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Acharya S, Adamová D, Aglieri Rinella G, Aglietta L, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahmad S, Ahn SU, Ahuja I, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfanda HM, Alfaro Molina R, Ali B, Alici A, Alizadehvandchali N, Alkin A, Alme J, Alocco G, Alt T, Altamura AR, Altsybeev I, Alvarado JR, Anaam MN, Andrei C, Andreou N, Andronic A, Andronov E, Anguelov V, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arata C, Arcelli S, Aresti M, Arnaldi R, Arneiro JGMCA, Arsene IC, Arslandok M, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Azmi MD, Baba H, Badalà A, Bae J, Baek YW, Bai X, Bailhache R, Bailung Y, Bala R, Balbino A, Baldisseri A, Balis B, Banerjee D, Banoo Z, Barile F, Barioglio L, Barlou M, Barman B, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barreau E, Barret V, Barreto L, Bartels C, Barth K, Bartsch E, Bastid N, Basu S, Batigne G, Battistini D, Batyunya B, Bauri D, Bazo Alba JL, Bearden IG, Beattie C, Becht P, Behera D, Belikov I, Bell Hechavarria ADC, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belokurova 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Emergence of Long-Range Angular Correlations in Low-Multiplicity Proton-Proton Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:172302. [PMID: 38728735 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.172302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
Abstract
This Letter presents the measurement of near-side associated per-trigger yields, denoted ridge yields, from the analysis of angular correlations of charged hadrons in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV. Long-range ridge yields are extracted for pairs of charged particles with a pseudorapidity difference of 1.4<|Δη|<1.8 and a transverse momentum of 1
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- S Acharya
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - Z Ahammed
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Ahmad
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
| | - I Ahuja
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Akindinov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Al-Turany
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Aleksandrov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - R Alfaro Molina
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - B Ali
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Alici
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - A Alkin
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Alme
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - G Alocco
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - T Alt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - I Altsybeev
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - J R Alvarado
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - M N Anaam
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - C Andrei
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - N Andreou
- University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom
| | - A Andronic
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - E Andronov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Anguelov
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | | | - N Apadula
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - L Aphecetche
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - H Appelshäuser
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Arata
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - S Arcelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - M Aresti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - R Arnaldi
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | | | - I C Arsene
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - M Arslandok
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - A Augustinus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Averbeck
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M D Azmi
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - H Baba
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - A Badalà
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - J Bae
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - Y W Baek
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - X Bai
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - R Bailhache
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Y Bailung
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R Bala
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - A Balbino
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Baldisseri
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - B Balis
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - D Banerjee
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - Z Banoo
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - F Barile
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | | | - M Barlou
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - B Barman
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - G G Barnaföldi
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - L S Barnby
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | - E Barreau
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - V Barret
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - L Barreto
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C Bartels
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K Barth
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Bartsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - N Bastid
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - S Basu
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - G Batigne
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - D Battistini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - B Batyunya
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Bauri
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - J L Bazo Alba
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - I G Bearden
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Beattie
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - P Becht
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Behera
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - I Belikov
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | | | - F Bellini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - R Bellwied
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - S Belokurova
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - Y A V Beltran
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Bencedi
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - S Beole
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Y Berdnikov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Berdnikova
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - L Bergmann
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M G Besoiu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - L Betev
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P P Bhaduri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Bhasin
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - M A Bhat
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | | | - L Bianchi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Bianchi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - J Bielčík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J Bielčíková
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A P Bigot
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - A Bilandzic
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Biro
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - S Biswas
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - N Bize
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - J T Blair
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - D Blau
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M B Blidaru
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - N Bluhme
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Blume
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - G Boca
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - F Bock
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - T Bodova
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Boi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - J Bok
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - L Boldizsár
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M Bombara
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - P M Bond
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Bonomi
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - H Borel
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - A Borissov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A G Borquez Carcamo
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - H Bossi
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - E Botta
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Y E M Bouziani
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L Bratrud
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P Braun-Munzinger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Bregant
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M Broz
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G E Bruno
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - M D Buckland
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - D Budnikov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Buesching
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Bufalino
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - P Buhler
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - N Burmasov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Z Buthelezi
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A Bylinkin
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S A Bysiak
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | | | - M Cai
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - H Caines
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - A Caliva
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - E Calvo Villar
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | | | - P Camerini
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - F D M Canedo
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - S L Cantway
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - M Carabas
- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
| | - A A Carballo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Carnesecchi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Caron
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | | | - J Castillo Castellanos
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - F Catalano
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Cattaruzzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - C Ceballos Sanchez
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Cerri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - I Chakaberia
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - P Chakraborty
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Chandra
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chapeland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Chartier
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - T Cheng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Cheshkov
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | | | - D D Chinellato
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - E S Chizzali
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - J Cho
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - S Cho
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - P Chochula
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Choudhury
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - P Christakoglou
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C H Christensen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - P Christiansen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - T Chujo
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - M Ciacco
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - C Cicalo
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M R Ciupek
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Clai
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - J S Colburn
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - D Colella
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - M Colocci
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - M Concas
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Conesa Balbastre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | | | - G Contin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - J G Contreras
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M L Coquet
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Cortese
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | | | - F Costa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Costanza
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - C Cot
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - J Crkovská
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Crochet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - R Cruz-Torres
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - P Cui
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Dainese
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M C Danisch
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Danu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - P Das
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A R Dash
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - A De Caro
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - J de Cuveland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A De Falco
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - D De Gruttola
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - C De Martin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - S De Pasquale
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - R Deb
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - R Del Grande
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - L Dello Stritto
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - W Deng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Dhankher
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - D Di Bari
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Di Mauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Diab
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - R A Diaz
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Dietel
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Ding
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Ditzel
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Divià
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D U Dixit
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - Ø Djuvsland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - U Dmitrieva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Dobrin
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Dönigus
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - A Dubla
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - M Durkac
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - T M Eder
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Ejima
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - B Espagnon
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - W Fan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | | | - G Feofilov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Ferrandi
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M B Ferrer
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - C Ferrero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Filova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D Finogeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F M Fionda
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - E Flatland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - I Fokin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Frajna
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - T Gahlaut
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacan, Mexico
| | | | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - T García Chávez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - E Garcia-Solis
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Gasik
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - A Ghimouz
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - C Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | | | - G Gioachin
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Glimos
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - V Gonzalez
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - P Gordeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - K Goswami
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - E Grecka
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Grund
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - N A Grunwald
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gündem
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - K Gwizdziel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - L Gyulai
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - F U Haider
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S Haidlova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Haldar
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Hamdi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - Y Han
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - B G Hanley
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - J Hansen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J W Harris
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
| | - M V Hartung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hassan
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L B Havener
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Hemmer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Mérida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Herrmann
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Heybeck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - F W Hoffmann
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - M Horst
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L M Huhta
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - T J Humanic
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M C Hwang
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - R Ilkaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Isakov
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Isidori
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - K E Iversen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - B Jacak
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - N Jacazio
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Jaelani
- National Research and Innovation Agency-BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Ji
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - S Jia
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - D M Jones
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kabus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A S Kalteyer
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Karatovic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Karavicheva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Zentrum für Technologie und Transfer (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - S S Khade
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - A M Khan
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Kharlov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Khatun
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - A Khuntia
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Z Khuranova
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - K Kimura
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - N Kondratyeva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Korwieser
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | | | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - N Kovacic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - V Kovalenko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - V Kozhuharov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - L Krcal
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | | | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D M Krupova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E Kryshen
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Kučera
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kumar
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A B Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kuryakin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - V Kuskov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Kutyla
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A R Landou
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - R Lea
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - H Lee
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - I Legrand
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - G Legras
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T M Lelek
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - M M Lesch
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - P Lévai
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - B E Liang-Gilman
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - I Likmeta
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - B Lim
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G S S Liveraro
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - S Lokos
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Lömker
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - P Lu
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - F V Lugo
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J R Luhder
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - Y G Ma
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - E M Majerz
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - M V Makariev
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - M Malaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G Malfattore
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - S K Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - L Malinina
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mallick
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - S K Mandal
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - V Manko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | | | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | | | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - O Massen
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - S Mattiazzo
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - Y Melikyan
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J E M Mendez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - L Micheletti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - S Monira
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | | | - I Morozov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - S Murray
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A I Nambrath
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Nattrass
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - M N Naydenov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A Negru
- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
| | - E Nekrasova
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - R Nepeivoda
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - S Nese
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - E G Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - N Novitzky
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | | | - A Nyanin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Oh
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S Paisano-Guzmán
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - H Park
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - H Park
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J E Parkkila
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - Y Patley
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | | | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
| | - M Pennisi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S Perciballi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - D Peresunko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G M Perez
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - Y Pestov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Petrov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R P Pezzi
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - P Pillot
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - C Pinto
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - M Planinic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Pliquett
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M G Poghosyan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - B Polichtchouk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Politano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Poljak
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Pop
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - V Pozdniakov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - I Y Pozos
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - K K Pradhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - C A Pruneau
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - I Pshenichnov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Pucillo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Z Pugelova
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Qiu
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S Ragoni
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
| | - A Rai
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - A Rakotozafindrabe
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - L Ramello
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - F Rami
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Rasa
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M P Rauch
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - I Ravasenga
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K F Read
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - C Reckziegel
- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
| | - A R Redelbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - C A Reetz
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H D Regules-Medel
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Reidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H A Reme-Ness
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Ricci
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A A Riedel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Riffero
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - M V Rodriguez
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Rogochaya
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - S Rojas Torres
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Romanenko
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - K Roslon
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - A Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - N Rubini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - D Ruggiano
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Rui
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - P G Russek
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Russo
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - E Ryabinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Ryabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Rybicki
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - H Rytkonen
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - J Ryu
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - W Rzesa
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - S Sadhu
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Sadovsky
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Saetre
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - K Šafařík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - P Saha
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - S K Saha
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Saha
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Sahoo
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - D Sahu
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P K Sahu
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - J Saini
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - K Sajdakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Sakai
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - M P Salvan
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Sambyal
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - D Samitz
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - I Sanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - T B Saramela
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Sarkar
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - P Sarma
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - V Sarritzu
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - V M Sarti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M H P Sas
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Sawan
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | | | - J Schambach
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - H S Scheid
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Schiaua
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R Schicker
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - F Schlepper
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Schmah
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Schmidt
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H R Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
| | - M O Schmidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
| | - N V Schmidt
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - A R Schmier
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - R Schotter
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - A Schröter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J Schukraft
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K Schweda
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Scioli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | | | - J E Seger
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
| | | | | | - M Selina
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - I Selyuzhenkov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Senyukov
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - J J Seo
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Serebryakov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Serkin
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - L Šerkšnytė
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Sevcenco
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - T J Shaba
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - A Shabetai
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - R Shahoyan
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Shangaraev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - B Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - D Sharma
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - H Sharma
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S Sharma
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - S Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - U Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - A Shatat
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - O Sheibani
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - K Shigaki
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | | | - J Shin
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - S Shirinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Q Shou
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - Y Sibiriak
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - T Siemiarczuk
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T F Silva
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Silvermyr
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - R Simeonov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - B Singh
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Singh
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Singh
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R Singh
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - R Singh
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Singh
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Singh
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - V K Singh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - V Singhal
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - T Sinha
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - B Sitar
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Sitta
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - T B Skaali
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Skorodumovs
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Slupecki
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - N Smirnov
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - R J M Snellings
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - E H Solheim
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - J Song
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - C Sonnabend
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J M Sonneveld
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - F Soramel
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - R Spijkers
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - I Sputowska
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Staa
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Stachel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I Stan
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - P J Steffanic
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - S F Stiefelmaier
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Stocco
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - I Storehaug
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - P Stratmann
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Strazzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Sturniolo
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - C P Stylianidis
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A A P Suaide
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - C Suire
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - M Sukhanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Suljic
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Sultanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Sumberia
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S Sumowidagdo
- National Research and Innovation Agency-BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - I Szarka
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | | | - S F Taghavi
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Taillepied
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Takahashi
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - G J Tambave
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - S Tang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Z Tang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | | | - N Tapus
- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - M G Tarzila
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - G F Tassielli
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Tauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - G Tejeda Muñoz
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Telesca
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Terlizzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - C Terrevoli
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - S Thakur
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - D Thomas
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - A Tikhonov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - N Tiltmann
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - A R Timmins
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - M Tkacik
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - T Tkacik
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Toia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Tokumoto
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Tomohiro
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - N Topilskaya
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Toppi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - T Tork
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - P V Torres
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - V V Torres
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - A G Torres Ramos
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Trifiró
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - A S Triolo
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - S Tripathy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - T Tripathy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Trogolo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Trubnikov
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | | | | | - A Tumkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Turrisi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - T S Tveter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - K Ullaland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Ulukutlu
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Uras
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - M Urioni
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G L Usai
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M Vala
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Valle
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Lin N, Tierney G, Ji S. Effect of impact kinematic filters on brain strain responses in contact sports. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2024; PP:1-8. [PMID: 38652634 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2024.3392859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Impact kinematics are widely employed to investigate mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, they are susceptible to noise and artefacts; thus, require data filtering. Few studies have focused on how data filtering affects brain strain most relevant to TBI. Here, we report that impact-induced brain strains are much less sensitive to data filtering than kinematics based on three filtering methods: CFC180, lowpass 200Hz, and a new method called Head Exposure to Acceleration Database in Sport (HEADSport). METHODS Using mouthguard-measured head impacts in elite rugby (N=5694), average Euclidean distances between the three filtered angular velocity profiles and their unfiltered counterparts are used to identify three groups of impacts with large variations: 90-95th, 95-99th, and >99th percentile. From each group, 20 impacts are randomly selected for simulation using the anisotropic Worcester Head Injury Model (WHIM) V1.0. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION HEADSport and CFC180 are the most and least effective, respectively, in suppressing "unphysical artefacts" shown as sharp spikes with a rather short impulse duration (e.g., <3 ms) in angular velocity. However, maximum principal strain (MPS), especially that in the corpus callosum, is much less sensitive to data filtering compared to kinematic peaks (e.g., reduction of 3% vs. 47% and 90% for peak angular velocity and acceleration with HEADSport for impacts of >99th percentile). SIGNIFICANCE These findings confirm that the brain acts as a low-pass filter, itself, to suppress high frequency noise in impact kinematics. Therefore, brain strain can serve as a common metric for TBI biomechanical studies to maximize relevance to the injury, as it is not sensitive to kinematic filters.
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First Measurement of the |t| Dependence of Incoherent J/ψ Photonuclear Production. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:162302. [PMID: 38701458 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.162302] [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: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
The first measurement of the cross section for incoherent photonuclear production of J/ψ vector mesons as a function of the Mandelstam |t| variable is presented. The measurement was carried out with the ALICE detector at midrapidity, |y|<0.8, using ultraperipheral collisions of Pb nuclei at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV. This rapidity interval corresponds to a Bjorken-x range (0.3-1.4)×10^{-3}. Cross sections are given in five |t| intervals in the range 0.04<|t|<1 GeV^{2} and compared to the predictions by different models. Models that ignore quantum fluctuations of the gluon density in the colliding hadron predict a |t| dependence of the cross section much steeper than in data. The inclusion of such fluctuations in the same models provides a better description of the data.
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
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- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
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- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
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- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - M Durkac
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - T M Eder
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Ejima
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Erhardt
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M R Ersdal
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Espagnon
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - W Fan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - P Fecchio
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Feofilov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Ferrandi
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M B Ferrer
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - C Ferrero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Filova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D Finogeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F M Fionda
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - I Fokin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Frajna
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - T Gahlaut
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
| | | | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A T Garcia
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - T García Chávez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - E Garcia-Solis
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - K Garner
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - P Gasik
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - A Ghimouz
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - C Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Giacalone
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - E Glimos
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - V Gonzalez
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - K Goswami
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - E Grecka
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Grund
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gündem
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - K Gwizdziel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - L Gyulai
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M K Habib
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - F U Haider
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Hamdi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - M Hamid
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Han
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - B G Hanley
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - J Hansen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - M R Haque
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J W Harris
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
| | - H Hassan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L B Havener
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - S T Heckel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Hemmer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Mérida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Herrmann
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Heybeck
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - F W Hoffmann
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Hohlweger
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - M Horst
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hughes
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - L M Huhta
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - T J Humanic
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Ilkaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Isakov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - T Isidori
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - K E Iversen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - B Jacak
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - N Jacazio
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Jaelani
- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | | | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jercic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - S Ji
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - S Jia
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - D M Jones
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kabus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A S Kalteyer
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Kaplin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - D Karatovic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T Karavicheva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Zentrum für Technologie und Transfer (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - S S Khade
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - A M Khan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Kharlov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Khatun
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
| | - A Khuntia
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M B Kidson
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J S Kim
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - K Kimura
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Knospe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - N Kondratyeva
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Kondratyuk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - M Korwieser
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | | | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - V Kovalenko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - V Kozhuharov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - L Krcal
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | | | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D M Krupova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E Kryshen
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Kučera
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kumar
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A B Kurepin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Kuryakin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A R Landou
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - R Lea
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - H Lee
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - I Legrand
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - G Legras
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T M Lelek
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - M M Lesch
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - P Lévai
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - X L Li
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - I Likmeta
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - B Lim
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Liu
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - G S S Liveraro
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - S Lokos
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Lomker
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - J A Lopez
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - P Lu
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - J R Luhder
- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - Y G Ma
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - E M Majerz
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - M V Makariev
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - M Malaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G Malfattore
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - S K Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - L Malinina
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - D Mallick
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - S K Mandal
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - V Manko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | | | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | | | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - S Mattiazzo
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A F Mechler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Y Melikyan
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - S Mhlanga
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - L Micheletti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L C Migliorin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A N Mishra
- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A P Mohanty
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - S Monira
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Z Moravcova
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | | | | | - I Morozov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - S Murray
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A I Nambrath
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Nattrass
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - M N Naydenov
- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A Negru
- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - R Nepeivoda
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - S Nese
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - E G Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Nikulin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | | | - A Nyanin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Ogino
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - S Oh
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - M H Oliver
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S Paisano-Guzmán
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - H Park
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - H Park
- Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon City, Republic of Korea
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J E Parkkila
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - Y Patley
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R N Patra
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
| | - M Pennisi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - D Peresunko
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - G M Perez
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - Y Pestov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Petrov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R P Pezzi
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
| | - P Pillot
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - C Pinto
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States
| | - M Planinic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Pliquett
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M G Poghosyan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
| | - B Polichtchouk
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - S Politano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Poljak
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Pop
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - V Pozdniakov
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - I Y Pozos
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - K K Pradhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Prasad
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - C A Pruneau
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - I Pshenichnov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Pucillo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - Z Pugelova
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Qiu
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - R E Quishpe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
| | - S Ragoni
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
| | - A Rakotozafindrabe
- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - L Ramello
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
| | - F Rami
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Rasa
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M P Rauch
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - I Ravasenga
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - K F Read
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
| | - C Reckziegel
- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo Andre, Brazil
| | - A R Redelbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - C A Reetz
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H D Regules-Medel
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Reidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H A Reme-Ness
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - V Riabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - R Ricci
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A A Riedel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - M V Rodriguez
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - E Rogochaya
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - S Rojas Torres
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - G Romanenko
- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - K Roslon
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - A Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - N Rubini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - D Ruggiano
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - R Rui
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - P G Russek
- AGH University of Krakow, Cracow, Poland
| | - R Russo
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - E Ryabinkin
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - Y Ryabov
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - A Rybicki
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - H Rytkonen
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - J Ryu
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - W Rzesa
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - R Sadek
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Sadhu
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - S Sadovsky
- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
| | - J Saetre
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - K Šafařík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - P Saha
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - S K Saha
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Saha
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - R Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Sahoo
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - D Sahu
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P K Sahu
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - J Saini
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - K Sajdakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
| | - S Sakai
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - M P Salvan
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Sambyal
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - I Sanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - T B Saramela
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Sarkar
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
| | - N Sarkar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - P Sarma
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - V Sarritzu
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - V M Sarti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M H P Sas
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| | - J Schambach
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Università del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
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- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- National Research and Innovation Agency - BRIN, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti, Bucharest, Romania
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics and Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Nantes Université, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università and Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Affiliated with an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin' and Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physics Program and International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università and Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Zhang C, Bartels L, Clansey A, Kloiber J, Bondi D, van Donkelaar P, Wu L, Rauscher A, Ji S. A computational pipeline towards large-scale and multiscale modeling of traumatic axonal injury. Comput Biol Med 2024; 171:108109. [PMID: 38364663 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Abstract
Contemporary biomechanical modeling of traumatic brain injury (TBI) focuses on either the global brain as an organ or a representative tiny section of a single axon. In addition, while it is common for a global brain model to employ real-world impacts as input, axonal injury models have largely been limited to inputs of either tension or compression with assumed peak strain and strain rate. These major gaps between global and microscale modeling preclude a systematic and mechanistic investigation of how tissue strain from impact leads to downstream axonal damage throughout the white matter. In this study, a unique subject-specific multimodality dataset from a male ice-hockey player sustaining a diagnosed concussion is used to establish an efficient and scalable computational pipeline. It is then employed to derive voxelized brain deformation, maximum principal strains and white matter fiber strains, and finally, to produce diverse fiber strain profiles of various shapes in temporal history necessary for the development and application of a deep learning axonal injury model in the future. The pipeline employs a structured, voxelized representation of brain deformation with adjustable spatial resolution independent of model mesh resolution. The method can be easily extended to other head impacts or individuals. The framework established in this work is critical for enabling large-scale (i.e., across the entire white matter region, head impacts, and individuals) and multiscale (i.e., from organ to cell length scales) modeling for the investigation of traumatic axonal injury (TAI) triggering mechanisms. Ultimately, these efforts could enhance the assessment of concussion risks and design of protective headgear. Therefore, this work contributes to improved strategies for concussion detection, mitigation, and prevention.
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- Chaokai Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- School of Health and Exercise Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA.
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Xue J, Shi R, Ma J, Liu Z, Feng G, Chen QQ, Li Y, He Y, Ji S, Shi J, Zhu X, Zhou J. Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy plus Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) Blockade for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Preliminary Results of a Single-Arm, Open-Label, Phase II Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e542-e543. [PMID: 37785675 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) This study aims to assess the anti-tumor activity and safety of concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus PD-1 blockade in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. MATERIALS/METHODS This is a single-arm, open-label, prospective phase II study. The key inclusion criteria were treatment-naive patients aged 18-75 years with stage II A2-IVA (FIGO 2018) locally advanced cervical cancer. All patients were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy including 2 cycle cisplatin (75mg/m2, for three days, every 3 weeks[Q3W]), nedaplatin or carboplatin can be selected for patients who can't tolerate cisplatin. After CCRT, patients achieving complete response (CR), partial responses(PR), stable disease(SD) received adjuvant chemotherapy (docetaxel 75 mg/m2 day 1+ cisplatin DDP 25 mg/m2 day 1-3, Q3W) for 2 cycle. PD-1 blockade Sintilimab and Tislelizumab was administered intravenously at 200 mg every 3 weeks up to 1 year or until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. The primary endpoint was objective response rate (ORR) assessed by investigators per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumours (RECIST) version 1.1. Secondary endpoints were the 12, 24-month overall survival (OS) rates, the 12, 24-month disease free survival (DFS) rates and safety. RESULTS From February 2020 to June 2022, a total of 15 patients was enrolled. Median age was 57 years (range, 36-74 years). Stage IIA1 was documented in 2 patients, stage IIA2 in two patients, stage IIIA in one patient, stage IIIC1 in eight patients, and stage IVA in two patients. And 66.7% (10/15) of patients had Metastatic lymph node. Four patients received adjuvant chemotherapy. The ORR was 100%, with 4 patients achieving CR and 11 PR. The 12 and 24-month OS rates are 93.3% and 84%, the 12 and 24-month DFS rates are 86% and 75.4%, respectively. Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) occurred in 86.7% (13/15) of patients. Grade 3 TRAEs are leukocyte (n = 1), thrombocytopenia (n = 1), hepatitis (n = 1), skin reaction (n = 1). No treatment-related deaths occurred. And IFN-γ was significantly elevated after radiotherapy (p = 0.0073). CONCLUSION Concurrent chemoradiotherapy plus PD-1 blockade showed promising antitumor activity and manageable toxicities in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer. Long-term outcomes are still pending to further evaluate their therapeutic effects. (ChiCTR2000032856).
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- J Xue
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, 215001, China., Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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Lin N, Wu S, Ji S. A Morphologically Individualized Deep Learning Brain Injury Model. J Neurotrauma 2023; 40:2233-2247. [PMID: 37212255 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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The brain injury modeling community has recommended improving model subject specificity and simulation efficiency. Here, we extend an instantaneous (< 1 sec) convolutional neural network (CNN) brain model based on the anisotropic Worcester Head Injury Model (WHIM) V1.0 to account for strain differences due to individual morphological variations. Linear scaling factors relative to the generic WHIM along the three anatomical axes are used as additional CNN inputs. To generate training samples, the WHIM is randomly scaled to pair with augmented head impacts randomly generated from real-world data for simulation. An estimation of voxelized peak maximum principal strain of the whole-brain is said to be successful when the linear regression slope and Pearson's correlation coefficient relative to directly simulated do not deviate from 1.0 (when identical) by more than 0.1. Despite a modest training dataset (N = 1363 vs. ∼5.7 k previously), the individualized CNN achieves a success rate of 86.2% in cross-validation for scaled model responses, and 92.1% for independent generic model testing for impacts considered as complete capture of kinematic events. Using 11 scaled subject-specific models (with scaling factors determined from pre-established regression models based on head dimensions and sex and age information, and notably, without neuroimages), the morphologically individualized CNN remains accurate for impacts that also yield successful estimations for the generic WHIM. The individualized CNN instantly estimates subject-specific and spatially detailed peak strains of the entire brain and thus, supersedes others that report a scalar peak strain value incapable of informing the location of occurrence. This tool could be especially useful for youths and females due to their anticipated greater morphological differences relative to the generic model, even without the need for individual neuroimages. It has potential for a wide range of applications for injury mitigation purposes and the design of head protective gears. The voxelized strains also allow for convenient data sharing and promote collaboration among research groups.
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- Nan Lin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Zhang C, Ji S. Sex Differences in Axonal Dynamic Responses Under Realistic Tension Using Finite Element Models. J Neurotrauma 2023; 40:2217-2232. [PMID: 37335051 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023] Open
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Existing axonal finite element models do not consider sex morphological differences or the fidelity in dynamic input. To facilitate a systematic investigation into the micromechanics of diffuse axonal injury, we develop a parameterized modeling approach for automatic and efficient generation of sex-specific axonal models according to specified geometrical parameters. Baseline female and male axonal models in the corpus callosum with random microtubule (MT) gap configurations are generated for model calibration and evaluation. They are then used to simulate a realistic tensile loading consisting of both a loading and a recovery phase (to return to an initial undeformed state) generated from dynamic corpus callosum fiber strain in a real-world head impact simulation. We find that MT gaps and the dynamic recovery phase are both critical to successfully reproduce MT undulation as observed experimentally, which has not been reported before. This strengthens confidence in model dynamic responses. A statistical approach is further employed to aggregate axonal responses from a large sample of random MT gap configurations for both female and male axonal models (n = 10,000 each). We find that peak strains in MTs and the Ranvier node and associated neurofilament failures in female axons are substantially higher than those in male axons because there are fewer MTs in the former and also because of the random nature of MT gap locations. Despite limitations in various model assumptions as a result of limited experimental data currently available, these findings highlight the need to systematically characterize MT gap configurations and to ensure a realistic model input for axonal dynamic simulations. Finally, this study may offer fresh and improved insight into the biomechanical basis of sex differences in brain injury, and sets the stage for more systematic investigations at the microscale in the future, both numerically and experimentally.
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- Chaokai Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Wang T, Li J, Ji S. A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Circulating Inflammatory Cytokines with Colon and Rectum Cancers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e239. [PMID: 37784945 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Chronic inflammation has been proposed to be associated with tumor development and progression. Dynamic changes in serum cytokines induced by feedback mechanisms from tumors make differentiation of cause and effect difficult. MATERIALS/METHODS In this study, a bidirectional summary-level Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was performed to elucidate the causal correlation between inflammatory regulators with colon (CC) and rectum (RC) carcinomas. Summary-level data on inflammation-related genetic variations were extracted from a genome-wide association meta-analysis. Corresponding data for CC and RC were obtained from the FinnGen (CC: 1396 cases vs. 174,006 controls; RC: 1,078 cases vs. 174,006 controls) and UK Biobank (CC: 2,226 cases vs. 358,968 controls; RC: 1,170 cases vs. 360,024 controls) consortiums. Inverse-variance weighted MR was used as the primary method, and sensitivity analysis was performed to assess the MR assumptions. RESULTS After P value correction and meta-analysis, there was evidence of direct associations between macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and CC (95% confidence interval (CI):1.001-1.003; P = 8.77×10-4) and inverse correlations between Interleukin-17 (IL-17) and RC (95% CI: 0.997-0.999; P = 1.15×10-3). Conversely, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL1ra) was downregulated in patients at a higher risk of RC (P = 0.006), and no reliable results revealed a causal association between other cytokines and CC and RC. CONCLUSION Thus, this MR study suggests that downregulated serum MIF and elevated serum IL-17 concentrations may reduce the risk of CC and RC, respectively. Therefore, MIF and IL-17 may serve as potential therapeutic targets, and further exploration of their underlying mechanisms is warranted.
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- T Wang
- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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Wang T, Li J, Ji S. Prognostic Value of Naples Prognostic Score on Survival in Unresectable Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e28. [PMID: 37785047 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Chemoradiotherapy is a major modality for treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Naples prognosis score (NPS) is a novel prognostic biomarker-based immune and nutritional status and that can be used to evaluate prognosis. Our study aimed to investigate the prognostic role of NPS in unresectable SCLC patients. MATERIALS/METHODS Patients treated with chemoradiotherapy were retrospectively analyzed between June 2012 and August 2017. We divided patients into three groups depending on the NPS: group 0, n = 31; group 1, n = 100; and group 2, n = 48, and associations between clinical characteristics and NPS group were analyzed. Spearman correlation analyses were used to estimate the correlations among NPS parameters. The univariable and multivariable Cox analyses were used to evaluate the prognostic value of clinicopathological characteristics and laboratory indicators for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS Data from 179 patients were analyzed. Treatment modality (P < 0.001) and serum CEA (P = 0.03) were significantly different among the NPS groups. The age, sex, smoking status, KPS, Karnofsky performance score (KPS), disease extent, and number of metastatic sites were not correlated with NPS (all P > 0.05). Spearman correlation analyses showed that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) had a significant correlation with lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR) (r = -0.495, P < 0.001). KPS, disease extent, prophylactic cranial irradiation, treatment response and NPS Group were associated with OS. In addition, KPS, disease extent, prophylactic cranial irradiation, treatment response and NPS Group were associated with PFS. Multivariate analysis results showed that NPS was identified as an independent prognostic factor for OS (Group 1: hazard ratio [HR] = 2.704, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.403-5.210; P = 0.003; Group 2: HR = 5.154, 95% CI = 2.614-10.166; P < 0.001) and PFS (Group 1: HR = 2.018, 95% CI = 1.014-4.014; P = 0.045; Group 2: HR = 3.339, 95% CI = 1.650-6.756; P = 0.001). CONCLUSION NPS is related to clinical outcomes in patients with unresectable SCLC. NPS as an innovative scoring system, can improves prediction of survival in unresectable SCLC patients.
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- T Wang
- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China
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Lin N, Wu S, Wu Z, Ji S. Efficient Generation of Pretraining Samples for Developing a Deep Learning Brain Injury Model via Transfer Learning. Ann Biomed Eng 2023:10.1007/s10439-023-03354-3. [PMID: 37642795 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03354-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The large amount of training samples required to develop a deep learning brain injury model demands enormous computational resources. Here, we study how a transformer neural network (TNN) of high accuracy can be used to efficiently generate pretraining samples for a convolutional neural network (CNN) brain injury model to reduce computational cost. The samples use synthetic impacts emulating real-world events or augmented impacts generated from limited measured impacts. First, we verify that the TNN remains highly accurate for the two impact types (N = 100 each; [Formula: see text] of 0.948-0.967 with root mean squared error, RMSE, ~ 0.01, for voxelized peak strains). The TNN-estimated samples (1000-5000 for each data type) are then used to pretrain a CNN, which is further finetuned using directly simulated training samples (250-5000). An independent measured impact dataset considered of complete capture of impact event is used to assess estimation accuracy (N = 191). We find that pretraining can significantly improve CNN accuracy via transfer learning compared to a baseline CNN without pretraining. It is most effective when the finetuning dataset is relatively small (e.g., 2000-4000 pretraining synthetic or augmented samples improves success rate from 0.72 to 0.81 with 500 finetuning samples). When finetuning samples reach 3000 or more, no obvious improvement occurs from pretraining. These results support using the TNN to rapidly generate pretraining samples to facilitate a more efficient training strategy for future deep learning brain models, by limiting the number of costly direct simulations from an alternative baseline model. This study could contribute to a wider adoption of deep learning brain injury models for large-scale predictive modeling and ultimately, enhancing safety protocols and protective equipment.
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- Nan Lin
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Mathematical Sciences, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
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Kasbekar RS, Ji S, Clancy EA, Goel A. Optimizing the input feature sets and machine learning algorithms for reliable and accurate estimation of continuous, cuffless blood pressure. Sci Rep 2023; 13:7750. [PMID: 37173370 PMCID: PMC10181996 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-34677-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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The advent of mobile devices, wearables and digital healthcare has unleashed a demand for accurate, reliable, and non-interventional ways to measure continuous blood pressure (BP). Many consumer products claim to measure BP with a cuffless device, but their lack of accuracy and reliability limit clinical adoption. Here, we demonstrate how multimodal feature datasets, comprising: (i) pulse arrival time (PAT); (ii) pulse wave morphology (PWM), and (iii) demographic data, can be combined with optimized Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to estimate Systolic BP (SBP), Diastolic BP (DBP) and Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) within a 5 mmHg bias of the gold standard Intra-Arterial BP, well within the acceptable limits of the IEC/ANSI 80601-2-30 (2018) standard. Furthermore, DBP's calculated using 126 datasets collected from 31 hemodynamically compromised patients had a standard deviation within 8 mmHg, while SBP's and MAP's exceeded these limits. Using ANOVA and Levene's test for error means and standard deviations, we found significant differences in the various ML algorithms but found no significant differences amongst the multimodal feature datasets. Optimized ML algorithms and key multimodal features obtained from larger real-world data (RWD) sets could enable more reliable and accurate estimation of continuous BP in cuffless devices, accelerating wider clinical adoption.
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- Rajesh S Kasbekar
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, USA
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA, USA
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- Nanobiosym Research Institute, Nanobiosym, Inc. and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Ji S, Ghajari M, Mao H, Kraft RH, Hajiaghamemar M, Panzer MB, Willinger R, Gilchrist MD, Kleiven S, Stitzel JD. Use of Brain Biomechanical Models for Monitoring Impact Exposure in Contact Sports. Ann Biomed Eng 2022; 50:1389-1408. [PMID: 35867314 PMCID: PMC9652195 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-02999-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Head acceleration measurement sensors are now widely deployed in the field to monitor head kinematic exposure in contact sports. The wealth of impact kinematics data provides valuable, yet challenging, opportunities to study the biomechanical basis of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and subconcussive kinematic exposure. Head impact kinematics are translated into brain mechanical responses through physics-based computational simulations using validated brain models to study the mechanisms of injury. First, this article reviews representative legacy and contemporary brain biomechanical models primarily used for blunt impact simulation. Then, it summarizes perspectives regarding the development and validation of these models, and discusses how simulation results can be interpreted to facilitate injury risk assessment and head acceleration exposure monitoring in the context of contact sports. Recommendations and consensus statements are presented on the use of validated brain models in conjunction with kinematic sensor data to understand the biomechanics of mTBI and subconcussion. Mainly, there is general consensus that validated brain models have strong potential to improve injury prediction and interpretation of subconcussive kinematic exposure over global head kinematics alone. Nevertheless, a major roadblock to this capability is the lack of sufficient data encompassing different sports, sex, age and other factors. The authors recommend further integration of sensor data and simulations with modern data science techniques to generate large datasets of exposures and predicted brain responses along with associated clinical findings. These efforts are anticipated to help better understand the biomechanical basis of mTBI and improve the effectiveness in monitoring kinematic exposure in contact sports for risk and injury mitigation purposes.
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- Songbai Ji
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA.
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- Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- University of Strasbourg, IMFS-CNRS, 2 rue Boussingault, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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- School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Division of Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hälsovägen 11C, 141 57, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Huang C, Mezger STP, Looi WD, Muralidharan S, Ji S, Pastor BC, Tan SH, Charles CJ, Kofidis T, Richard AM, Chan MY, Torta FT, Heeren RMA, Bonney GK, Wang JW. Spatial-temporal lipidomics profile of acute myocardial injury. Eur Heart J 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Lipidome disturbance has long been recognized to occur after myocardial infarction (MI). Accumulation of excessive fatty acids induces production of reactive oxygen species and consequently deteriorates cardiac injury in MI. However, the spatial and temporal lipid profile in the heart following ischemic injury remains unknown.
Purpose
We aim to uncover the temporal-spatial lipidome profile of the heart following ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury and identify circulating lipids released from injured myocardium that are potentially useful for diagnosis of ischemic heart disease.
Methods
C57/BL6 mice were subjected to 30 min myocardial ischemia followed by removal of the ligature to establish reperfusion injury. Porcine I/R injury was induced by 105 min myocardial ischemia followed by reperfusion. Human plasma was obtained from 143 post-MI patients. Myocardial lipid profiles were generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI) in different regions (infarct, remote and peri-infarct) at different time points. Moreover, the lipids in the heart and plasma were analysed by LC-MS/MS.
Results
We observed a drastic alteration in the lipidome with distinct spatial-temporal features in the injured heart by both MALDI-MSI and LC-MS/MS. In the infarct heart tissue, as revealed by LC-MS/MS, we observed an elevation of glycerolipids that peaked at 3 hours after I/R, and a sustained elevation of phospholipids and sphingolipids up to 3 days. Similar alternations in lipid profile was observed but much weaker in the remote and peri-infarct heart tissue compared to the infarct tissue. Among those lipids, PC 32:0 detected by MALDI-MSI highly overlapped CD68 staining at a single-cell level, showing a strong correlation of PC 32:0 with macrophage infiltration in mouse hearts (R2=0.93, p<0.0001). A similar increase of PC 32:0 in the infarct area was also observed in porcine hearts following I/R injury. Surprisingly, plasma levels of PC 32:0 in the mice decreased after I/R injury. In humans, plasma levels of PC 32:0 in post-MI patients were lower than that in healthy individuals (p=0.03). Further analysis demonstrated that plasma levels of PC 32:0 determined within 72 hours after percutaneous coronary intervention were negatively correlated with the 6-month post-MI cardiac ejection fraction in patients (R2=0.08, p<0.001).
Conclusions
A temporal-spatial lipidome profile was established in heart injury by synergizing LC-MS/MS and mass spectrometry imaging. PC 32:0 levels are positively correlated with myocardial macrophage infiltration but negatively correlated with cardiac function in cardiac I/R injury. Our findings indicate that PC 32:0 is a potential biomarker for cardiac injury and the inflammatory status in the injured heart.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): Singapore Ministry of Health's National Medical Research Council
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- C Huang
- National University of Singapore, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry , Maastricht , The Netherlands
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- Bruker Singapore Pte. Ltd. , singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Biochemistry, Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Biochemistry, Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry , Maastricht , The Netherlands
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Biochemistry, Singapore Lipidomics Incubator (SLING), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging (M4I) Institute, Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry , Maastricht , The Netherlands
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- National University Hospital, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine , Singapore , Singapore
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Real-time dynamic simulation remains a significant challenge for spatiotemporal data of high dimension and resolution. In this study, we establish a transformer neural network (TNN) originally developed for natural language processing and a separate convolutional neural network (CNN) to estimate five-dimensional (5D) spatiotemporal brain-skull relative displacement resulting from impact (isotropic spatial resolution of 4 mm with temporal resolution of 1 ms). Sequential training is applied to train (N = 5184 samples) the two neural networks for estimating the complete 5D displacement across a temporal duration of 60 ms. We find that TNN slightly but consistently outperforms CNN in accuracy for both displacement and the resulting voxel-wise four-dimensional (4D) maximum principal strain (e.g., root mean squared error (RMSE) of ~1.0% vs. ~1.6%, with coefficient of determination, R 2 >0.99 vs. >0.98, respectively, and normalized RMSE (NRMSE) at peak displacement of 2%-3%, based on an independent testing dataset; N = 314). Their accuracies are similar for a range of real-world impacts drawn from various published sources (dummy, helmet, football, soccer, and car crash; average RMSE/NRMSE of ~0.3 mm/~4%-5% and average R 2 of ~0.98 at peak displacement). Sequential training is effective for allowing instantaneous estimation of 5D displacement with high accuracy, although TNN poses a heavier computational burden in training. This work enables efficient characterization of the intrinsically dynamic brain strain in impact critical for downstream multiscale axonal injury model simulation. This is also the first application of TNN in biomechanics, which offers important insight into how real-time dynamic simulations can be achieved across diverse engineering fields.
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- Shaoju Wu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States of America
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, United States of America
- Correspondence to: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01506, USA., (S. Ji)
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Geng CY, Feng X, Luan JM, Ji S, Jin YH, Zhang M. Improved tenderness of beef from bulls supplemented with active dry yeast is related to matrix metalloproteinases and reduced oxidative stress. Animal 2022; 16:100517. [PMID: 35436649 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2022.100517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Supplementing diets with active dry yeast (ADY, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) improves the carcass quality grade of beef cattle and the tenderness of beef. The relevant mechanisms have not been fully elucidated, but may be related to the effect of ADY on oxidative stress and the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). To provide further insight into these mechanisms, this study evaluated the influence of ADY supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, concentrations of MMPs in serum (MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13), oxidative stress indices and antioxidant capacity indices in beef cattle. Forty-six crossbred Simmental × Yanbian bulls (∼18 months of age, BW 436 ± 35 kg) participated in a 145-day finishing trial. ADY supplementation significantly improved marbling deposition, intramuscular fat content, and beef tenderness (P < 0.05); altered individual fatty acid proportions in the beef and increased saturated fatty acids while decreasing polyunsaturated fatty acids (P < 0.05); significantly decreased the abundance of reactive oxygen species in serum and meat; significantly increased the level of superoxide dismutase in meat (P < 0.05); tended to increase the level of catalase (P = 0.075) in serum and glutathione reductase (P = 0.066) in meat; and increased the secretion of MMPs. The improvement of beef tenderness following ADY supplementation of finishing bulls is related to the effects of ADY on the secretion of MMPs and the lowering of oxidative stress.
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- C Y Geng
- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China; Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China.
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- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China; Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China; Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China; Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji 133000, China
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Fan X, Mirza SK, Li C, Evans LT, Ji S, Paulsen KD. Accuracy of Stereovision-Updated Versus Preoperative CT-Based Image Guidance in Multilevel Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement: A Cadaveric Swine Study. JB JS Open Access 2022; 7:JBJSOA-D-21-00129. [PMID: 35350121 PMCID: PMC8937011 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.oa.21.00129] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Change in vertebral position between preoperative imaging and the surgical procedure reduces the accuracy of image-guided spinal surgery, requiring repeated imaging and surgical field registration, a process that takes time and exposes patients to additional radiation. We developed a handheld, camera-based, deformable registration system (intraoperative stereovision, iSV) to register the surgical field automatically and compensate for spinal motion during surgery without further radiation exposure. Methods We measured motion-induced errors in image-guided lumbar pedicle screw placement in 6 whole-pig cadavers using state-of-the-art commercial spine navigation (StealthStation; Medtronic) and iSV registration that compensates for intraoperative vertebral motion. We induced spinal motion by using preoperative computed tomography (pCT) of the lumbar spine performed in the supine position with accentuated lordosis and performing surgery with the animal in the prone position. StealthStation registration of pCT occurred using metallic fiducial markers implanted in each vertebra, and iSV data were acquired to perform a deformable registration between pCT and the surgical field. Sixty-eight pedicle screws were placed in 6 whole-pig cadavers using iSV and StealthStation registrations in random order of vertebral level, relying only on image guidance without invoking the surgeon's judgment. The position of each pedicle screw was assessed with post-procedure CT and confirmed via anatomical dissection. Registration errors were assessed on the basis of implanted fiducials. Results The frequency and severity of pedicle screw perforation were lower for iSV registration compared with StealthStation (97% versus 68% with Grade 0 medial perforation for iSV and StealthStation, respectively). Severe perforation occurred only with StealthStation (18% versus 0% for iSV). The overall time required for iSV registration (computational efficiency) was ∼10 to 15 minutes and was comparable with StealthStation registration (∼10 min). The mean target registration error was smaller for iSV relative to StealthStation (2.81 ± 0.91 versus 8.37 ± 1.76 mm). Conclusions Pedicle screw placement was more accurate with iSV registration compared with state-of-the-art commercial navigation based on preoperative CT when alignment of the spine changed during surgery. Clinical Relevance The iSV system compensated for intervertebral motion, which obviated the need for repeated vertebral registration while providing efficient, accurate, radiation-free navigation during open spinal surgery.
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- Xiaoyao Fan
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,PEERClinic for Back Pain and Spine Surgery, Fairfax, Virginia
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Liu J, Judy Jin J, Eckner JT, Ji S, Hu J. Influence of Morphological Variation on Brain Impact Responses among Youth and Young Adults. J Biomech 2022; 135:111036. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zhao W, Ji S. Cerebral vascular strains in dynamic head impact using an upgraded model with brain material property heterogeneity. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2022; 126:104967. [PMID: 34863650 PMCID: PMC8792345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cerebral vascular injury (CVI) is a frequent consequence of traumatic brain injury but has often been neglected. Substantial experimental work exists on vascular material properties and failure/subfailure thresholds. However, little is known about vascular in vivo loading conditions in dynamic head impact, which is necessary to investigate the risk, severity, and extent of CVI. In this study, we resort to the Worcester Head Injury Model (WHIM) V2.1 for investigation. The model embeds the cerebral vasculature network and is further upgraded to incorporate brain material property heterogeneity based on magnetic resonance elastography. The brain material property is calibrated to match with the previously validated anisotropic V1.0 version in terms of whole-brain strains against six experimental datasets of a wide range of blunt impact conditions. The upgraded WHIM is finally used to simulate five representative real-world head impacts drawn from contact sports and automotive crashes. We find that peak strains in veins are considerably higher than those in arteries and that peak circumferential strains are also higher than peak axial strains. For a typical concussive head impact, cerebral vascular axial strains reach the lowest reported yield strain of ∼7-8%. For severe automotive impacts, axial strains could reach ∼20%, which is on the order of the lowest reported ultimate failure strain of ∼24%. These results suggest in vivo mechanical loading conditions of the cerebral vasculature (excluding bridging veins not assessed here) due to rapid head rotation are at the lower end of failure/subfailure thresholds established from ex vivo experiments. This study provides some first insight into the risk, severity, and extent of CVI in real-world head impacts.
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- Wei Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA,Corresponding author: Dr. Songbai Ji, 60 Prescott Street, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01506, USA, ; (508) 831-4956
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Ji S, Zhao W. Displacement voxelization to resolve mesh-image mismatch: Application in deriving dense white matter fiber strains. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2022; 213:106528. [PMID: 34808529 PMCID: PMC8665149 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE It is common to combine biomechanical modeling and medical images for multimodal analyses. However, mesh-image mismatch may occur that prevents direct information exchange. To eliminate mesh-image mismatch, we develop a simple but elegant displacement voxelization technique based on image voxel corner nodes to achieve voxel-wise strain. We then apply the technique to derive dense white matter fiber strains along whole-brain tractography (∼35 k fiber tracts consisting of ∼3.3 million sampling points) resulting from head impact. METHODS Displacements at image voxel corner nodes are first obtained from model simulation via scattered interpolation. Each voxel is then scaled linearly to form a unit hexahedral element. This allows convenient and efficient voxel-wise strain tensor calculation and displacement interpolation at arbitrary fiber sampling points via shape functions. Fiber strains from displacement interpolation are then compared with those from the commonly used strain tensor projection using either voxel- or element-wise strain tensors. RESULTS Based on a synthetic displacement field, fiber strains interpolated from voxelized displacement are considerably more accurate than those from strain tensor projection relative to the prescribed ground-truth (determinant of coefficient (R2) of 1.00 and root mean squared error (RMSE) of 0.01 vs. 0.87 and 0.10, respectively). For a set of real-world reconstructed head impacts (N = 53), the strain tensor projection method performs similarly poorly (R2 of 0.80-0.90 and RMSE of 0.03-0.07), with overestimation strongly correlated with strain magnitude (Pearson correlation coefficient >0.9). Up to ∼15% of the fiber strains are overestimated by more than the lower bound of a conservative injury threshold of 0.09. The percentage increases to ∼37% when halving the threshold. Voxel interpolation is also significantly more efficient (15 s vs. 40 s for element strain tensor projection, without parallelization). CONCLUSIONS Voxelized displacement interpolation is considerably more accurate and efficient in deriving dense white matter fiber strains than strain tensor projection. The latter generally overestimates with overestimation magnitude strongly correlating with fiber strain magnitude. Displacement voxelization is an effective technique to eliminate mesh-image mismatch and generates a convenient image representation of tissue deformation. This technique can be generalized to broadly facilitate a diverse range of image-related biomechanical problems for multimodal analyses. The convenient image format may also promote and facilitate biomechanical data sharing in the future.
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- Songbai Ji
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01506, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01506, USA
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Wu S, Zhao W, Barbat S, Ruan J, Ji S. Instantaneous Brain Strain Estimation for Automotive Head Impacts via Deep Learning. Stapp Car Crash J 2021; 65:139-162. [PMID: 35512787 DOI: 10.4271/2021-22-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Efficient brain strain estimation is critical for routine application of a head injury model. Lately, a convolutional neural network (CNN) has been successfully developed to estimate spatially detailed brain strains instantly and accurately in contact sports. Here, we extend its application to automotive head impacts, where impact profiles are typically more complex with longer durations. Head impact kinematics (N=458) from two public databases were used to generate augmented impacts (N=2694). They were simulated using the anisotropic Worcester Head Injury Model (WHIM) V1.0, which provided baseline elementwise peak maximum principal strain (MPS). For each augmented impact, rotational velocity (vrot) and the corresponding rotational acceleration (arot) profiles were concatenated as static images to serve as CNN input. Three training strategies were evaluated: 1) "baseline", using random initial weights; 2) "transfer learning", using weight transfer from a previous CNN model trained on head impacts drawn from contact sports; and 3) "combined training", combining previous training data from contact sports (N=5661) for training. The combined training achieved the best performances. For peak MPS, the CNN achieved a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.932 and root mean squared error (RMSE) of 0.031 for the real-world testing dataset. It also achieved a success rate of 60.5% and 94.8% for elementwise MPS, where the linear regression slope, k, and correlation coefficient, r, between estimated and simulated MPS did not deviate from 1.0 (when identical) by more than 0.1 and 0.2, respectively. Cumulative strain damage measure (CSDM) from the CNN estimation was also highly accurate compared to those from direct simulation across a range of thresholds (R2 of 0.899-0.943 with RMSE of 0.054-0.069). Finally, the CNN achieved an average k and r of 0.98±0.12 and 0.90±0.07, respectively, for six reconstructed car crash impacts drawn from two other sources independent of the training dataset. Importantly, the CNN is able to efficiently estimate elementwise MPS with sufficient accuracy while conventional kinematic injury metrics cannot. Therefore, the CNN has the potential to supersede current kinematic injury metrics that can only approximate a global peak MPS or CSDM. The CNN technique developed here may offer enhanced utility in the design and development of head protective countermeasures, including in the automotive industry. This is the first study aimed at instantly estimating spatially detailed brain strains for automotive head impacts, which employs >8.8 thousand impact simulations generated from ~1.5 years of nonstop computations on a high-performance computing platform.
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- Shaoju Wu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300222, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Yepes I, Ji S. The impact of hospital teaching status in atrial fibrillation hospital admission outcomes: a national inpatient analysis in the united states. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Teaching hospitals are are usually larger and have a higher level of complexity. Admissions for atrial fibrillation are commonly encountered by residents and fellows and they carry a hight cost, morbidity and mortality.
Purpose
Our aim is to do a retrospective analysis of the National Impatient Sample (NIS) from 2016 to 2018 and determine the impact of the hospital teaching status and rural Vs urban location in the atrial fibrillation admission outcomes.
Methods
We combined the NIS from 2016–2018. A primary diagnosis of atrial fibrillation was identified identified. We stratified the admissions based on the hospital teaching status. We defined as primary outcomes the length of stay (LOS), in hospital mortality and total charges/cost per admission. The secondary outcomes were the rates acute kidney injury (AKI), acute blood loss anemia (ABLA) and embolic stroke (ES). We used the Charlson comorbidity index. We used univariate and multivariate linear regressions for the continuous outcomes and logistic regressions for the binary outcomes.
Results
We identified 981,739 admissions with a primary diagnosis of atrial fibrillation; 513,914 (47%) were female patients, the average age was 70.5 years. In the teaching hospitals, the LOS was 0.3 days longer [95% CI: 0.22–0.37]; p=0.000 and the total hospital charges were higher (8406.32 dollar more per admission [95% CI: 6510.89–10301.76]; p=0.000); there was no difference in mortality compared to the non-teaching institutions (OR 1.03 [95% CI: 0.87–1.21]; p=0.628). In teaching hospitals, the rates of AKI, ABLA and ES were higher (OR 1.2, 95% CI [1.12–1.27]; p=0.000), (OR 1.29, 95% CI [1.09–1.53]; p=0.003) and (OR 1.72, 95% CI [1.11–2.66]; p=0.014)respectively. In a subgroup analysis comparing urban teaching hospitals Vs urban non-teaching Vs rural non-teaching hospitals, we found that the primary outcomes were similar than the above but the results in the secondary outcomes were driven mainly by a marked difference between rural and urban institutions regardless of teaching status, which makes us think that there might be under diagnosis of atrial fibrillation related complications in lower complexity rural hospitals. The difference in costs per admission was not as high when comparing urban teaching with non-teaching hospitals (5103.96 dollar higher, 95% [CI: 3008.70–7199.23]; p=0.000).
Conclusion
Amongst admissions for atrial fibrillation, the total cost per admission was higher in teaching hospitals which was concordant with a longer LOS. Although our results show higher rates of AKI, ABLA and ES in teaching hospitals, this might be caused by underdiagnosis of such conditions in non-teaching rural institutions compared to large teaching hospital systems and these were not associated with an increase rate of mortality. There is need for more research to determine the factors impacting the higher costs of atrial fibrillation admissions amongst teaching institutions.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- I Yepes
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Cardiovascular Disease, Chicago, United States of America
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- Memorial Healthcare System, Internal Medicine, Pembroke Pines, United States of America
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Ji S, Yepes I. A United States national analysis of basic demographics and commodities in sudden cardiac arrest. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Cardiac arrest is a condition associated with high mortality rate and can cause significant social-economical burden in United States. Our study aim is to analyze the basic demographic of patients admitted for cardiac arrest and the incidence of complications following cardiac arrest.
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Using the National Inpatient Sample from 2016–2018, we identified all the hospital admissions with a primary diagnosis code at discharge for cardiac arrest during the study period. We identified the basic characteristics including age, gender, race and admitting hospital status. The set primary outcome was inpatient mortality, length of stay (LOS) and total costs of admission. The secondary outcomes were the incidence of acute kidney injury, acute blood loss anemia, acute embolism and thrombosis of deep veins of lower extremity (DVT), pulmonary embolism, non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, and thromboembolic stroke. Multivariable logistic regression model analysis was performed to address potential confounders. The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was used to adjust for the severity of each patient's co-morbidities.
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A total of 44,655 patients was admitted for cardiac arrest during the study period. Mean age was 64 years; 56% were men; 63% were white, 20.7% were black, 9.2% were latino, 2.8% were Asian or pacific Islander. The total in-hospital mortality was 73.5%. The average length of stay was 4.2 days and the average total costs of admission was 83,516 dollars. Among the seven demographic characteristics: age, gender, race, hospital size, hospital region, hospital teaching status, insurance type; only hospital teaching status and hospital size were found to significantly impact the mortality. Acute kidney injury was the most common complication in post-cardiac arrest patient (42%), followed by acute blood loss anemia (3.6%), pulmonary embolism (2.3%) and DVT (2.1%). Thromboembolic stroke (0.2%) and non-traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (0.1%) are less common. During subgroup analysis, acute kidney injury was also found out to be a predictive factor of increased mortality (OR 1.64, p<0.001).
Conclusion
Cardiac arrest remains one of the conditions with highest mortality rate. In our study, age, gender or race dit not impact on the outcome of cardiac arrest. Among all the complications from cardiac arrest, acute kidney injury was the most common one and was associated with higher mortality rate.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None.
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- S Ji
- Memorial Healthcare System, Internal Medicine - Graduate Medical Education, Pembroke Pines, United States of America
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- Memorial Healthcare System, Internal Medicine - Graduate Medical Education, Pembroke Pines, United States of America
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Head injury model validation has evolved from against pressure to relative brain-skull displacement, and more recently, against marker-based strain. However, there are concerns on strain data quality. In this study, we parametrically investigate how displacement random errors and synchronization errors propagate into strain. Embedded markers from four representative configurations are used to form unique and nonoverlapping tetrahedrons, triangles, and linear elements. Marker displacements are then separately subjected to up to ±10% random displacement errors and up to ±2 ms synchronization errors. Based on 100 random trials in each perturbation test, we find that smaller strain errors relative to the baseline peak strains are significantly associated with larger element sizes (volume, area, or length; p < 0.05). When displacement errors are capped at the two extreme levels, the earlier "column" and "cluster" configurations provide few usable elements with relative strain error under an empirical threshold of 20%, while about 30-80% of elements in recent "repeatable" and "uniform" configurations are considered otherwise usable. Overall, denser markers are desired to provide exhaustive pairwise linear elements with a range of sizes to balance the need for larger elements to minimize strain error but smaller elements to increase the spatial resolution in strain sampling. Their signed strains also provide unique and unambiguous information on tissue tension and compression. This study may provide useful insights into the scrutinization of existing experimental data for head injury model strain validation and to inform how best to design new experiments in the future.
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- Wei Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609
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- Department of Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609
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Conventional kinematics-based brain injury metrics often approximate peak maximum principal strain (MPS) of the whole brain but ignore the anatomical location of occurrence. In this study, we develop effective impact kinematics consisting of peak rotational velocity and the associated rotational axis to preserve not only peak MPS but also spatially detailed MPS. A pre-computed brain response atlas (pcBRA) serves as a common reference. A training dataset (N = 3069) is used to develop a convolutional neural network (CNN) to automate impact simplification. When preserving peak MPS alone, the CNN-estimated effective peak rotational velocity achieves a coefficient of determination ([Formula: see text]) of ~ 0.96 relative to the directly identified counterpart, far outperforming nominal peak velocity from the resultant profiles ([Formula: see text] of ~ 0.34). Impacts from a subset of data (N = 1900) are also successfully matched with pcBRA idealized impacts based on elementwise MPS, where their regression slope and Pearson correlation coefficient do not deviate from 1.0 (when identical) by more than 0.1. The CNN-estimated effective peak rotation velocity and rotational axis are sufficiently accurate for ~ 73.5% of the impacts. This is not possible for the nominal peak velocity or any other conventional injury metric. The performance may be further improved by expanding the pcBRA to include deceleration and focusing on region-wise strains. This study establishes a new avenue to reduce an arbitrary head impact into an idealized but actual "impact mode" characterized by triplets of basic kinematic variables. They retain specific physical interpretations of head impact and may be an advancement over state-of-the-art kinematics-based scalar metrics for more effective impact comparison in the future.
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- Kianoosh Ghazi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA. .,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
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Fan X, Durtschi MS, Li C, Evans LT, Ji S, Mirza SK, Paulsen KD. Hand-Held Stereovision System for Image Updating in Open Spine Surgery. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2021; 19:461-470. [PMID: 32365204 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opaa057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Image guidance in open spinal surgery is compromised by changes in spinal alignment between preoperative images and surgical positioning. We evaluated registration of stereo-views of the surgical field to compensate for vertebral alignment changes. OBJECTIVE To assess accuracy and efficiency of an optically tracked hand-held stereovision (HHS) system to acquire images of the exposed spine during surgery. METHODS Standard midline posterior approach exposed L1 to L6 in 6 cadaver porcine spines. Fiducial markers were placed on each vertebra as "ground truth" locations. Spines were positioned supine with accentuated lordosis, and preoperative computed tomography (pCT) was acquired. Spines were re-positioned in a neutral prone posture, and locations of fiducials were acquired with a tracked stylus. Intraoperative stereovision (iSV) images were acquired and 3-dimensional (3D) surfaces of the exposed spine were reconstructed. HHS accuracy was assessed in terms of distances between reconstructed fiducial marker locations and their tracked counterparts. Level-wise registrations aligned pCT with iSV to account for changes in spine posture. Accuracy of updated computed tomography (uCT) was assessed using fiducial markers and other landmarks. RESULTS Acquisition time for each image pair was <1 s. Mean reconstruction time was <1 s for each image pair using batch processing, and mean accuracy was 1.2 ± 0.6 mm across 6 cases. Mean errors of uCT were 3.1 ± 0.7 and 2.0 ± 0.5 mm on the dorsal and ventral sides, respectively. CONCLUSION Results suggest that a portable HHS system offers potential to acquire accurate image data from the surgical field to facilitate surgical navigation during open spine surgery.
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- Xiaoyao Fan
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Institute of Polytechnic, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,PEERClinic for Back Pain and Spine Surgery, Fairfax, Virginia
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Cai Y, Wu S, Fan X, Olson J, Evans L, Lollis S, Mirza SK, Paulsen KD, Ji S. A level-wise spine registration framework to account for large pose changes. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2021; 16:943-953. [PMID: 33973113 PMCID: PMC8358825 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-021-02395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSES Accurate and efficient spine registration is crucial to success of spine image guidance. However, changes in spine pose cause intervertebral motion that can lead to significant registration errors. In this study, we develop a geometrical rectification technique via nonlinear principal component analysis (NLPCA) to achieve level-wise vertebral registration that is robust to large changes in spine pose. METHODS We used explanted porcine spines and live pigs to develop and test our technique. Each sample was scanned with preoperative CT (pCT) in an initial pose and rescanned with intraoperative stereovision (iSV) in a different surgical posture. Patient registration rectified arbitrary spinal postures in pCT and iSV into a common, neutral pose through a parameterized moving-frame approach. Topologically encoded depth projection 2D images were then generated to establish invertible point-to-pixel correspondences. Level-wise point correspondences between pCT and iSV vertebral surfaces were generated via 2D image registration. Finally, closed-form vertebral level-wise rigid registration was obtained by directly mapping 3D surface point pairs. Implanted mini-screws were used as fiducial markers to measure registration accuracy. RESULTS In seven explanted porcine spines and two live animal surgeries (maximum in-spine pose change of 87.5 mm and 32.7 degrees averaged from all spines), average target registration errors (TRE) of 1.70 ± 0.15 mm and 1.85 ± 0.16 mm were achieved, respectively. The automated spine rectification took 3-5 min, followed by an additional 30 secs for depth image projection and level-wise registration. CONCLUSIONS Accuracy and efficiency of the proposed level-wise spine registration support its application in human open spine surgeries. The registration framework, itself, may also be applicable to other intraoperative imaging modalities such as ultrasound and MRI, which may expand utility of the approach in spine registration in general.
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- Yunliang Cai
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
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- Dartmouth College Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Dartmouth College Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Dartmouth College Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, 05401, USA
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- Dartmouth College Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Dartmouth College Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
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Hu L, Zhang DW, Jiang HY, Ji S, Wei YY, Hu HQ, Fei GH. [Correlation between systemic inflammation level and emphysema degree and bone mineral density in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and its mechanism]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2021; 44:213-217. [PMID: 33721934 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20200721-00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the correlation between systemic inflammation level and emphysema degree and bone mineral density in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and its possible mechanism. Methods: 90 patients with stable COPD who met the inclusion criteria and 50 controls in the physical examination center during the same period were recruited. All the enrolled objects have collected general clinical data, analyzed peripheral blood samples, measuring the Low-attenuation area of lung and CT value of lumbar 1 vertebra (L1-CT) by chest spiral CT. According to LAA%, COPD patients were divided into 36 cases of the non-emphysema group, 32cases of mild to moderate emphysema group, and 22 cases of severe emphysema group. The correlation between L1-CT value, LAA%, peripheral blood inflammatory factors, and pulmonary function indices in each group was analyzed and compared. Results: The HU value of L1-CT (107±32) in the COPD group was significantly lower than that in the control group (153±30), and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The higher the LAA% in COPD patients was, the lower the value of L1-CT was, and the difference between groups was statistically significant. Compared with COPD patients in the non-emphysema group, peripheral blood neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and C-reactive protein (CRP) were all increased in the emphysema group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). L1-CT was negatively correlated with LAA, PLR, NLR, and CRP while uncorrelated with serum concentration of calcium and phosphorus. Conclusion: The decrease in bone density in COPD patients is closely related to the degree of emphysema. It is associated with increased levels of systemic inflammation caused by COPD itself. Early and timely broad-spectrum anti-inflammatory treatment may have certain clinical significance for the prevention and treatment of comorbidity with osteoporosis.
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- L Hu
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Health Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases Research and Medical Transformation of Anhui Province, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases Research and Medical Transformation of Anhui Province, Hefei 230022, China
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Head injury models are notoriously time consuming and resource demanding in simulations, which prevents routine application. Here, we extend a convolutional neural network (CNN) to instantly estimate element-wise distribution of peak maximum principal strain (MPS) of the entire brain (>36 k speedup accomplished on a low-end computing platform). To achieve this, head impact rotational velocity and acceleration temporal profiles are combined into two-dimensional images to serve as CNN input for training and prediction of MPS. Compared with the directly simulated counterparts, the CNN-estimated responses (magnitude and distribution) are sufficiently accurate for 92.1% of the cases via 10-fold cross-validation using impacts drawn from the real world (n = 5661; range of peak rotational velocity in augmented data extended to 2-40 rad/sec). The success rate further improves to 97.1% for "in-range" impacts (n = 4298). When using the same CNN architecture to train (n = 3064) and test on an independent, reconstructed National Football League (NFL) impact dataset (n = 53; 20 concussions and 33 non-injuries), 51 out of 53, or 96.2% of the cases, are sufficiently accurate. The estimated responses also achieve virtually identical concussion prediction performances relative to the directly simulated counterparts, and they often outperform peak MPS of the whole brain (e.g., accuracy of 0.83 vs. 0.77 via leave-one-out cross-validation). These findings support the use of CNN for accurate and efficient estimation of spatially detailed brain strains across the vast majority of head impacts in contact sports. Our technique may hold the potential to transform traumatic brain injury (TBI) research and the design and testing standards of head protective gears by facilitating the transition from acceleration-based approximation to strain-based design and analysis. This would have broad implications in the TBI biomechanics field to accelerate new scientific discoveries. The pre-trained CNN is freely available online at https://github.com/Jilab-biomechanics/CNN-brain-strains.
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- Kianoosh Ghazi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachustts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachustts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachustts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachustts, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachustts, USA
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Ji S, Li J, Chang L, Zhao C, Jia R, Tan Z, Liu R, Zhang Y, Li Y, Yin G, Guan Y, Xia X, Yi X, Xu J. Peripheral blood T-cell receptor repertoire as a predictor of clinical outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with PD-1 inhibitor. Clin Transl Oncol 2021; 23:1646-1656. [PMID: 33583004 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-021-02562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Identifying valid biomarkers for patient selection impressively promotes the success of anti-PD-1 therapy. However, the unmet need for biomarkers in gastrointestinal (GI) cancers remains significant. We aimed to explore the predictive value of the circulating T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire for clinical outcomes in GI cancers who received anti-PD-1 therapy. METHODS 137 pre- and 79 post-treated peripheral blood samples were included. The TCR repertoire was evaluated by sequencing of complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) in the TRB gene. The Shannon index was used to measure the diversity of the TCR repertoire, and Morisita's overlap index was used to determine TCR repertoire similarities between pre- and post-treated samples. RESULTS Among all enrolled patients, 76 received anti-PD-1 monotherapy and 61 received anti-PD-1 combination therapy. In the anti-PD-1 monotherapy cohort, patients with higher baseline TCR diversity exhibited a significantly higher disease control rate (77.8% vs. 47.2%; hazard ratio [HR] 3.92; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.14-13.48; P = 0.030) and a longer progression-free survival (PFS) (median: 6.47 months vs. 2.77 months; HR 2.10; 95% CI 1.16-3.79; P = 0.014) and overall survival (OS) (median: NA vs. 8.97 months; HR 3.53; 95% CI 1.49-8.38; P = 0.004) than those with lower diversity. Moreover, patients with a higher TCR repertoire similarity still showed a superior PFS (4.43 months vs. 1.84 months; HR 13.98; 95% CI 4.37-44.68; P < 0.001) and OS (13.40 months vs. 6.12 months; HR 2.93; 95% CI 1.22-7.03; P = 0.016) even in the cohort with lower baseline diversity. However, neither biomarker showed predictive value in the anti-PD-1 combination therapy cohort. Interestingly, the combination of TCR diversity and PD-L1 expression can facilitate patient stratification in a pooled cohort. CONCLUSION The circulating TCR repertoire can serve as a predictor of clinical outcomes in anti-PD-1 therapy in GI cancers.
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- S Ji
- Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Geneplus-Beijing Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, The Fifth Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, No. 8 East Street, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100071, China.
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Fahlstedt M, Abayazid F, Panzer MB, Trotta A, Zhao W, Ghajari M, Gilchrist MD, Ji S, Kleiven S, Li X, Annaidh AN, Halldin P. Ranking and Rating Bicycle Helmet Safety Performance in Oblique Impacts Using Eight Different Brain Injury Models. Ann Biomed Eng 2021; 49:1097-1109. [PMID: 33475893 PMCID: PMC7952345 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02703-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Bicycle helmets are shown to offer protection against head injuries. Rating methods and test standards are used to evaluate different helmet designs and safety performance. Both strain-based injury criteria obtained from finite element brain injury models and metrics derived from global kinematic responses can be used to evaluate helmet safety performance. Little is known about how different injury models or injury metrics would rank and rate different helmets. The objective of this study was to determine how eight brain models and eight metrics based on global kinematics rank and rate a large number of bicycle helmets (n=17) subjected to oblique impacts. The results showed that the ranking and rating are influenced by the choice of model and metric. Kendall’s tau varied between 0.50 and 0.95 when the ranking was based on maximum principal strain from brain models. One specific helmet was rated as 2-star when using one brain model but as 4-star by another model. This could cause confusion for consumers rather than inform them of the relative safety performance of a helmet. Therefore, we suggest that the biomechanics community should create a norm or recommendation for future ranking and rating methods.
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- Madelen Fahlstedt
- Division of Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hälsovägen 11C, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA
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- Division of Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hälsovägen 11C, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Division of Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hälsovägen 11C, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden
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- School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
- School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Division of Neuronic Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hälsovägen 11C, 141 52, Huddinge, Sweden.
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Bai Q, Ji S, Fei GH. [Influenza virus activates toll-like receptor 7/nuclear factor-κB signaling pathway to regulate airway inflammatory response in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:540-545. [PMID: 32594688 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20190804-00542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore how influenza A virus (IAV) regulates airway inflammation via activating Toll-like receptor 7(TLR7)/nuclear factor of κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Methods: Primary bronchial epithelial cells were isolated and cultured from normal controls and COPD patients. Samples were divided into 6 groups according to different in vitro treatment, including normal epithelial cell group (A), normal cells+IAV group (B), COPD epithelial cell group (C), COPD cells+IAV group (D), normal cells+TLR7 small interference RNA (si-RNA) group (E), COPD cells+TLR7 siRNA group (F). Protein expressions of TLR7 and NF-κB were detected by Western blot after 24h co-culture with IAV and TLR7 siRNA. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF α) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: (1) Compared with group A [0.350±0.075 and 0.470±0.034, (53.000±6.532)pg/ml and (17.000±1.625)pg/ml],TLR7, NF-κB protein expression and IL-6, TNF α levels were significantly increased in group B[0.950±0.075 and 1.090±0.078,(185.000±7.874)pg/ml and (32.000±0.838)pg/ml], group C[0.780±0.056 and 0.910±0.045,(138.000±5.100)pg/ml and 29.000±1.323)pg/ml) and group D[1.280±0.031 and 1.540±0.051,(432.000±5.734)pg/ml and (52.000±3.453)pg/ml] (all P<0.01). Compared with group C TLR7, NF-κB protein expression and IL-6, TNF α levels were significantly increased in group D (P<0.01). (2) Compared with the group A[0.530±0.023 and 0.800±0.046,(51.000±0.327)pg/ml and (14.000±0.314)pg/ml], TLR7, NF-κB protein expression and IL-6, TNF α levels were significantly decreased in the group E[0.350±0.047 and 0.510±0.067,(26.000±1.081)pg/ml and(8.000±0.526)pg/ml] (P<0.05). Compared with group C[1.080±0.078 and 1.280±0.034,(125.000±2.249)pg/ml and (28.000±1.010)pg/ml], TLR7, NF-κB protein expression and IL-6, TNF α levels decreased in the group F[0.880±0.056 and 1.040±0.029,(83.000±1.125)pg/ml and (21.000±0.429)pg/ml] (P<0.05). Conclusion: Influenza viruses activate TLR7/NF-κB signaling pathway to regulate airway inflammation storms in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD. New therapeutic targets of acute exacerbation COPD may be studied based on these inflammation responses to influenza viruses.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
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Ji S, Chen Q, Shi R, Liu Z, Zhou J. Prognostic Significance of Negative Conversion of High-risk Human Papillomavirus DNA after Treatment in Cervical Cancer Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2565] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Ji S, Chen Q, Guo X. Preliminary Study of SII-N Scoring Model In Predicting The Prognosis Of Esophageal Cancer In Elderly Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1850] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Zhou J, Li X, Shang Z, Gao A, Ji S, He C. DNA Polymerase Iota (Pol ι) Promotes Radioresistance of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma through Blocking Ubiquitin-mediated RAD51 Degradation and Homologous Recombinational Repair after Radiation-induced DNA Damage. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.2145] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Shakiba D, Zhao W, Ji S. Multiscale Mechanobiology of Brain Injury: Axonal Strain Redistribution. Biophys J 2020; 119:1273-1274. [PMID: 32919494 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Delaram Shakiba
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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Lv YQ, Ji S, Chen X, Xu D, Luo XT, Cheng MM, Zhang YY, Qu XL, Jin Y. Effects of crocin on frozen-thawed sperm apoptosis, protamine expression and membrane lipid oxidation in Yanbian yellow cattle. Reprod Domest Anim 2020; 55:1011-1020. [PMID: 32533872 DOI: 10.1111/rda.13744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Glycerol is used as a bovine semen osmotic cryoprotectant that greatly improves the quality of frozen and thawed bovine sperm. However, high glycerol concentrations can have a toxic effect on frozen and thawed bovine sperm. Therefore, this experiment investigated the effect of replacing a portion of the glycerol in a cryoprotectant solution with crocin on the sperm apoptosis, protamine deficiency and membrane lipid oxidation of frozen and thawed Yanbian yellow cattle sperm. The experiment included a control group (6% glycerol) and four treatment groups: I (3% glycerol), II (3% glycerol +0.5 mM crocin), III (3% glycerol + 1 mM crocin) and IV (3% glycerol + 2 mM crocin). Computer assisted semen analysis was used to detect sperm motility, Hoechst 33,342, propidium iodide, and JC-1 staining were used to analyse sperm viability and mitochondrial membrane potential, chromomycin A3 staining was used to detect protamine deficiency and DNA damage, flow cytometry was used for sperm membrane lipid disorder detection and analysis, and real-time quantitative RT-qPCR was used to detect the mRNA expression levels of protamine-related genes (PRM2, PRM3), sperm acrosome-associated genes (SPACA3), oxidative stress-related genes (ROMO1) and apoptosis-related genes (BCL2, BAX). Compared to the control group, replacing a portion of glycerol with 1 mM crocin significantly improved sperm motility, plasma membrane integrity, membrane lipid disorders (p < .05) and viability, mitochondrial membrane potential, protamine deficiency (p < .01). The expression level of PRM2, PRM3, SPACA3 and BCL2 significantly increased (p < .05), while the expression levels of ROMO1 and BAX significantly decreased (p < .05). Accordingly, the BCL2/BAX ratio significantly increased (p < .05). In summary, the substitution of a portion of glycerol with crocin in cryoprotective solution improved the quality of Yanbian yellow cattle sperm after freezing and thawing.
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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- Engineering Research Center of North-East Cold Region Beef Cattle Science & Technology Innovation, Ministry of Education, Yanbian University, Yanji, China
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Ji S, Xu X, Yu X. Laparoscopic spleen-preserving total pancreatectomy for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (with ). J Visc Surg 2020; 157:441-442. [PMID: 32631556 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2020.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- S Ji
- Department of pancreatic surgery, Fudan university, Shanghai cancer center, 200032 Shanghai, China; Department of oncology, Shanghai medical college, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China; Shanghai pancreatic cancer institute, 200032 Shanghai, China; Pancreatic cancer institute, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China
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- Department of pancreatic surgery, Fudan university, Shanghai cancer center, 200032 Shanghai, China; Department of oncology, Shanghai medical college, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China; Shanghai pancreatic cancer institute, 200032 Shanghai, China; Pancreatic cancer institute, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China
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- Department of pancreatic surgery, Fudan university, Shanghai cancer center, 200032 Shanghai, China; Department of oncology, Shanghai medical college, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China; Shanghai pancreatic cancer institute, 200032 Shanghai, China; Pancreatic cancer institute, Fudan university, 200032 Shanghai, China.
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Periodontitis is a chronic inflammation of the periodontium caused by the loss of homeostasis between subgingival biofilms and susceptible hosts. Bacterial invasion into the gingival tissue and persistent infection are major events that lead to chronic inflammation. The intratissue bacterial communities are as complex as the subgingival biofilms and can also form biofilm-like structures, which will serve as a reservoir for local and systemic infections. The epithelium forms physical, chemical, and immunological barriers against invading microbes. Nevertheless, many bacterial species can invade the gingival epithelium through transcellular and paracellular pathways. In addition, both genetic and environmental factors of the hosts can affect epithelial barrier functions and thus bacterial invasion of the gingiva. In this review, current evidence for the bacterial invasion of the gingival tissue in periodontitis has been summarized, and the microbial and host factors that determine bacterial invasion of the gingiva have been reviewed.
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- S Ji
- Department of Periodontology, Institute of Oral Health Science, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, BK21 CLS, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Liu K, Ji S, Xu Y, Diao Q, Shao C, Luo J, Zhu Y, Jiang Z, Diao Y, Cong Z, Hu L, Qiang Y, Shen Y. Safety, feasibility, and effect of an enhanced nutritional support pathway including extended preoperative and home enteral nutrition in patients undergoing enhanced recovery after esophagectomy: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Dis Esophagus 2020; 33:5479246. [PMID: 31329828 DOI: 10.1093/dote/doz030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The aims of this pilot study are to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of conducting an enhanced nutritional support pathway including extended preoperative nutritional support and one month home enteral nutrition (HEN) for patients who underwent enhanced recovery after esophagectomy. We implemented extended preoperative nutritional support and one month HEN after discharge for patients randomized into an enhanced nutrition group and implemented standard nutritional support for patients randomized into a conventional nutrition group. Except the nutritional support program, both group patients underwent the same standardized enhanced recovery after surgery programs of esophagectomy based on published guidelines. Patients were assessed at preoperative day, postoperative day 7 (POD7), and POD30 for perioperative outcomes and nutritional status. To facilitate the determination of an effect size for subsequent appropriately powered randomized clinical trials and assess the effectiveness, the primary outcome we chose was the weight change before and after esophagectomy. Other outcomes including body mass index (BMI), lean body mass (LBM), appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (ASMI), nutrition-related complications, and quality of life (QoL) were also analyzed. The intention-to-treat analysis of the 50 randomized patients showed that there was no significant difference in baseline characteristics. The weight (-2.03 ± 2.28 kg vs. -4.05 ± 3.13 kg, P = 0.012), BMI (-0.73 ± 0.79 kg/m2 vs. -1.48 ± 1.11 kg/m2, P = 0.008), and ASMI (-1.10 ± 0.37 kg/m2 vs. -1.60 ± 0.66 kg/m2, P = 0.010) loss of patients in the enhanced nutrition group were obviously decreased compared to the conventional nutrition group at POD30. In particular, LBM (48.90 ± 9.69 kg vs. 41.96 ± 9.37 kg, p = 0.031) and ASMI (7.56 ± 1.07 kg/m2 vs. 6.50 ± 0.97 kg/m2, P = 0.003) in the enhanced nutrition group were significantly higher compared to the conventional nutrition group at POD30, despite no significant change between pre- and postoperation. In addition, European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 scores revealed that enhanced nutritional support improved the QoL of patients in physical function (75.13 ± 9.72 vs. 68.33 ± 7.68, P = 0.009) and fatigue symptom (42.27 ± 9.93 vs. 49.07 ± 11.33, P = 0.028) compared to conventional nutritional support. This pilot study demonstrated that an enhanced nutritional support pathway including extended preoperative nutritional support and HEN was feasible, safe, and might be beneficial to patients who underwent enhanced recovery after esophagectomy. An appropriately powered trial is warranted to confirm the efficacy of this approach.
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- K Liu
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital
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- Department of Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Center, Jinling Hospital
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jingling Hospital, Jingling School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing Medical University
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital
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- Jiangsu Key laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Medical school of Nanjing University
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Bengbu Medical College, Anhui, China
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- Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital.,Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jinling Hospital
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Zhao W, Ji S. Incorporation of vasculature in a head injury model lowers local mechanical strains in dynamic impact. J Biomech 2020; 104:109732. [PMID: 32151380 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Cerebral vasculature is several orders of magnitude stiffer than the brain tissue. However, only a handful of studies have investigated its potential stiffening effect on dynamic brain strains; yet, they report contradictory findings. Here, we reanalyze the cerebrovascular stiffening effect by incorporating vasculature derived from the latest neuroimaging atlases into a re-meshed Worcester Head Injury Model using an embedded element method. Regional brain strains with and without vasculature were simulated using a reconstructed, predominantly sagittal head impact. Using the two previously adopted linear or non-linear vessel material models, we reproduced the earlier conflicting results (~40% vs. ~1-6% in regional strain reductions). Nevertheless, with refitted non-linear material models chosen to represent the average dynamic tension behaviors of arteries and veins, respectively, inclusion of vasculature reduced regional brain strains by ~13-36% relative to the baselines without vasculature. Compared to the whole brain baseline response, inclusion of vasculature led to an element-wise linear regression slope of 0.8 and a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.8. The vascular stiffening effect appears mild for the whole brain but more significant locally, which should not be ignored in head injury models. Nevertheless, more work is necessary to investigate the cerebrovascular mechanical behaviors and loading environment to allow for more biofidelic modeling of the brain in the future.
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- Wei Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, United States; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, United States.
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Ji S, Yoo T, Jin S, Ju H, Eom S, Kim JS, Hyun T. Changes in the phenolic compounds profile, antioxidant and anti-melanogenic activity from organs of Petasites japonicas under different extraction methods. Rev Mex Ing Quim 2020. [DOI: 10.24275/rmiq/bio1186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Duan HJ, Cao JF, Chen YS, Wang JS, Ji S, Ma HR. A phosphorus/boron-containing triazine-trione derivative endowing epoxy resin with excellent flame retardance. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2020. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2020.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wong SK, Che CT, Guo HZ, Ji S, Kim JH, Leung KSY, Lo CK, Richards A, Schaneberg BT, Sudberg; S, Sullivan D, Wang W, Wong YC, Zhang LX, Zheng FY. Determination of Aconitum Alkaloids in Dietary Supplements and Raw Botanical Materials by Liquid Chromatography/UV Detection with Confirmation by Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Collaborative Study. J AOAC Int 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/92.1.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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An interlaboratory study was conducted to evaluate a method for the determination of 3 Aconitum alkaloids, viz., aconitine, mesaconitine, and hypaconitine, in raw botanical material and dietary supplements. The alkaloids were extracted with diethyl ether in the presence of ammonia. After cleanup by solid-phase extraction to remove matrix interferences, the alkaloids were determined by reversed-phase liquid chromatography (LC)/UV detection at 235 nm with confirmation by LC/tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). A total of 14 blind duplicates were successfully analyzed by 12 collaborators. For repeatability, the relative standard deviation (RSDr) values ranged from 1.9 to 16.7, and for reproducibility, the RSDR values ranged from 6.5 to 33. The HorRat values were all <2 with only one exception at 2.3. All collaborating laboratories had calibration curves with correlation coefficients of >0.998. In addition, 6 collaborators performed the confirmation and were able to verify the identities of the alkaloids by using LC/MS/MS.
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- Siu-Kay Wong
- Hong Kong Government Laboratory, 88 Chung Hau St, Homantin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Wu S, Zhao W, Rowson B, Rowson S, Ji S. A network-based response feature matrix as a brain injury metric. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2019; 19:927-942. [PMID: 31760600 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-019-01261-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Conventional brain injury metrics are scalars that treat the whole head/brain as a single unit but do not characterize the distribution of brain responses. Here, we establish a network-based "response feature matrix" to characterize the magnitude and distribution of impact-induced brain strains. The network nodes and edges encode injury risks to the gray matter regions and their white matter interconnections, respectively. The utility of the metric is illustrated in injury prediction using three independent, real-world datasets: two reconstructed impact datasets from the National Football League (NFL) and Virginia Tech, respectively, and measured concussive and non-injury impacts from Stanford University. Injury predictions with leave-one-out cross-validation are conducted using the two reconstructed datasets separately, and then by combining all datasets into one. Using support vector machine, the network-based injury predictor consistently outperforms four baseline scalar metrics including peak maximum principal strain of the whole brain (MPS), peak linear/rotational acceleration, and peak rotational velocity across all five selected performance measures (e.g., maximized accuracy of 0.887 vs. 0.774 and 0.849 for MPS and rotational acceleration with corresponding positive predictive values of 0.938, 0.772, and 0.800, respectively, using the reconstructed NFL dataset). With sufficient training data, real-world injury prediction is similar to leave-one-out in-sample evaluation, suggesting the potential advantage of the network-based injury metric over conventional scalar metrics. The network-based response feature matrix significantly extends scalar metrics by sampling the brain strains more completely, which may serve as a useful framework potentially allowing for other applications such as characterizing injury patterns or facilitating targeted multi-scale modeling in the future.
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- Shaoju Wu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 60 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
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Fan X, Roberts DW, Olson JD, Ji S, Schaewe TJ, Simon DA, Paulsen KD. Image Updating for Brain Shift Compensation During Resection. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019; 14:402-411. [PMID: 28658934 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opx123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In open-cranial neurosurgery, preoperative magnetic resonance (pMR) images are typically coregistered for intraoperative guidance. Their accuracy can be significantly degraded by intraoperative brain deformation, especially when resection is involved. OBJECTIVE To produce model updated MR (uMR) images to compensate for brain shift that occurred during resection, and evaluate the performance of the image-updating process in terms of accuracy and computational efficiency. METHODS In 14 resection cases, intraoperative stereovision image pairs were acquired after dural opening and during resection to generate displacement maps of the surgical field. These data were assimilated by a biomechanical model to create uMR volumes of the evolving surgical field. A tracked stylus provided independent measurements of feature locations to quantify target registration errors (TREs) in the original coregistered pMR and uMR as surgery progressed. RESULTS Updated MR TREs were 1.66 ± 0.27 and 1.92 ± 0.49 mm in the 14 cases after dural opening and after partial resection, respectively, compared to 8.48 ± 3.74 and 8.77 ± 4.61 mm for pMR, respectively. The overall computational time for generating uMRs after partial resection was less than 10 min. CONCLUSION We have developed an image-updating system to compensate for brain deformation during resection using a computational model with data assimilation of displacements measured with intraoperative stereovision imaging that maintains TREs less than 2 mm on average.
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- Xiaoyao Fan
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Department of Su, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.,Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Medtronic, PLC, Brain Therapies, Neurosurgery, Louisville, Colorado
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Department of Su, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Evans L, Olson JD, Cai Y, Fan X, Paulsen KD, Roberts DW, Ji S, Lollis SS. Stereovision Co-Registration in Image-Guided Spinal Surgery: Accuracy Assessment Using Explanted Porcine Spines. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019. [PMID: 29518246 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opy023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Current methods of spine registration for image guidance have a variety of limitations related to accuracy, efficiency, and cost. OBJECTIVE To define the accuracy of stereovision-mediated co-registration of a spinal surgical field. METHODS A total of 10 explanted porcine spines were used. Dorsal soft tissue was removed to a variable degree. Bone screw fiducials were placed in each spine and high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scanning performed. Stereoscopic images were then obtained using a tracked, calibrated stereoscopic camera system; images were processed, reconstructed, and segmented in a semi-automated manner. A multistart registration of the reconstructed spinal surface with preoperative CT was performed. Target registration error (TRE) in the region of the laminae and facets was then determined, using bone screw fiducials not included in the original registration process. Each spine also underwent multilevel laminectomy, and TRE was then recalculated for varying amounts of bone removal. RESULTS The mean TRE of stereovision registration was 2.19 ± 0.69 mm when all soft tissue was removed and 2.49 ± 0.74 mm when limited soft tissue removal was performed. Accuracy of the registration process was not adversely affected by laminectomy. CONCLUSION Stereovision offers a promising means of registering an open, dorsal spinal surgical field. In this study, overall mean accuracy of the registration was 2.21 mm, even when bony anatomy was partially obscured by soft tissue or when partial midline laminectomy had been performed.
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- Linton Evans
- Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.,Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
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- Division of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont
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Lollis SS, Fan X, Evans L, Olson JD, Paulsen KD, Roberts DW, Mirza SK, Ji S. Use of Stereovision for Intraoperative Coregistration of a Spinal Surgical Field: A Human Feasibility Study. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019; 14:29-35. [PMID: 28658939 DOI: 10.1093/ons/opx132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of image guidance during spinal surgery has been limited by several anatomic factors such as intervertebral segment motion and ineffective spine immobilization. In its current form, the surgical field is coregistered with a preoperative computed tomography (CT), often obtained in a different spinal confirmation, or with intraoperative cross-sectional imaging. Stereovision offers an alternative method of registration. OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the feasibility of stereovision-mediated coregistration of a human spinal surgical field using a proof-of-principle study, and to provide preliminary assessments of the technique's accuracy. METHODS A total of 9 subjects undergoing image-guided pedicle screw placement also underwent stereovision-mediated coregistration with preoperative CT imaging. Stereoscopic images were acquired using a tracked, calibrated stereoscopic camera system mounted on an operating microscope. Images were processed, reconstructed, and segmented in a semi-automated manner. A multistart registration of the reconstructed spinal surface with preoperative CT was performed. Registration accuracy, measured as surface-to-surface distance error, was compared between stereovision registration and a standard registration. RESULTS The mean surface reconstruction error of the stereovision-acquired surface was 2.20 ± 0.89 mm. Intraoperative coregistration with stereovision was performed with a mean error of 1.48 ± 0.35 mm compared to 2.03 ± 0.28 mm using a standard point-based registration method. The average computational time for registration with stereovision was 95 ± 46 s (range 33-184 s) vs 10to 20 min for standard point-based registration. CONCLUSION Semi-automated registration of a spinal surgical field using stereovision is possible with accuracy that is at least comparable to current landmark-based techniques.
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- S Scott Lollis
- Division of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.,Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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Hermann R, Farr B, Ji S, Schlieve T. A Novel Approach to Nerve Preservation during Segmental Resection of Mandible Utilizing Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP): A Case Series. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2019.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Liu K, Luo J, Shao C, Ji S, Xu Y, Hu L, Qiang Y, Shen Y. PT03.04: An Enhanced Nutritional Support Pathway Including Extended Preoperative and Home Enteral Nutrition is Safe, Feasible and May Benefit Patients Undergoing Enhanced Recovery After Esophagectomy: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32556-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Min YN, Liu FX, Qi X, Ji S, Cui L, Wang ZP, Gao YP. Effects of organic zinc on tibia quality, mineral deposit, and metallothionein expression level of aged hens. Poult Sci 2019; 98:366-372. [PMID: 30184139 PMCID: PMC6347128 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The study aimed to determine the effects of methionine hydroxy analog chelate zinc on the tibia quality, mineral deposit, apparent retention of nutrients, and liver metallothionein (MT) expression level of aged laying hens. A total of 960 layers (Hy-Line Grey, 57 wk old) were randomly assigned into 4 groups, and each group had 8 replicates of 30 hens. During the first 2 wk, groups were fed a basal diet without extra zinc (Zn: 35.08 mg/kg). During the ensuing 14 wk, 4 levels of Zn (inorganic Zn: 80 mg/kg; organic Zn: 20, 40, 80 mg/kg) were added to the diet. The results indicated that both the Zn source and level did influence tibia strength and calcium (Ca) and Zn concentrations of tibia (P < 0.05), whereas there were no differences in the copper (Cu) and phosphorus (P) concentrations of the tibia and the tibia length (P > 0.05). Moreover, dietary supplementation with 40 or 80 mg/kg of organic Zn showed higher Zn and Ca concentrations in the tibia and higher tibia strength. The Cu concentration in the liver showed no difference among the 4 treatments, whereas the Zn concentration in the liver increased with the increasing Zn level. The apparent retention of P, iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) was not affected by the Zn level or source (P > 0.05). However, the organic Zn group increased the apparent retention of Cu, Zn, Ca, crude protein (CP), and energy, and the group supplemented with 40 or 80 mg/kg of organic Zn obtained significant effects (P < 0.05). Moreover, dietary supplementation with 40 or 80 mg/kg organic Zn increased the MT mRNA expression of the liver at week 72, whereas 20 mg/kg of organic Zn decreased it (P < 0.05). In conclusion, this study suggested that an optimum dietary (40 mg/kg) organic Zn level plays a key role in promoting the apparent retention of minerals and nutrients, trace element deposit, and MT mRNA expression.
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- Y N Min
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A& F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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