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Lin YC, Tu HP, Wang TN. Blood lipid profile, HbA1c, fasting glucose, and diabetes: a cohort study and a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis. J Endocrinol Invest 2024; 47:913-925. [PMID: 37878156 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-023-02209-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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PURPOSE The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. The associations between the lipid profile and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), fasting glucose, and diabetes remain unclear, so we aimed to perform a cohort study and a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to investigate the causality between blood lipid profile and HbA1c, fasting glucose, and diabetes. METHODS A total of 25,171 participants from the Taiwan Biobank were enrolled. We applied a cohort study and an MR study to assess the association between blood lipid profile and HbA1c, fasting glucose, and diabetes. The summary statistics were obtained from the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN), and the estimates between the instrumental variables (IVs) and outcomes were calculated using the inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method. A series of sensitivity analyses were performed. RESULTS In the cohort study, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was negatively associated with HbA1c, fasting glucose, and diabetes, while the causal associations between HDL-C and HbA1c (βIVW = - 0.098, p = 0.003) and diabetes (βIVW = - 0.594, p < 0.001) were also observed. Furthermore, there was no pleiotropy effect in this study using the MR-Egger intercept test and MR-PRESSO global test. CONCLUSIONS Our results support the hypothesis that a genetically determined increase in HDL-C is causally related to a reduction in HbA1c and a lower risk of diabetes.
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- Y-C Lin
- Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shi-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, College of Health Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, No. 100, Shi-Chuan 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
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Lin YH, Lin CH, Huang YY, Liu PH, Lin YC. Effect of Taiwan's Diabetes Shared Care Program on the risk of periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an eight-year population-based study. J Hosp Infect 2024; 145:34-43. [PMID: 38110057 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a significant post-arthroplasty complication for diabetic patients, with uncontrolled diabetes identified as a PJI risk factor. Taiwan's Diabetes Shared Care Program (DSCP) was established for holistic diabetes care. AIM To evaluate the DSCP's impact on PJI incidence and patients' medical costs. METHODS Data were analysed from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database from 2010 to 2020, focusing on type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients who had undergone arthroplasty. The study group involved DSCP participants, while a comparison group comprised non-participants with matched propensity scores for age, sex, and comorbidities. The primary outcome was the PJI incidence difference between the groups; the secondary outcome was the medical expense difference. FINDINGS The study group consisted of 11,908 type 2 DM patients who had arthroplasty and joined the DSCP; PJI occurred in 128 patients. Among non-participants, 184 patients had PJI. The PJI incidence difference between the groups was statistically significant (1.07% vs 1.55%). The study group's medical costs were notably lower, regardless of PJI incidence. Multivariate regression showed higher PJI risk in patients in comparison group, aged >70 years, male, or who had obesity, anaemia. CONCLUSION The study indicates that DSCP involvement reduces PJI risks and decreases annual medical costs for diabetic patients after arthroplasty. Consequently, the DSCP is a recommendable option for such patients who are preparing for total joint arthroplasty.
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- Y-H Lin
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan; Department of Medical Nutrition Therapy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Clinical Informatics and Medical Statistics Research Center, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
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Lee CC, Hwang JI, Chang KH, Lin YC, Chao CC, Cheng TF, Chen YC, Hsueh KC. Comparison of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and MRI results obtained by expert and novice radiologists indicating short-term response after transarterial chemoembolisation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Radiol 2024; 79:e73-e79. [PMID: 37914602 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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AIM To evaluate inter-reader agreement between novice and expert radiologists in assessing contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images for detecting viable tumours with different sizes after conventional transarterial chemoembolisation (cTACE). MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study included patients who had less than five hepatomas and who underwent cTACE. Hepatomas with one or two feeding arteries were selected as target lesions. CEUS and MRI were performed within 1 week after cTACE to evaluate viable tumours. RESULTS The expert group had higher kappa values in evaluating all tumour sizes via CEUS compared with MRI. The novice group had similar kappa values. In patients with tumours measuring ≤3 cm, the expert group had higher kappa values in reading CEUS compared with MRI images; however, in the novice group, the kappa value was lower in evaluating CEUS compared with MRI images. In patients with tumours measuring >3 cm, the expert and novice groups had good to excellent kappa values. The confidence level of the two groups in reading MRI images was high; however, the novice group had a lower confidence level. CONCLUSION CEUS is a convenient, cost-effective, and easy to apply imaging tool that can help interventionists perform early detection of viable hepatocellular carcinoma post-TACE. It has a higher inter-rater agreement in interpreting CEUS images compared with MRI images among expert radiologists even when they are extremely familiar with post-cTACE MRI images. In novice radiologists, there may be a learning curve to achieve good consistency in CEUS interpretation.
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- C-C Lee
- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan; Department of Radiology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung Taiwan; Center for General Education, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan; General Education Center, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Miaoli 356, Taiwan; Department of Life Sciences and Ph.D. Program in Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung Taiwan
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- Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan; Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan; Department of Post-Baccalaureate Medicine, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan.
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O'Grady HM, Harrison R, Snedeker K, Trufen L, Yue P, Ward L, Fifen A, Jamieson P, Weiss A, Coulthard J, Lynch T, Croxen MA, Li V, Pabbaraju K, Wong A, Zhou HY, Dingle TC, Hellmer K, Berenger BM, Fonseca K, Lin YC, Evans D, Conly JM. A two-ward acute care hospital outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant including a point-source outbreak associated with the use of a mobile vital signs cart and sub-optimal doffing of personal protective equipment. J Hosp Infect 2023; 131:1-11. [PMID: 36195200 PMCID: PMC9527227 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The arrival of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was associated with increased transmissibility and illness of greater severity. Reports of nosocomial outbreaks of Delta variant COVID-19 in acute care hospitals have been described but control measures varied widely. AIM Epidemiological investigation of a linked two-ward COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak was conducted to elucidate its source, risk factors, and control measures. METHODS Investigations included epidemiologic analysis, detailed case review serial SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing of patients and healthcare workers (HCWs), viral culture, environmental swabbing, HCW-unaware personal protective equipment (PPE) audits, ventilation assessments, and the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS). FINDINGS This linked two-ward outbreak resulted in 17 patient and 12 HCW cases, despite an 83% vaccination rate. In this setting, suboptimal adherence and compliance to PPE protocols, suboptimal hand hygiene, multi-bedded rooms, and a contaminated vital signs cart with potential fomite or spread via the hands of HCWs were identified as significant risk factors for nosocomial COVID-19 infection. Sudden onset of symptoms, within 72 h, was observed in 79% of all Ward 2 patients, and 93% of all cases (patients and HCWs) on Ward 2 occurred within one incubation period, consistent with a point-source outbreak. RT-PCR assays showed low cycle threshold (CT) values, indicating high viral load from environmental swabs including the vital signs cart. WGS results with ≤3 SNP differences between specimens were observed. CONCLUSION Outbreaks on both wards settled rapidly, within 3 weeks, using a `back-to-basics' approach without extraordinary measures or changes to standard PPE requirements. Strict adherence to recommended PPE, hand hygiene, education, co-operation from HCWs, including testing and interviews, and additional measures such as limiting movement of patients and staff temporarily were all deemed to have contributed to prompt resolution of the outbreak.
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- H M O'Grady
- Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Workplace Health and Safety, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Provincial Population and Public Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Workplace Health and Safety, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Site Administration, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Site Administration, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Site Administration, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Genomics and Bioinformatics, Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Heath Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Heath Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Site Administration, Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Alberta Public Health Laboratory, Alberta Precision Laboratories, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; W21C Research and Innovation Centre, O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Peng SW, Wang CY, Lin SY, Lee YL, Lin YC, Lin YJ, Wang PN. Subjective Cognitive Complaints: Comparing the Relation between Self-Reported Versus Informant-Reported Subjective Cognitive Complaints and Cognitive Performances in Cognitively Unimpaired, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Populations with Dementia. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2023; 10:562-570. [PMID: 37357298 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2023.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Subjective cognitive decline is proposed to be associated with future mild cognitive impairment and dementia. A better understanding of the roles of self-reported and informant-reported subjective cognitive complaints can provide a more delicate picture in dementia recognition and early diagnosis. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the accuracy of self-reported and informant-reported subjective cognitive complaints and the relation of subjective cognitive complaints and neuropsychological function in cognitively unimpaired, mild cognitive impairment and populations with dementia. DESIGN We conducted a cross-sectional survey and evaluate the relations between subjective cognitive complaint scores and cognitive function in the different diagnostic groups. SETTING We recruited individuals diagnosed with cognitively unimpaired or mild cognitive impairment or dementia with Alzheimer's clinical syndrome from a memory clinic in a tertiary medical center in Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS Participants, age greater than 50 years old, were enrolled in this study. Participants' informants were also enrolled for the cognitive questionnaire assessment. MEASUREMENTS Participants' and informants' subjective cognitive complaint scores were collected based on a 12-item questionnaire. Neuropsychological assessments of global cognitive function, memory, language, executive function, visuospatial function and calculation were performed. The relations between subjective cognitive complaint scores and cognitive function in the different diagnostic groups were assessed by linear regression model. RESULTS There were 1536 individuals and 1028 informants enrolled in this study. Self-reported subjective cognitive complaint scores from early and late mild cognitive impairment and dementia with Alzheimer's clinical syndrome participants showed no significant differences, but informants' subjective cognitive complaint scores showed a significant increase. Informant-reported subjective cognitive complaint scores related to neuropsychological tests in population with dementia. Neither self-reported nor informant-reported subjective cognitive complaint scores related to neuropsychological tests in cognitively unimpaired and mild cognitive impairment populations. CONCLUSIONS Self-reported subjective cognitive complaints alone may not be sufficient to demonstrate clinical significance in different stages of cognitive impairment. Incorporating informant-reported subjective cognitive complaints, along with considering individual's anxiety and depressive status, are crucial in assessing cognitive statuses in clinical practice.
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- S-W Peng
- Pei-Ning Wang, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2 Shih-Pai Rd, Taipei 112, Taiwan, Tel: +886-2-28757578, Fax: +886-2-28757386;
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Lin HY, Lin YC, Chen LK, Hsiao FY. Untangling the Complex Interplay between Social Isolation, Anorexia, Sarcopenia, and Mortality: Insights from a Longitudinal Study. J Nutr Health Aging 2023; 27:797-805. [PMID: 37960901 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-023-1993-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Social isolation is a pervasive and debilitating condition that has adverse prognostic impacts. This condition often co-occurs with other geriatric syndromes, further exacerbating negative health outcomes. Given these considerations, the present study aims to elucidate the roles of social isolation in older adults with anorexia of aging and/or sarcopenia with respect to long-term mortality using a nationally representative cohort study. METHODS Data were obtained from the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (TLSA), with a sample size of 3,762 study participants aged 50 years and older. Data from 1999 (wave 4) to 2015 (wave 9) were analyzed. The TLSA questionnaire was used to define social isolation, anorexia, and sarcopenia. Logistic regressions were employed to explore the associations between social isolation, anorexia, and sarcopenia. The Cox proportional hazard model was utilized to examine the synergistic effects of social isolation and anorexia or sarcopenia on 16-year all-cause mortality. RESULTS After controlling for demographic information and comorbidities, older adults with social isolation were significantly associated with anorexia (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.46 [95% confidence interval: 1.00-2.12, p=0.0475]) and sarcopenia (aOR 1.35 [95% CI: 1.12-1.64, p=0.0021]). Furthermore, the synergistic effects of social isolation with anorexia (aOR 1.65 [95% CI: 1.25-2.18, p=0.0004]) or sarcopenia (aOR 1.65 [95% CI: 1.42-1.92, p<0.0001]) were both significantly associated with higher risks of all-cause mortality, while social isolation alone revealed borderline statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that social isolation is closely linked to anorexia and sarcopenia among middle-aged and older adults. Additionally, social isolation significantly exacerbates the long-term mortality risk associated with anorexia of aging and sarcopenia. However, social isolation alone appears to have borderline long-term mortality risk in this cohort. These findings underscore the importance of addressing social isolation in older adults with anorexia and/or sarcopenia to optimize their health outcomes and mitigate long-term mortality risk.
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- H-Y Lin
- Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Linsen S. Rd, Taipei 10050, Taiwan. Tel.: 886-2-33668787, E-mail: ; Liang-Kung Chen, Professor, Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan. Tel: +886-2-28757830; Fax: +886-2-28757711; E-mail:
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Lee YJ, Lin SY, Peng SW, Lin YC, Chen TB, Wang PN, Cheng IH. Predictive Utility of Plasma Amyloid and Tau for Cognitive Decline in Cognitively Normal Adults. J Prev Alzheimers Dis 2023; 10:178-185. [PMID: 36946444 DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2023.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease affecting mostly elderly adults. Recent diagnostic criteria for AD recommend the use of imaging and/or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers together with clinical presentation for a more persuasive diagnosis. The invasiveness and expense of such examinations have led to the search for blood-based biomarkers. The plasma levels of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein and tau peptides have been found to correlate with CSF levels and imaging findings in patients with AD. This study was conducted to explore the predictive utility of plasma Aβ1-42 and total tau (t-tau) levels for cognitive decline in healthy adults. METHODS In this prospective longitudinal study, we enrolled adults aged ≥ 50 years with normal cognition at Taipei Veterans General Hospital from November 2016 to April 2019. Blood samples were collected on recruitment, and plasma Aβ1-42 and t-tau levels were quantified through immunomagnetic reduction. Thorough neurophysiological assessment was performed at baseline and at the annual follow-up visit. The participants were divided into two groups according to cognitive decline. The predictive utility of Aβ1-42 and t-tau levels was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. RESULTS Of 60 participants recruited, seven participants progressed to mild cognitive impairment and 53 retained normal cognition on follow-up (average 1.07 ± 0.2 years). The baseline levels of plasma biomarkers (Aβ1-42, t-tau, and Aβ1-42 × t-tau) were significantly higher in the progressive than in the stable group (p = 0.005, p = 0.007, and p = 0.005, respectively). Higher plasma biomarker levels (Aβ1-42 ≥ 16.96 pg/ml and Aβ1-42 × t-tau ≥ 382 pg2/ml2) predicted more cognitive decline on annual follow-up visits. CONCLUSION Plasma Aβ1-42 and t-tau levels have predictive utility for cognitive decline, even in subjects with normal cognition. Higher baseline plasma Aβ1-42 and t-tau levels may indicate a higher risk of cognitive decline in cognitively normal adults.
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- Y-J Lee
- Prof. Dr. Pei-Ning Wang, Division of General Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Rd. Beitou District, Taipei 112 (Taiwan), Phone:886-2-2871-2121, E-Mail: and Prof. Irene H. Cheng, Irene Han-Juo Cheng Lab, R736, 7F, Library and Research Building, No. 155, Sec. 2, Linong St. Beitou District, Taipei 112 (Taiwan), Phone:886-2-2826-7000, E-Mail:
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Chang LH, Hwu CM, Chu CH, Lin YC, Huang CC, You JY, Chen HS, Lin LY. The combination of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 and fibroblast growth factor 21 exhibits better prediction of renal outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Endocrinol Invest 2021; 44:2609-2619. [PMID: 33834419 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-021-01568-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Numerous biomarkers of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) are associated with renal prognosis but head-to-head comparisons are lacking. This study aimed to examine the association of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 (sTNFR1), fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF-21), endocan, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP), and renal outcomes of patients with or without clinical signs of DKD. METHODS A total of 312 patients were enrolled in a prospective observational study that excluded individuals with estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR) < 30 mL/min/1.73 m2. Composite renal outcomes included either a > 30% decline in eGFR and worsening albuminuria or both from consecutive tests of blood/urine during a 3.5-year follow-up period. RESULTS Higher sTNFR1 and FGF-21, rather than endocan and NT-pro-BNP, levels were associated with renal outcomes but the significance was lost after adjusting for confounders. However, sTNFR1 levels ≥ 9.79 pg/dL or FGF-21 levels ≥ 1.40 pg/dL were associated with renal outcomes after adjusting for the confounders (hazard ration [HR] 2.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.36-5.60, p = 0.005 for sTNFR1 level; HR 1.95, 95% CI 1.03-3.69, p = 0.03 for FGF-21 level). The combination of both levels exhibited even better association with renal outcomes than did either one alone (adjusted HR 4.45, 95% CI 1.86-10.65, p = 0.001). The results were consistent among patients with preserved renal function and normoalbuminuria. CONCLUSION Both sTNFR1 and FGF-21 levels were associated with renal outcomes of in patients with type 2 diabetes, and the combination of the abovementioned markers exhibits better predictability.
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- L-H Chang
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Yeezen General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Hsin Sheng Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan.
- School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Gao ZX, Lin YC, Wu ZP, Zhang P, Cheng QH, Ye LH, Wu FH, Chen YJ, Fu MH, Cheng CG, Gao YC. LncRNA SNHG6 can regulate the proliferation and apoptosis of rat degenerate nucleus pulposus cells via regulating the expression of miR-101-3p. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:8251-8262. [PMID: 32894531 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202008_22621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration (IDD) is a well-known consequence of low back pain, as characterized by aberrant cell proliferation and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus (NP) cells. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 (SNHG6) on deregulated functions of degenerative NP cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS After the establishment of rat IDD models, the mRNA and protein levels of collagen-I (Col-I) and collagen II (Col-II), and mRNA level of SNHG6 were detected by using reverse transcription quantitative Real Time-PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blot. We further investigated the role and molecular mechanisms of SNHG6 by overexpressing or silencing it in degenerative NP cells. Cell proliferation was measured by MTT assay and EdU staning, and apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry. The target of SNHG6 was identified by starBase and Dual-Luciferase reporter assay. RESULTS Upregulation of SNHG6 was found in IDD NP cells than in normal cells, associated with higher level of Col-I and lower level of Col-II. Overexpression of SNHG6 inhibited cell proliferation and enhanced apoptosis, accompanied by increased expression of Bax, caspase-3, and p21, as well as decreased expression of Bcl-2, which was in reverse to the treatment of SNHG6 silencing. Moreover, miR-101-3p was indicated as a target of SNHG6, and inhibition of miR-101-3p reversed the effects on proliferation and apoptosis induced by SNHG6. CONCLUSIONS SNHG6 suppressed cell proliferation and induced apoptosis by increasing expression of Bax, caspase-3, p21 and decreasing Bcl-2 through targeting miR-101-3p, which suggested that SNHG6 could be a potential target in the treatment of IDD.
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- Z-X Gao
- Department of Spine Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
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Chen FP, Fu TS, Lin YC, Lin YJ. Addition of dexamethasone to manage acute phase responses following initial zoledronic acid infusion. Osteoporos Int 2021; 32:663-670. [PMID: 33113007 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-020-05653-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED Acute phase response (APR), including myalgia, influenza-like symptoms, headache, arthralgia, and pyrexia, is the most common adverse reaction to initial zoledronic acid infusion. Dexamethasone plus acetaminophen is effective in significantly reducing the incidence and severity of APR. INTRODUCTION Acute phase response (APR), including myalgia, influenza-like symptoms, headache, arthralgia, and pyrexia, is due to immunomodulatory actions and is the most common adverse reaction to zoledronic acid (ZOL). The aims of our study were to compare the differences between acetaminophen and dexamethasone plus acetaminophen on the incidence and severity of APRs and to clarify the clinical factors related to APR with initial ZOL infusion. METHODS Patients with osteoporosis receiving their first ZOL infusion (N = 96) were assigned into two groups and given either acetaminophen (58 patients, control group) or acetaminophen plus dexamethasone (38 patients, study group). APRs were assessed through telephone interviews 2 weeks later post-infusion. Clinical, demographic, and serologic data were recorded. RESULTS There was a significant increase in the incidence and severity of any APR in the control group than the study group (67% vs. 34%, p = 0.003; 0.69 ± 0.50 vs. 0.34 ± 0.48, p = 0.001). Among the APRs, only myalgia incidence and score were significantly higher in the control group than in the study group. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that previous use of osteoporosis medication and participation in the study group was negatively related to the occurrence of any APR or myalgia. Advanced age was shown to significantly increase myalgia. Study group participants had significantly reduced severity of myalgia. The adherence for redosing ZOL was significantly higher in the study group. CONCLUSION Dexamethasone plus acetaminophen is effective in significantly reducing the incidence and severity of APR, especially myalgia, and increasing adherence following initial ZOL infusion.
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- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204, Taiwan.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222 Mai-Chin Rd., Keelung, 204, Taiwan.
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, 259, Taiwan.
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- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204, Taiwan
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- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204, Taiwan
- Department of Radiology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, 204, Taiwan
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- Research Service Center for Health Information, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, 259, Taiwan
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Perevedentseva E, Ali N, Lin YC, Karmenyan A, Chang CC, Bibikova O, Skovorodkin I, Prunskaite-Hyyryläinen R, Vainio SJ, Kinnunen M, Cheng CL. Au nanostar nanoparticle as a bio-imaging agent and its detection and visualization in biosystems. Biomed Opt Express 2020; 11:5872-5885. [PMID: 33149993 PMCID: PMC7587281 DOI: 10.1364/boe.401462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In the present work, we report the imaging of Au nanostars nanoparticles (AuNSt) and their multifunctional applications in biomedical research and theranostics applications. Their optical and spectroscopic properties are considered for the multimodal imaging purpose. The AuNSt are prepared by the seed-meditated method and characterized for use as an agent for bio-imaging. To demonstrate imaging with AuNSt, penetration and localization in different biological models such as cancer cell culture (A549 lung carcinoma cell), 3D tissue model (multicellular tumor spheroid on the base of human oral squamous carcinoma cell, SAS) and murine skin tissue are studied. AuNSt were visualized using fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) at two-photon excitation with a pulse duration 140 fs, repetition rate 80 MHz and 780 nm wavelength femtosecond laser. Strong emission of AuNSt at two-photon excitation in the near infrared range and fluorescence lifetime less than 0.5 ns were observed. It allows using AuNSt as a fluorescent marker at two-photon fluorescence microscopy and lifetime imaging (FLIM). It was shown that AuNSt can be observed inside a thick sample (tissue and its model). This is the first demonstration using AuNSt as an imaging agent for FLIM at two-photon excitation in biosystems. Increased scattering of near-infrared light upon excitation of AuNSt surface plasmon oscillation was also observed and rendered using a possible contrast agent for optical coherence tomography (OCT). AuNSt detection in a biological system using FLIM is compared with OCT on the model of AuNSt penetrating into animal skin. The AuNSt application for multimodal imaging is discussed.
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- E Perevedentseva
- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Biocenter Oulu, Infotech Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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- Biocenter Oulu, Infotech Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, Infotech Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, Infotech Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Biocenter Oulu, Infotech Oulu, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, Borealis Biobank of Northern Finland, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 8000 FI-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Chou SH, Hsueh WJ. Tunable light absorption of graphene using topological interface states. Opt Lett 2020; 45:4369-4372. [PMID: 32796960 DOI: 10.1364/ol.397738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A tunable light absorption of graphene using topological interface states (TISs) is presented. The monolayer graphene is embedded in the interface of asymmetric topological photonic crystals (ATPCs). A strong absorption phenomenon occurs by the excitation of TISs. It is found that the absorption spectra are intensively dependent on the chemical potential of graphene and the periodic number of the ATPCs. Furthermore, the absorption can be rapidly switched in a slight variation of chemical potential, which is modulated by the applied gate voltage on graphene. This study not only opens up a new approach for enhancing light-monolayer graphene interactions, but also provides for practical applications in high absorption optoelectronic devices. This strong absorption phenomenon is different from those in Fabry-Perot resonators, nano-cavities photonic crystal, and traditional topological photonic crystals (TPCs).
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Lin YC, Yan HT. Media Freedom is the Primary Culprit for Depressive Disorders: A Cross-National Analysis. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz187.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
There has been much speculation about social environments causing an epidemic of depression. The objectives of this study are to examine how media freedom influences prevalence of depressive disorders. A direct effect of free media is great levels of information complexity causing poor mental health. Two indirect effects are that media freedom facilitates modernization, which is associated with competition-related stress, and government investment in social protection, which impedes the person’s ability to manage stress.
Methods
The study used a cross-sectional analysis on determinants of prevalence of depressive disorders in 2015 covering 98 democratic countries. Media freedom was measured as the degree to which a country allows the freedom of news and information of print media, television, and radio broadcasting (0-100: least to most free). Control variables were then added, including GDP per capita growth, population density, country latitude, and religious affiliations. Further, a mediation analysis was applied to test if there is a causal pathway that links the degrees of media freedom and the levels of economic development or/and social protection to prevalence of depression.
Results
We found that an increase in the score of media freedom by 10 resulted in a 0.20 percentage point increase in prevalence of depressive disorders (%) (0.20, CI = 0.10-0.30). Our theoretical expectations were still confirmed when this study examined the relationship for each year between 2011 and 2014 (e.g. in 2014, 0.19, CI = 0.09-0.29), used an alternative index of media freedom from a practitioners’ view (0.17, CI = 0.02-0.32), or measured each country’s level of internet and digital media freedom (0.30, CI = 0.10-0.49). Further, a mediation test showed that 39.88% and 21.38% of the total effect was mediated through the economic and social pathway respectively.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that great levels of media freedom matter in increasing prevalence of depression.
Key messages
Great levels of media freedom matter in increasing prevalence of depression. There are direct and two indirect effects of media freedom on prevalence of depression.
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- Y C Lin
- Chinese Medicine Department, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Chiang JY, Fu CM, Lin YC, Ku BW, Hsu SU, Wu CK, Lin LY, Lin JL, Chiang FT, Juang JM. P1880Entropy-based algorithm for atrial fibrillation detection using photoplethysomgraphic signal recorded by a smart watch. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, and its paroxysmal and short duration nature makes its detection challenging. The most important limitation of current smartwatches is that patients need to touch to the sensor of the watch to record signals when patients feel discomfort. We developed a wearable smart watch and evaluated its accuracy to differentiate AF from sinus rhythm, which can continuously detecting heart rhythm without hand touching the device.
Methods and results
A wearable smart watch with PPG sensor and electrocardiogram (ECG) recording function was used for signal acquisition. A total 399 patients with a mean age of 67 years old were enrolled in the study, of whom 237 (81.5%) were male, and 101 have been diagnosed with AF. Pulse wave extracted from the green light spectrum of the signal and ECG were recorded for about 10 minutes for each patient. Pulse-to-pulse intervals (PPI) were automatically identified. All ECG signals were verified by two cardiologists. The correlation between R-to-R interval on ECG and PPI were excellent, with a correlation coefficient R >0.99 (p<0.05). An entropy-based algorithm which combined Shannon entropy of successive difference of PPI and sample entropy of PPI was used to discriminate between AF and sinus rhythm. This method had high sensitivity and specificity (96% and 98%, respectively), the area under receiver operating characteristic curve reached 0.98.
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We developed an entropy-based algorithm for AF detection with PPG signal recorded by a wearable smart watch. This algorithm discriminates AF from sinus rhythm accurately. This advance in technology overcomes an important clinical obstacle and can increase the AF detection rate tremendously.
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- J Y Chiang
- National Taiwan University Hospital, Internal medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- MediaTek Inc, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li MY, Ye J, Huang ZY, Lin YC, Liu AH, Li LP, Chen J, Wang YP. [Clinical analysis of five cases of autism spectrum disorder complicated with epilepsy with chromosome copy number variation]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:2615-2618. [PMID: 31510723 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.33.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the clinical features and genetic causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) patients with epilepsy. Methods: The clinical data of five patients with ASD and epilepsy admitted to Xuanwu Hospital between September 2017 and September 2018 were collected, including medical history, intelligence level, developmental level, physical examination, neuroimaging and electroencephalogram. High-throughput whole-genome sequencing was applied to five patients and their parents. Results: Of five patients, four were male and one was female. All five patients had mild mental retardation, and one patient had significant growth retardation and craniofacial deformity. The average epilepsy onset age was 6.3 years old (7 months to 16 years). The main epileptic type was tonic-clonic seizure with abnormal EEG results. All patients have a favorable response to anti-epileptic drugs. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) revealed copy number variation in all 5 patients. Among them, 3 cases were reported to be pathogenic, and 2 cases were not reported (chromosome 16p13.3 duplication and chromosome 21q22.3 deletion). Conclusions: The results of current study support that autism spectrum disorders with seizures is often associated with copy number variations, such as Williams-Beuren region duplication syndrome, chromosome 15q11.2 duplication syndrome and chromosome 15q11.2 deletion syndrome. We reported two novel copy number variations (chromosome 16p13.3 duplication and chromosome 21q22.3 deletion) in two autism spectrum disorder patients with epileptic seizures.
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- M Y Li
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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We report a 49-year-old woman who presented with a hypertensive crisis and acute heart failure and reduced left ventricular systolic function. An abdominal ultrasonography revealed a huge lobulated heterogeneous mass at the lower pole of the right kidney and a mass over the left suprarenal area, which were further delineated by magnetic resonance imaging. The patient underwent laparoscopic right radical nephrectomy and left adrenalectomy. Histopathological analysis confirmed the diagnoses of clear cell renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney with metastasis to the lung; and atypical pheochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland. Target therapy was initiated, which resulted in stabilization of the patient's tumors and the recovery of her heart function. To avoid a delayed diagnosis and catastrophic outcome, clinicians should consider such rare causes of acute decompensated heart failure.
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- H H Chen
- School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Adey D, An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen SM, Chen Y, Chen YX, Cheng J, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Cummings JP, Deng FS, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Gu WQ, Guo L, Guo XH, Guo YH, Guo Z, Hackenburg RW, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu JR, Hu T, Hu ZJ, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huang YB, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jen KL, Ji XL, Ji XP, Johnson RA, Jones D, Kang L, Kettell SH, Koerner LW, Kohn S, Kramer M, Langford TJ, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li C, Li F, Li HL, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li SJ, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu JC, Liu JL, Liu Y, Liu YH, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Ma XB, Ma XY, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Marshall C, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Mitchell I, Mora Lepin L, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu RM, Raper N, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Steiner H, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Treskov K, Tse WH, Tull CE, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang J, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wei LH, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Yang YZ, Ye M, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu HZ, Yu ZY, Yue BB, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang CC, Zhang FY, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang R, Zhang XF, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YY, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZP, Zhang ZY, Zhao J, Zheng P, Zhou L, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Measurement of the Electron Antineutrino Oscillation with 1958 Days of Operation at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:241805. [PMID: 30608728 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.241805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report a measurement of electron antineutrino oscillation from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment with nearly 4 million reactor ν[over ¯]_{e} inverse β decay candidates observed over 1958 days of data collection. The installation of a flash analog-to-digital converter readout system and a special calibration campaign using different source enclosures reduce uncertainties in the absolute energy calibration to less than 0.5% for visible energies larger than 2 MeV. The uncertainty in the cosmogenic ^{9}Li and ^{8}He background is reduced from 45% to 30% in the near detectors. A detailed investigation of the spent nuclear fuel history improves its uncertainty from 100% to 30%. Analysis of the relative ν[over ¯]_{e} rates and energy spectra among detectors yields sin^{2}2θ_{13}=0.0856±0.0029 and Δm_{32}^{2}=(2.471_{-0.070}^{+0.068})×10^{-3} eV^{2} assuming the normal hierarchy, and Δm_{32}^{2}=-(2.575_{-0.070}^{+0.068})×10^{-3} eV^{2} assuming the inverted hierarchy.
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- D Adey
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chongqing University, Chongqing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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Leng XR, Ye J, Zhou QL, Qi XH, Dong YH, Zhang LP, Zhang YF, Wang YP, Li LP, Lin YC. [Clinical features and gene analysis of TBC1D24 gene mutation related early-onset focal myoclonic epilepsy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018; 98:445-449. [PMID: 29429257 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2018.06.010] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical features and genetic characteristics of patients with TBC1D24 gene mutation related early-onset focal myoclonic epilepsy. Methods: Clinical data of 3 patients with TBC1D24 gene mutation related early-onset focal myoclonic epilepsy of Xuanwu Hospital from November 2016 to June 2017 was collected and analyzed.Candidate gene mutations were screened by second generation sequencing. Results: Among the 3 patients, 1 was male and 2 were females.Seizure onset age was 4 months, 3 years and 5 years after birth respectively. Two patients had family history of epilepsy.They all had prolonged episodes of focal myoclonus. Two patients had mental retardation.Scalp electroencephalograms (EEG) was recorded in all 3 cases and myoclonic seizures were captured.The ictal EEGs were normal in all cases. In one patient, the ictal EEG of generalized seizure showed alpha rhythm originating from left fronto-central region. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was normal in 2 patients. Abnormal signal was found bilaterally in cerebellum in 1 patient. The gene screening showed that two patients carried compound heterozygous mutation of TBC1D24 gene and one carried homozygous mutation, all of which were de novo mutations.All the patients were treated with multiple antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and seizures were uncontrolled in 2 patients. One patient was followed up for 10 months without recurrence. Conclusions: TBC1D24 gene related early-onset focal myoclonic epilepsy is clinically characterized by early onset, prolonged focal myoclonus which relieved with sleep, mental retardation and poor response to AEDs.The interictal and ictal EEG usually show normal. Genetic analysis can assist in diagnosis and genetic counseling.
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- X R Leng
- Department of Pediatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
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Lin YC, Chang YH. Poor appetite and long-term risk of falls among middle-aged and older adults: A longitudinal study. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky214.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- YC Lin
- Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Tsou CH, Hsueh WJ. Ultra-slow light in one-dimensional Cantor photonic crystals. Opt Lett 2018; 43:4120-4123. [PMID: 30160731 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.004120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ultra-slow light and complete transmission properties in one-dimensional Cantor photonic crystals are presented. In contrast to traditional dielectric photonic crystals, the proposed structure has large group delay, slower group velocity, and a high quality factor within the same layers and materials. This study shows that larger than 1 μs group delay and slower than 1 m/s group velocity are achieved in the fifth-order Cantor photonic crystal with 52.75 μm length. This ultra-slow-light structure is very promising for application in advanced slow-light devices. A high quality factor of 109 and multiband filters with complete transmission can also be obtained by using this approach.
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Petrov NV, Nalegaev SS, Belashov AV, Shevkunov IA, Putilin SE, Lin YC, Cheng CJ. Time-resolved inline digital holography for the study of noncollinear degenerate phase modulation. Opt Lett 2018; 43:3481-3484. [PMID: 30067690 DOI: 10.1364/ol.43.003481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Recent works demonstrated that digital time-resolved holography is the prospective approach to study nonlinear light-matter interaction processes. In this Letter, we present a straightforward inline holographic approach for studying degenerate phase modulation induced by an inclined collimated pump beam in the isotropic sample. The method is based on a minimization of the difference between experimentally acquired data and simulated inline holograms obtained from a numerical model of pump-probe interaction in optical nonlinear media. A sophisticated experimental data processing algorithm is implemented to provide high sensitivity and a signal-to-noise ratio eligible for soft interaction with a collimated pump beam. The integral phase shift determined by our method can be used to estimate the nonlinear refractive index and the relaxation time for material with a low damage threshold. We validated our approach for the case of soda-lime and BK7 glasses.
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Chen W, Wang S, Zhang HX, Ruan D, Xia WG, Cui YY, Zheng CT, Lin YC. Optimization of dietary zinc for egg production and antioxidant capacity in Chinese egg-laying ducks fed a diet based on corn-wheat bran and soybean meal. Poult Sci 2018; 96:2336-2343. [PMID: 28339968 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of zinc supplementation on productive performance and antioxidant status in laying ducks. Five-hundred-four laying ducks were divided into 7 treatments, each containing 6 replicates of 12 ducks. The ducks were caged individually and fed a corn-soybean meal and wheat bran basal diet (37 mg Zn/kg) or the basal diet supplemented with 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, or 90 mg Zn/kg (as zinc sulfate). During the early laying period of 10 d (daily egg production <80%), egg production, daily egg mass, and FCR increased quadratically with increasing dietary Zn levels (P < 0.05). The highest egg production and daily egg weight were obtained when 30 or 45 mg Zn/kg diet was supplemented, with lowest FCR. Similarly, the highest egg production and daily egg mass were observed in the group supplemented with 30 or 45 mg Zn/kg during the peak laying period of the subsequent 120 d (daily egg production >80%). Average egg weight and feed intake did not differ among the groups of graded Zn supplementation.The egg quality was not affected by dietary Zn, including the egg shape index, Haugh unit, yolk color score, egg composition, and shell thickness. The activities of plasma activities of total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX) increased in a quadratic manner (P < 0.001) with increasing supplemental Zn. Plasma concentration of Zn increased quadratically (P < 0.05) as dietary Zn increased. The hepatic activity of Cu/Zn-SOD and GSH-PX increased quadratically (P < 0.05) with increasing dietary Zn. Plasma Zn concentrations were positively correlated with activities of T-SOD (P < 0.05), and positively with plasma Cu. Plasma concentration of reduced glutathione was correlated with plasma Cu. In conclusion, supplementation of Zn at 30 or 45 mg/kg to a corn-wheat bran and soybean basal diet may improve the productive performance and enhance the antioxidant capacity.
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- W Chen
- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.,State Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South China, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Public Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China.,Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Tsai HJ, Chien KY, Liao HR, Shih MS, Lin YC, Chang YW, Cheng JC, Tseng CP. Functional links between Disabled-2 Ser723 phosphorylation and thrombin signaling in human platelets. J Thromb Haemost 2017; 15:2029-2044. [PMID: 28876503 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Essentials Disabled-2 (Dab2) phosphorylation status in thrombin signaling of human platelet was investigated. Ser723 was the major Dab2 phosphorylation site in human platelets stimulated by thrombin. Dab2 S723 phosphorylation (pS723) caused the dissociation of Dab2-CIN85 protein complex. Dab2-pS723 regulated ADP release and integrin αIIbβ3 activation in thrombin-treated platelets. SUMMARY Background Disabled-2 (Dab2) is a platelet protein that is functionally involved in thrombin signaling in mice. It is unknown whether or not Dab2 undergoes phosphorylation during human platelet activation. Objectives To investigate the phosphorylation status of Dab2 and its functional consequences in thrombin-stimulated human platelets. Methods Dab2 was immunoprecipitated from resting and thrombin-stimulated platelet lysates for differential isotopic labeling. After enrichment of the phosphopeptides, the phosphorylation sites were analyzed by mass spectrometry. The corresponding phospho-specific antibody was generated. The protein kinases responsible for and the functional significance of Dab2 phosphorylation were defined by the use of signaling pathway inhibitors/activators, protein kinase assays, and various molecular approaches. Results Dab2 was phosphorylated at Ser227, Ser394, Ser401 and Ser723 in thrombin-stimulated platelets, with Ser723 phosphorylation being the most significantly increased by thrombin. Dab2 was phosphorylated by protein kinase C at Ser723 in a Gαq -dependent manner. ADP released from the stimulated platelets further activated the Gβγ -dependent pathway to sustain Ser723 phosphorylation. The Cbl-interacting protein of 85 kDa (CIN85) bound to Dab2 at a motif adjacent to Ser723 in resting platelets. The consequence of Ser723 phosphorylation was the dissociation of CIN85 from the Dab2-CIN85 complex. These molecular events led to increases in fibrinogen binding and platelet aggregation in thrombin-stimulated platelets by regulating αIIb β3 activation and ADP release. Conclusions Dab2 Ser723 phosphorylation is a key molecular event in thrombin-stimulated inside-out signaling and platelet activation, contributing to a new function of Dab2 in thrombin signaling.
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Clinical Proteomics Core Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Shi YK, Wang L, Han BH, Li W, Yu P, Liu YP, Ding CM, Song X, Ma ZY, Ren XL, Feng JF, Zhang HL, Chen GY, Han XH, Wu N, Yao C, Song Y, Zhang SC, Song W, Liu XQ, Zhao SJ, Lin YC, Ye XQ, Li K, Shu YQ, Ding LM, Tan FL, Sun Y. First-line icotinib versus cisplatin/pemetrexed plus pemetrexed maintenance therapy for patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma (CONVINCE): a phase 3, open-label, randomized study. Ann Oncol 2017; 28:2443-2450. [PMID: 28945850 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Icotinib has been previously shown to be non-inferior to gefitinib in non-selected advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients when given as second- or further-line treatment. In this open-label, randomized, phase 3 CONVINCE trial, we assessed the efficacy and safety of first-line icotinib versus cisplatin/pemetrexed plus pemetrexed maintenance in lung adenocarcinoma patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eligible participants were adults with stage IIIB/IV lung adenocarcinoma and exon 19/21 EGFR mutations. Participants were randomly allocated (1 : 1) to receive oral icotinib or 3-week cycle of cisplatin plus pemetrexed for up to four cycles; non-progressive patients after four cycles were maintained with pemetrexed until disease progression or intolerable toxicity. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by independent response evaluation committee. Other end points included overall survival (OS) and safety. RESULTS Between January 2013 and August 2014, 296 patients were randomized, and 285 patients were treated (148 to icotinib, 137 to chemotherapy). Independent response evaluation committee-assessed PFS was significantly longer in the icotinib group (11.2 versus 7.9 months; hazard ratio, 0.61, 95% confidence interval 0.43-0.87; P = 0.006). No significant difference for OS was observed between treatments in the overall population or in EGFR-mutated subgroups (exon 19 Del/21 L858R). The most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events (AEs) in the icotinib group were rash (14.8%) and diarrhea (7.4%), compared with nausea (45.9%), vomiting (29.2%), and neutropenia (10.9%) in the chemotherapy group. AEs (79.1% versus 94.2%; P < 0.001) and treatment-related AEs (54.1% versus 90.5%; P < 0.001) were significantly fewer in the icotinib group than in the chemotherapy group. CONCLUSIONS First-line icotinib significantly improves PFS of advanced lung adenocarcinoma patients with EGFR mutation with a tolerable and manageable safety profile. Icotinib should be considered as a first-line treatment for this patient population.
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- Y K Shi
- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Study on Anticancer Molecular Targeted Drugs, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Study on Anticancer Molecular Targeted Drugs, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
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- Department of Pulmonology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai
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- Department of Oncology, The First Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University, Changchun
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- Department of Lung Cancer Medical Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanxi Provincial Tumor Hospital, Taiyuan
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- Department of Oncology, Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an
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- Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing
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- Department of Oncology, Tangdu Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Study on Anticancer Molecular Targeted Drugs, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
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- Department of Imaging Diagnosis, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
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- Department of Biostatistics, Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Beijing
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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- Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing
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- Department of Pulmonary Oncology, The 307th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing
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- Department of Imaging Diagnosis, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin
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- Department of Oncology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital, Nanjing
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- Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Betta Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Clinical Study on Anticancer Molecular Targeted Drugs, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing
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Huang KJ, Lee CY, Lin YC, Lin CY, Perevedentseva E, Hung SF, Cheng CL. Phagocytosis and immune response studies of Macrophage-Nanodiamond Interactions in vitro and in vivo. J Biophotonics 2017; 10:1315-1326. [PMID: 28067461 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201600202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The applications of nanodiamond as drug delivery and bio-imaging can require the relinquishing ND-drug conjugate via blood flow, where interaction with immune cells may occur. In this work, we investigated the ND penetration in macrophage and the immune response using the tissue-resident murine macrophages (RAW 264.7). Confocal fluorescence imaging, immunofluorescence analysis of nuclear translocation of interferon regulatory factor IRF-3 and transcriptional factor NF-κΒ, analysis of pro-inflammatory cytokines production IL-1β, IL-6 IL-10 with a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique were applied. The TNF-α factor production has been studied both in vitro at ND interaction with the macrophage and in vivo after ND injection in the mice blood system using immunoassay. The macrophage antibacterial function was estimated through E. coli bacterial colony formation. ND didn't stimulate the immune response and functionality of the macrophage was not altered. Using MTT test, ND was found negligibly cytotoxic to macrophages. Thus, ND can serve as a biocompatible platform for bio-medical applications. Left: Graphic representation of Nanodiamond internalization in macrophage. Right: (a) Fluorescence images of lysosomes, (b) nanodiamond and (c) merged image of nanodiamond internalization in macrophage.
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- K-J Huang
- Department of Life Sciences, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
- Institute of Biologicals, Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB), New Taipei City, 22180, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien,, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien,, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien,, 97401, Taiwan
- P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd, Shoufeng, Hualien,, 97401, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Huang TS, Wu JS, Cheung YC, Huang YH, Sung CM, Juan YH, Chen FP, Ni Mhuircheartaigh JM. Are bilateral decubitus views necessary in assessing for vertebral compression fractures using DXA vertebral fracture assessment? Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:2377-2382. [PMID: 28488133 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-4040-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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UNLABELLED The purpose of this study is to assess the differences in VFA diagnostic accuracy when using bilateral decubitus views and whether diagnostic accuracy is affected by scoliosis. Our findings show that the current practice of performing only one side is valid; however, bilateral views can improve specificity in scoliosis. INTRODUCTION The diagnostic accuracy of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) can be influenced by poor patient position and scoliosis. This study aims to assess the differences in VFA diagnostic accuracy for right and left lateral decubitus views and the effect of scoliosis. METHODS One hundred fourteen postmenopausal women received right and left lateral thoracolumbar spine dual-energy VFA and radiography. Cobb angles were measured from the posteroanterior absorptiometry image, and lumbar spine radiography was the standard reference for vertebral fracture and also provides the levels investigated. McNemar's test was used to compare accuracy between the two decubitus position and Fisher's exact test was used for patients with and without scoliosis. RESULTS Forty-two vertebral fractures (VFs) were identified. There was no significant difference in sensitivity (p = 0.125) or specificity (p = 0.866) between the left lateral decubitus (64.3, 97.2%) and right lateral decubitus (76.2, 91.1%), respectively, views. Scoliotic patients had a significantly worse specificity (92.7 vs 98.1%, p = 0.003) than patients without scoliosis; however, a combination of both decubitus positions significantly improved specificity (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION Right and left side lateral decubitus views have excellent agreement with radiography and similar diagnostic accuracy in the detection of VFs. Thus, the current practice of performing only one side is valid. With scoliosis, bilateral decubitus views can improve the specificity of detecting VF; however, this would increase radiation dose.
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- Y-C Lin
- Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, 222 Maijin Road, Keelung, Taiwan
- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Keelung, Taiwan
- Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 222 Maijin Road, Keelung, Taiwan
- Department of Chinese Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kuei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Community Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou/Taoyuan and Chang Gung University, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kuei-Shan, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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- Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, 222 Maijin Road, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, 222 Maijin Road, Keelung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou/Taoyuan and Chang Gung University, 5 Fu-Shin Street, Kuei-Shan, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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- Keelung Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment Center, Keelung, Taiwan.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, 222 Maijin Road, Keelung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng J, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Cummings JP, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guo L, Guo XH, Guo YH, Guo Z, Hackenburg RW, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu T, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huang YB, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jen KL, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Jones D, Kang L, Kettell SH, Khan A, Kohn S, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li C, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu JL, Liu JC, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Mitchell I, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ngai HY, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu RM, Raper N, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Steiner H, Stoler P, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Treskov K, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Yang YZ, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu ZY, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang CC, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang R, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YM, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhou L, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Evolution of the Reactor Antineutrino Flux and Spectrum at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:251801. [PMID: 28696753 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.251801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The Daya Bay experiment has observed correlations between reactor core fuel evolution and changes in the reactor antineutrino flux and energy spectrum. Four antineutrino detectors in two experimental halls were used to identify 2.2 million inverse beta decays (IBDs) over 1230 days spanning multiple fuel cycles for each of six 2.9 GW_{th} reactor cores at the Daya Bay and Ling Ao nuclear power plants. Using detector data spanning effective ^{239}Pu fission fractions F_{239} from 0.25 to 0.35, Daya Bay measures an average IBD yield σ[over ¯]_{f} of (5.90±0.13)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission and a fuel-dependent variation in the IBD yield, dσ_{f}/dF_{239}, of (-1.86±0.18)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission. This observation rejects the hypothesis of a constant antineutrino flux as a function of the ^{239}Pu fission fraction at 10 standard deviations. The variation in IBD yield is found to be energy dependent, rejecting the hypothesis of a constant antineutrino energy spectrum at 5.1 standard deviations. While measurements of the evolution in the IBD spectrum show general agreement with predictions from recent reactor models, the measured evolution in total IBD yield disagrees with recent predictions at 3.1σ. This discrepancy indicates that an overall deficit in the measured flux with respect to predictions does not result from equal fractional deficits from the primary fission isotopes ^{235}U, ^{239}Pu, ^{238}U, and ^{241}Pu. Based on measured IBD yield variations, yields of (6.17±0.17) and (4.27±0.26)×10^{-43} cm^{2}/fission have been determined for the two dominant fission parent isotopes ^{235}U and ^{239}Pu. A 7.8% discrepancy between the observed and predicted ^{235}U yields suggests that this isotope may be the primary contributor to the reactor antineutrino anomaly.
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- F P An
- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Wright Laboratory and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chongqing University, Chongqing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Technology, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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Lin YH, Lin YC, Lin SH, Lee YH, Lin PH, Chiang CL, Chang LR, Yang CCH, Kuo TBJ. To use or not to use? Compulsive behavior and its role in smartphone addiction. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1030. [PMID: 28195570 PMCID: PMC5438030 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Global smartphone penetration has led to unprecedented addictive behaviors. To develop a smartphone use/non-use pattern by mobile application (App) in order to identify problematic smartphone use, a total of 79 college students were monitored by the App for 1 month. The App-generated parameters included the daily use/non-use frequency, the total duration and the daily median of the duration per epoch. We introduced two other parameters, the root mean square of the successive differences (RMSSD) and the Similarity Index, in order to explore the similarity in use and non-use between participants. The non-use frequency, non-use duration and non-use-median parameters were able to significantly predict problematic smartphone use. A lower value for the RMSSD and Similarity Index, which represent a higher use/non-use similarity, were also associated with the problematic smartphone use. The use/non-use similarity is able to predict problematic smartphone use and reach beyond just determining whether a person shows excessive use.
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- Y-H Lin
- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department and Graduate School of Electrical Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,Division of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan,Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Sleep Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,Institute of Translational and Interdisciplinary Medicine, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan,National Yang-Ming University, Institute of Brain Science, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, 112 Taiwan (ROC), Taipei 11221, Taiwan. E-mail:
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Kao CC, Liu JS, Lin MH, Hsu CY, Chang FC, Lin YC, Chen HH, Chen TW, Hsu CC, Wu MS. Impact of mTOR Inhibitors on Cancer Development in Kidney Transplantation Recipients: A Population-Based Study. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:900-4. [PMID: 27234763 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor is an immunosuppressive drug used in kidney transplantation. Whether the mTOR inhibitor is associated with reduced risk of cancer development and mortality after kidney transplantation is controversial. METHODS We conducted a nationwide population-based study. Patients who did not have malignancy history and received kidney transplantation between 2010 and 2013 were enrolled. Recipients who had mTOR inhibitors (n = 430) for more than 30 days comprised the study group; 1720 recipients who did not have mTOR inhibitors comprised the control group. The primary outcome is the development of cancer after kidney transplantation. These patients were followed until the first-time admission with diagnosis of cancer, death, or the end of 2014. A Cox proportional-hazard model was used to determine the risk of cancer development and all-cause mortality. RESULTS During the 35-month median duration of observation, there were 16 and 61 patients with cancer development in the study group and the control group, respectively. The cancer incidence was 12.8 and 12.4 per 1000 person-years. There were 10 and 135 mortality cases, with the incidence rate of 7.8 and 26.9 per 1000 person-years. After multivariable adjustment, the mTOR inhibitors users were not associated with reduced risk of new cancer development as compared with control (hazard ratio [HR], 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.46-1.60; P = .63), nor risk of all-cause mortality (HR, 0.70; 95% CI, 0.33-1.46; P = .34). CONCLUSIONS The use of mTOR inhibitors was not associated with a reduction in the risk of cancer development and all-cause mortality in kidney transplantation recipients.
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- C-C Kao
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan; Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Adamson P, An FP, Anghel I, Aurisano A, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Barr G, Bishai M, Blake A, Blyth S, Bock GJ, Bogert D, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Cao SV, Carroll TJ, Castromonte CM, Cen WR, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen R, Chen SM, Chen Y, Chen YX, Cheng J, Cheng JH, Cheng YP, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Childress S, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Coelho JAB, Corwin L, Cronin-Hennessy D, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, De Rijck S, Deng ZY, Devan AV, Devenish NE, Ding XF, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Escobar CO, Evans JJ, Falk E, Feldman GJ, Flanagan W, Frohne MV, Gabrielyan M, Gallagher HR, Germani S, Gill R, Gomes RA, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Goodman MC, Gouffon P, Graf N, Gran R, Grassi M, Grzelak K, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo L, Guo RP, Guo XH, Guo Z, Habig A, Hackenburg RW, Hahn SR, Han R, Hans S, Hartnell J, Hatcher R, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Holin A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang J, Huang XT, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Hylen J, Irwin GM, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, James C, Jen KL, Jensen D, Jetter S, Ji XL, Ji XP, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, de Jong JK, Joshi J, Kafka T, Kang L, Kasahara SMS, Kettell SH, Kohn S, Koizumi G, Kordosky M, Kramer M, Kreymer A, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Lang K, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li C, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Litchfield PJ, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu JC, Liu JL, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Lucas P, Luk KB, Lv Z, Ma QM, Ma XB, Ma XY, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Mann WA, Marshak ML, Martinez Caicedo DA, Mayer N, McDonald KT, McGivern C, McKeown RD, Medeiros MM, Mehdiyev R, Meier JR, Messier MD, Miller WH, Mishra SR, Mitchell I, Mooney M, Moore CD, Mualem L, Musser J, Nakajima Y, Naples D, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Nelson JK, Newman HB, Ngai HY, Nichol RJ, Ning Z, Nowak JA, O'Connor J, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Orchanian M, Pahlka RB, Paley J, Pan HR, Park J, Patterson RB, Patton S, Pawloski G, Pec V, Peng JC, Perch A, Pfützner MM, Phan DD, Phan-Budd S, Pinsky L, Plunkett RK, Poonthottathil N, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Qiu X, Radovic A, Raper N, Rebel B, Ren J, Rosenfeld C, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Rubin HA, Sail P, Sanchez MC, Schneps J, Schreckenberger A, Schreiner P, Sharma R, Moed Sher S, Sousa A, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tagg N, Talaga RL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Thomas J, Thomson MA, Tian X, Timmons A, Todd J, Tognini SC, Toner R, Torretta D, Treskov K, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Tzanakos G, Urheim J, Vahle P, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Webb RC, Weber A, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White C, Whitehead L, Whitehead LH, Wise T, Wojcicki SG, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xing ZZ, Xu JL, Xu JY, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu ZY, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZP, Zhang ZY, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao YB, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou N, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Limits on Active to Sterile Neutrino Oscillations from Disappearance Searches in the MINOS, Daya Bay, and Bugey-3 Experiments. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:151801. [PMID: 27768356 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.151801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Searches for a light sterile neutrino have been performed independently by the MINOS and the Daya Bay experiments using the muon (anti)neutrino and electron antineutrino disappearance channels, respectively. In this Letter, results from both experiments are combined with those from the Bugey-3 reactor neutrino experiment to constrain oscillations into light sterile neutrinos. The three experiments are sensitive to complementary regions of parameter space, enabling the combined analysis to probe regions allowed by the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) and MiniBooNE experiments in a minimally extended four-neutrino flavor framework. Stringent limits on sin^{2}2θ_{μe} are set over 6 orders of magnitude in the sterile mass-squared splitting Δm_{41}^{2}. The sterile-neutrino mixing phase space allowed by the LSND and MiniBooNE experiments is excluded for Δm_{41}^{2}<0.8 eV^{2} at 95% CL_{s}.
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- P Adamson
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
- Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, CP 6165, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Warsaw, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Lauritsen Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Department, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group
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- Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74690-900, Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Athens, GR-15771 Athens, Greece
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- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
- Department of Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Physics Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Subdepartment of Particle Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chongqing University, Chongqing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Bishai M, Blyth S, Cao D, Cao GF, Cao J, Cen WR, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chen HS, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng JH, Cheng J, Cheng YP, Cheng ZK, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Chukanov A, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, Deng ZY, Ding XF, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Dolgareva M, Dove J, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo L, Guo RP, Guo XH, Guo Z, Hackenburg RW, Han R, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Higuera A, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang HX, Huang XT, Huber P, Huo W, Hussain G, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, Jen KL, Jetter S, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Joshi J, Kang L, Kettell SH, Kohn S, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Langford TJ, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lee JHC, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung JKC, Li C, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li S, Li SC, Li WD, Li XN, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin S, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu JL, Liu JC, Loh CW, Lu C, Lu HQ, Lu JS, Luk KB, Lv Z, Ma QM, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, Malyshkin Y, Martinez Caicedo DA, McDonald KT, McKeown RD, Mitchell I, Mooney M, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Ngai HY, Ning Z, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevskiy A, Pan HR, Park J, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Raper N, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tang W, Taychenachev D, Treskov K, Tsang KV, Tull CE, Viaux N, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Wei HY, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu CH, Wu Q, Wu WJ, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xing ZZ, Xu JY, Xu JL, Xu Y, Xue T, Yang CG, Yang H, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Ye Z, Yeh M, Young BL, Yu ZY, Zeng S, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang HH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang XT, Zhang YM, Zhang YX, Zhang YM, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao YB, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou N, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Improved Search for a Light Sterile Neutrino with the Full Configuration of the Daya Bay Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:151802. [PMID: 27768341 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.151802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
This Letter reports an improved search for light sterile neutrino mixing in the electron antineutrino disappearance channel with the full configuration of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. With an additional 404 days of data collected in eight antineutrino detectors, this search benefits from 3.6 times the statistics available to the previous publication, as well as from improvements in energy calibration and background reduction. A relative comparison of the rate and energy spectrum of reactor antineutrinos in the three experimental halls yields no evidence of sterile neutrino mixing in the 2×10^{-4}≲|Δm_{41}^{2}|≲0.3 eV^{2} mass range. The resulting limits on sin^{2}2θ_{14} are improved by approx imately a factor of 2 over previous results and constitute the most stringent constraints to date in the |Δm_{41}^{2}|≲0.2 eV^{2} region.
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- F P An
- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
| | | | - Y P Cheng
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
| | | | - M C Chu
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - A Chukanov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
| | - M Dolgareva
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
| | - Z Guo
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California USA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California USA
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia USA
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Shandong University, Jinan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chongqing University, Chongqing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Nanjing University, Nanjing
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York USA
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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Wang SY, Chen SC, Lin YC, Kuo YC, Chen JY, Kao CM. Acidification and sulfide formation control during reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane in groundwater: Effectiveness and mechanistic study. Chemosphere 2016; 160:216-229. [PMID: 27376861 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Revised: 03/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To enhance the reductive dechlorination of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) in groundwater, substrate injection may be required. However, substrate biodegradation causes groundwater acidification and sulfide production, which inhibits the bacteria responsible for DCA dechlorination and results in an odor problem. In the microcosm study, the effectiveness of the addition of ferrous sulfate (FS), desulfurization slag (DS), and nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) on acidification and sulfide control was studied during reductive dechlorination of DCA, and the emulsified substrate (ES) was used as the substrate. Up to 94% of the sulfide was removed with FS and DS addition (0.25 wt%) (initial DCA concentration = 13.5 mg/L). FS and DS amendments resulted in the formation of a metal sulfide, which reduced the hydrogen sulfide concentration as well as the subsequent odor problem. Approximately 96% of the DCA was degraded under reductive dechlorination with nZVI or DS addition using ES as the substrate. In microcosms with nZVI or DS addition, the sulfide concentration was reduced to less than 15 μg/L. Acidification can be controlled via hydroxide ions production after nZVI oxidation and reaction of free CaO (released from DS) with water, which enhanced DCA dechlorination. The quantitative polymerase chain reaction results confirmed that the microcosms with nZVI added had the highest Dehalococcoides population (up to 2.5 × 10(8) gene copies/g soil) due to effective acidification control. The α-elimination mechanism was the main abiotic process, and reductive dechlorination dominated by Dehalococcides was the biotic mechanism that resulted in DCA removal. More than 22 bacterial species were detected, and dechlorinating bacteria existed in soils under alkaline and acidic conditions.
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- S Y Wang
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Formosa Petrochemical Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Formosa Petrochemical Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Wu KT, Lin ZR, Perevedentseva E, Karmenyan A, Lin MD, Cheng CL. Nanodiamond for biolabelling and toxicity evaluation in the zebrafish embryo in vivo. J Biophotonics 2016; 9:827-836. [PMID: 27093912 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201500304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 11/24/2015] [Revised: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Nanodiamond (ND) has been proposed for various biomedical applications, including bioimaging, biosensing and drug delivery, owing to its physical-chemical properties and biocompatibility. Particularly, ND has been demonstrated as fluorescence- and Raman-detectable labels in many cellular models. Different surface functionalization methods have been developed, varying the ND's surface properties and rendering the possibility to attach biomolecules to provide interaction with biological targets. For this, toxicity is of major concern in animal models. Aside from cellular models, a cost-effective animal test will greatly facilitate the development of applications. In this study, we use the rapid, sensitive and reproducible zebrafish embryo model for in vivo nanotoxicity test. We optimize the conditions for using this animal model and analyze the zebrafish embryonic development in the presence of ND. ND is observed in the embryo in vivo using laser confocal fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging. Using the zebrafish model for a safety evaluation of ND-based nanolabel is discussed.
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan
- P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, 1, Sec. 2 Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, 97403, Hualien, Taiwan.
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Luo HY, Li YH, Wang W, Wang ZQ, Yuan X, Ma D, Wang FH, Zhang DS, Lin DR, Lin YC, Jia J, Hu XH, Peng JW, Xu RH. Single-agent capecitabine as maintenance therapy after induction of XELOX (or FOLFOX) in first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety. Ann Oncol 2016; 27:1074-1081. [PMID: 26940686 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The optimal strategy of maintenance therapy for patients with mCRC is controversial. This study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of maintenance therapy with capecitabine versus observation following inductive chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase III trial, patients who received 18-24 weeks of induction chemotherapy with XELOX or FOLFOX and achieved disease control were randomly assigned centrally (1:1) to receive maintenance therapy of capecitabine or only observation until disease progression. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) from randomization; the secondary end points included overall survival (OS), PFS from induction treatment (PFS2) and safety. Analyses were done by intention to treat. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT02027363. RESULTS Between 30 July 2010 and 15 September 2013, 274 patients were enrolled in the study from 11 sites in China and randomly assigned to maintenance group (n = 136) or observation group (n = 138). Clinicopathological characteristics were balanced in two groups. The median follow-up time from randomization was 29.0 months [interquartile range (IQR) 21-36 months]. The primary end point of PFS was statistically significantly longer in capecitabine maintenance group than in observation group {6.43 [95% confidence interval (CI) 5.26-7.71] versus 3.43 (2.83-4.16) months, HR 0.54 (0.42-0.70), P < 0.001}. The median OS of capecitabine maintenance group was longer than that of observation group, but not statistically significant [25.63 (22.46-27.80) versus 23.30 (19.68-26.92) months; HR 0.85 (0.64-1.11), P = 0.2247]. Similar safety profiles were observed in both arms. The most common grade 3 or 4 toxicities in capecitabine maintenance group versus observation group were neutropenia, hand-foot syndrome, and mucositis. CONCLUSIONS Maintenance therapy with a single agent of capecitabine can be considered an appropriate option following the induction of XELOX or FOLFOX in mCRC patients with acceptable toxicities. CLINICAL TRIALS NUMBER NCT02027363.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Huizhou Central Hospital, Huizhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Jiangmen
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Zhongshan People's Hospital, Zhongshan, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou.
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Hsiao J, Yuan TY, Tsai MS, Lu CY, Lin YC, Lee ML, Lin SW, Chang FC, Liu Pimentel H, Olive C, Coito C, Shen G, Young M, Thorne T, Lawrence M, Magistri M, Faghihi MA, Khorkova O, Wahlestedt C. Upregulation of Haploinsufficient Gene Expression in the Brain by Targeting a Long Non-coding RNA Improves Seizure Phenotype in a Model of Dravet Syndrome. EBioMedicine 2016; 9:257-277. [PMID: 27333023 PMCID: PMC4972487 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Dravet syndrome is a devastating genetic brain disorder caused by heterozygous loss-of-function mutation in the voltage-gated sodium channel gene SCN1A. There are currently no treatments, but the upregulation of SCN1A healthy allele represents an appealing therapeutic strategy. In this study we identified a novel, evolutionary conserved mechanism controlling the expression of SCN1A that is mediated by an antisense non-coding RNA (SCN1ANAT). Using oligonucleotide-based compounds (AntagoNATs) targeting SCN1ANAT we were able to induce specific upregulation of SCN1A both in vitro and in vivo, in the brain of Dravet knock-in mouse model and a non-human primate. AntagoNAT-mediated upregulation of Scn1a in postnatal Dravet mice led to significant improvements in seizure phenotype and excitability of hippocampal interneurons. These results further elucidate the pathophysiology of Dravet syndrome and outline a possible new approach for the treatment of this and other genetic disorders with similar etiology.
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- J Hsiao
- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- Dep. Clinical Laboratory Science and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan; Center for Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 7, Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- RxGen, 100 Deepwood Drive, Hamden, CT 06517, USA
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami 33136, FL, USA
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami 33136, FL, USA
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- OPKO Health Inc., 10320 USA Today Way, Miramar, FL 33025, USA
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- Center for Therapeutic Innovation and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1501 NW 10th Avenue, Miami 33136, FL, USA.
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Liu H, Juan YH, Wang Q, Xie J, Hou Q, Fei H, Zhang X, Zhou H, Liang C, Lin YC, Kwong RY, Saboo SS. Aortic root ring sign: multimodality imaging of aortic root abscess. QJM 2016; 109:53-4. [PMID: 25852152 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China,
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China and
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- From the Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Respiratory Therapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Respiratory Therapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Respiratory Therapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Respiratory Therapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Center, China Medical University and China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Hu WY. P-73 Develop a culturally oriented advance care planning intervention model for community older adults in taiwan – a study protocol. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000978.203] [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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- Y-H Hu
- Department of Dermatology, Taipei MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology, Taipei MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wu TL, Tsai CC, Wang YY, Ho KY, Wu YM, Hung HC, Lin YC. The association between the RAGE G82S polymorphism, sRAGE and chronic periodontitis in Taiwanese individuals with and without diabetes. J Periodontal Res 2015; 50:881-9. [PMID: 25988707 DOI: 10.1111/jre.12282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The present study investigated the association between the RAGE G82S polymorphism, the plasma levels of sRAGE and chronic periodontitis in subjects with and without diabetes mellitus (DM). MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 230 patients with DM and 264 non-DM participants were recruited for this study. Genotyping of the RAGE G82S polymorphism was accomplished using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism, and associations were analyzed with the chi-squared test and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS In the non-DM group, the chi-squared test showed that the frequency distributions of the G82S polymorphism were significantly different between chronic periodontitis and non-chronic periodontitis subjects (χ(2) = 8.39, p = 0.02). A multivariate logistic regression model showed that the (G82S + S82S) genotypes were associated with a significantly increased risk of chronic periodontitis development compared to the G82G genotype (adjusted odds ratio = 2.06, 95% confidence interval: 1.08-4.07). In the DM group, there was no association between the G82S polymorphism and chronic periodontitis development when a multivariate logistic regression was performed. Plasma levels of sRAGE were significantly higher in subjects with the G82G genotype compared to those with the (G82S + S82S) genotypes in both the non-DM (856.6 ± 332.0 vs. 720.4 ± 311.4 pg/mL, p = 0.003) and DM groups (915.3 ± 497.1 vs. 603.5 ± 298.3 pg/mL, p < 0.0001). However, there was no difference in plasma sRAGE levels between chronic periodontitis and non-chronic periodontitis subjects in both the DM and non-DM groups. Moreover, when the subjects were further sub-divided by the G82S polymorphism, the difference in plasma levels of sRAGE between chronic periodontitis and non-chronic periodontitis subjects in the DM and non-DM groups remained statistically insignificant. CONCLUSIONS The present study revealed that the RAGE G82S polymorphism was associated with chronic periodontitis in the non-DM group but not in the DM group. Our results also showed that the plasma levels of sRAGE were significantly higher in subjects with the RAGE G82G genotype, and this correlation was not affected by the presence of chronic periodontitis in the DM and non-DM groups.
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- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, College of Health and Nursing, Meiho University, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lien WC, Chang JH, Guo NW, Lin YC, Hsieh PC, Kuan TS. Determinants of Perceived Physical Environment Barriers among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Taiwan. J Nutr Health Aging 2015; 19:575-82. [PMID: 25923489 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0473-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that mobility, activities of daily living, and the interaction between them can play a key role in determining perceived physical environment barriers among community-dwelling elderly. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Community. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and ninety-seven community-dwelling elderly with more than 7 points on the Short Portable Mental State Questionnaire and less than 7 points on the Geriatric Depression Scale (15 items). INTERVENTION None. MEASUREMENTS Time Get-up and Go test (TUG), the subscales of basic activity of daily living (BADL)/instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) of the Hierarchy of Care Required (HCR), and the physical/structural subscale of the Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors in Community-dwelling Elderly in Taiwan were used to measure mobility, activities of daily living and perceived physical environment barriers, respectively. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were used to test the study hypothesis. RESULTS Significant and positive relations were found to exist between perceived physical environment barriers and (1) the TUG time (β=.300, p<.05), and (2) the IADL score for the HCR (β=.322, p<.05), respectively. A significant and negative relation existed between perceived physical environment barriers and the interaction term (the TUG time and the IADL score for the HCR) (β=-.211, p<.05). CONCLUSION Mobility, IADL and the interaction between them are found to be significant determinants of perceived physical environment barriers in the community-dwelling elderly under consideration. Strategies targeting the enhancement of mobility among community-dwelling elderly are suggested to lead to improvements in the degree to which physical environment barriers are perceived. This beneficial effect could be greater in the case of elderly individuals with better IADL function.
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- T.S. Kuan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University. No.138, Sheng-Li Road, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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Pi TW, Lin YH, Fanchiang YT, Chiang TH, Wei CH, Lin YC, Wertheim GK, Kwo J, Hong M. In-situ atomic layer deposition of tri-methylaluminum and water on pristine single-crystal (In)GaAs surfaces: electronic and electric structures. Nanotechnology 2015; 26:164001. [PMID: 25824203 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/16/164001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The electronic structure of single-crystal (In)GaAs deposited with tri-methylaluminum (TMA) and water via atomic layer deposition (ALD) is presented with high-resolution synchrotron radiation core-level photoemission and capacitance-voltage (CV) characteristics. The interaction of the precursor atoms with (In)GaAs is confined at the topmost surface layer. The Ga-vacant site on the GaAs(111)A-2 × 2 surface is filled with Al, thereby effectively passivating the As dangling bonds. The As-As dimers on the GaAs(001)-2 × 4 surface are entirely passivated by one cycle of TMA and water. The presumed layerwise deposition fails to happen in GaAs(001)-4 × 6. In In0.20Ga0.80As(001)-2 × 4, the edge row As atoms are partially bonded with the Al, and one released methyl then bonds with the In. It is suggested that the unpassivated surface and subsurface atoms cause large frequency dispersions in CV characteristics under the gate bias. We also found that the (In)GaAs surface is immune to water in ALD. However, the momentary exposure of it to air (less than one minute) introduces significant signals of native oxides. This indicates the necessity of in situ works of high κ/(In)GaAs-related experiments in order to know the precise interfacial atomic bonding and thus know the electronic characteristics. The electric CV measurements of the ALD-Al2O3 on these (In)GaAs surfaces are correlated with their electronic properties.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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Chang PF, Lin YC, Liu K, Yeh SJ, Ni YH. Heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism and the risk of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Int J Obes (Lond) 2015; 39:1236-40. [PMID: 25835554 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Oxidative stress and the insulin-resistant state are thought to be key components in the pathogenesis of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Heme oxygenase (HO) is important in the defense against oxidative stress. This study aimed to assess the association of HO-1 gene promoter polymorphism and insulin resistance with NAFLD among obese children. METHODS A total of 101 obese children aged 6-17 years were recruited. Anthropometric, serum biochemical variables and biomarkers for glucose and insulin metabolism were measured. We screened the allelic frequencies of (GT)n repeats in the HO-1 gene promoter among these obese children. NAFLD was determined through liver ultrasonography. Because the distribution of numbers of (GT)n repeats was bimodal, we divided the alleles into two classes: class S included shorter (27) repeats, and class L included longer (⩾27) repeats. We assessed the effects of the length of (GT)n repeats in HO-1 gene promoter on pediatric NAFLD. RESULTS Of the 101 obese subjects, 27 (26.7%) had NAFLD. The alanine aminotransferase level was higher in patients carrying L alleles (L/L and L/S) than patients with S alleles (S/S) (46.2±49.3 IU|(-1) versus 30.2±20.1 IU|(-1); P=0.027). The significant risk factors for pediatric NAFLD were patients carrying L alleles (L/L and L/S) (odds ratio (OR)=18.84; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.45-245.22; P=0.025), homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (OR=1.40; 95% CI: 1.07-1.83; P=0.014) and age (OR=1.24; 95% CI: 1.03-1.50; P=0.025). CONCLUSION In this hospital-based study, the obese children with longer GT repeats in the HO-1 gene promoter and insulin resistance were susceptible to NAFLD.
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan [2] Department of Healthcare Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan [2] Department of Healthcare Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan [2] Department of Healthcare Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology, Pan-Chiao, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common form of thyroid malignancy in children and adult with frequent metastases to the cervical lymph nodes. We present a case of metastatic papillary thyroid cancer with remarkable imaging findings of consecutive metastatic calcified lymph nodes resembling a chain of rings. While accompanying by a coarsely calcified thyroid mass, possible thyroid cancer should be considered and serve as a guide to warrant further thyroid cancer evaluation.
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Hsu K, Yao CC, Lin YC, Chang CL, Lee TY. Dissecting alternative splicing in the formation of Miltenberger glycophorin subtype III (GYP.Mur). Vox Sang 2015; 108:403-9. [PMID: 25753520 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Miltenberger subtype III (Mi.III, GP.Mur) is one of the most important red cell phenotypes in the fields of transfusion in South-East Asia. GP.Mur is believed to evolve from homologous gene recombination events between glycophorin A (GYPA) and glycophorin B (GYPB). GYP.Mur differs from GYPB in only seven nucleotides dispersed near the region of 3' exon 3 of GYP.Mur. The goal of this study was to dissect how these nucleotide variants affected splicing of exon 3. MATERIALS AND METHODS We first designed two minigene constructs: one containing GYP.Mur from exon 2 to exon 4 and the other containing GYPB in the same region. To test how these nucleotide variations between GYP.Mur and GYPB affected the splicing, a repertoire of the GYP.Mur-like minigene constructs with different point mutations were created. These minigene variants were evaluated for their abilities to induce splicing of exon 3 using a heterologous expression system. RESULTS (1) GYP.Mur minigene expressed exons 2, 3 and 4, whereas GYPB minigene expressed only exon 2 and exon 4. (2) The single nucleotide alteration at the position of the 5' splice site of glycophorin intron 3 reversed the splicing decision. (3) The nucleotide variations between GYP.Mur and GYPB other than that at the 5' splice site showed very little or no effect on splicing of exon 3. CONCLUSION Splicing of the glycophorin B-A-B hybrids (GYP.Mur and GYP.BUN) and unsplicing of GYPB follow the GU-AG rule strictly.
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- Mackay Memorial Hospital Transfusion Medicine Laboratory & Blood Bank, Tamsui, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080 From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080 From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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- From the Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) and Radiology, Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 33305, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan 20401 and Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, GuangZhou, GuangDong, China 510080
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Lin YC, Li YH, Chang CH, Hu CC, Chen DW, Hsieh PH, Lee MS, Ueng SWN, Chang Y. Rheumatoid arthritis patients with hip fracture: a nationwide study. Osteoporos Int 2015; 26:811-7. [PMID: 25410437 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-014-2968-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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SUMMARY The study was to investigate the outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with hip fractures with a large-scale, population-based, nationwide, case-cohort study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance database. The group has hip fractures at a younger age, higher complication, and mortality rate, which indicate that early intervention is necessary. INTRODUCTION This study seeks to evaluate the incidence, mortality, and complication rates in RA patients with hip fractures, using a nationwide database. METHODS Data were collected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. The study group included 117,129 patients with hip fractures diagnosed from January 2004 to December 2010. Matching based on the propensity of RA patients was used. In total, 1,088 hip fractures were reported among patients with RA. Patients with hip fractures were divided into two groups: those without RA (controls) and those with RA (RA group). The incidence of hip fracture and mortality and complication rates after the hip fracture were then compared between the two groups. RESULTS RA patients had a significantly higher incidence of hip fracture (3,260/100,000 person-years) compared with the general population (72/100,000 person-years). Hip fractures occurred significantly earlier among RA patients (70.6±5.3 years) compared with the control group (76.1±6.2 years). Cumulative mortality rates at 6-month and 1-year follow-up were significantly higher among patients in the RA group (9.47 and 18.47%) compared to the controls (8.47 and 13.62%) and among RA patients without hip fractures (3.24 and 6.16%). There was a significantly higher incidence of osteomyelitis after hip fracture among the RA group than among the body mass index-, comorbidity-, age-, and sex-matched patients in the control group. CONCLUSIONS Compared to patients without RA, those with RA have a higher incidence of hip fractures at a relatively younger age and with higher complication and mortality rates. Steroid and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, the most common medicine in Taiwanese RA patients, might contribute to the high incidence of fracture and post-op infection. Appropriate early intervention to prevent hip fractures in RA patients is a critical issue in rheumatology care.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linko, No. 5 Fu-Hsing St. Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Y-H Juan
- From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Lin YC, Su KW, Huang KF, Chen YF. Pattern formation of second harmonic conical waves in a nonlinear medium with extended defect structure. Opt Express 2014; 22:27859-27868. [PMID: 25402028 DOI: 10.1364/oe.22.027859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate the propagation of the conical second harmonic fields generated from a nonlinear crystal with extended defects to investigate their pattern formation. The generated second harmonic waves are found to be the interference of multiple Bessel-like beams that originate from distinct longitudinal layers inside the crystal. To reconstruct the experimental results, we model the individual Bessel-like beam to be the superposition of an ensemble of identical decentered Gaussian waves with random phases. We present that the randomness of the phases leads the Bessel-like beams to show wave profiles with different extent of localization. Moreover, we use the coherent superposition of the developed wave functions with a phase factor to manifest the interference of multiple Bessel-like beams. The relative phases among the Bessel-like beams are shown to be closely related to the near and far-field patterns. With the experimental observations and the theoretical model, the relative phases are decided to successfully reconstruct the propagation characteristics of the multiple Bessel-like beams.
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An FP, Balantekin AB, Band HR, Beriguete W, Bishai M, Blyth S, Butorov I, Cao GF, Cao J, Chan YL, Chang JF, Chang LC, Chang Y, Chasman C, Chen H, Chen QY, Chen SM, Chen X, Chen X, Chen YX, Chen Y, Cheng YP, Cherwinka JJ, Chu MC, Cummings JP, de Arcos J, Deng ZY, Ding YY, Diwan MV, Draeger E, Du XF, Dwyer DA, Edwards WR, Ely SR, Fu JY, Ge LQ, Gill R, Gonchar M, Gong GH, Gong H, Grassi M, Gu WQ, Guan MY, Guo XH, Hackenburg RW, Han GH, Hans S, He M, Heeger KM, Heng YK, Hinrichs P, Hor YK, Hsiung YB, Hu BZ, Hu LM, Hu LJ, Hu T, Hu W, Huang EC, Huang H, Huang XT, Huber P, Hussain G, Isvan Z, Jaffe DE, Jaffke P, Jen KL, Jetter S, Ji XP, Ji XL, Jiang HJ, Jiao JB, Johnson RA, Kang L, Kettell SH, Kramer M, Kwan KK, Kwok MW, Kwok T, Lai WC, Lau K, Lebanowski L, Lee J, Lei RT, Leitner R, Leung A, Leung JKC, Lewis CA, Li DJ, Li F, Li GS, Li QJ, Li WD, Li XN, Li XQ, Li YF, Li ZB, Liang H, Lin CJ, Lin GL, Lin PY, Lin SK, Lin YC, Ling JJ, Link JM, Littenberg L, Littlejohn BR, Liu DW, Liu H, Liu JL, Liu JC, Liu SS, Liu YB, Lu C, Lu HQ, Luk KB, Ma QM, Ma XY, Ma XB, Ma YQ, McDonald KT, McFarlane MC, McKeown RD, Meng Y, Mitchell I, Monari Kebwaro J, Nakajima Y, Napolitano J, Naumov D, Naumova E, Nemchenok I, Ngai HY, Ning Z, Ochoa-Ricoux JP, Olshevski A, Patton S, Pec V, Peng JC, Piilonen LE, Pinsky L, Pun CSJ, Qi FZ, Qi M, Qian X, Raper N, Ren B, Ren J, Rosero R, Roskovec B, Ruan XC, Shao BB, Steiner H, Sun GX, Sun JL, Tam YH, Tang X, Themann H, Tsang KV, Tsang RHM, Tull CE, Tung YC, Viren B, Vorobel V, Wang CH, Wang LS, Wang LY, Wang M, Wang NY, Wang RG, Wang W, Wang WW, Wang X, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang Z, Wang ZM, Webber DM, Wei HY, Wei YD, Wen LJ, Whisnant K, White CG, Whitehead L, Wise T, Wong HLH, Wong SCF, Worcester E, Wu Q, Xia DM, Xia JK, Xia X, Xing ZZ, Xu JY, Xu JL, Xu J, Xu Y, Xue T, Yan J, Yang CC, Yang L, Yang MS, Yang MT, Ye M, Yeh M, Yeh YS, Young BL, Yu GY, Yu JY, Yu ZY, Zang SL, Zeng B, Zhan L, Zhang C, Zhang FH, Zhang JW, Zhang QM, Zhang Q, Zhang SH, Zhang YC, Zhang YM, Zhang YH, Zhang YX, Zhang ZJ, Zhang ZY, Zhang ZP, Zhao J, Zhao QW, Zhao Y, Zhao YB, Zheng L, Zhong WL, Zhou L, Zhou ZY, Zhuang HL, Zou JH. Search for a light sterile neutrino at Daya Bay. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:141802. [PMID: 25325631 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.141802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A search for light sterile neutrino mixing was performed with the first 217 days of data from the Daya Bay Reactor Antineutrino Experiment. The experiment's unique configuration of multiple baselines from six 2.9 GW(th) nuclear reactors to six antineutrino detectors deployed in two near (effective baselines 512 m and 561 m) and one far (1579 m) underground experimental halls makes it possible to test for oscillations to a fourth (sterile) neutrino in the 10(-3) eV(2)<|Δm(41)(2) |< 0.3 eV(2) range. The relative spectral distortion due to the disappearance of electron antineutrinos was found to be consistent with that of the three-flavor oscillation model. The derived limits on sin(2) 2θ(14) cover the 10(-3) eV(2) ≲ |Δm(41)(2)| ≲ 0.1 eV(2) region, which was largely unexplored.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- National United University, Miao-Li
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
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- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - S H Kettell
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
| | - K Lau
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - L Lebanowski
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - J Lee
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - R T Lei
- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - R Leitner
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
| | - A Leung
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing and Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
| | - H Liang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
| | - C J Lin
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
| | - J J Ling
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA and Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
| | - J M Link
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
| | - L Littenberg
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - B R Littlejohn
- Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| | - D W Liu
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
| | - J C Liu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
| | - Y B Liu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - C Lu
- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
| | - H Q Lu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - K B Luk
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Q M Ma
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - X Y Ma
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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- North China Electric Power University, Beijing
| | - Y Q Ma
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - K T McDonald
- Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
| | | | - R D McKeown
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
| | - Y Meng
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
| | - I Mitchell
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | | | - Y Nakajima
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - J Napolitano
- Department of Physics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - D Naumov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
| | - E Naumova
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
| | - I Nemchenok
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
| | - H Y Ngai
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
| | - Z Ning
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J P Ochoa-Ricoux
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - A Olshevski
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region
| | - S Patton
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - V Pec
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
| | - J C Peng
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
| | - L E Piilonen
- Center for Neutrino Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
| | - L Pinsky
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C S J Pun
- Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
| | - F Z Qi
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - M Qi
- Nanjing University, Nanjing
| | - X Qian
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - N Raper
- Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
| | - B Ren
- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - J Ren
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
| | - R Rosero
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - B Roskovec
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
| | - X C Ruan
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
| | - B B Shao
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - H Steiner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J L Sun
- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
| | - Y H Tam
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - X Tang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - H Themann
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - K V Tsang
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - R H M Tsang
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
| | - C E Tull
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Y C Tung
- Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei
| | - B Viren
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - V Vorobel
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Prague
| | - C H Wang
- National United University, Miao-Li
| | - L S Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - L Y Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - M Wang
- Shandong University, Jinan
| | - N Y Wang
- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
| | - R G Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - W Wang
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA and Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, Guangzhou
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- College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha
| | - Y F Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Z Wang
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - Z Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Z M Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - D M Webber
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| | - H Y Wei
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - Y D Wei
- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - L J Wen
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - C G White
- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - L Whitehead
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - T Wise
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| | - H L H Wong
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - S C F Wong
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - E Worcester
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - Q Wu
- Shandong University, Jinan
| | - D M Xia
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J K Xia
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - X Xia
- Shandong University, Jinan
| | - Z Z Xing
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J Y Xu
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
| | - J L Xu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J Xu
- Beijing Normal University, Beijing
| | - Y Xu
- School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin
| | - T Xue
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - J Yan
- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an
| | - C C Yang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - L Yang
- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - M S Yang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - M Ye
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - M Yeh
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - Y S Yeh
- Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu
| | - B L Young
- Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
| | - G Y Yu
- Nanjing University, Nanjing
| | - J Y Yu
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - Z Y Yu
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - B Zeng
- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
| | - L Zhan
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - C Zhang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
| | - F H Zhang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J W Zhang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | | | - Q Zhang
- Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu
| | - S H Zhang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Y C Zhang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
| | - Y M Zhang
- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing
| | - Y H Zhang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Y X Zhang
- China General Nuclear Power Group, Shenzhen
| | - Z J Zhang
- Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan
| | - Z Y Zhang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Z P Zhang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
| | - J Zhao
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Q W Zhao
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Y Zhao
- North China Electric Power University, Beijing and College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
| | - Y B Zhao
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - L Zheng
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei
| | - W L Zhong
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - L Zhou
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - Z Y Zhou
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing
| | - H L Zhuang
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
| | - J H Zou
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing
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