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Kim J, Shin EH, Sharma MK, Ihm K, Dugerjav O, Hwang C, Lee H, Ko KT, Park JH, Kim M, Kim H, Jung MH. Observation of Restored Topological Surface States in Magnetically Doped Topological Insulator. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1331. [PMID: 30718576 PMCID: PMC6362033 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37663-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The introduction of ferromagnetic order in topological insulators in general breaks the time-reversal symmetry and a gap is opened in topological surface bands. Various studies have focused on gap-opened magnetic topological insulators, because such modified band structures provide a promising platform for observing exotic quantum physics. However, the role of antiferromagnetic order in topological insulators is still controversial. In this report, we demonstrate that it is possible to restore the topological surface states by effectively reducing the antiferromagnetic ordering in Gd-substituted Bi2Te3. We successfully control the magnetic impurities via thermal treatments in ultra-high vacuum condition and observe apparent restoration of topological surface band dispersions. The microscopic mechanism of atomic rearrangements and the restoration process of topological surface states are unraveled by the combination of scanning tunneling microscopy measurements and density functional theory calculations. This work provides an effective way to control the magnetic impurities which is strongly correlated with topological surface states.
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Anand L, Bihari C, Kedarisetty CK, Rooge SB, Kumar D, Shubham S, Kumar G, Sahney A, Sharma MK, Maiwall R, Kumar A, Sarin SK. Early cirrhosis and a preserved bone marrow niche favour regenerative response to growth factors in decompensated cirrhosis. Liver Int 2019; 39:115-126. [PMID: 29962032 DOI: 10.1111/liv.13923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Exogenous growth factor-mobilized bone marrow (BM) stem cells have shown a differential response in the management of decompensated cirrhosis (DC). This study was designed to evaluate potential clinical benefit of adding Erythropoietin (EPO) in granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized stem cell therapy, possible mechanisms of regeneration and predictive factors of regenerative response. METHODS Sixty consecutive DC patients received either G-CSF with EPO (Group A; n = 30) or G-CSF and placebo (Group B; n = 30) for 2 months and were carefully followed up for 1 year. Baseline and post-treatment liver biopsy, BM biopsy and BM aspirate were analysed for fibro-inflammatory and regenerative response and BM hematopoietic reservoir. RESULTS Addition of EPO to G-CSF showed a significant improvement in Child-Pugh score (P = 0.03) and MELD score (P = 0.003) as compared to G-CSF alone, with reduction in mortality (16.6% vs 36.7%, P = 0.09). The combination arm also demonstrated a decreased incidence of acute kidney injury (P < 0.001), encephalopathy (P = 0.005) and refilling of ascites (P = 0.03). Compared to monotherapy, it increased CD163+ macrophages (P = 0.013), Ki67+ index (P < 0.001) with decrease in α-SMA levels (P < 0.001) in liver tissue. The response was better with grade 1 and 2 than with grade 3 ascites; Child B cirrhosis and MELD < 16. Non-responders had lower hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) at baseline. On multivariate analysis, the liver disease severity (MELD < 16) and a relatively preserved BM (BM-HSCs > 0.4) predicted therapeutic response (AUROC = 0.82). CONCLUSIONS Early DC (MELD < 16) patients with mild-moderate ascites and those with a healthy cellular baseline BM respond better to growth factor therapy. Addition of EPO to G-CSF provides better regenerative response than G-CSF monotherapy.
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Li G, Jones KC, Eudes A, Pidatala VR, Sun J, Xu F, Zhang C, Wei T, Jain R, Birdseye D, Canlas PE, Baidoo EEK, Duong PQ, Sharma MK, Singh S, Ruan D, Keasling JD, Mortimer JC, Loqué D, Bartley LE, Scheller HV, Ronald PC. Overexpression of a rice BAHD acyltransferase gene in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) enhances saccharification. BMC Biotechnol 2018; 18:54. [PMID: 30180895 PMCID: PMC6123914 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-018-0464-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a promising bioenergy feedstock because it can be grown on marginal land and produces abundant biomass. Recalcitrance of the lignocellulosic components of the switchgrass cell wall to enzymatic degradation into simple sugars impedes efficient biofuel production. We previously demonstrated that overexpression of OsAT10, a BAHD acyltransferase gene, enhances saccharification efficiency in rice. Results Here we show that overexpression of the rice OsAT10 gene in switchgrass decreased the levels of cell wall-bound ferulic acid (FA) in green leaf tissues and to a lesser extent in senesced tissues, and significantly increased levels of cell wall-bound p-coumaric acid (p-CA) in green leaves but decreased its level in senesced tissues of the T0 plants under greenhouse conditions. The engineered switchgrass lines exhibit an approximate 40% increase in saccharification efficiency in green tissues and a 30% increase in senesced tissues. Conclusion Our study demonstrates that overexpression of OsAT10, a rice BAHD acyltransferase gene, enhances saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass in switchgrass. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12896-018-0464-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Agarwal R, Sharma MK, Jayachandran K, Gamare JS, Noronha DM, Lohithakshan KV. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-Poly(styrenesulfonate)-Coated Glassy-Carbon Electrode for Simultaneous Voltammetric Determination of Uranium and Plutonium in Fast-Breeder-Test-Reactor Fuel. Anal Chem 2018; 90:10187-10195. [PMID: 30091590 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Uranium (U) and plutonium (Pu) contents in nuclear materials must be maintained to a definite level in order to get the desired performance of the fuel inside the reactor. Therefore, high accuracy and precision is an essential criterion for the determination of U and Pu. We already reported the voltammetric determination of Pu in the presence of U in fast-breeder-test-reactor (FBTR) fuel samples, but interfacial, coupled chemical reactions between U(IV) and Pu(IV) enhance the peak-current density of U(VI) reduction and thus make voltammetry unsuitable for the quantitative determination of U in the presence of Pu. Thus, developing a voltammetric method for the simultaneous determination of U and Pu is highly challenging. Herein, we report the simultaneous voltammetric determination of U and Pu in 1 M sulfuric acid (H2SO4) on a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS)-modified glassy-carbon (GC) electrode (PEDOT-PSS/GC). The modified electrode shows enhanced performance compared with bare GC electrodes. The peak-current density for U(VI) reduction is enhanced in the presence of Pu(IV), but it attains saturation when [Pu]/[U] in solution is maintained ≥2. Hence, under these circumstances, the variation of Pu concentration no longer influences the U(VI)-reduction peak, and thus the quantitative determination of U in the presence of Pu is possible. No interference is observed from commonly encountered impurities present in FBTR fuel samples. This method shows accuracy and precision comparable to those of the biamperometry method. High robustness, fast analysis, simultaneous determination, reduced radiation exposure to the analyst, and ease of recovery of U and Pu from analytical waste makes it a suitable candidate to substitute the presently applied biamperometry method.
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Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fujita J, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang HZ, Huang T, Huang B, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kocmanek M, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li W, Li Y, Li X, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu P, Liu F, Liu H, Liu Y, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Luo S, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma YG, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mizuno S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sangaline E, Saur M, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma MK, Sharma A, Shen WQ, Shi Z, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun X, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang G, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu Z, Xu N, Xu YF, Xu QH, Xu J, Yang Q, Yang C, Yang S, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang S, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhou C, Zhu Z, Zhu X, Zyzak M. Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Effects in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:032301. [PMID: 30085817 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.032301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We report measurements of the nuclear modification factor R_{CP} for charged hadrons as well as identified π^{+(-)}, K^{+(-)}, and p(p[over ¯]) for Au+Au collision energies of sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV. We observe a clear high-p_{T} net suppression in central collisions at 62.4 GeV for charged hadrons which evolves smoothly to a large net enhancement at lower energies. This trend is driven by the evolution of the pion spectra but is also very similar for the kaon spectra. While the magnitude of the proton R_{CP} at high p_{T} does depend on the collision energy, neither the proton nor the antiproton R_{CP} at high p_{T} exhibit net suppression at any energy. A study of how the binary collision-scaled high-p_{T} yield evolves with centrality reveals a nonmonotonic shape that is consistent with the idea that jet quenching is increasing faster than the combined phenomena that lead to enhancement.
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Adamczyk L, Adams JR, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Barish K, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen X, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fujita J, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang B, Huang T, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kapukchyan D, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kim C, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kocmanek M, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Krauth L, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li X, Li Y, Li W, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu P, Liu H, Liu Y, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma YG, Ma L, Ma R, Ma GL, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mizuno S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Saur M, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seto R, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma A, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Z, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Smirnov D, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Suaide AAP, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Y, Sun XM, Sun X, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang Z, Tang AH, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xu J, Xu Z, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu N, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang Q, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang Z, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang XP, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zyzak M. Beam-Energy Dependence of Directed Flow of Λ, Λ[over ¯], K^{±}, K_{s}^{0}, and ϕ in Au+Au Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:062301. [PMID: 29481217 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.062301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Rapidity-odd directed-flow measurements at midrapidity are presented for Λ, Λ[over ¯], K^{±}, K_{s}^{0}, and ϕ at sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV in Au+Au collisions recorded by the Solenoidal Tracker detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. These measurements greatly expand the scope of data available to constrain models with differing prescriptions for the equation of state of quantum chromodynamics. Results show good sensitivity for testing a picture where flow is assumed to be imposed before hadron formation and the observed particles are assumed to form via coalescence of constituent quarks. The pattern of departure from a coalescence-inspired sum rule can be a valuable new tool for probing the collision dynamics.
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Nayak S, Kataria A, Sharma MK, Rastogi A, Gupta E, Singh A, Tiwari SC. Hepatitis C Virus-associated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Treated with Directly Acting Antiviral Therapy. Indian J Nephrol 2018; 28:462-464. [PMID: 30647501 PMCID: PMC6309397 DOI: 10.4103/ijn.ijn_235_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been shown to affect kidneys with various histopathological pattern on the kidney biopsy. These commonly include a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) pattern with mixed cryoglobulinemia (CG), thrombotic microangiopathy, membranous nephropathy, and vasculitis affecting medium and small vessels of the kidneys causing polyarteritis nodosa. It has been rarely associated with MPGN without detectable CG. We present one such patient who presented to us with HCV-associated MPGN without detectable CG, who recovered completely with directly acting antiviral therapy without any immunosuppression.
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Hayer SS, VanderWaal K, Ranjan R, Biswal JK, Subramaniam S, Mohapatra JK, Sharma GK, Rout M, Dash BB, Das B, Prusty BR, Sharma AK, Stenfeldt C, Perez A, Delgado AH, Sharma MK, Rodriguez LL, Pattnaik B, Arzt J. Foot-and-mouth disease virus transmission dynamics and persistence in a herd of vaccinated dairy cattle in India. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65:e404-e415. [PMID: 29205858 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an important transboundary disease with substantial economic impacts. Although between-herd transmission of the disease has been well studied, studies focusing on within-herd transmission using farm-level outbreak data are rare. The aim of this study was to estimate parameters associated with within-herd transmission, host physiological factors and FMD virus (FMDV) persistence using data collected from an outbreak that occurred at a large, organized dairy farm in India. Of 1,836 regularly vaccinated, adult dairy cattle, 222 had clinical signs of FMD over a 39-day period. Assuming homogenous mixing, a frequency-dependent compartmental model of disease transmission was built. The transmission coefficient and basic reproductive number were estimated to be between 16.2-18.4 and 67-88, respectively. Non-pregnant animals were more likely to manifest clinical signs of FMD as compared to pregnant cattle. Based on oropharyngeal fluid (probang) sampling and FMDV-specific RT-PCR, four of 36 longitudinally sampled animals (14%) were persistently infected carriers 10.5 months post-outbreak. There was no statistical difference between subclinical and clinically infected animals in the duration of the carrier state. However, prevalence of NSP-ELISA antibodies differed significantly between subclinical and clinically infected animals 12 months after the outbreak with 83% seroprevalence amongst clinically infected cattle compared to 69% of subclinical animals. This study further elucidates within-herd FMD transmission dynamics during the acute-phase and characterizes duration of FMDV persistence and seroprevalence of FMD under natural conditions in an endemic setting.
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Ramanjaneyulu PS, Kundu K, Sharma MK, Nayak SK. Development of New Cs+
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Sharma MK, Hug EB, Bhushan M, Mah D, Maes D, Gairola M, Sharma SK, Yadav G, Pal M, Chauhan D, Dewan A, Kaur I, Tandon S, Mitra S. Dosimetric Comparison of Pencil-Beam Scanning and Photon-Based Radiation Therapy as a Boost in Carcinoma of Cervix. Int J Part Ther 2017; 4:1-10. [PMID: 31773003 DOI: 10.14338/ijpt-17-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Purpose Brachytherapy is essential for local treatment in cervical carcinoma, but some patients are not suitable for it. Presently, for these patients, the authors prefer a boost by using intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). The authors evaluated the dosimetric comparison of proton-modulated radiation therapy versus IMRT and volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) as a boost to know whether protons can replace photons. Patients and Methods Five patients who received external beam radiation therapy to the pelvis by IMRT were reviewed. Three different plans were made, including pencil beam scanning (PBS), IMRT, and VMAT. The prescribed planning target volume (PTV) was 20 Gy in 4 fractions. The dose to 95% PTV (D95%), the conformity index, and the homogeneity index were evaluated for PTV. The Dmax, D2cc, and Dmean were evaluated for organs at risk along with the integral dose of normal tissue and organs at risk. Results The PTV coverage was optimal and homogeneous with modulated protons and photons. For PBS, coverage D95% was 20.01 ± 0.02 Gy (IMRT, 20.08 ± 0.06 Gy; VMAT, 20.1 ± 0.04 Gy). For the organs at risk, Dmax of the bladder for PBS was 21.05 ± 0.05 Gy (IMRT, 20.8 ± 0.21 Gy; VMAT, 21.65 ± 0.41 Gy) while the Dmax for the rectum for PBS was 21.04 ± 0.03 Gy (IMRT, 20.81 ± 0.12 Gy; VMAT, 21.66 ± 0.38 Gy). Integral dose to normal tissues in PBS was 14.17 ± 2.65 Gy (IMRT, 25.29 ± 6.35 Gy; VMAT, 25.24 ± 6.24 Gy). Conclusions Compared with photons, modulated protons provide comparable conformal plans. However, PBS reduces the integral dose to critical structures significantly compared with IMRT and VMAT. Although PBS may be a better alternative for such cases, further research is required to substantiate such findings.
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Bhadoria AS, Kedarisetty CK, Bihari C, Kumar G, Jindal A, Bhardwaj A, Shasthry V, Vyas T, Benjamin J, Sharma S, Sharma MK, Sarin SK. Impact of family history of metabolic traits on severity of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis related cirrhosis: A cross-sectional study. Liver Int 2017; 37:1397-1404. [PMID: 28231412 DOI: 10.1111/liv.13396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Familial aggregation of metabolic traits with fatty liver disease is well documented. However, there is scarcity of data regarding such association with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related cirrhosis. This study was aimed to explore the association of family history of metabolic traits with severity of cirrhosis. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, all consecutive patients with NASH-related cirrhosis presenting to our tertiary care centre were included. Family history, personal history, demographic characteristics, medical history, anthropometric measurements and laboratory data were recorded. RESULTS Of the 1133 cirrhotics (68.1% males, age 51.4±10.9 years); 779 (68.8%) had family history for metabolic traits. These patients had lower age at diagnosis (45.4±10.6 vs 49.6±11.2 years), higher Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score (7.8±1.9 vs 6.6±1.5), higher model for end stage liver disease (MELD) score (12.9±6.1 vs 10.9±4.1) and more incidence of decompensation in the form of ascites (46.3% vs 25.7%), jaundice (12.1% vs 6.2%) and hepatic encephalopathy (26.1% vs 11.0%). Patients with family and personal history of metabolic traits, had an increased risk of an early diagnosis of cirrhosis at<45 years of age (OR: 3.1, 95% CI 2.1-4.4), CTP≥10 (OR: 4.6, 95% CI 2.3-9.1), MELD>15 (OR: 6.6, 95% CI 3.8-11.5) with ≥1 features of decompensation (OR: 4.2, 95% CI 2.9-6.1). Family history of diabetes alone, also had higher risk of cirrhosis with MELD>15 (OR: 4.3, 95% CI 2.4-5.3, P<.001). CONCLUSION Family and personal history of metabolic traits are associated with early age at diagnosis of cirrhosis with more severity and decompensation and so, has a prognostic importance in NASH-related cirrhotics.
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Choudhury A, Jindal A, Maiwall R, Sharma MK, Sharma BC, Pamecha V, Mahtab M, Rahman S, Chawla YK, Taneja S, Tan SS, Devarbhavi H, Duan Z, Yu C, Ning Q, Jia JD, Amarapurkar D, Eapen CE, Goel A, Hamid SS, Butt AS, Jafri W, Kim DJ, Ghazinian H, Lee GH, Sood A, Lesmana LA, Abbas Z, Shiha G, Payawal DA, Dokmeci AK, Sollano JD, Carpio G, Lau GK, Karim F, Rao PN, Moreau R, Jain P, Bhatia P, Kumar G, Sarin SK. Liver failure determines the outcome in patients of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF): comparison of APASL ACLF research consortium (AARC) and CLIF-SOFA models. Hepatol Int 2017; 11:461-471. [PMID: 28856540 DOI: 10.1007/s12072-017-9816-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a progressive disease associated with rapid clinical worsening and high mortality. Early prediction of mortality and intervention can improve patient outcomes. We aimed to develop a dynamic prognostic model and compare it with the existing models. METHODS A total of 1402 ACLF patients, enrolled in the APASL-ACLF Research Consortium (AARC) with 90-day follow-up, were analyzed. An ACLF score was developed in a derivation cohort (n = 480) and was validated (n = 922). RESULTS The overall survival of ACLF patients at 28 days was 51.7%, with a median of 26.3 days. Five baseline variables, total bilirubin, creatinine, serum lactate, INR and hepatic encephalopathy, were found to be independent predictors of mortality, with AUROC in derivation and validation cohorts being 0.80 and 0.78, respectively. AARC-ACLF score (range 5-15) was found to be superior to MELD and CLIF SOFA scores in predicting mortality with an AUROC of 0.80. The point scores were categorized into grades of liver failure (Gr I: 5-7; II: 8-10; and III: 11-15 points) with 28-day cumulative mortalities of 12.7, 44.5 and 85.9%, respectively. The mortality risk could be dynamically calculated as, with each unit increase in AARC-ACLF score above 10, the risk increased by 20%. A score of ≥11 at baseline or persisting in the first week was often seen among nonsurvivors (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The AARC-ACLF score is easy to use, dynamic and reliable, and superior to the existing prediction models. It can reliably predict the need for interventions, such as liver transplant, within the first week.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huang T, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kumar L, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li C, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu Y, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Luo S, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, McDonald D, McKinzie S, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma MK, Sharma A, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Z, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun XM, Sun Z, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang Z, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang JS, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie G, Xie W, Xin K, Xu QH, Xu H, Xu YF, Xu Z, Xu J, Xu N, Yang S, Yang Q, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang J, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang JB, Zhang Y, Zhang S, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Dijet imbalance measurements in Au+Au and pp collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV at STAR. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:062301. [PMID: 28949601 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.062301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the first dijet transverse momentum asymmetry measurements from Au+Au and pp collisions at RHIC. The two highest-energy back-to-back jets reconstructed from fragments with transverse momenta above 2 GeV/c display a significantly higher momentum imbalance in heavy-ion collisions than in the pp reference. When reexamined with correlated soft particles included, we observe that these dijets then exhibit a unique new feature-momentum balance is restored to that observed in pp for a jet resolution parameter of R=0.4, while rebalancing is not attained with a smaller value of R=0.2.
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Mathur S, Umakanth AV, Tonapi VA, Sharma R, Sharma MK. Sweet sorghum as biofuel feedstock: recent advances and available resources. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:146. [PMID: 28603553 PMCID: PMC5465577 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0834-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Sweet sorghum is a promising target for biofuel production. It is a C4 crop with low input requirements and accumulates high levels of sugars in its stalks. However, large-scale planting on marginal lands would require improved varieties with optimized biofuel-related traits and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Considering this, many studies have been carried out to generate genetic and genomic resources for sweet sorghum. In this review, we discuss various attributes of sweet sorghum that make it an ideal candidate for biofuel feedstock, and provide an overview of genetic diversity, tools, and resources available for engineering and/or marker-assisting breeding of sweet sorghum. Finally, the progress made so far, in identification of genes/quantitative trait loci (QTLs) important for agronomic traits and ongoing molecular breeding efforts to generate improved varieties, has been discussed.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Ajitanand NN, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Behera A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Brown D, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chankova-Bunzarova N, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen X, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Elsey N, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Ewigleben J, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Federicova P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Harlenderova A, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang T, Huang B, Huang X, Huang HZ, Humanic TJ, Huo P, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan Z, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Kocmanek M, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulathunga N, Kumar L, Kvapil J, Kwasizur JH, Lacey R, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li X, Li C, Li W, Li Y, Lidrych J, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu H, Liu P, Liu Y, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo S, Luo X, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma YG, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Mallick D, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mizuno S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nelson JM, Nie M, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Saur M, Schambach J, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Schweid BR, Seger J, Sergeeva M, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma A, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi Z, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Smirnov D, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Y, Sun XM, Sun X, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szelezniak MA, Tang AH, Tang Z, Taranenko A, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vasiliev AN, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xie G, Xu J, Xu N, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu Z, Yang Y, Yang Q, Yang C, Yang S, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang Z, Zhang XP, Zhang JB, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhou C, Zhu X, Zhu Z, Zyzak M. Measurement of D^{0} Azimuthal Anisotropy at Midrapidity in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:212301. [PMID: 28598664 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.212301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We report the first measurement of the elliptic anisotropy (v_{2}) of the charm meson D^{0} at midrapidity (|y|<1) in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The measurement was conducted by the STAR experiment at RHIC utilizing a new high-resolution silicon tracker. The measured D^{0} v_{2} in 0%-80% centrality Au+Au collisions can be described by a viscous hydrodynamic calculation for a transverse momentum (p_{T}) of less than 4 GeV/c. The D^{0} v_{2} as a function of transverse kinetic energy (m_{T}-m_{0}, where m_{T}=sqrt[p_{T}^{2}+m_{0}^{2}]) is consistent with that of light mesons in 10%-40% centrality Au+Au collisions. These results suggest that charm quarks have achieved local thermal equilibrium with the medium created in such collisions. Several theoretical models, with the temperature-dependent, dimensionless charm spatial diffusion coefficient (2πTD_{s}) in the range of ∼2-12, are able to simultaneously reproduce our D^{0} v_{2} result and our previously published results for the D^{0} nuclear modification factor.
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Francis A, Dhaka N, Bakshi M, Jung KH, Sharma MK, Sharma R. Corrigendum: Comparative phylogenomic analysis provides insights into TCP gene functions in Sorghum. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45801. [PMID: 28383054 PMCID: PMC5382580 DOI: 10.1038/srep45801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Dhaka N, Bhardwaj V, Sharma MK, Sharma R. Evolving Tale of TCPs: New Paradigms and Old Lacunae. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:479. [PMID: 28421104 PMCID: PMC5376618 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Teosinte Branched1/Cycloidea/Proliferating cell factors (TCP) genes are key mediators of genetic innovations underlying morphological novelties, stress adaptation, and evolution of immune response in plants. They have a remarkable ability to integrate and translate diverse endogenous, and environmental signals with high fidelity. Compilation of studies, aimed at elucidating the mechanism of TCP functions, shows that it takes an amalgamation and interplay of several different factors, regulatory processes and pathways, instead of individual components, to achieve the incredible functional diversity and specificity, demonstrated by TCP proteins. Through this minireview, we provide a brief description of key structural features and molecular components, known so far, that operate this conglomerate, and highlight the important conceptual challenges and lacunae in TCP research.
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Holloway J, Wu Y, Sharma MK, Cossairt O, Veeraraghavan A. SAVI: Synthetic apertures for long-range, subdiffraction-limited visible imaging using Fourier ptychography. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2017; 3:e1602564. [PMID: 28439550 PMCID: PMC5392025 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Synthetic aperture radar is a well-known technique for improving resolution in radio imaging. Extending these synthetic aperture techniques to the visible light domain is not straightforward because optical receivers cannot measure phase information. We propose to use macroscopic Fourier ptychography (FP) as a practical means of creating a synthetic aperture for visible imaging to achieve subdiffraction-limited resolution. We demonstrate the first working prototype for macroscopic FP in a reflection imaging geometry that is capable of imaging optically rough objects. In addition, a novel image space denoising regularization is introduced during phase retrieval to reduce the effects of speckle and improve perceptual quality of the recovered high-resolution image. Our approach is validated experimentally where the resolution of various diffuse objects is improved sixfold.
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Gupta R, Gamare J, Sharma MK, Kamat J. Corrigendum to “Electrochemical investigations of Pu(IV)/Pu(III) redox reaction using graphene modified glassy carbon electrodes and a comparison to the performance of SWCNTs modified glassy carbon electrodes” [Electrochim. Acta 191 (10) (February 2016) 530–535]. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.02.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Philips CA, Pande A, Shasthry SM, Jamwal KD, Khillan V, Chandel SS, Kumar G, Sharma MK, Maiwall R, Jindal A, Choudhary A, Hussain MS, Sharma S, Sarin SK. Healthy Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Steroid-Ineligible Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis: A Pilot Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017; 15:600-602. [PMID: 27816755 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2016.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Choudhury A, Kedarisetty CK, Vashishtha C, Saini D, Kumar S, Maiwall R, Sharma MK, Bhadoria AS, Kumar G, Joshi YK, Sarin SK. A randomized trial comparing terlipressin and noradrenaline in patients with cirrhosis and septic shock. Liver Int 2017; 37:552-561. [PMID: 27633962 DOI: 10.1111/liv.13252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The choice of vasopressor for treating cirrhosis with septic shock is unclear. While noradrenaline in general is the preferred vasopressor, terlipressin improves microcirculation in addition to vasopressor action in non-cirrhotics. We compared the efficacy and safety of noradrenaline and terlipressin in cirrhotics with septic shock. PATIENTS AND METHODS Cirrhotics with septic shock underwent open label randomization to receive either terlipressin (n=42) or noradrenaline (n=42) infusion at a titrated dose. The primary outcome was mean arterial pressure (MAP) >65 mm Hg at 48 h. RESULTS Baseline characteristics were comparable between the terlipressin and noradrenaline groups.SBP and pneumonia were major sources of sepsis. A higher proportion of patients on terlipressin were able to achieve MAP >65 mm of Hg (92.9% vs 69.1% P=.005) at 48 h. Subsequent discontinuation of vasopressor after hemodynamic stability was better with terlipressin (33.3% vs 11.9%, P<.05). Terlipressin compared to noradrenaline prevented variceal bleed (0% vs 9.5%, P=.01) and improved survival at 48 h (95.2% vs 71.4%, P=.003). Percentage lactate clearance (LC) is an independent predictor of survival [P=.0001, HR=3.9 (95% CI: 1.85-8.22)] after achieving the target MAP.Therapy related adverse effect were comparable in both the arms (40.5% vs 21.4%, P=.06), mostly minor (GradeII-88%) and reversible. CONCLUSIONS Terlipressin is as effective as noradrenaline as a vasopressor in cirrhotics with septic shock and can serve as a useful drug. Terlipressin additionally provides early survival benefit and reduces the risk of variceal bleed. Lactate clearance is a better predictor of outcome even after achieving target MAP, suggesting the role of microcirculation in septic shock.
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Sharma MK, Lee KJ, Ihm K. Chemical inhomogeneity of SiO xdissociation by catalytic Au at a relatively low temperature. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Anderson DM, Aoyama R, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Ashraf MU, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen X, Chen JH, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Esumi S, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Finch E, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang X, Huang HZ, Huang T, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Jowzaee S, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kumar L, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li Y, Li C, Li W, Li X, Li X, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu Y, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Luo S, Ma GL, Ma R, Ma YG, Ma L, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, McDonald D, McKinzie S, Meehan K, Mei JC, Miller ZW, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Nonaka T, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Przybycien M, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Ray RL, Reed R, Rehbein MJ, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roth JD, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma A, Sharma MK, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shi Z, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sugiura T, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Z, Sun Y, Sun XM, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang F, Wang JS, Wang Y, Wang H, Wang Y, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xie G, Xin K, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu H, Xu Z, Xu N, Xu J, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang Q, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang J, Zhang XP, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang JB, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Charge-Dependent Directed Flow in Cu+Au Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:012301. [PMID: 28106415 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.012301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We present the first measurement of charge-dependent directed flow in Cu+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. The results are presented as a function of the particle transverse momentum and pseudorapidity for different centralities. A finite difference between the directed flow of positive and negative charged particles is observed that qualitatively agrees with the expectations from the effects of the initial strong electric field between two colliding ions with different nuclear charges. The measured difference in directed flow is much smaller than that obtained from the parton-hadron-string-dynamics model, which suggests that most of the electric charges, i.e., quarks and antiquarks, have not yet been created during the lifetime of the strong electric field, which is of the order of, or less than, 1 fm/c.
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Roopesh BN, Sharma MK, Tripathy S, Benegal V. Failure to utilize feedback during explicit decision-making task in alcohol-dependent patients. Ind Psychiatry J 2017; 26:39-44. [PMID: 29456320 PMCID: PMC5810165 DOI: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_82_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients who are diagnosed with alcohol-dependent syndrome (ADS) are shown to have neuropsychological deficits, especially executive function (EF) deficits. Among the EFs, decision-making is one such function which has consistently been shown to be impaired in people who are dependent on alcohol, compared to controls. Decision-making in this population is usually assessed with gambling-type tasks. However, some of these tasks are ambiguous, work on chance factors, rarely match with real-life gambling situations, and/or involve nonconscious mechanisms. MATERIALS AND METHODS The current study compared 26 male patients with ADS (P-ADS) with equal number of their nonalcohol-dependent male siblings on sensation seeking and explicit gambling task (EGT). EGT is similar to the Iowa gambling task in administration, but varies from it as it involves a single outcome and provides unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback for the participants. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The results did not show any significant relationship between decision-making variables and sensation seeking. However, despite unambiguous, explicit, and continuous feedback, patients showed significantly poor decision-making as compared to the siblings of the P-ADS group. This study throws light on why people who are addicted to alcohol have difficulties in decision-making, despite knowing the adverse effects.
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Mittal R, Kumar R, Sharma MK. Effect of deformation and orientation on spin orbit density dependent nuclear potential. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201716300038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sharma VR, Shuaib M, Yadav A, Singh PP, Sharma MK, Kumar R, Singh DP, Singh BP, Muralithar S, Singh RP, Bhowmik RK, Prasad R. Effect of projectile on incomplete fusion reactions at low energies. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201716300054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Kumar R, Sharma MK, Jain SK, Yadav SK, Singhal AK. Cutaneous Manifestations of Chikungunya Fever: Observations from an Outbreak at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southeast Rajasthan, India. Indian Dermatol Online J 2017; 8:336-342. [PMID: 28979866 PMCID: PMC5621193 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_429_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: Chikungunya fever is caused by chikungunya virus which is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus mosquitoes. Aims: To study the various mucocutaneous manifestations in suspected cases of chikungunya fever. Materials and Methods: The patients who attended our outpatient department from July 2016 to October 2016 and fulfilled the criteria for “suspect cases” of chikungunya infection stipulated by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Directorate General of Health Services, Government of India, were included in the study prospectively. A total of 112 patients (62 males and 50 females) with mucocutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever were enrolled in the study. Results: Mucocutaneous manifestations were found more in males than females. Serological immunoglobulin M enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IgM ELISA) test for chikungunya virus was positive in 62 (55.3%) patients. Generalized erythematous maculopapular rash (53.5%) was the most common finding. Genital pustular rash with aphthae (4.4%), oral and intertriginous aphthae, red lunula, subungual hemorrhage, localized erythema of the ear pinnae, erythema, swelling, and eczematous changes over the preexisting scars and striae (scar phenomenon) were the other interesting findings. Various pattern of pigmentation (37.5%) were observed including striking nose pigmentation in a large number of patients, by looking at which even a retrospective diagnosis of chikungunya fever could be made. There was flare-up of existing dermatoses like psoriasis and dermatophytic infection. Conclusions: Wide varieties of the mucocutaneous manifestations were observed in our study, but the striking nose pigmentation was present irrespective of age and this peculiar pigmentation may be considered as a specific clinical marker of chikungunya fever. Chikungunya fever must be suspected in any patient with painful oro-genital and intertriginous aphthous-like lesions associated with febrile polyarthralgia with rash.
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Sharma MK, Rajni, Jain D. Role of rotational energy component in the dynamics of 16O+ 198Pt reaction. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714612035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Francis A, Dhaka N, Bakshi M, Jung KH, Sharma MK, Sharma R. Comparative phylogenomic analysis provides insights into TCP gene functions in Sorghum. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38488. [PMID: 27917941 PMCID: PMC5137041 DOI: 10.1038/srep38488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Sorghum is a highly efficient C4 crop with potential to mitigate challenges associated with food, feed and fuel. TCP proteins are of particular interest for crop improvement programs due to their well-demonstrated roles in crop domestication and shaping plant architecture thereby, affecting agronomic traits. We identified 20 TCP genes from Sorghum. Except SbTCP8, all are either intronless or contain introns in the untranslated regions. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of Arabidopsis, rice, Brachypodium and Sorghum TCP proteins revealed two distinct classes categorized into ten sub-clades. Sub-clade F is dicot-specific, whereas A2, G1 and I1 groups only contained genes from grasses. Sub-clade B was missing in Sorghum, whereas group A1 was missing in rice indicating species-specific divergence of TCP proteins. TCP proteins of Sorghum are enriched in disorder promoting residues with class I containing higher percent disorder than class II proteins. Seven pairs of paralogous TCP genes were identified from Sorghum, five of which seem to predate Rice-Sorghum divergence. All of them have diverged in their expression. Based on the expression and orthology analysis, five Sorghum genes have been shortlisted for further investigation for their roles in regulating plant morphology. Whereas, three genes have been identified as candidates for engineering abiotic stress tolerance.
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Sharma MK, Agarwal R. In Situ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy to Monitor Oxidative Polymerization of Aniline by HAuCl 4in Nanochannels of Track-Etched Membrane. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Sharma MK, Wieringa FP, Frijns AJH, Kooman JP. On-line monitoring of electrolytes in hemodialysis: on the road towards individualizing treatment. Expert Rev Med Devices 2016; 13:933-943. [DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2016.1230494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sharma R, Wungrampha S, Singh V, Pareek A, Sharma MK. Halophytes As Bioenergy Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1372. [PMID: 27679645 PMCID: PMC5020079 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Shrinking arable land due to soil salinization and, depleting fresh water resources pose serious worldwide constraints to crop productivity. A vision of using plant feedstock for biofuel production can only be realized if we can identify alternate species that can be grown on saline soils and therefore, would not compete for the resources required for conventional agriculture. Halophytes have remarkable ability to grow under high salinity conditions. They can be irrigated with seawater without compromising their biomass and seed yields making them good alternate candidates as bioenergy crops. Both oil produced from the seeds and the lignocellulosic biomass of halophytes can be utilized for biofuel production. Several researchers across the globe have recognized this potential and assessed several halophytes for their tolerance to salt, seed oil contents and composition of their lignocellulosic biomass. Here, we review current advances and highlight the key species of halophytes analyzed for this purpose. We have critically assessed the challenges and opportunities associated with using halophytes as bioenergy crops.
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Agarwal R, Sharma MK, Bhattacharyya K. Prussian Blue-Manganese Hexacyanoferrate Nanocomposite as Multifunctional High Performance Electrode Material. ChemistrySelect 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sawhney G, Sharma K, Sharma MK, Gupta RK. Effect of deformations and orientations in 100Sn daughter radioactivity. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611704013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Banerjee A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen X, Chen JH, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta A, Gupta S, Guryn W, Hamad A, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang HZ, Huang B, Huang T, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kumar L, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li C, Li Y, Li W, Li X, Li X, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma R, Ma L, Ma GL, Ma YG, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, McDonald D, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma MK, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi Z, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Y, Sun Z, Sun XM, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang JS, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang H, Wang G, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie X, Xie W, Xin K, Xu N, Xu YF, Xu Z, Xu QH, Xu J, Xu H, Yang Q, Yang Y, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang Y, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang JB, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Zhang J, Zhang XP, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Measurement of the Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry in p^{↑}+p→W^{±}/Z^{0} at RHIC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:132301. [PMID: 27081970 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.132301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present the measurement of the transverse single-spin asymmetry of weak boson production in transversely polarized proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=500 GeV by the STAR experiment at RHIC. The measured observable is sensitive to the Sivers function, one of the transverse-momentum-dependent parton distribution functions, which is predicted to have the opposite sign in proton-proton collisions from that observed in deep inelastic lepton-proton scattering. These data provide the first experimental investigation of the nonuniversality of the Sivers function, fundamental to our understanding of QCD.
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Murumkar PR, Shinde AC, Sharma MK, Yamaguchi H, Miniyar PB, Yadav MR. Development of a credible 3D-QSAR CoMSIA model and docking studies for a series of triazoles and tetrazoles containing 11β-HSD1 inhibitors. SAR AND QSAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 27:265-292. [PMID: 27094303 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2016.1167774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is described by insulin resistance and high fasting blood glucose. Increased levels of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) enzyme result in insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. Inhibition of 11β-HSD1 decreases glucose production and increases hepatic insulin sensitivity. Use of selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitors could prove to be an effective strategy for the treatment of the disease. It was decided to identify the essential structural features required by any compound to possess 11β-HSD1 inhibitory activity. A dataset of 139 triazoles and tetrazoles having 11β-HSD1 inhibitory activity was used for the development of a 3D-QSAR model. The best comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) model was generated with databased alignment, which was further used for comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA). The optimal CoMSIA model showed [Formula: see text] = 0.809 with five components, [Formula: see text] = 0.931, SEE = 0.323 and F-value = 249.126. The CoMSIA model offered better prediction than the CoMFA model with [Formula: see text] = 0.522 and 0.439, respectively, indicating that the CoMSIA model appeared to be a better one for the prediction of activity for the newly designed 11β-HSD1 inhibitors. The selectivity aspect of 11β-HSD1 over 11β-HSD2 was studied with the help of docking studies.
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Gupta E, Pandey P, Kumar A, Sharma MK, Sarin SK. Correlation between two chemiluminescence based assays for quantification of hepatitis B surface antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection. Indian J Med Microbiol 2016; 33:96-100. [PMID: 25560010 DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.148400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg) is the hallmark in diagnosing hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In India many commercial assays are available for detection of HBsAg but very few can measure it quantitatively. The present study presents the comparative evaluation of two methods and their correlation with serum HBsAg in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients of CHB were included and there HBsAg levels were measured by two methods: (i) Elecsys, Roche Diagnostics, a qualitative assay and (ii) Architect, Abbott Diagnostics, a quantitative assay. The HBV DNA was measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). RESULTS Total of 136 patients were included in the study and there was a significant overall correlation between both the assays (correlation coefficient [r] = 0.83; P < 0.001). Assays correlated well with each other across all subgroups of CHB: treatment naοve (r = 0.73; P < 0.001, n = 32), on treatment (r = 0.56; P < 0.05, n = 104), hepatitis Be (HBe) antigen positive (r = 0.67; P < 0.001, n = 62) and anti-HBe positive (r = 0.61; P < 0.05, n = 74) group. On correlation with serum HBV DNA, Architect assay demonstrated good correlation (r = 0.73; P < 0.001, n = 136) as compared to the Elecsys assay (r = 0.27; P = 0.068, n = 136). Architect HBsAg QT assay (A1) also correlated well with HBV DNA in the treatment naοve group (r = 0.69; P < 0.001, n = 32). CONCLUSIONS Our study hence proved that both the assays are comparable and a simple qualitative assay with in-house modification can be used easily for quatitation of HBsAg in clinical samples.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Attri A, Averichev GS, Bai X, Bairathi V, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandenburg JD, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chatterjee A, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad AI, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Horvat S, Huang T, Huang X, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Jentsch A, Jia J, Jiang K, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kumar L, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li X, Li C, Li X, Li Y, Li W, Lin T, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma R, Ma GL, Ma YG, Ma L, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Matis HS, McDonald D, McKinzie S, Meehan K, Mei JC, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Niida T, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov VA, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Pile P, Pluta J, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala S, Raniwala R, Ray RL, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma A, Sharma B, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi Z, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov N, Smirnov D, Solyst W, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun Z, Sun XM, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Tang Z, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thäder J, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Todoroki T, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang H, Wang Y, Wang Y, Webb G, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xie G, Xin K, Xu YF, Xu QH, Xu N, Xu H, Xu Z, Xu J, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang Y, Yang Q, Ye Z, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Zhang JB, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Beam Energy Dependence of the Third Harmonic of Azimuthal Correlations in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:112302. [PMID: 27035295 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.112302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present results from a harmonic decomposition of two-particle azimuthal correlations measured with the STAR detector in Au+Au collisions for energies ranging from sqrt[s_{NN}]=7.7 to 200 GeV. The third harmonic v_{3}^{2}{2}=⟨cos3(ϕ_{1}-ϕ_{2})⟩, where ϕ_{1}-ϕ_{2} is the angular difference in azimuth, is studied as a function of the pseudorapidity difference between particle pairs Δη=η_{1}-η_{2}. Nonzero v_{3}^{2}{2} is directly related to the previously observed large-Δη narrow-Δϕ ridge correlations and has been shown in models to be sensitive to the existence of a low viscosity quark gluon plasma phase. For sufficiently central collisions, v_{3}^{2}{2} persist down to an energy of 7.7 GeV, suggesting that quark gluon plasma may be created even in these low energy collisions. In peripheral collisions at these low energies, however, v_{3}^{2}{2} is consistent with zero. When scaled by the pseudorapidity density of charged-particle multiplicity per participating nucleon pair, v_{3}^{2}{2} for central collisions shows a minimum near sqrt[s_{NN}]=20 GeV.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Averichev GS, Bairathi V, Banerjee A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Cervantes MC, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad A, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang X, Huang B, Huang HZ, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Jiang K, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikoła DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia RA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li ZM, Li W, Li X, Li X, Li C, Li Y, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma YG, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, Meehan K, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mishra D, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov V, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peterson A, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma B, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Singha S, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun X, Sun XM, Sun Y, Sun Z, Surrow B, Svirida N, Szelezniak MA, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik A, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang Y, Wang G, Wang JS, Wang H, Wang Y, Wang F, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Wu Y, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xin K, Xu N, Xu Z, Xu QH, Xu YF, Xu H, Yang Q, Yang Y, Yang Y, Yang S, Yang C, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang S, Zhang J, Zhang XP, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Centrality and Transverse Momentum Dependence of Elliptic Flow of Multistrange Hadrons and ϕ Meson in Au+Au Collisions at √[sNN]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 116:062301. [PMID: 26918982 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.062301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We present high precision measurements of elliptic flow near midrapidity (|y|<1.0) for multistrange hadrons and ϕ meson as a function of centrality and transverse momentum in Au+Au collisions at center of mass energy √[sNN]=200 GeV. We observe that the transverse momentum dependence of ϕ and Ω v2 is similar to that of π and p, respectively, which may indicate that the heavier strange quark flows as strongly as the lighter up and down quarks. This observation constitutes a clear piece of evidence for the development of partonic collectivity in heavy-ion collisions at the top RHIC energy. Number of constituent quark scaling is found to hold within statistical uncertainty for both 0%-30% and 30%-80% collision centrality. There is an indication of the breakdown of previously observed mass ordering between ϕ and proton v2 at low transverse momentum in the 0%-30% centrality range, possibly indicating late hadronic interactions affecting the proton v2.
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Shrivastava A, Sharma MK, Marimuthu P. Internet use at workplaces and its effects on working style in indian context: An exploration. Indian J Occup Environ Med 2016; 20:88-94. [PMID: 28194082 PMCID: PMC5299818 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.197531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Internet use has revolutionized the pattern of working style at the workplace. It led to an increased use for nonprofessional activities at the workplace. It has been shown to affect productivity at the workplace. There is a dearth of literature from the Indian context in this area. Aim: This study was conducted to explore the pattern of Internet use at the workplace and its dysfunctions. Setting and Design: The present study was a cross-sectional prospective study. Materials and Methods: The objective of the study was to assess the pattern of technology use at the workplace. Two hundred and fifty employees having experience of Internet use for more than a year of various Government/Private sector organizations in Bengaluru were assessed using background data sheet. Users who were unwilling to participate were excluded from the study. Results: 29.6% of the participants used mobile phone exclusively. 58.8% of the participants used mobile along with other devices such as desktop, laptop, and tablet at home as well as at work. 64% of the participants reported change in their productivity due to nonwork-related Internet use at the workplace. 42% of the participants acknowledgemed postponement of their work due to Internet activities. 3–5% reported preference for Internet to work, meals, personal hygiene, sleep, and interaction with family members. WhatsApp was the most used application followed by Facebook and Gmail. Gaming applications and messenger applications such as hike and hangouts were used less frequently. Overall, delay in going to sleep was 1.6 hours and early morning awakening was 1.5 hours due to Internet use. Conclusions: The present study has implications for evolving psychoeducational modules for the promotion of healthy use of technology.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Averichev GS, Banerjee A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Cervantes MC, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad A, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang B, Huang X, Huang HZ, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Jiang K, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikola DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Kochenda L, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia RA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li X, Li C, Li W, Li ZM, Li Y, Li X, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma YG, Ma GL, Ma L, Ma R, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, Meehan K, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov D, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov V, Olvitt D, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peterson A, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Ray RL, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma MK, Sharma B, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Summa B, Sun X, Sun Z, Sun XM, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida N, Szelezniak MA, Tang AH, Tang Z, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik AN, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbæk F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang G, Wang Y, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang H, Wang JS, Webb JC, Webb G, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xiao ZG, Xie W, Xin K, Xu QH, Xu Z, Xu H, Xu N, Xu YF, Yang Q, Yang Y, Yang S, Yang Y, Yang C, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Zhang JB, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Observation of Transverse Spin-Dependent Azimuthal Correlations of Charged Pion Pairs in p^{↑}+p at sqrt[s]=200 GeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 115:242501. [PMID: 26705627 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.242501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We report the observation of transverse polarization-dependent azimuthal correlations in charged pion pair production with the STAR experiment in p^{↑}+p collisions at RHIC. These correlations directly probe quark transversity distributions. We measure signals in excess of 5 standard deviations at high transverse momenta, at high pseudorapidities η>0.5, and for pair masses around the mass of the ρ meson. This is the first direct transversity measurement in p+p collisions.
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Adamczyk L, Adkins JK, Agakishiev G, Aggarwal MM, Ahammed Z, Alekseev I, Alford J, Aparin A, Arkhipkin D, Aschenauer EC, Averichev GS, Banerjee A, Bellwied R, Bhasin A, Bhati AK, Bhattarai P, Bielcik J, Bielcikova J, Bland LC, Bordyuzhin IG, Bouchet J, Brandin AV, Bunzarov I, Burton TP, Butterworth J, Caines H, Calderón de la Barca Sánchez M, Campbell JM, Cebra D, Cervantes MC, Chakaberia I, Chaloupka P, Chang Z, Chattopadhyay S, Chen JH, Chen X, Cheng J, Cherney M, Christie W, Contin G, Crawford HJ, Das S, De Silva LC, Debbe RR, Dedovich TG, Deng J, Derevschikov AA, di Ruzza B, Didenko L, Dilks C, Dong X, Drachenberg JL, Draper JE, Du CM, Dunkelberger LE, Dunlop JC, Efimov LG, Engelage J, Eppley G, Esha R, Evdokimov O, Eyser O, Fatemi R, Fazio S, Federic P, Fedorisin J, Feng Z, Filip P, Fisyak Y, Flores CE, Fulek L, Gagliardi CA, Garand D, Geurts F, Gibson A, Girard M, Greiner L, Grosnick D, Gunarathne DS, Guo Y, Gupta S, Gupta A, Guryn W, Hamad A, Hamed A, Haque R, Harris JW, He L, Heppelmann S, Heppelmann S, Hirsch A, Hoffmann GW, Hofman DJ, Horvat S, Huang HZ, Huang B, Huang X, Huck P, Humanic TJ, Igo G, Jacobs WW, Jang H, Jiang K, Judd EG, Kabana S, Kalinkin D, Kang K, Kauder K, Ke HW, Keane D, Kechechyan A, Khan ZH, Kikola DP, Kisel I, Kisiel A, Koetke DD, Kollegger T, Kosarzewski LK, Kotchenda L, Kraishan AF, Kravtsov P, Krueger K, Kulakov I, Kumar L, Kycia RA, Lamont MAC, Landgraf JM, Landry KD, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lednicky R, Lee JH, Li W, Li Y, Li C, Li ZM, Li X, Li X, Lisa MA, Liu F, Ljubicic T, Llope WJ, Lomnitz M, Longacre RS, Luo X, Ma L, Ma R, Ma YG, Ma GL, Magdy N, Majka R, Manion A, Margetis S, Markert C, Masui H, Matis HS, McDonald D, Meehan K, Minaev NG, Mioduszewski S, Mohanty B, Mondal MM, Morozov DA, Mustafa MK, Nandi BK, Nasim M, Nayak TK, Nigmatkulov G, Nogach LV, Noh SY, Novak J, Nurushev SB, Odyniec G, Ogawa A, Oh K, Okorokov V, Olvitt DL, Page BS, Pak R, Pan YX, Pandit Y, Panebratsev Y, Pawlik B, Pei H, Perkins C, Peterson A, Pile P, Planinic M, Pluta J, Poljak N, Poniatowska K, Porter J, Posik M, Poskanzer AM, Pruthi NK, Putschke J, Qiu H, Quintero A, Ramachandran S, Raniwala S, Raniwala R, Ray RL, Ritter HG, Roberts JB, Rogachevskiy OV, Romero JL, Roy A, Ruan L, Rusnak J, Rusnakova O, Sahoo NR, Sahu PK, Sakrejda I, Salur S, Sandweiss J, Sarkar A, Schambach J, Scharenberg RP, Schmah AM, Schmidke WB, Schmitz N, Seger J, Seyboth P, Shah N, Shahaliev E, Shanmuganathan PV, Shao M, Sharma B, Sharma MK, Shen WQ, Shi SS, Shou QY, Sichtermann EP, Sikora R, Simko M, Skoby MJ, Smirnov D, Smirnov N, Song L, Sorensen P, Spinka HM, Srivastava B, Stanislaus TDS, Stepanov M, Stock R, Strikhanov M, Stringfellow B, Sumbera M, Summa BJ, Sun X, Sun XM, Sun Z, Sun Y, Surrow B, Svirida DN, Szelezniak MA, Tang Z, Tang AH, Tarnowsky T, Tawfik AN, Thomas JH, Timmins AR, Tlusty D, Tokarev M, Trentalange S, Tribble RE, Tribedy P, Tripathy SK, Trzeciak BA, Tsai OD, Ullrich T, Underwood DG, Upsal I, Van Buren G, van Nieuwenhuizen G, Vandenbroucke M, Varma R, Vasiliev AN, Vertesi R, Videbaek F, Viyogi YP, Vokal S, Voloshin SA, Vossen A, Wang F, Wang Y, Wang H, Wang JS, Wang Y, Wang G, Webb G, Webb JC, Wen L, Westfall GD, Wieman H, Wissink SW, Witt R, Wu YF, Xiao Z, Xie W, Xin K, Xu YF, Xu N, Xu Z, Xu QH, Xu H, Yang Y, Yang Y, Yang C, Yang S, Yang Q, Ye Z, Yepes P, Yi L, Yip K, Yoo IK, Yu N, Zbroszczyk H, Zha W, Zhang XP, Zhang JB, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhang JL, Zhao F, Zhao J, Zhong C, Zhou L, Zhu X, Zoulkarneeva Y, Zyzak M. Azimuthal Anisotropy in U+U and Au+Au Collisions at RHIC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 115:222301. [PMID: 26650297 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.222301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Collisions between prolate uranium nuclei are used to study how particle production and azimuthal anisotropies depend on initial geometry in heavy-ion collisions. We report the two- and four-particle cumulants, v_{2}{2} and v_{2}{4}, for charged hadrons from U+U collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=193 GeV and Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV. Nearly fully overlapping collisions are selected based on the energy deposited by spectators in zero degree calorimeters (ZDCs). Within this sample, the observed dependence of v_{2}{2} on multiplicity demonstrates that ZDC information combined with multiplicity can preferentially select different overlap configurations in U+U collisions. We also show that v_{2} vs multiplicity can be better described by models, such as gluon saturation or quark participant models, that eliminate the dependence of the multiplicity on the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions.
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Sharma MK, Jain CK, Rao GT, Rao VVSG. Modelling of lindane transport in groundwater of metropolitan city Vadodara, Gujarat, India. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2015; 187:295. [PMID: 25910721 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4522-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Migration pattern of organochloro pesticide lindane has been studied in groundwater of metropolitan city Vadodara. Groundwater flow was simulated using the groundwater flow model constructed up to a depth of 60 m considering a three-layer structure with grid size of 40 × 40 × 40 m(3). The general groundwater flow direction is from northeast to south and southwest. The river Vishwamitri and river Jambua form natural hydrologic boundary. The constant head in the north and south end of the study area is taken as another boundary condition in the model. The hydraulic head distribution in the multilayer aquifer has been computed from the visual MODFLOW groundwater flow model. TDS has been computed though MT3D mass transport model starting with a background concentration of 500 mg/l and using a porosity value of 0.3. Simulated TDS values from the model matches well with the observed data. Model MT3D was run for lindane pesticide with a background concentration of 0.5 μg/l. The predictions of the mass transport model for next 50 years indicate that advancement of containment of plume size in the aquifer system both spatially and depth wise as a result of increasing level of pesticide in river Vishwamitri. The restoration of the aquifer system may take a very long time as seen from slow improvement in the groundwater quality from the predicted scenarios, thereby, indicating alarming situation of groundwater quality deterioration in different layers. It is recommended that all the industries operating in the region should install efficient effluent treatment plants to abate the pollution problem.
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Lao J, Sharma MK, Sharma R, Fernández-Niño SMG, Schmutz J, Ronald PC, Heazlewood JL, Schwessinger B. Proteome profile of the endomembrane of developing coleoptiles from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum
). Proteomics 2015; 15:2286-90. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sawhney G, Sandhu K, Sharma MK, Gupta RK. Deformation and orientation effects in heavy-particle radioactivity of Z=115. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158600041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yadav A, Kumar P, Raghav A, Shuaib M, Sharma VR, Singh DP, Singh PP, Gupta S, Gupta U, Sharma MK, Bala I, Kumar R, Muralithar S, Singh RP, Singh BP, Prasad R. Low energy incomplete fusion and its relevance to the synthesis of super heavy elements. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158600064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sharma VR, Yadav A, Singh DP, Singh PP, Gupta S, Sharma MK, Bala I, Kumar R, Muralithar S, Singh RP, Singh BP, Prasad R, Bhowmik RK. Incomplete fusion reactions in 16O+ 159Tb system: Spin distribution measurements. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158600046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Singh B, Kaur M, Sharma MK, Gupta RK. Dynamical decay of 32S* and 31P* formed in 20Ne+ 12C and 19F+ 12C reactions, respectively, at E*CN= 60 MeV. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20158600049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Yadav A, Singh PP, Kumar P, Shuaib M, Sharma VR, Bala I, Singh DP, Gupta S, Gupta U, Sharma MK, Kumar R, Muralithar S, Singh RP, Singh BP, Prasad R. Dependence of low energy incomplete fusion on projectile’s α-Q-value. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2015. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20159601035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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