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Arrazola JM, Bergholm V, Brádler K, Bromley TR, Collins MJ, Dhand I, Fumagalli A, Gerrits T, Goussev A, Helt LG, Hundal J, Isacsson T, Israel RB, Izaac J, Jahangiri S, Janik R, Killoran N, Kumar SP, Lavoie J, Lita AE, Mahler DH, Menotti M, Morrison B, Nam SW, Neuhaus L, Qi HY, Quesada N, Repingon A, Sabapathy KK, Schuld M, Su D, Swinarton J, Száva A, Tan K, Tan P, Vaidya VD, Vernon Z, Zabaneh Z, Zhang Y. Quantum circuits with many photons on a programmable nanophotonic chip. Nature 2021; 591:54-60. [PMID: 33658692 PMCID: PMC11008968 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03202-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Growing interest in quantum computing for practical applications has led to a surge in the availability of programmable machines for executing quantum algorithms1,2. Present-day photonic quantum computers3-7 have been limited either to non-deterministic operation, low photon numbers and rates, or fixed random gate sequences. Here we introduce a full-stack hardware-software system for executing many-photon quantum circuit operations using integrated nanophotonics: a programmable chip, operating at room temperature and interfaced with a fully automated control system. The system enables remote users to execute quantum algorithms that require up to eight modes of strongly squeezed vacuum initialized as two-mode squeezed states in single temporal modes, a fully general and programmable four-mode interferometer, and photon number-resolving readout on all outputs. Detection of multi-photon events with photon numbers and rates exceeding any previous programmable quantum optical demonstration is made possible by strong squeezing and high sampling rates. We verify the non-classicality of the device output, and use the platform to carry out proof-of-principle demonstrations of three quantum algorithms: Gaussian boson sampling, molecular vibronic spectra and graph similarity8. These demonstrations validate the platform as a launchpad for scaling photonic technologies for quantum information processing.
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Xanadu, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abba A, Accorsi C, Agnes P, Alessi E, Amaudruz P, Annovi A, Desages FA, Back S, Badia C, Bagger J, Basile V, Batignani G, Bayo A, Bell B, Beschi M, Biagini D, Bianchi G, Bicelli S, Bishop D, Boccali T, Bombarda A, Bonfanti S, Bonivento WM, Bouchard M, Breviario M, Brice S, Brown R, Calvo-Mozota JM, Camozzi L, Camozzi M, Capra A, Caravati M, Carlini M, Ceccanti A, Celano B, Cela Ruiz JM, Charette C, Cogliati G, Constable M, Crippa C, Croci G, Cudmore S, Dahl CE, Dal Molin A, Daley M, Di Guardo C, D'Avenio G, Davignon O, Del Tutto M, De Ruiter J, Devoto A, Diaz Gomez Maqueo P, Di Francesco F, Dossi M, Druszkiewicz E, Duma C, Elliott E, Farina D, Fernandes C, Ferroni F, Finocchiaro G, Fiorillo G, Ford R, Foti G, Fournier RD, Franco D, Fricbergs C, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Garcia Abia P, Gargantini A, Giacomelli L, Giacomini F, Giacomini F, Giarratana LS, Gillespie S, Giorgi D, Girma T, Gobui R, Goeldi D, Golf F, Gorel P, Gorini G, Gramellini E, Grosso G, Guescini F, Guetre E, Hackman G, Hadden T, Hawkins W, Hayashi K, Heavey A, Hersak G, Hessey N, Hockin G, Hudson K, Ianni A, Ienzi C, Ippolito V, James CC, Jillings C, Kendziora C, Khan S, Kim E, King M, King S, Kittmer A, Kochanek I, Kowalkowski J, Krücken R, Kushoro M, Kuula S, Laclaustra M, Leblond G, Lee L, Lennarz A, Leyton M, Li X, Liimatainen P, Lim C, Lindner T, Lomonaco T, Lu P, Lubna R, Lukhanin GA, Luzón G, MacDonald M, Magni G, Maharaj R, Manni S, Mapelli C, Margetak P, Martin L, Martin S, Martínez M, Massacret N, McClurg P, McDonald AB, Meazzi E, Migalla R, Mohayai T, Tosatti LM, Monzani G, Moretti C, Morrison B, Mountaniol M, Muraro A, Napoli P, Nati F, Natzke CR, Noble AJ, Norrick A, Olchanski K, Ortiz de Solorzano A, Padula F, Pallavicini M, Palumbo I, Panontin E, Papini N, Parmeggiano L, Parmeggiano S, Patel K, Patel A, Paterno M, Pellegrino C, Pelliccione P, Pesudo V, Pocar A, Pope A, Pordes S, Prelz F, Putignano O, Raaf JL, Ratti C, Razeti M, Razeto A, Reed D, Refsgaard J, Reilly T, Renshaw A, Retriere F, Riccobene E, Rigamonti D, Rizzi A, Rode J, Romualdez J, Russel L, Sablone D, Sala S, Salomoni D, Salvo P, Sandoval A, Sansoucy E, Santorelli R, Savarese C, Scapparone E, Schaubel T, Scorza S, Settimo M, Shaw B, Shawyer S, Sher A, Shi A, Skensved P, Slutsky A, Smith B, Smith NJT, Stenzler A, Straubel C, Stringari P, Suchenek M, Sur B, Tacchino S, Takeuchi L, Tardocchi M, Tartaglia R, Thomas E, Trask D, Tseng J, Tseng L, VanPagee L, Vedia V, Velghe B, Viel S, Visioli A, Viviani L, Vonica D, Wada M, Walter D, Wang H, Wang MHLS, Westerdale S, Wood D, Yates D, Yue S, Zambrano V. The novel Mechanical Ventilator Milano for the COVID-19 pandemic. Phys Fluids (1994) 2021; 33:037122. [PMID: 33897243 PMCID: PMC8060010 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
This paper presents the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a novel intensive therapy mechanical ventilator designed for rapid, large-scale, low-cost production for the COVID-19 pandemic. Free of moving mechanical parts and requiring only a source of compressed oxygen and medical air to operate, the MVM is designed to support the long-term invasive ventilation often required for COVID-19 patients and operates in pressure-regulated ventilation modes, which minimize the risk of furthering lung trauma. The MVM was extensively tested against ISO standards in the laboratory using a breathing simulator, with good agreement between input and measured breathing parameters and performing correctly in response to fault conditions and stability tests. The MVM has obtained Emergency Use Authorization by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in healthcare settings during the COVID-19 pandemic and Health Canada Medical Device Authorization for Importation or Sale, under Interim Order for Use in Relation to COVID-19. Following these certifications, mass production is ongoing and distribution is under way in several countries. The MVM was designed, tested, prepared for certification, and mass produced in the space of a few months by a unique collaboration of respiratory healthcare professionals and experimental physicists, working with industrial partners, and is an excellent ventilator candidate for this pandemic anywhere in the world.
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- A. Abba
- Nuclear Instruments S.R.L., Como 22045, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
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- LSC, Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc-Estación 22880, Spain
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- LSC, Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Canfranc-Estación 22880, Spain
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche ed Aziendali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- National Center for Innovative Technologies in Public Health, ISS (Italy National Institute of Health), Roma 00161, Italy
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- Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, Cedex 91128, France
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- INFN-CNAF, Bologna 40127, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, F-75013 Paris, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, dell'Informazione e della Produzione, Università di Bergamo, Bergamo, 24129, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Camozzi Group S.p.A., Brescia BS 25126, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508, USA
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut), 80805 München, Germany
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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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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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of APT, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- INFN Sezione di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
| | - R. Lubna
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
| | - R. Maharaj
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, Milano 20156, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Respiratory and Anaesthesia Technology, Vanier College, Montréal, Quebec H4L 3X9, Canada
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato, CNR STIIMA, Milano 20133, Italy
| | - G. Monzani
- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
| | - C. Moretti
- Dipartimento di Pediatria, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
| | - P. Napoli
- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - K. Olchanski
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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- School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth (Washington), Australia
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza 20900, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
| | - N. Papini
- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
| | - A. Patel
- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
| | - M. Paterno
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano 20126, Italy
| | - J. L. Raaf
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - C. Ratti
- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
| | - M. Razeti
- INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Equilibar L.L.C., Fletcher, North Carolina 28732, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Informatica, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20122, Italy
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica del CNR, IFC-CNR, Pisa 56124, Italy
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- SNOLAB, Lively, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes 44300, France
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- 12th Man Technologies, Garden Grove, California 92841, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- MINES ParisTech, PSL University, CTP-Centre of Thermodynamics of Processes, 77300 Fontainebleau, France
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-614, Poland
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Istituto per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Plasmi, ISTP-CNR, Milano 20125, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Research Institute, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, The Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- JMP Solutions, London, Ontario N6N 1E2, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Industriale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy
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- Elemaster Group S.p.A., Lomagna (LC) 23871, Italy
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- VEXOS, Markham, Ontario L3R 9X6, Canada
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- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 00-614, Poland
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River K0J 1J0, Canada
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- CAPA (Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain
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Vaidya VD, Morrison B, Helt LG, Shahrokshahi R, Mahler DH, Collins MJ, Tan K, Lavoie J, Repingon A, Menotti M, Quesada N, Pooser RC, Lita AE, Gerrits T, Nam SW, Vernon Z. Broadband quadrature-squeezed vacuum and nonclassical photon number correlations from a nanophotonic device. Sci Adv 2020; 6:6/39/eaba9186. [PMID: 32967824 PMCID: PMC7531882 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba9186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We report demonstrations of both quadrature-squeezed vacuum and photon number difference squeezing generated in an integrated nanophotonic device. Squeezed light is generated via strongly driven spontaneous four-wave mixing below threshold in silicon nitride microring resonators. The generated light is characterized with both homodyne detection and direct measurements of photon statistics using photon number-resolving transition-edge sensors. We measure 1.0(1) decibels of broadband quadrature squeezing (~4 decibels inferred on-chip) and 1.5(3) decibels of photon number difference squeezing (~7 decibels inferred on-chip). Nearly single temporal mode operation is achieved, with measured raw unheralded second-order correlations g (2) as high as 1.95(1). Multiphoton events of over 10 photons are directly detected with rates exceeding any previous quantum optical demonstration using integrated nanophotonics. These results will have an enabling impact on scaling continuous variable quantum technology.
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- Xanadu, Toronto, ON M5G 2C8, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, ON M5G 2C8, Canada
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- Xanadu, Toronto, ON M5G 2C8, Canada
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- Xanadu, Toronto, ON M5G 2C8, Canada.
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Larin I, Zhang Y, Gasparian A, Gan L, Miskimen R, Khandaker M, Dale D, Danagoulian S, Pasyuk E, Gao H, Ahmidouch A, Ambrozewicz P, Baturin V, Burkert V, Clinton E, Deur A, Dolgolenko A, Dutta D, Fedotov G, Feng J, Gevorkyan S, Glamazdin A, Guo L, Isupov E, Ito MM, Klein F, Kowalski S, Kubarovsky A, Kubarovsky V, Lawrence D, Lu H, Ma L, Matveev V, Morrison B, Micherdzinska A, Nakagawa I, Park K, Pedroni R, Phelps W, Protopopescu D, Rimal D, Romanov D, Salgado C, Shahinyan A, Sober D, Stepanyan S, Tarasov VV, Taylor S, Vasiliev A, Wood M, Ye L, Zihlmann B. Precision measurement of the neutral pion lifetime. Science 2020; 368:506-509. [PMID: 32355026 DOI: 10.1126/science.aay6641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The explicit breaking of the axial symmetry by quantum fluctuations gives rise to the so-called axial anomaly. This phenomenon is solely responsible for the decay of the neutral pion π0 into two photons (γγ), leading to its unusually short lifetime. We precisely measured the decay width Γ of the [Formula: see text] process. The differential cross sections for π0 photoproduction at forward angles were measured on two targets, carbon-12 and silicon-28, yielding [Formula: see text], where stat. denotes the statistical uncertainty and syst. the systematic uncertainty. We combined the results of this and an earlier experiment to generate a weighted average of [Formula: see text] Our final result has a total uncertainty of 1.50% and confirms the prediction based on the chiral anomaly in quantum chromodynamics.
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- I Larin
- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russia.,Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.,Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA
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- Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.,Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.,B. P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Gatchina, St. Petersburg, 188300, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980, Russia
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- Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkov, 310108, Ukraine
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
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- Department of Physics, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411, USA
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- Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA 23504, USA
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- Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan 0036, Armenia
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- Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, National Research Center (NRC) "Kurchatov Institute," Moscow, 117218, Russia
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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- Institute for High Energy Physics, NRC "Kurchatov Institute," Protvino, 142281, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
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Blondeau LD, Rubin JE, Deneer H, Kanthan R, Morrison B, Sanche S, Rypien C, Dueck D, Beck G, Blondeau JM. Persistent infection with Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in an adult oncology patient with transmission from a family dog. J Chemother 2020; 32:151-155. [PMID: 32124685 DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2020.1735142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a well known commensal organism of dogs but also a canine opportunistic pathogen. Reports of this organism being recovered from specimens from humans might suggest an increase prevalence in human infections and/or improved diagnostic leading to more accurate identification. Here we report a case of persistent S. pseudintermedius infection in an adult female oncology patient including colonization of the tip of an indwelling catheter. Diligence by laboratories in correctly isolating and identifying this pathogen (including susceptibility testing) is essential for optimal patient care.
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- L D Blondeau
- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Division of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital and Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Division of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital and Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.,Ophthalmology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Tan K, Menotti M, Vernon Z, Sipe JE, Liscidini M, Morrison B. Stimulated four-wave mixing in linearly uncoupled resonators. Opt Lett 2020; 45:873-876. [PMID: 32058493 DOI: 10.1364/ol.381563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We experimentally demonstrate stimulated four-wave mixing in two linearly uncoupled integrated $ {{\rm Si}_3}{{\rm N}_4} $Si3N4 micro-resonators. In our structure, the resonance combs of each resonator can be tuned independently, with the energy transfer from one resonator to the other occurring in the presence of a nonlinear interaction. This method allows flexible and efficient on-chip control of the nonlinear interaction, and is readily applicable to other third-order nonlinear phenomena.
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Wong D, Aiken W, Reid G, Mayhew R, Brooks M, Dassado C, Williams A, Morrison B. 089 Penile Fracture: A Prospective Randomized Study Comparing Erectile Function at 12 Months after Immediate Degloving Repair versus Delayed Localized Repair. J Sex Med 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.01.099] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Menotti M, Morrison B, Tan K, Vernon Z, Sipe JE, Liscidini M. Nonlinear Coupling of Linearly Uncoupled Resonators. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:013904. [PMID: 31012691 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.013904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We demonstrate a system composed of two resonators that are coupled solely through a nonlinear interaction, and where the linear properties of each resonator can be controlled locally. We show that this class of dynamical systems has peculiar properties with important consequences for the study of classical and quantum nonlinear optical phenomena. As an example we discuss the case of dual-pump spontaneous four-wave mixing.
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- M Menotti
- Xanadu, 372 Richmond Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X6, Canada
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- Xanadu, 372 Richmond Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X6, Canada
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- Xanadu, 372 Richmond Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X6, Canada
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- Xanadu, 372 Richmond Street W, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X6, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Impact Centre, University of Toronto, 411-112 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli studi di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- J. Sydney Smith
- The Neuropsychiatric InstituteSydney
- The Neuropsychiatric InstituteP.O. Box 1RozelleN.S.W.2039
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- The Neuropsychiatric InstituteSydney
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Morrison B, Burden-Teh E, Batchelor J, Mead E, Grindlay D, Ratib S. Quality of life in people with vitiligo: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Dermatol 2017; 177:e338-e339. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- B. Morrison
- Medical School; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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- Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology; University of Nottingham; Nottingham U.K
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Lithwick D, Chu K, Morrison B, Isserow S, McKinney J. A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF PRE-PARTICIPATION SCREENING OF YOUNG CANADIAN ATHLETES. Can J Cardiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.070] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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Metzger S, Morrison B, Trock B, Burnett A. 186 Analysis of the Priapism Impact Profile in a Sample of Jamaican Men. J Sex Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.12.175] [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: 11/26/2022]
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Morrison B, Madden W, Gabay L. 136 Testosterone Replacement Therapy in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease Reverses Hypogonadism without Promoting Priapism. J Sex Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Morrison B, Hamilton P, Reid M. 013 Effect of Hydroxyurea on Recurrent Ischemic Priapism in Jamaican Men with Sickle Cell Disease. J Sex Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Morrison B, Anele U, Metzger S, Madden W, Burnett A. 038 Validation of the Priapism Profile Impact Questionnaire. J Sex Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.02.040] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Baillie N, Tkachenko S, Zhang J, Bosted P, Bültmann S, Christy ME, Fenker H, Griffioen KA, Keppel CE, Kuhn SE, Melnitchouk W, Tvaskis V, Adhikari KP, Adikaram D, Aghasyan M, Amaryan MJ, Anghinolfi M, Arrington J, Avakian H, Baghdasaryan H, Battaglieri M, Biselli AS, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Burkert VD, Carman DS, Celentano A, Chandavar S, Charles G, Cole PL, Contalbrigo M, Crede V, D'Angelo A, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dey B, Djalali C, Dodge G, Domingo J, Doughty D, Dupre R, Dutta D, Ent R, Egiyan H, El Alaoui A, El Fassi L, Elouadrhiri L, Eugenio P, Fedotov G, Fegan S, Fradi A, Gabrielyan MY, Gevorgyan N, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Gohn W, Golovatch E, Gothe RW, Graham L, Guegan B, Guidal M, Guler N, Guo L, Hafidi K, Heddle D, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Hungerford E, Hyde CE, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ispiryan M, Isupov EL, Jawalkar SS, Jo HS, Kalantarians N, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim A, Kim W, King PM, Klein A, Klein FJ, Klimenko A, Kubarovsky V, Kuleshov SV, Kvaltine ND, Livingston K, Lu HY, MacGregor IJD, Mao Y, Markov N, McKinnon B, Mineeva T, Morrison B, Moutarde H, Munevar E, Nadel-Turonski P, Ni A, Niccolai S, Niculescu I, Niculescu G, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Pappalardo L, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Anefalos Pereira S, Pisano S, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Procureur S, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Ricco G, Rimal D, Ripani M, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salgado C, Schott D, Schumacher RA, Seder E, Sharabian YG, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan S, Stepanyan SS, Stoler P, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tang W, Ungaro M, Vineyard MF, Voutier E, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Weygand DP, Wood MH, Zana L, Zhao B. Measurement of the neutron F2 structure function via spectator tagging with CLAS. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:142001. [PMID: 22540786 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.142001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report on the first measurement of the F(2) structure function of the neutron from the semi-inclusive scattering of electrons from deuterium, with low-momentum protons detected in the backward hemisphere. Restricting the momentum of the spectator protons to ≲100 MeV/c and their angles to ≳100° relative to the momentum transfer allows an interpretation of the process in terms of scattering from nearly on-shell neutrons. The F(2)(n) data collected cover the nucleon-resonance and deep-inelastic regions over a wide range of Bjorken x for 0.65<Q(2)<4.52 GeV(2), with uncertainties from nuclear corrections estimated to be less than a few percent. These measurements provide the first determination of the neutron to proton structure function ratio F(2)(n)/F(2)(p) at 0.2≲x≲0.8 with little uncertainty due to nuclear effects.
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- N Baillie
- College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA
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Loharikar A, Briere E, Schwensohn C, Weninger S, Wagendorf J, Scheftel J, Garvey A, Warren K, Villamil E, Rudroff JA, Kurkjian K, Levine S, Colby K, Morrison B, May A, Anderson S, Daly E, Marsden-Haug N, Erdman MM, Gomez T, Rhorer A, Castleman J, Adams JK, Theobald L, Lafon P, Trees E, Mitchell J, Sotir MJ, Behravesh CB. Four Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Associated with Live Poultry Contact, United States, 2009. Zoonoses Public Health 2012; 59:347-54. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Holtkamp DJ, Polson DD, Torremorell M, Morrison B, Classen DM, Becton L, Henry S, Rodibaugh MT, Rowland RR, Snelson H, Straw B, Yeske P, Zimmerman J. [Terminology for classifying the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) status of swine herds]. Tierarztl Prax Ausg G Grosstiere Nutztiere 2011; 39:101-112. [PMID: 22138772] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Standardized terminology for the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) status of swine herds is necessary to facilitate communication between veterinarians, swine producers, genetic companies, and other industry participants. It is also required for implementation of regional and national efforts towards PRRSV control and elimination. The purpose of this paper is to provide a herd classification system for describing the PRRSV status of herds, based upon a set of definitions reflecting the biology and ecology of PRRSV. The herd classification system was developed by a definitions committee formed jointly by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) and the United States Department of Agriculture PRRS-Coordinated Agricultural Project, and was approved by the AASV Board of Directors on March 9, 2010. The committee included veterinarians from private practice and industry, researchers, and representatives from AASV and the National Pork Board. Breeding herds, with or without growing pigs on the same premises, are categorized as Positive Unstable (Category I), Positive Stable (Category II), Provisional Negative (Category III), or Negative (Category IV) on the basis of herd shedding and exposure status. Growing-pig herds are categorized as Positive or Negative. Recommended testing procedures and decision rules for herd classification are detailed.
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- D J Holtkamp
- Iowa State University, 2233 Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
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Avakian H, Bosted P, Burkert VD, Elouadrhiri L, Adhikari KP, Aghasyan M, Amaryan M, Anghinolfi M, Baghdasaryan H, Ball J, Battaglieri M, Bedlinskiy I, Biselli AS, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks W, Carman DS, Casey L, Cole PL, Collins P, Crabb D, Crede V, D'Angelo A, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dey B, Dhamija S, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge G, Doughty D, Dupre R, El Alaoui A, Eugenio P, Fegan S, Fersch R, Forest TA, Fradi A, Gabrielyan MY, Gavalian G, Gevorgyan N, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Gohn W, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Guler N, Guo L, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hassall N, Heddle D, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Isupov EL, Jawalkar SS, Jo HS, Joo K, Keller D, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Konczykowski P, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Livingston K, Lu HY, Markov N, Mayer M, Martinez D, McAndrew J, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, Meyer CA, Mineeva T, Mirazita M, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrison B, Moutarde H, Munevar E, Nadel-Turonski P, Nasseripour R, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niroula MR, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paremuzyan R, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Pereira SA, Perrin Y, Pisano S, Pogorelko O, Price JW, Procureur S, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Ricco G, Ripani M, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Schumacher RA, Seder E, Seraydaryan H, Sharabian YG, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan SS, Stepanyan S, Stoler P, Strauch S, Suleiman R, Taiuti M, Tedeschi DJ, Tkachenko S, Ungaro M, Vernarsky B, Vineyard MF, Voutier E, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Weygand DP, Wood MH, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Measurement of single- and double-spin asymmetries in deep inelastic pion electroproduction with a longitudinally polarized target. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:262002. [PMID: 21231647 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.262002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 03/31/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the transverse momentum dependence of double-spin asymmetries in semi-inclusive production of pions in deep-inelastic scattering off the longitudinally polarized proton. Data have been obtained using a polarized electron beam of 5.7 GeV with the CLAS detector at the Jefferson Lab (JLab). Modulations of single spin asymmetries over the azimuthal angle between lepton scattering and hadron production planes ϕ have been measured over a wide kinematic range in Bjorken x and virtual photon squared four-momentum Q2. A significant nonzero sin2ϕ single spin asymmetry was observed for the first time indicating strong spin-orbit correlations for transversely polarized quarks in the longitudinally polarized proton.
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- H Avakian
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
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Baghdasaryan H, Weinstein LB, Laget JM, Adhikari KP, Aghasyan M, Amarian M, Anghinolfi M, Avakian H, Ball J, Battaglieri M, Bedlinskiy I, Bennett RP, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Bookwalter C, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Bültmann S, Burkert VD, Carman DS, Crede V, D'Angelo A, Daniel A, Dashyan N, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dey B, Dickson R, Djalali C, Dodge GE, Doughty D, Dupre R, Egiyan H, El Alaoui A, El Fassi L, Eugenio P, Fegan S, Gabrielyan MY, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Gohn W, Gothe RW, Griffioen KA, Guidal M, Guo L, Gyurjyan V, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hyde CE, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Joo K, Keller D, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim A, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Konczykowski P, Kubarovsky V, Kuhn SE, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Kvaltine ND, Livingston K, Lu HY, Macgregor IJD, Markov N, Mayer M, McAndrew J, McKinnon B, Meyer CA, Mikhailov K, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrison B, Moutarde H, Munevar E, Nadel-Turonski P, Nepali C, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paremuzyan R, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Pereira SA, Pisano S, Pogorelko O, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Procureur S, Protopopescu D, Ricco G, Ripani M, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Salgado C, Schumacher RA, Seraydaryan H, Smith GD, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan SS, Stepanyan S, Stoler P, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tang W, Taylor CE, Tedeschi DJ, Ungaro M, Vineyard MF, Voutier E, Watts DP, Weygand DP, Wood MH, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Tensor correlations measured in 3He(e,e' pp)n. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:222501. [PMID: 21231381 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.222501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We have measured the 3He(e,e' pp)n reaction at an incident energy of 4.7 GeV over a wide kinematic range. We identified spectator correlated pp and pn nucleon pairs by using kinematic cuts and measured their relative and total momentum distributions. This is the first measurement of the ratio of pp to pn pairs as a function of pair total momentum p(tot). For pair relative momenta between 0.3 and 0.5 GeV/c, the ratio is very small at low p(tot) and rises to approximately 0.5 at large p(tot). This shows the dominance of tensor over central correlations at this relative momentum.
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Wood MH, Nasseripour R, Paolone M, Djalali C, Weygand DP, Adhikari KP, Anghinolfi M, Ball J, Battaglieri M, Batourine V, Bedlinskiy I, Bellis M, Berman BL, Biselli AS, Branford D, Briscoe WJ, Brooks WK, Burkert VD, Careccia SL, Carman DS, Cole PL, Collins P, Crede V, D'Angelo A, Daniel A, De Vita R, De Sanctis E, Deur A, Dey B, Dhamija S, Dickson R, Doughty D, Dupre R, Egiyan H, El Alaoui A, El Fassi L, Eugenio P, Fegan S, Gabrielyan MY, Garçon M, Gilfoyle GP, Giovanetti KL, Girod FX, Goetz JT, Gohn W, Gothe RW, Graham L, Guidal M, Guo L, Hafidi K, Hakobyan H, Hanretty C, Hassall N, Hicks K, Holtrop M, Ilieva Y, Ireland DG, Ishkhanov BS, Jawalkar SS, Jo HS, Joo K, Keller D, Khandaker M, Khetarpal P, Kim A, Kim W, Klein A, Klein FJ, Konczykowski P, Kubarovsky V, Kuleshov SV, Kuznetsov V, Livingston K, Martinez D, Mayer M, McAndrew J, McCracken ME, McKinnon B, Meyer CA, Mineeva T, Mirazita M, Mokeev V, Moreno B, Moriya K, Morrison B, Munevar E, Nadel-Turonski P, Ni A, Niccolai S, Niculescu G, Niculescu I, Niroula MR, Osipenko M, Ostrovidov AI, Paremuzyan R, Park K, Park S, Pasyuk E, Anefalos Pereira S, Pisano S, Pogorelko O, Pozdniakov S, Price JW, Procureur S, Prok Y, Protopopescu D, Raue BA, Ricco G, Ripani M, Rosner G, Rossi P, Sabatié F, Saini MS, Salamanca J, Salgado C, Schott D, Schumacher RA, Seder E, Seraydaryan H, Sharabian YG, Smith GD, Sober DI, Sokhan D, Stepanyan S, Stepanyan SS, Stoler P, Strakovsky II, Strauch S, Taiuti M, Tang W, Taylor CE, Tedeschi DJ, Tkachenko S, Ungaro M, Vernarsky B, Vineyard MF, Voutier E, Watts DP, Weinstein LB, Zhang J, Zhao B, Zhao ZW. Absorption of the ω and ϕ mesons in nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:112301. [PMID: 20867566 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.112301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Because of their long lifetimes, the ω and ϕ mesons are the ideal candidates for the study of possible modifications of the in-medium meson-nucleon interaction through their absorption inside the nucleus. During the E01-112 experiment at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the mesons were photoproduced from 2H, C, Ti, Fe, and Pb targets. This Letter reports the first measurement of the ratio of nuclear transparencies for the e+e- channel. The ratios indicate larger in-medium widths compared with what have been reported in other reaction channels. The absorption of the ω meson is stronger than that reported by the CBELSA-TAPS experiment and cannot be explained by recent theoretical models.
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- M H Wood
- Canisius College, Buffalo, New York 14208, USA
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Morrison B, Mendoza I, Delgado D, Reyes Jaimes O, Aranzazu N, Paniz Mondolfi AE. Diffuse (anergic) cutaneous leishmaniasis responding to amphotericin B. Clin Exp Dermatol 2009; 35:e116-9. [PMID: 19886959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03737.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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American cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important endemic zoonotic disease in the New World that comprises a spectrum of clinical manifestations. Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is a rare form of the disease characterized by antigen-specific immunodeficiency that often presents with multiple disfiguring non-ulcerated confluent nodules or plaques that involve large areas of the skin, resembling lepromatous leprosy. Relapse is invariable in advanced stages, despite aggressive chemotherapy, and a plethora of drugs has been tested with unchanging results. We report on a severe an exceptional case that resolved after treatment with amphotericin B, a drug considered only mildly effective, and discuss the therapeutic approach to this disease.
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- B Morrison
- New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Lumsden JS, Morrison B, Yason C, Russell S, Young K, Yazdanpanah A, Huber P, Al-Hussinee L, Stone D, Way K. Mortality event in freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens from Lake Ontario, Canada, associated with viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus, type IV. Dis Aquat Organ 2007; 76:99-111. [PMID: 17760383 DOI: 10.3354/dao076099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A mortality event primarily affecting freshwater drum Aplodinotus grunniens was noted during April and May 2005 in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Canada. A conservative estimate of the number of dead drum was approximately 100 metric tonnes. Large numbers of dead round goby Neogobius melanostomus were also seen, as well as a few muskellunge Esox masquinongy. In the drum, there was a consistent histological pattern of variably severe panvasculitis, a necrotising myocarditis, meningoencephalitis and a segmental enteritis. Moderate numbers of bullet-shaped viral particles consistent with a rhabdovirus were identified by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in affected heart tissue. Following primary isolation from pooled tissues on fathead minnow (FHM) cells, a morphologically similar virus, approximately 165 x 60 nm in size, was visualised. Identification of the isolate as viral haemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) was confirmed by enzyme immunoassay and by polymerase chain reaction. An appropriately sized product (468 bp) of the G-glycoprotein gene (nucleotides [nt] 340 to 807) was generated with RNA extracted from FHM cell supernatant. Analysis of a 360 nt partial glycoprotein gene sequence (nt 360 to 720) indicated a 96.4 to 97.2% nucleotide identity with known strains of North American (NA) VHSV. Analysis using Neighbour-joining distance methods assigned the isolate to the same lineage as the NA and Japanese isolates (Genogroup IV). However, there was sufficient sequence divergence from known NA VHSV isolates to suggest that this isolate may represent a distinct subgroup. The effects of ongoing mortality in freshwater drum and in multiple species during spring 2006 suggest that this newly recognised virus in the Great Lakes will have continued impact in the near future.
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- J S Lumsden
- Fish Pathology Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Berenson JR, Matous JV, Ferretti D, Swift RA, Mapes RA, Morrison B, Yeh HS. A phase I/II study of arsenic trioxide, bortezomib, and ascorbic acid in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. J Clin Oncol 2006. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2006.24.18_suppl.7611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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7611 Background: The combination of arsenic trioxide (ATO) and bortezomib (B) has shown synergistic anti-tumor activity against human multiple myeloma (MM) cells in preclinical studies, suggesting that this combination may effectively treat patients with MM. In addition, ascorbic acid (AA) can sensitize MM cells to the cytotoxic effects of ATO. Methods: Patients with relapsed or refractory MM were enrolled in this phase I/II dose-escalation trial in 6 cohorts. Patients were given ATO (0.125 or 0.250 mg/kg), B (0.7, 1.0, or 1.3 mg/m2), and a fixed dose of AA (1000 mg) IV on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of a 21-day cycle for a maximum of 8 cycles. The planned sample size was a maximum of 27 evaluable patients. The primary endpoint was safety and tolerability of the ATO/B/AA regimen in patients with relapsed or refractory MM. Results: At the time of this interim analysis, 22 patients (median age, 63 years) have been enrolled, and accrual has been completed on all cohorts. This group had failed a median of 4 (range, 3–9) prior therapies. One occurrence of grade 4 thrombocytopenia was observed. One occurrence of asymptomatic arrhythmia led to patient withdrawal. All other adverse events were grade 1 or 2. For the 21 patients evaluable for efficacy, objective responses were observed in 10 patients (43%), including 2 complete (CR), 2 partial (PR), and 5 minor (MR) responses. Only 1 (1 MR) of 6 patients receiving the lowest dose of B (0.7 mg/m2) showed a response, whereas 8 (2 CR, 2 PR, and 4 MR) of 15 patients receiving the higher doses (1.0 or 1.3 mg/m2) responded. Conclusions: The ATO/B/AA regimen was well tolerated by the majority of patients, and produced objective responses in 43% of the patients in this heavily pretreated group. The results of this phase I/II study warrant further clinical evaluation of the ATO/B/AA combination regimen for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory MM. [Table: see text]
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA; Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, CO; Oncotherapeutics, West Hollywood, CA; Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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Wilcock A, Chelin M, Hall M, Hamley N, Morrison B, Scrivener L, Townsend M, Treen K. The relationship between occupational balance and health: a pilot study. Occup Ther Int 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/oti.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Elkin B, Azeloglu E, Costa K, Morrison B. Local mechanical properties of the rat hippocampus measured by AFM indentation: Potential implications for traumatic brain injury. J Biomech 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(06)83524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The authors ask whether and how action research can apply to health services research, given action research's claim to be radically different from mainstream research. They analyze the key tenets of an idealized version of action research, comparing them with those of the approach characteristic of mainstream research. The authors conclude, firstly, that action research deserves all credit for pioneering flexible and imaginative ways of working. Yet, there is nothing in the fundamental logic of the mainstream approach to preclude it from adopting some of these. Action researchers therefore need to reconsider their critical stance toward mainstream research. Conversely, mainstream researchers need to reconsider their critical stance toward the ways of working pioneered by action research and to adopt them as appropriate.
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- Department of Public Health & Epidemiology, the University of Birmingham
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Day R, Morrison B, Luza A, Castaneda O, Strusberg A, Nahir M, Helgetveit KB, Kress B, Daniels B, Bolognese J, Krupa D, Seidenberg B, Ehrich E. A randomized trial of the efficacy and tolerability of the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib vs ibuprofen in patients with osteoarthritis. Rofecoxib/Ibuprofen Comparator Study Group. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160:1781-7. [PMID: 10871971 DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.12.1781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit both cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). It is not known whether a specific inhibitor of COX-2 will provide efficacy in osteoarthritis (OA) comparable with NSAIDs. Therefore, we compared the efficacy and safety of the rofecoxib, which specifically inhibits COX-2, with those of the NSAID ibuprofen in patients with OA. OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical efficacy and tolerability of rofecoxib (12.5 and 25 mg once daily) with ibuprofen (800 mg 3 times daily). METHODS A randomized, double-blind trial of 809 adults with OA was conducted. Patients with OA in whom the knee or hip was the primary source of pain were randomized to 1 of 4 treatment groups on demonstration of disease activity: placebo; rofecoxib, 12.5 or 25 mg once daily; or ibuprofen, 800 mg 3 times daily. Clinical efficacy and safety were monitored during a 6-week treatment period. RESULTS Both doses of rofecoxib demonstrated efficacy clinically comparable with ibuprofen as assessed by 3 primary end points (pain walking on a flat surface [Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index], patient global assessment of response to therapy, and investigator global assessment of disease status) according to predefined comparability criteria. Both rofecoxib doses and the ibuprofen dose provided significantly (P<.001) greater efficacy than placebo on all primary end points. Results from secondary end points were consistent with those of the primary end points. All treatments were well tolerated; the overall incidence rates of clinical adverse experiences were not significantly different (P>.05) among the treatment groups. CONCLUSION Rofecoxib was well tolerated and provided clinical efficacy comparable with a high dose of the NSAID ibuprofen.
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- St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia
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Morrison B, Meaney DF, Margulies SS, McIntosh TK. Dynamic mechanical stretch of organotypic brain slice cultures induces differential genomic expression: relationship to mechanical parameters. J Biomech Eng 2000; 122:224-30. [PMID: 10923289 DOI: 10.1115/1.429650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Although the material properties of biological tissues are reasonably well established, recent studies have suggested that the biological response of brain tissue and its constituent cells may also be viscoelastic and sensitive to both the magnitude and rate of a mechanical stimulus. Given the potential involvement of changes in gene expression in the pathogenic sequelae after head trauma, we analyzed the expression of 22 genes related to cell death and survival and found that a number of these genes were differentially regulated after mechanical stretch of an organotypic brain slice culture. Twenty-four hours after stretch, the expression of BDNF, NGF, and TrkA was significantly increased, whereas that of bcl-2, CREB, and GAD65 was significantly decreased (MANOVA followed by ANOVA, p < 0.05). Expression of CREB and GAD65 was negatively correlated with strain, whereas expression of APP695 was negatively correlated with strain rate (all p < 0.05). This study demonstrates that a subset of genes involved in cell death and survival are differentially regulated after dynamic stretch in vitro and that the expression of specific genes is correlated with mechanical parameters of that stretch.
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- B Morrison
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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In an attempt to promote as pain free an experience as possible for patients and to improve how pain is managed in all settings, this 500-bed teaching hospital embarked on a hospital-wide quality improvement (QI) initiative. Initial measurement of clinicians' knowledge and attitudes related to pain and surveys on patient satisfaction identified improvement opportunities. Highlights of these findings and the major interventions taken are described. Education of all clinical staff on the major principles of pain management became the primary focus. Major outcomes realized to date have been: (a) a significant increase (p = .01) in physicians and nurses discussing with their patients the importance of managing their pain, (b) development of processes for documenting pain as the fifth vital sign, and (c) a 26% decrease in the use of meperidine. The next steps will be comprehensive monitoring of the effectiveness of pain management by clinical service, increased patient and family education on pain, and development of a formalized pain management competency program for clinical staff.
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- M Sayers
- Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Morrison B, Eberwine JH, Meaney DF, McIntosh TK. Traumatic injury induces differential expression of cell death genes in organotypic brain slice cultures determined by complementary DNA array hybridization. Neuroscience 2000; 96:131-9. [PMID: 10683418 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(99)00537-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The expression of a large panel of selected genes hypothesized to play a central role in post-traumatic cell death was shown to be differentially altered in response to a precisely controlled, mechanical injury applied to an organotypic slice culture of the rat brain. Within 48 h of injury, the expression of nerve growth factor messenger RNA was significantly increased whereas the levels of bcl-2, alpha-subunit of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, cAMP response element binding protein, 65,000 mol. wt isoform of glutamate decarboxylase, 1beta isoform of protein kinase C, and ubiquitin messenger RNA were significantly decreased. Because the expression levels of a number of other messenger RNAs such as the neuron-specific amyloid precursor protein, beta(2) microglobulin, bax, bcl(xl), brain-derived neurotrophic factor, cyclooxygenase-2, interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, receptor tyrosine kinase A, and receptor tyrosine kinase B were unaffected, these selective changes may represent components of an active and directed response of the brain initiated by mechanical trauma. Interpretation of these co-ordinated alterations suggests that mechanical injury to the central nervous system may lead to disruption of calcium homeostasis resulting in altered gene expression, an impairment of intracellular cascades responsible for trophic factor signaling, and initiation of apoptosis via multiple pathways. An understanding of these transcriptional changes may contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies to enhance beneficial and blunt detrimental, endogenous, post-injury response mechanisms.
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- B Morrison
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
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Ehrich EW, Schnitzer TJ, McIlwain H, Levy R, Wolfe F, Weisman M, Zeng Q, Morrison B, Bolognese J, Seidenberg B, Gertz BJ. Effect of specific COX-2 inhibition in osteoarthritis of the knee: a 6 week double blind, placebo controlled pilot study of rofecoxib. Rofecoxib Osteoarthritis Pilot Study Group. J Rheumatol 1999; 26:2438-47. [PMID: 10555907] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy and safety of the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) specific inhibitor, rofecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS Rofecoxib, 25 mg or 125 mg once daily, was compared with placebo in a 6 week, double blind, parallel group, randomized, multicenter study of 219 patients with knee OA. RESULTS Both doses of rofecoxib produced clinically significant improvement as assessed by primary (e.g., WOMAC Pain Subscale 0-100 mm, decrease from baseline: placebo: 7.1 mm; rofecoxib 25 mg: 28.1 mm, rofecoxib 125 mg: 28.0 mm; p < 0.001 rofecoxib vs placebo) and secondary efficacy (p < 0.05) criteria compared with placebo. Clinical improvement with the 25 mg dose was similar to that with the 125 mg dose. Both rofecoxib doses were generally well tolerated. CONCLUSION Specific inhibition of COX-2 by 25 and 125 mg rofecoxib, administered once daily, resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in patients with OA. This study confirms that COX-2 derived prostanoids are important clinical mediators of pain and other symptoms of knee OA and that inhibition of COX-1 is not required to provide clinical benefit.
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- E W Ehrich
- Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065-0914, USA
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The standard linear method of commissioning research involves many stages, some lengthy. While assessment criteria are usually explicit, their weighting and interaction are not. Output is assessed on completion. This method is suitable where the research question is clear-cut. However, it has drawbacks when the research question and the form and scope of the research are not clear at the outset, as is often the case with research on the delivery and organisation of services. Also, it does not encourage potential users of the research to develop a sense of ownership. An alternative method is proposed by which the scope, form and content of research are not specified in advance but are developed iteratively. A programme director, advised by a group of potential users and research commissioners, has devolved authority to commit funding for the stages of the work as it unfolds, predicated on evolving need. There are foreseeable but avoidable risks of the group over-identifying with the researchers, of research management becoming cumbersome, and of unproductive friction between research groups when they are required to work together. The iterative method, being new and untried, is itself an organisational change requiring evaluation. However, from our local experience, it provides for productive dialogue between research commissioners, researchers and potential users.
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- R Lilford
- Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, UK
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Elias L, Binder M, Mangalik A, Clark D, Morrison B, Altobelli KK, Smith A. Pilot trial of infusional 5-fluorouracil, interleukin-2, and subcutaneous interferon-alpha for advanced renal cell carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol 1999; 22:156-61. [PMID: 10199450 DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199904000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/26/2022]
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The authors developed an outpatient, three-drug combination regimen for advanced renal cell carcinoma. Treatment was administered for 5 days each week for 4 weeks, followed by 2-week rests. Each weekly treatment consisted of 5-fluorouracil 1,750 mg/m2 continuous intravenous infusion for 24 hours followed by interleukin-2 6 mIU/m2 per day continuous intravenous infusion for 4 days, and interferon-alpha2b 6 mU/m2 subcutaneously on days 1, 2, and 5. This trial was undertaken to assess tolerability to this regimen and obtain a preliminary assessment of its effectiveness. Most patients required some dose adjustments (especially of cytokines), treatment interruptions, or both. Toxicities were as would be expected from individual drug profiles with only mild to moderate hematologic toxicities. Among 16 patients with renal cell carcinoma treated, four had major (clinical partial response) responses, one of which was demonstrated to be a pathologic clinical response after surgical resection of a residual mass. Estimated median survival time of all patients was 93 weeks. Response and survival were correlated with known clinical risk factors. Responding patients were noted to be significantly older in age (X = 61.75 years) than nonresponders (X = 48.92 years). There was no correlation between age and other clinical risk factors, treatment tolerance, or survival. The authors conclude that this three-drug regimen is a practical, tolerable, and promising regimen for further study in renal cell carcinoma.
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- L Elias
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Cancer Treatment and Research Center, Albuquerque 87131-5636, USA
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Injury is one of the leading causes of death among all people below the age of 45 years. In the United States, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) together are responsible for an estimated 90,000 disabled persons annually. To improve treatment of the patient and thereby decrease the associated mortality, morbidity, and cost, several in vivo models of central nervous system (CNS) injury have been developed and characterized over the past two decades. To complement the ability of these in vivo models to reproduce the sequelae of human CNS injury, in vitro models of neuronal injury have also been developed. Despite the inherent simplifications of these in vitro systems, many aspects of the posttraumatic sequelae are faithfully reproduced in cultured cells, including ultrastructural changes, ionic derangements, alterations in electrophysiology, and free radical generation. This review presents a number of these in vitro systems, detailing the mechanical stimuli, the types of tissue injured, and the in vivo injury conditions most closely reproduced by the models. The data generated with these systems is then compared and contrasted with data from in vivo models of CNS injury. We believe that in vitro models of mechanical injury will continue to be a valuable tool to study the cellular consequences and evaluate the potential therapeutic strategies for the treatment of traumatic injury of the CNS.
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- B Morrison
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Morrison B, Mickelson WP. Silicone-gel-filled breast implants: how they interface with breast cancer. The Working Group on Guidelines for Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants. Cancer Prev Control 1998; 1:61-5. [PMID: 9765728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- B Morrison
- Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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O'Dell DM, Raghupathi R, Crino PB, Morrison B, Eberwine JH, McIntosh TK. Amplification of mRNAs from single, fixed, TUNEL-positive cells. Biotechniques 1998; 25:566-8, 570. [PMID: 9793634 DOI: 10.2144/98254bm04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- D M O'Dell
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Morrison B, Meaney DF, McIntosh TK. Mechanical characterization of an in vitro device designed to quantitatively injure living brain tissue. Ann Biomed Eng 1998; 26:381-90. [PMID: 9570221 DOI: 10.1114/1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Due to the nonlinear, viscoelastic material properties of brain, its mechanical response is dependent upon its total strain history. Therefore, a low strain rate, large strain will likely produce a tissue injury unique from that due to a high strain rate, moderate strain. Due to a lack of current understanding of specific in vivo physiological injury mechanisms, a priori assumptions cannot be made that a low strain rate injury induced by currently employed in vitro injury devices is representative of clinical, nonimpact, inertial head injuries. In the present study, an in vitro system capable of mechanically injuring cultured tissue at high strain rates was designed and characterized. The design of the device was based upon existing systems in which a clamped membrane, on which cells have been cultured, is deformed. However, the present system incorporates three substantial improvements: (1) noncontact measurement of the membrane deflection during injury; (2) precise and independent control over several characteristics of the deflection; and (3) generation of mechanical insults over a wide range of strains (up to 0.65) and strain rates (up to 15 s[-1]). Such a system will be valuable in the elucidation of the mechanisms of mechanical trauma and determination of injury tolerance criteria on a cellular level utilizing appropriate mechanical injury parameters.
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- B Morrison
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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Hara T, Tanaka T, Tanabe T, Maréchal XM, Kitamura H, Elleaume P, Morrison B, Chavanne J, Van Vaerenbergh P, Schmidt D. SPring-8 in-vacuum undulator beam test at the ESRF. J Synchrotron Radiat 1998; 5:406-408. [PMID: 15263526 DOI: 10.1107/s0909049597014325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/1997] [Accepted: 10/21/1997] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Before the commissioning of SPring-8, the in-vacuum hybrid undulator developed at SPring-8 had been brought to the ESRF for the first beam test in the summer of 1996. The purpose of this test was to investigate the influence of the in-vacuum undulator on the beam and check its vacuum system. However, heating by the resistive wall impedance turned out to be a critical issue for the in-vacuum undulators.
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- T Hara
- SPring-8, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo-ken 678-12, Japan
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Klostermann R, Kuhn U, Morrison B, Kröner H. Simulation von Reaktoren zur Emulsionspolymerisation. CHEM-ING-TECH 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.330690937] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Thomas EE, Lau AS, Morrison B, Kim SU, Kastrukoff LF. Differences in resistance to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) among oligodendroglia derived from different strains of mice are determined after viral adsorption but prior to the expression of immediate early (IE) genes. J Neurovirol 1997; 3:197-205. [PMID: 9200067 DOI: 10.3109/13550289709018294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 02/04/2023]
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The nature of an innate cellular resistance to HSV-1 of cultured murine oligodendrocytes (OLs) in three strains of mice (C57BL/6J, Balb/cByJ and A/J) was investigated. The expression of immediate early (ICP4), early (ICP8) and late (gC) antigens in primary OL cultures was studied using an indirect immunofluorescence (IF) technique. HSV-1 infected OLs from C57BL/6J mice showed no viral antigens at 24 h post infection (p.i.) but rather a marked delay in antigen expression beginning at 60 h p.i. In contrast all three proteins were expressed in A/J OLs at 24 h p.i. while Balb/cByJ OLs showed an intermediate protein expression pattern. These results suggest that the innate cellular resistance to HSV-1 is determined prior to the expression of immediate early viral antigens. To further study these differences, the adsorption capacity between the three mouse strains was compared using dextran purified, [3H]thymidine labelled virus. No differences in HSV-1 adsorption were identified. Results from viral penetration studies approached statistical significance suggesting that penetration may be impaired in C57BL/6J and Balb/cByJ OLs when compared to A/J OLs and is likely fusion independent. The selective differences in HSV-1 resistance mediated by OLs, reflect differences in virus host cell interactions, that likely contribute to differences in mortality, viral spread, and the ability of virus to induce central nervous system (CNS) demyelination.
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- E E Thomas
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- H C Schwartz
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, USA
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Teschke K, Hertzman C, Morrison B. Level and distribution of employee exposures to total and respirable wood dust in two Canadian sawmills. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1994; 55:245-50. [PMID: 8184802 DOI: 10.1080/15428119491019096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Personal respirable (N = 230) and total (N = 237) dust measurements were made in two coastal British Columbia sawmills using a sampling strategy that randomly selected workers from all jobs in the mills over two seasons. Information about job title, department, season, weather conditions, location of the job relative to wood-cutting machines, and control measures also was collected at the time of sampling. Only 16 respirable wood dust samples were above the detection limit of 0.08 mg/m3; all 16 had levels < or = 0.20 mg/m3. Total wood dust concentrations were also low (36% less than the detection limit), with a mean of 0.51 mg/m3, and ranging from < 0.08 to 52 mg/m3. Measurements of exposure taken close to chippers, planers, and multiple saws had the highest total wood dust levels. Sawmill department and booth enclosures also were associated with wood dust concentrations, while local exhaust ventilation and weather conditions were not. Wood dust levels in this study were generally lower than in other studies of this industry, but most sawmill investigations report mean wood dust concentrations lower than those measured in the furniture and cabinetmaking industries, where concerns about wood dust exposures initially were raised.
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- K Teschke
- Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Thomas E, Margach MJ, Orvell C, Morrison B, Wilson E. Respiratory syncytial virus subgroup B dominance during one winter season between 1987 and 1992 in Vancouver, Canada. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:238-42. [PMID: 8126189 PMCID: PMC263007 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.32.1.238-242.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A subgroup analysis of 613 specimens submitted to the British Columbia's Children's Hospital from 1987 to 1992 revealed that subgroups A and B of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were both circulating in our community, with some predominance for subgroup A during the period from October 1987 to September 1988 (the 1987-88 season) (64%), 1990-91 (60%), and 1991-92 (62%). During 1989-90 subgroup A represented the majority of isolates (80%). Subgroup B predominated during only one season, 1988-89 (94%). No microheterogeneity within subgroups was apparent as judged by the monoclonal antibody reactivity pattern. More male than female children were affected overall, but no sex-related difference between subgroup infections could be detected (P = 0.28). The majority of patients were less than 1 year of age, and no significant association between age and subgroup was detected after stratifying for year (P = 0.64). This is, to our knowledge, the first comprehensive longitudinal RSV subgroup prevalence study from the Pacific Northwest and from Canada.
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- E Thomas
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Cox BJ, Swinson RP, Morrison B, Lee PS. Clomipramine, fluoxetine, and behavior therapy in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 1993; 24:149-53. [PMID: 8263222 DOI: 10.1016/0005-7916(93)90043-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [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] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The most common effective treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder include clomipramine, fluoxetine, and exposure-based behavior therapy. A meta-analysis was conducted on the results from 25 appropriate treatment studies (1975-1991). All three treatments were significantly effective for most of the outcome variables (overall severity, anxiety, depression). Exposure was not significantly effective for reducing depressed mood. More treatment outcome studies are needed before a clearly superior treatment or combination of treatments can be statistically determined.
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- B J Cox
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Morrison B, Niedringhaus L. A collaboration model for solving the nursing shortage. J Nurs Adm 1993; 23:8, 10. [PMID: 8441069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Rojanapongpun P, Morrison B, Drance SM. Reproducibility of transcranial Doppler ultrasound examinations of the ophthalmic artery flow velocity. Br J Ophthalmol 1993; 77:22-4. [PMID: 8435393 PMCID: PMC504416 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.77.1.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Transcranial Doppler ultrasound measurements of ophthalmic artery velocity were made on 88 patients predominantly suffering from glaucoma. Of the four observed parameters, peak velocity, mean-enveloped velocity, diastolic velocity, and resistivity index, the latter was found to be the most reproducible (CV = 5.2%). The variability between patients was approximately twice that of the variability between consecutive measurements. Measurement error appeared to decrease as the operator gained experience.
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- P Rojanapongpun
- Department of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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