the system, analyzing data from two healthy term newborns, tested twice over time (1-2 days old and 6-10 weeks later). We calculated a set of different sucking parameters (e.g. sucking amplitude, frequency and area), and proposed some indices, that are typically used for the assessment of motor control, in order to assess the smoothness of IP. Results encourage further investigation of the proposed system for monitoring the development of early sucking skills.
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Zanetti MC, Fiore S, Ruffino B, Santagata E, Dalmazzo D, Lanotte M. Characterization of crumb rubber from end-of-life tyres for paving applications. Waste Manag 2015; 45:161-170. [PMID: 26050935 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Crumb rubber (CR) derived from grinding of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) may be successfully used as a bitumen modifier or as a supplementary component in the production of bituminous mixtures employed for the construction and maintenance of road pavements. However, CRs deriving from different sources and production processes yield effects on performance of corresponding paving mixtures under traffic loading and on gaseous emissions produced during laying on site which may change considerably depending upon their physical and chemical properties. In order to quantitatively assess the possible variability of CR characteristics, 16 samples were taken from 9 Italian and 2 foreign ELT processing plants. Investigation activities included field surveys, during which plants were examined in detail, and laboratory tests, which focused on physical and chemical characterization of CR. Based on the analysis of available technical information and experimental data, it was possible to find relationships between the peculiar characteristics of treatment cycles and corresponding CR properties.
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- M C Zanetti
- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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van der Heijde D, Genovese M, Fan C, Fiore S, Decktor D, Fleischmann R. SAT0185 Clinical and Radiographic Efficacy of Sarilumab Plus Methotrexate in Biologic-Experienced and Biologic-Naïve Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled International Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.4772] [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: 11/03/2022]
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Ruffino B, Fiore S, Roati C, Campo G, Novarino D, Zanetti M. Scale effect of anaerobic digestion tests in fed-batch and semi-continuous mode for the technical and economic feasibility of a full scale digester. Bioresour Technol 2015; 182:302-313. [PMID: 25710569 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Methane production capacity in mesophilic conditions of waste from two food industry plants was assessed in a semi-pilot (6L, fed-batch) and pilot (300 L, semi-continuous) scale. This was carried out in order to evaluate the convenience of producing heat and electricity in a full scale anaerobic digester. The pilot test was performed in order to obtain more reliable results for the design of the digester. Methane yield, returned from the pilot scale test, was approximately 80% of that from the smaller scale test. This outcome was in line with those from other studies performed in different scales and modes and indicates the success of the pilot scale test. The net electricity produced from the digester accounted for 30-50% of the food industry plants' consumption. The available thermal energy could cover from 10% to 100% of the plant requirements, depending on the energy demand of the processes performed.
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- Barbara Ruffino
- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- SMAT, Società Metropolitana Acque Torino, S.p.A., via Po 2, 10090 Castiglione Torinese, TO, Italy
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- DIATI, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Raynard B, Thézenas S, Flori N, Fiore S, Simon M, Senesse P. O21: L’échelle visuelle analogique (EVA) des ingesta est un bon marqueur pronostique en cancérologie. NUTR CLIN METAB 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0985-0562(14)70597-7] [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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Agodi C, Battistoni G, Bellini F, Cirrone GAP, Collamati F, Cuttone G, De Lucia E, De Napoli M, Di Domenico A, Faccini R, Ferroni F, Fiore S, Gauzzi P, Iarocci E, Marafini M, Mattei I, Muraro S, Paoloni A, Patera V, Piersanti L, Romano F, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Vitale E, Voena C. Corrigendum: Charged particles flux measurement from PMMA irradiated by 80 MeV u−1carbon ion beam (Phys. Med. Biol.57 5667). Phys Med Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/23/7563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cossu R, Fiore S, Lai T, Luciano A, Mancini G, Ruffino B, Viotti P, Zanetti MC. Review of Italian experience on automotive shredder residue characterization and management. Waste Manag 2014; 34:1752-1762. [PMID: 24373677 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Automotive Shredder Residue (ASR) is a special waste that can be classified as either hazardous or non hazardous depending on the amount of hazardous substances and on the features of leachate gathered from EN12457/2 test. However both the strict regulation concerning landfills and the EU targets related to End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) recovery and recycling rate to achieve by 2015 (Directive 2000/53/EC), will limit current landfilling practice and will impose an increased efficiency of ELVs valorization. The present paper considers ELVs context in Italy, taking into account ASRs physical-chemical features and current processing practice, focusing on the enhancement of secondary materials recovery. The application in waste-to-energy plants, cement kilns or metallurgical processes is also analyzed, with a particular attention to the possible connected environmental impacts. Pyrolysis and gasification are considered as emerging technologies although the only use of ASR is debatable; its mixing with other waste streams is gradually being applied in commercial processes. The environmental impacts of the processes are acceptable, but more supporting data are needed and the advantage over (co-)incineration remains to be proven.
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- R Cossu
- Dept. of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), University of Padova, Lungargine Rovetta 8, 35127 Padova, Italy
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- Dept of Land, Environment and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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- Dept. of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), University of Padova, Lungargine Rovetta 8, 35127 Padova, Italy
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- ENEA Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, RC Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Dept. of Industrial Engineering (DII), University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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- Dept of Land, Environment and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Dept. of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA), Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Rome, Italy
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- Dept of Land, Environment and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Genovese M, Fleischmann R, Kivitz A, Rell-Bakalarska M, Martincova R, Fiore S, Rohane P, van Hoogstraten H, Fan C, van Adelsberg J, Weinstein S, Graham N, Stahl N, Yancopoulos G, Huizinga T, van der Heijde D. OP0028 Effects of Sarilumab plus MTX on Clinical, Radiographic, and Functional Endpoints in Patients with Moderate-To-Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, International Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3001] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Fiore S, Boyapati A, Hamon S, van Adelsberg J, Liu M, Hamilton J. THU0275 IL-6 Receptor (IL-6R) Blockade with Sarilumab Reduced Circulating Markers Related to Synovial Inflammation and Structural Damage in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in A Phase 2 Study. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3852] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Camillocci ES, Baroni G, Bellini F, Bocci V, Collamati F, Cremonesi M, De Lucia E, Ferroli P, Fiore S, Grana CM, Marafini M, Mattei I, Morganti S, Paganelli G, Patera V, Piersanti L, Recchia L, Russomando A, Schiariti M, Sarti A, Sciubba A, Voena C, Faccini R. A novel radioguided surgery technique exploiting β(-) decays. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4401. [PMID: 24646766 PMCID: PMC3960579 DOI: 10.1038/srep04401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The background induced by the high penetration power of the radiation is the main limiting factor of the current radio-guided surgery (RGS). To partially mitigate it, a RGS with β+-emitting radio-tracers has been suggested in literature. Here we propose the use of β−-emitting radio-tracers and β− probes and discuss the advantage of this method with respect to the previously explored ones: the electron low penetration power allows for simple and versatile probes and could extend RGS to tumours for which background originating from nearby healthy tissue makes probes less effective. We developed a β− probe prototype and studied its performances on phantoms. By means of a detailed simulation we have also extrapolated the results to estimate the performances in a realistic case of meningioma, pathology which is going to be our first in-vivo test case. A good sensitivity to residuals down to 0.1 ml can be reached within 1 s with an administered activity smaller than those for PET-scans thus making the radiation exposure to medical personnel negligible.
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- Dip. Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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- 1] Dip. Fisica, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- 1] Dip. Fisica, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Div. Fisica Medica, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, Frascati, Italy
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- Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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- 1] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] ENEA UTTMAT-IRR, Casaccia R.C., Roma, Italy
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- Div. Medicina Nucleare, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano, Italy
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- 1] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche 'E. Fermi', Roma, Italy
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- 1] Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy [2] Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, Frascati, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiometabolic Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy
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- 1] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] Dip. Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- 1] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] Dip. Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- 1] Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Roma, Italy [2] Dip. Fisica, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy [3] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy
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- 1] Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati dell'INFN, Frascati, Italy [2] Dip. Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- 1] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] Dip. Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- 1] Dip. Fisica, Sapienza Univ. di Roma, Roma, Italy [2] INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma, Italy
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Piersanti L, Bellini F, Bini F, Collamati F, De Lucia E, Durante M, Faccini R, Ferroni F, Fiore S, Iarocci E, Tessa CL, Marafini M, Mattei I, Patera V, Ortega PG, Sarti A, Schuy C, Sciubba A, Vanstalle M, Voena C. Measurement of charged particle yields from PMMA irradiated by a 220 MeV/u12Cbeam. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:1857-72. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/7/1857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Genovese MC, Fleischmann RM, Fiore S, Radin A, Fan C, Huizinga TW. SAT0117 Sarilumab, a Subcutaneously-Administered, Fully-Human Monoclonal Antibody Inhibitor of The IL-6 Receptor: Relationship Between Eular Responses and Change from Baseline of Selected Clinical Parameters. Ann Rheum Dis 2014. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-eular.1843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Ruffino B, Fiore S, Zanetti MC. Strategies for the enhancement of automobile shredder residues (ASRs) recycling: results and cost assessment. Waste Manag 2014; 34:148-155. [PMID: 24140377 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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With reference to the European regulation about the management of End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs), Directive 2000/53/EC imposes the achievement of a recycling target of 85%, and 95% of total recovery by 2015. Over the last few years many efforts have been made to find solutions to properly manage the waste coming from ELVs with the aim of complying with the targets fixed by the Directive. This paper focuses on the economical evaluation of a treatment process, that includes physical (size and density), magnetic and electrical separations, performed on the light fraction of the automobile shredder residue (ASR) with the aim of reducing the amount of waste to dispose of in a landfill and enhancing the recovery of valuable fractions as stated by the EU Directive. The afore mentioned process is able to enhance the recovery of ferrous and non-ferrous metals of an amount equal to about 1% b.w. (by weight) of the ELV weight, and to separate a high energetic-content product suitable for thermal valorization for an amount close to (but not higher than) 10% b.w. of the ELV weight. The results of the economical assessment led to annual operating costs of the treatment ranging from 300,000 €/y to 350,000 €/y. Since the considered plant treats about 13,500 metrictons of ASR per year, this would correspond to an operating cost of approximately 20-25 €/t. Taking into account the amount and the selling price of the scrap iron and of the non magnetic metal recovered by the process, thus leading to a gain of about 30 €/t per ton of light ASR treated, the cost of the recovery process is balanced by the profit from the selling of the recovered metals. On the other hand, the proposed treatment is able to achieve the fulfillment of the targets stated by Directive 2000/53/EC concerning thermal valorization and reduce the amount of waste generated from ELV shredding to landfill.
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- Barbara Ruffino
- DIATI, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.
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Tricarico P, Cambieri A, Campo A, Cantaro P, Costa A, Fiore S, Marazzi L, Marcolongo A, Monturano M, Mura I, Pascu D, Privitera G, Rinaldi O, Romano G, Sotgiu G, Tardivo S, Zanardo D, Zerman T, Brusaferro S. Clinical Assessment of Risk Management: an INtegrated Approach (CARMINA). Eur J Public Health 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt124.017] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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