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Dutschke A, Jensen MM, Nanque JP, Medina C, Sanha FC, Holm M, Wejse C, Jespersen S, Hønge BL. Clinical presentations and outcomes of HIV-1 and HIV-2 among infected children in Guinea-Bissau: a nationwide study. Public Health 2024; 230:38-44. [PMID: 38492260 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Disease progression, loss to follow-up, and mortality of HIV-2 compared with HIV-1 in children is not well understood. This is the first nationwide study reporting outcomes in children with the two HIV types in Guinea-Bissau. STUDY DESIGN Nationwide retrospective follow-up study. METHODS This is a retrospective follow-up study among HIV-infected children <15 years at nine ART centers from 2006 to 2021. Baseline parameters and disease outcomes for children with HIV-2 and HIV-1 were compared. RESULTS The annual number of children diagnosed with HIV peaked in 2017. HIV-2 (n = 64) and HIV-1 (n = 1945) infected children were different concerning baseline median age (6.5 vs 3.1 years, P < 0.01), but had similar levels of severe immunodeficiency (P = 0.58) and severe anemia (P = 0.26). Within the first year of follow-up, 36.3% were lost, 5.9% died, 2.7% had transferred clinic, and 55.2% remained for follow-up. Mortality (HR = 1.05 95% CI: 0.53-2.08 for HIV-2) and attrition (HR = 0.86 95% CI: 0.62-1.19 for HIV-2) rates were similar for HIV types. CONCLUSIONS The decline in children diagnosed per year since 2017 is possibly due to lower HIV prevalence, lack of HIV tests, and the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic. Children with HIV-2 were twice as old as HIV-1 infected when diagnosed, which suggests a slower disease progression. However, once they develop immunosuppression mortality is similar.
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- A Dutschke
- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; GloHAU, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- National HIV Programme, Ministry of Health, Guinea-Bissau
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Huenuvil-Pacheco I, Jaramillo A, Abreu N, Garrido-Miranda K, Sánchez-Sanhueza G, González-Rocha G, Medina C, Montoya L, Sanhueza J, Melendrez M. Biocidal effects of organometallic materials supported on ZSM-5 Zeolite: Influence of the physicochemical and surface properties. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27182. [PMID: 38455576 PMCID: PMC10918221 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Antifouling coatings containing biocidal agents can be used to prevent the accumulation of biotic deposits on submerged surfaces; however, several commercial biocides can negatively affect the ecosystem. In this study, various formulations of a potential biocide product comprising copper nanoparticles and capsaicin supported on zeolite ZSM-5 were analyzed to determine the influence of the concentration of each component. The incorporation of copper was evidenced by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Similarly, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed that capsaicin was supported on the zeolite surface. The presence of capsaicin on the external zeolite surface significantly reduced the surface area of the zeolite. Finally, bacterial growth inhibition analysis showed that copper nanoparticles inhibited the growth of strains Idiomarina loihiensis UCO25, Pseudoalteromonas sp. UCO92, and Halomonas boliviensis UCO24 while the organic component acted as a reinforcing biocide.
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- I. Huenuvil-Pacheco
- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, 01145 Francisco Salazar, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Concepción, Concepción 4070386, Chile
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Frontera, 01145 Francisco Salazar, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Córdoba, Cr 6 #76-103, Montería 230002, Colombia
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de La Frontera, 01145 Francisco Salazar, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Centro de Manejo de Residuos y Bioenergía, BIOREN, Universidad de La Frontera, 01145 Francisco Salazar, Temuco 4780000, Chile
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- Agriaquaculture Nutritional Genomic Center (CGNA), Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Núcleo de Investigación en Bioproductos y Materiales Avanzados (BIOMA), Universidad Católica de Temuco, Avenida Rudecindo Ortega 02950, Campus San Juan Pablo II, Temuco 4780000, Chile
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Concepción, 1550 Roosevelt St, Concepcion 4030000, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Agentes Antibacterianos, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, P.O. Box C-160, Chile
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, Edmundo Larenas 219, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Concepción, Concepción 4070386, Chile
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- Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, 315 Edmundo Larenas, Concepcion, 4070415, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias para el Cuidado de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastían, Campus Las Tres Pascualas, Lientur 1457, Concepción, 4060000, Chile
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Martinez LE, Gilardoni C, Medina C, Cremonte F, Etchegoin JA. The elucidation of the life cycle of Saccocoelioides nanii Szidat, 1954 (Digenea: Haploporidae) using molecular techniques. J Helminthol 2023; 97:e80. [PMID: 37919931 DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x23000597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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In South America, the knowledge of trematode diversity parasitizing freshwater fishes is still scarce, as less than 5% of the freshwater fish fauna has been examined for parasites. A similar situation applies to studies on digenean life cycles, which have become increasingly rare. Among the digenean families parasitizing freshwater fishes in the region, Haploporidae is considered the richest in species diversity. However, information about the developmental stages of haploporid life cycles remains fragmentary. Particularly, in Argentina, nine cercariae attributed to the family Haploporidae have been described using morphological analysis, and only two life cycles of this family have been completely elucidated. In this study a new type of cercaria, morphologically assigned to the family Haploporidae and collected from the snail Heleobia parchappii (Cochliopidae) in Los Padres shallow lake, Buenos Aires province, was identified using morphological and molecular techniques. The molecular analysis, based on 28S and ITS2 sequences, revealed that the cercariae were 100% identical to adult specimens of Saccocoelioides nanii (Haploporidae) parasitizing the fish Prochilodus lineatus (Prochilodontidae) from Los Talas, Buenos Aires province. Our results not only provide information about the life cycle of S.nanii but also show that a molecular and morphological approach can be extremely useful in identifying the developmental stages of digeneans and elucidating their life cycles.
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- L E Martinez
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro de Asociación Simple CIC-PBA, Juan B. Justo 2550 (7600), Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2915, (9120), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (IDEAus-CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2915, (9120), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR-CONICET), Boulevard Brown 2915, (9120), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro de Asociación Simple CIC-PBA, Juan B. Justo 2550 (7600), Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ben Ltaief L, Sishodia K, Mandal S, De S, Krishnan SR, Medina C, Pal N, Richter R, Fennel T, Mudrich M. Efficient Indirect Interatomic Coulombic Decay Induced by Photoelectron Impact Excitation in Large Pure Helium Nanodroplets. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:023001. [PMID: 37505945 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.023001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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Ionization of matter by energetic radiation generally causes complex secondary reactions that are hard to decipher. Using large helium nanodroplets irradiated by extreme ultraviolet (XUV) photons, we show that the full chain of processes ensuing primary photoionization can be tracked in detail by means of high-resolution electron spectroscopy. We find that elastic and inelastic scattering of photoelectrons efficiently induces interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) in the droplets. This type of indirect ICD even becomes the dominant process of electron emission in nearly the entire XUV range in large droplets with radius ≳40 nm. Indirect ICD processes induced by electron scattering likely play an important role in other condensed-phase systems exposed to ionizing radiation as well, including biological matter.
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- L Ben Ltaief
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Quantum Center of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials and Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune 411008, India
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- Quantum Center of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials and Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Quantum Center of Excellence for Diamond and Emergent Materials and Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute for Physics, University of Rostock, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Salas A, Berrio ME, Martel S, Díaz-Gómez A, Palacio DA, Tuninetti V, Medina C, Meléndrez MF. Towards recycling of waste carbon fiber: Strength, morphology and structural features of recovered carbon fibers. Waste Manag 2023; 165:59-69. [PMID: 37086657 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Carbon fiber is one of the most widely used materials in high demand applications due to its high specific properties, however, its post-recycling properties limit its use to low performance applications. In this research, the carbon fiber recovering is examined using two methods: two-step pyrolysis and microwave-assisted thermolysis. The results indicate that the fibers recovered by pyrolysis show reduced surface and structural damage, maintaining the original mechanical properties of the fiber with losses below 5%. The fibers recovered by microwaves undergo significant surface changes that reduce their tensile strength by up to 60% and changes in their graphitic structure, increasing their degree of crystallinity by Raman index ID/IG from 1.98 to 2.86 and their amorphous degree by ID"/IG ratio from 0.411 to 1.599. Recovering fibers from microwave technique is 70% faster compared to two step pyrolysis, and provides recycled fibers with superior surface activation with the presence of polar functional groups -OH, -CO, and -CH that react with the epoxy matrix. The thermal, morphological, structural and mechanical characterizations of the recovered fibers detailed in this work provide valuable findings to evaluate their direct reuse in new composite materials.
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- A Salas
- Interdisciplinary Group of Applied Nanotechnology (GINA), Hybrid Materials Laboratory (HML), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepcion, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, Concepcion 4070409, Chile; Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 219 Edmundo Larenas, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Interdisciplinary Group of Applied Nanotechnology (GINA), Hybrid Materials Laboratory (HML), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepcion, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 219 Edmundo Larenas, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Interdisciplinary Group of Applied Nanotechnology (GINA), Hybrid Materials Laboratory (HML), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepcion, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Department of Polymers, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco 4780000, Chile.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 219 Edmundo Larenas, Concepcion 4070409, Chile
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- Interdisciplinary Group of Applied Nanotechnology (GINA), Hybrid Materials Laboratory (HML), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepcion, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, Concepcion 4070409, Chile.
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Laseca N, Morales R, Molina A, Anaya G, Medina C, Demyda-Peyrás S. 163 Genome-wide association study to identify candidate genomic regions for cow fertility in Retinta cattle breed. Reprod Fertil Dev 2022. [DOI: 10.1071/rdv35n2ab163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Trunfio M, De Francesco D, Vai D, Medina C, Milesi M, Domini S, Alcantarini C, Imperiale D, Bonora S, Di Perri G, Calcagno A. Screening Accuracy of Mini Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Test for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders in People Ageing with HIV. AIDS Behav 2022; 26:2203-2211. [PMID: 34982319 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03563-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aging and increased cardiovascular risk are major drivers for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), for which accurate screenings are lacking. Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (MACE) reliably detects vascular and neurodegenerative cognitive decline among HIV-negative patients. We evaluated MACE diagnostic accuracy in detecting HAND in people living with HIV (PLWH) and we compared it with the International HIV Dementia Scale (IHDS). A single-centre double-blind study of diagnostic accuracy on adult outpatient PLWH without neurocognitive confounding was performed. MACE and IHDS were administered in 5 and 10 min by clinicians, followed by the reference standard battery (14 tests) by neuropsychologists. HAND diagnosis was based on the modified version of Frascati's criteria by Gisslén to reduce false positives. Exploratory cut-offs were evaluated for MACE. Diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility parameters were assessed. 231 patients were enrolled. 75.7% men with a median age, education, and length of infection of 54 (48-59), 10 (8-13) and 16 (5-25) years. HAND prevalence was 48.5% (38.9% asymptomatic impairment). Compared to IHDS, MACE sensitivity (89.3% vs 70.5%), specificity (94.1% vs 63.0%), correct classification rate (86.5% vs 66.7%), J index (0.83 vs 0.34), AUROC (0.97 vs 0.79), agreement with the gold standard (k 0.84 vs 0.33) and effect size in distinguishing HAND vs non-HAND (d 2.11 vs 1.15) were higher. Among PLWH aged 65 years and above (n = 37) MACE performance was consistently better than IHDS. The quick and easy-to-perform MACE could possess an accurate and useful screening performance for HAND in otherwise neurocognitively healthy cohorts of PLWH.
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- Mattia Trunfio
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy.
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- Centre for Clinical Research, Epidemiology, Modelling and Evaluation, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Neurology Unit, Maria Vittoria Hospital, ASL Città Di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Maria Vittoria Hospital, ASL Città Di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Maria Vittoria Hospital, ASL Città Di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino at Infectious Diseases Unit, Amedeo Di Savoia Hospital, Torino, Italy
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Medina C, Krawczyk MC, Millan J, Blake MG, Boccia MM. Oxytocin-Cholinergic Central Interaction: Implications for Non-Social Memory Formation. Neuroscience 2022; 497:73-85. [PMID: 35752429 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2022.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are two closely related neuropeptides implicated in learning and memory processes, anxiety, nociception, addiction, feeding behavior and social information processing. Regarding learning and memory, OT has induced long-lasting impairment in different behaviors, while the opposite was observed with AVP. We have previously evaluated the effect of peripheral administration of OT or its antagonist (AOT) on the inhibitory avoidance response of mice and on the modulation of cholinergic mechanisms. Here, we replicate and validate those results, but this time through central administration of neuropeptides, considering their poor passage through the blood-brain barrier (BBB). When we delivered OT (0.10 ng/mouse) and its antagonist (0.10 ng/mouse) through intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections, the neuropeptide impaired and AOT enhanced the behavioral performance on an inhibitory avoidance response evaluated 48 h after training in a dose-dependent manner. On top of that, we investigated a possible central interaction between OT and the cholinergic system. Administration of anticholinesterases inhibitors with access to the central nervous system (CNS), the activation of muscarinic acetylcholine (Ach) receptors and the increase of evoked ACh release using linopirdine (Lino) (3-10 µg/kg, IP), reversed the impairment of retention performance induced by OT. Besides, either muscarinic or nicotinic antagonists with unrestricted access to the CNS reduced the magnitude of the performance-facilitating effect of AOT's central infusion. We suggest that OT might induce a cholinergic hypofunction state, resulting in an impairment of IA memory formation, a process for which the cholinergic system is crucially necessary.
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- C Medina
- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología de los Procesos de Memoria, Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología de los Procesos de Memoria, Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología de los Procesos de Memoria, Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica (IFIBIO UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología de los Procesos de Memoria, Cátedra de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Jaramillo AF, Martinez JC, Flores P, Medina C, Rojas D, Díaz-Gómez A, Fuentealba C, Meléndrez MF. Condensed tannin resins extracted from Pinus radiata bark as a support matrix in carbon nanofiber-reinforced polymers. Polym Bull (Berl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-020-03530-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Blatter M, Medina C, Shell K, Rijkenhuizen ABM. Unilateral left-sided nephrectomy in a horse with ureteropyelonephritis. PFERDEHEILKUNDE 2022. [DOI: 10.21836/pem20220104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Medina C, Monge A, Romero M, López-Ridaura R, Barquera S, Romieu I, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Lajous M. Reliability and validity of the Mexican teachers' physical activity questionnaire (MTPAQ) in a subsample of female Mexican teachers. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 2021; 13:143. [PMID: 34758874 PMCID: PMC8582186 DOI: 10.1186/s13102-021-00371-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reliable and valid instruments are needed to estimate physical activity levels. The purposes of this study were to estimate the reliability and validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire (MTPAQ) in a subsample of the Mexican Teachers Cohort study. METHODS We completed telephone interviews and clinical examinations of 82 teachers. Two MTPAQ, five International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)-long form, and two accelerometer (AC) measures were used to determine physical activity levels throughout 24 months. Moderate and walking physical activity (MWPA min/week), vigorous physical activity (VPA min/week), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity minutes per week (MVPA min/week) were estimated for each instrument. Pearson, Intra-class correlations and deattenuated adjustments were used to determine the reliability and validity of MTPAQ. RESULTS MWPA and MVPA min/week of MTPAQs were moderately correlated (r ≥ 0.54) to min/week of IPAQ-long form. MWPA and MVPA min/week average MTPAQ and MTPAQ1 and average AC, AC1 and AC2 were fairly correlated (r ≥ 0.20). A higher correlation was observed when correlation coefficients were attenuated (r ≥ 0.32). CONCLUSIONS MTPAQ1 is a reliable and valid tool to measure physical activity levels.
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- C Medina
- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Avenida Universidad 655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Center for Research on Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Center for Research in Evaluation and Surveys, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico City, Mexico
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- National Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control. Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Avenida Universidad 655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Section of Nutrition and Metabolism. International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, Mexican National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Avenida Universidad 655, Santa María Ahuacatitlán, 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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- Center for Research on Population Health, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico City, Mexico
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Troncoso R, Medina C, Reategui J. REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF BROWN SWISS AND MESTIZO BOVINE IN HUMID TROPIC. SPERMOVA 2021. [DOI: 10.18548/aspe/0009.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ability of ruminants to regulate body temperature depends on the genotype. Dairy breeds are generally more sensitive to heat stress than beef breeds. Higher-producing animals are more susceptible to heat stress because they generate more metabolic heat. The objective of evaluating reproductive performance as a response of adaptability to the management and climatic conditions of the Humid Tropics. 78 animals were used (40 Brown Swiss, from Puno and 38 Mestizas from local origin) raised in humid tropic conditions. Parametric statistics are presented as analysis of measures of central tendency and dispersion, non-parametric statistics by frequency analysis, the χ2 test of independence was used to detect differences, α = 0.05. The categorized and continuous dependent variables were evaluated with Student's t test using SPSS Software v.23. The mean age at first estrus in Brown Swiss was 12.43 months, in mestizo cattle 18.68 months (P <0.05). Average age of first calving in Brown Swiss of 25.25 months versus mestizo cattle 28.34 months (P <0.05). Interval from calving to the first service in Brown Swiss was 99.29 days. Open days observed in Brown Swiss was 107.29 days. The pregnancy rate at the first service in Brown Swiss was 70.0% pregnancy at the first service and 30.0% at the second service, for the mestizo genotype it was 68.4% at the first service, 28.9 at the second and 2.6 at the third service (P> 0.05; X2 = 0.50; p = 0.47). It is concluded that bovine animals of the Brown Swiss genotype have a good reproductive performance in the Humid Tropic climate compared to the Mestizo genotype
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Diaz Exposito A, Ruiz Salas A, Medina C, Barrera A, Alzueta J, Gomez Doblas J. Threshold stability using active fixation LV lead. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
The proper functioning of the CRT devices depends on the correct positioning of the electrodes, sometimes being compromised by the absence of suitable epicardial veins, leads instability or unacceptable high thresholds, among other. In 2017, a novel quadripolar active fixation LV lead was released with an innovative helical mechanism that expands to attach the lead within the vessel.
Objectives
Study the impact of the active fixation LV lead on threshold stability and dislocations.
Methods
We included 127 consecutive patients undergoing CRT between September 2017 to December 2019 in one hospital. They were randomly assigned: 62p active fixation VI leads vs 65p standard VI leads. LV thresholds, capture losses and dislocations were collected at standard pacing checks (1 week, 2 months, 6 months).
Results
The mean age of the sample was 73,9±8,4 years. 75% patients were male and 48,4% suffered ischemic cardiomyopathy. The two groups were similar according to this variables. 5 (7.7%) dislocations were reported in the control group against 2 (3.2%) in the active fixation group (n.s). The mean threshold (V) at the moment of the implant was 1,4 in the active fixation vs 1,41 in the standard LV leads; at the first visit 1,55 vs 1,99; at two months 1,59 vs 2,13 and at six months 1,74 vs 2,48.
The threshold stability is shown in Figure 1.
Conclusions
– The active fixation LV lead provides higher threshold stability than the conventional one.
– There is a non-significant tendency to reduce dislocations.
Figure 1
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain
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- University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain
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- University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain
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- University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain
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Rodríguez G, Sáez Del Bosque IF, Asensio E, Sánchez de Rojas MI, Medina C. Construction and demolition waste applications and maximum daily output in Spanish recycling plants. Waste Manag Res 2020; 38:423-432. [PMID: 32072878 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x20904437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The pursuit of construction sustainability has driven the use of partially or wholly waste-based eco-materials. New applications are being sought for recycled aggregate (RA) to further the use of this material and ensure the survival of the construction and demolition waste (C&DW) industry. RA, currently used in the construction of pavements, fills and embankments and only incipiently to manufacture structural or non-structural concrete, is a mere 8.99% of the total aggregate extracted in EU countries where RA is produced. Against this backdrop, the utility of this study lies in the overview afforded of RA typology, the application of the product in bound or unbound materials, the pursuit of new applications, structural or otherwise, and the assessment of daily maximum output by C&DW recycling facilities in Spain. The findings show that irrespective of its origin, RA most commonly adopts the form of wet mix macadam, gravel or sand used primarily in unbound applications with only dubious quality standards. Plant managers contend that RA from clean waste can feasibly be used in bound applications that require higher-performance materials. Maximum daily output varies widely, with capacity under 200 t d-1 in 30% of the plants. One of the conclusions drawn is that the current business model is in need of revision, with an emphasis on aggregate quality control (certification) and the adoption of technology for separating out impurities, pollutants and undesirable materials to improve the quality of RA.
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- G Rodríguez
- Higher Technical School of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, Spain
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Land Development (INTERRA), University of Extremadura, Spain
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- Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences, Spain
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- Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences, Spain
- UEX-CSIC Partnering Unit, Spain
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Land Development (INTERRA), University of Extremadura, Spain
- UEX-CSIC Partnering Unit, Spain
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Jespersen S, Månsson F, Lindman J, Wejse C, Medina C, da Silva ZJ, Te D, Medstrand P, Esbjörnsson J, Hønge BL. HIV treatment in Guinea-Bissau: room for improvement and time for new treatment options. AIDS Res Ther 2020; 17:3. [PMID: 32019545 PMCID: PMC6998355 DOI: 10.1186/s12981-020-0259-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Despite advances in the treatment quality of HIV throughout the world, several countries are still facing numerous obstacles in delivering HIV treatment at a sufficiently high quality, putting patients' lives in jeopardy. The aim of this status article is to give an overview of HIV treatment outcomes in the West African country, Guinea-Bissau, and to assess how newer treatment strategies such as long-acting injectable drugs or an HIV cure may limit or stop the HIV epidemic in this politically unstable and low-resource setting. Several HIV cohorts in Guinea-Bissau have been established and are used as platforms for epidemiological, virological, immunological and clinical studies often with a special focus on HIV-2, which is prevalent in the country. The Bandim Health Project, a demographic surveillance site, has performed epidemiological HIV surveys since 1987 among an urban population in the capital Bissau. The Police cohort, an occupational cohort of police officers, has enabled analyses of persons seroconverting with estimated times of seroconversion among HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected individuals, allowing incidence measurements while the Bissau HIV Cohort and a newer Nationwide HIV Cohort have provided clinical data on large numbers of HIV-infected patients. The HIV cohorts in Guinea-Bissau are unique platforms for research and represent real life in many African countries. Poor adherence, lack of HIV viral load measurements, inadequate laboratory facilities, high rates of loss to follow-up, mortality, treatment failure and resistance development, are just some of the challenges faced putting the goal of "90-90-90″ for Guinea-Bissau well out of reach by 2020. Maintaining undetectable viral loads on treatment as a prerequisite of a cure strategy seems not possible at the moment. Thinking beyond one-pill-once-a-day, long-acting antiretroviral treatment options such as injectable drugs or implants may be a better treatment option in settings like Guinea-Bissau and may even pave the way for an HIV cure. If the delivery of antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa in a sustainable way for the future should be improved by focusing on existing treatment options or through focusing on new treatment options remains to be determined.
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Medina C, Aserlind A, Mohamed A, Galli J, Potter J. Should women living with HIV be screened for pelvic floor disorder during a routine gynecological care visit? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Yébenes JC, Lorencio C, Esteban E, Espinosa L, Badia JM, Capdevila JA, Cisteró B, Moreno S, Calbo E, Jiménez-Fábrega X, Clèries M, Faixedas MT, Ferrer R, Vela E, Medina C, Rodríguez A, Netto C, Armero E, Solsona M, Lopez R, Granes A, Perez-Claveria V, Artigas A, Estany J. Interhospital Sepsis Code in Catalonia (Spain): Territorial model for initial care of patients with sepsis. Med Intensiva 2019; 44:36-45. [PMID: 31542182 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Sepsis is a syndromic entity with high prevalence and mortality. The management of sepsis is standardized and exhibits time-dependent efficiency. However, the management of patients with sepsis is complex. The heterogeneity of the forms of presentation can make it difficult to detect and manage such cases, in the same way as differences in training, professional competences or the availability of health resources. The Advisory Commission for Patient Care with Sepsis (CAAPAS), comprising 7 scientific societies, the Emergency Medical System (SEM) and the Catalan Health Service (CatSalut), have developed the Interhospital Sepsis Code (CSI) in Catalonia (Spain). The general objective of the CSI is to increase awareness, promote early detection and facilitate initial care and interhospital coordination to attend septic patients in a homogeneous manner throughout Catalonia.
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- J C Yébenes
- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, España.
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, España
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, España
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- Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Servei de Cirurgia General, Hospital Fundació Asil de Granollers, Granollers, España
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- Servei de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, España
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- Servei d'Urgències, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, España
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- Àrea Bàsica de Salut Gràcia, Barcelona, España
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- Servei de Medicina Interna-Malalties Infeccioses, Hospital Mutua de Terrassa, Terrassa, España
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- Unitat d'Informació i Coneixement, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Oficina Tècnica dels Registres de Codis d'Activació, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España
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- Unitat d'Informació i Coneixement, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Oficina Tècnica dels Registres de Codis d'Activació, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, España
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- Servei d'Urgències, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, España
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- Servei d'Urgències, Hospital Comarcal de Blanes, Blanes, España
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital de Mataró, Mataró, España
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- Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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- Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques (SEM)
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- Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Sabadell, España
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- Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, CatSalut-Servei Català de la Salut, Barcelona, España
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Jaramillo AF, Riquelme SA, Sánchez-Sanhueza G, Medina C, Solís-Pomar F, Rojas D, Montalba C, Melendrez MF, Pérez-Tijerina E. Comparative Study of the Antimicrobial Effect of Nanocomposites and Composite Based on Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Using Cu and Cu/Cu 2O Nanoparticles and CuSO 4. Nanoscale Res Lett 2019; 14:158. [PMID: 31073776 PMCID: PMC6509317 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-2987-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Nanocomposites and a composite based on poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) were synthesized using commercial copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs), copper/cuprous oxide nanoparticles (Cu|Cu2O-NPs), and copper sulfate (CuSO4), respectively. The Cu|Cu2O-NPs were synthesized using chemical reduction and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The synthesis of Cu|Cu2O-NPs yielded a mixture of Cu and Cu2O, with metal Cu having a spherical morphology of approximately 40 nm in diameter and Cu2O with a diameter of 150 nm. To prepare the nanocomposites (NCs) and the composite material (MC), the NPs and the CuSO4 salt were incorporated into the PBAT matrix in concentrations of 1, 3, and 5% p/p via an ex situ method. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), a tensile test, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and agar diffusion assays were used for structural, thermomechanical, and antimicrobial characterization. Results showed that the reinforcements did not modify the chemical structure of the PBAT and only slightly increased the percentage of crystallization. The mechanical and thermal properties of the PBAT did not change much with the addition of fillers, except for a slight increase in tensile strength and thermal stability, respectively. The agar diffusion antimicrobial assays showed that the NCs and MCs had good inhibitory responses against the nonresistant strains Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus mutans, and Staphylococcus aureus. The MCs based on CuSO4 had the highest biocidal effect, even against the resistant bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii.
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- A. F. Jaramillo
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar 01145, 4780000 Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, 4070409 Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry, Endodontic Discipline, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering (DIM), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 219 Edmundo Larenas, Concepción, Chile
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- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 66451 San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León México
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- Advanced Nanocomposites Research Group (GINA), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, 4070409 Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Tecnologías Industriales, Universidad de Talca, Camino a Los Niches KM 1, Curicó, Chile
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- Advanced Nanocomposites Research Group (GINA), Department of Materials Engineering (DIMAT), Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepción, 270 Edmundo Larenas, Box 160-C, 4070409 Concepción, Chile
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- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Physical-Mathematical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 66451 San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo León México
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Paniz Mondolfi AE, Colmenares Garmendia A, Mendoza Pérez Y, Hernández-Pereira CE, Medina C, Vargas F, Sandoval D, Agüero J, Román D, Forlano-Riera M, Salas Y, Peraza M, Romero P, Aldana F, Castillo T, Santeliz S, Perez G, Suarez-Alvarado MJ, Morales-Panza RJ, Kato H. Autochthonous cutaneous leishmaniasis in urban domestic animals (Felis catus / Canis lupus familiaris) from central-western Venezuela. Acta Trop 2019; 191:252-260. [PMID: 30633896 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 01/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by intracellular protozoa of the Leishmania genus that are spread and transmitted by sandflies. Natural infection and clinical disease in domestic cats and dogs appear to be rare or perhaps largely under-reported in endemic areas. However, previous reports on infected domestic animals usually implicate the same Leishmania species that affect humans in tropical and subtropical areas of the world suggesting a potential role for zoonotic transmission. In the present study we assessed a representative sample of cats and dogs from endemic urban / suburban areas of Lara state in central western Venezuela. In both dogs and cats, cutaneous disease exhibits a spectrum of manifestations that range from single papules or nodules, which may evolve into ulcerative, plaque-like or scaly lesions. Cytochrome b (cyt b) PCR gene sequence analysis revealed L. mexicana as the causative agent in all cases, including two human cases proceeding from the same study area at the same time the study was carried out. In order to improve our understanding on feline/canine infection with Leishmania mexicana, and address potential zoonotic concerns it is necessary to characterize its enzootic reservoirs and vectors as well as the possible anthropophilic players linking to the peridomestic and domestic cycles.
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- A E Paniz Mondolfi
- Clínica IDB Cabudare, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela; Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (IVSS), Caracas, Venezuela.
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Clínica IDB Cabudare, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela; Health Sciences Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Clínica IDB Cabudare, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela; Health Sciences Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Clínica IDB Cabudare, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela; Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine. Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Barquisimeto, Lara State 3001, Venezuela
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- Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Zoonoses, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Health Sciences Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Departments of Small Animals and Dermatology, "Dr. Luis de Leon Clinic", Barquisimeto, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Surgery of Small Animals, INSUAGRO, Barquisimeto, Lara State, 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Public Health, Veterinarian Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Small Animals, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Small Animals, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Infectious Diseases Research Incubator and the Zoonosis and Emerging Pathogens Regional Collaborative Network, Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Clínica IDB Cabudare, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas IDB, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela; Health Sciences Department, College of Medicine. Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Barquisimeto, Lara State 3001, Venezuela
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine Universidad Centrooccidental Lisandro Alvarado, Cabudare, Lara State 3023, Venezuela
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- Division of Medical Zoology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
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Zaballos P, del Pozo L, Argenziano G, Medina C, Lacarrubba F, Ferrer B, Martin J, Llambrich A, Zalaudek I, Bañuls J. Dermoscopy of cutaneous smooth muscle neoplasms: a morphological study of 136 cases. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:693-699. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- P. Zaballos
- Dermatology Department Hospital Sant Pau i Santa Tecla Tarragona Spain
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- Dermatology Department Hospital Universitari Son Espases Palma Mallorca Spain
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- Dermatology Department Second University of Naples Naples Italy
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- Dermatology Department Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria “Doctor Negrín” Gran Canaria Spain
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- Dermatology Department University of Catania Catania Italy
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- Dermatology Department Hospital General Universitario de Valencia Valencia Spain
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- Dermatology Department Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia Spain
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- Dermatology Department Hospital de Son Llatzer Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Dermatology Department University of Trieste Trieste Italy
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- Dermatology Department Hospital Universitario de Alicante ISABIAL Miguel Hernandez University Sant Joan de Alicante Spain
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Beck KB, Hønge BL, Olesen JS, Petersen MS, Jespersen S, Wejse C, da Silva ZJ, Medina C, Té DDS, Moeller BK, Benn CS, Aaby P, Erikstrup C. Long-term effects of smallpox vaccination on expression of the HIV-1 co-receptor CCR5 in women. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207259. [PMID: 30440008 PMCID: PMC6237380 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Smallpox vaccinations were stopped globally in 1980. Recent studies have shown that in women, being smallpox vaccinated was associated with a reduced risk of HIV infection compared with not being smallpox vaccinated. At the initial infection, HIV-1 most often uses CCR5 as a co-receptor to infect the T-lymphocytes. We therefore investigated whether smallpox vaccination is associated with a down-regulation of CCR5 on the surface of peripheral T-lymphocytes in healthy women in Guinea-Bissau. Methods We included HIV seronegative women from Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, born before 1974, with and without a smallpox vaccination scar. Blood samples were stabilised in a TransFix buffer solution and stained for flow cytometry according to a T-cell maturation profile. Results Ninety-seven women were included in the study; 52 with a smallpox vaccination scar and 45 without a scar. No association between smallpox vaccination scar and CCR5 expression was found in any T-lymphocyte subtype. Conclusion Among HIV seronegative women, being smallpox vaccinated more than 40 years ago was not associated with a down-regulation of CCR5 receptors on the surface of peripheral T-lymphocytes.
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- K. B. Beck
- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- GloHAU, Center for Global Health, Dept of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- National HIV programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- National HIV programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- National HIV programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
- Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines (CVIVA), Bandim Health Project, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Medina C, Janssen I, Barquera S, Bautista-Arredondo S, González ME, González C. Occupational and leisure time physical inactivity and the risk of type II diabetes and hypertension among Mexican adults: A prospective cohort study. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5399. [PMID: 29599426 PMCID: PMC5876361 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23553-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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There is a lack of longitudinal data linking physical inactivity and chronic diseases among Mexicans. Objective. To examine the relationship between total, leisure and occupational moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and incidence of type II diabetes (T2D) and hypertension in the Mexico City Diabetes Study. Study design and population. A prospective cohort study was conducted from 1989 to 2009 among 2282 men and non-pregnant women residing in six low-income neighborhoods in Mexico City. Main outcome. Incidence of T2D and hypertension. Results. After controlling for confounders, <1 MET/min/week of MVPA during leisure time was associated with higher risk of hypertension (HR 1.29, CI 95% 1.01, 1.66) and T2D (HR 1.31 CI 95% 1.00, 1.74). In addition, accumulating <1 MET/min/week of occupational MVPA was associated with higher risk of hypertension (HR 1.47, CI 95% 1.13, 1.90). Conclusion. The absence of leisure and occupational MVPA was associated with an increased risk of hypertension. However, no associations were found between occupational MVPA and T2D.
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- C Medina
- Mexican National Institute of Public Health, Health and Nutrition Research Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico.,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Queen's University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Kingston, Canada
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- Mexican National Institute of Public Health, Health and Nutrition Research Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Mexican National Institute of Public Health, Division of Health Economics, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Mexican National Institute of Public Health, Unit for Research in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk, Cuernavaca, Mexico. .,Centro de Estudios en Diabetes, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Hønge BL, Jespersen S, Medina C, Té DS, da Silva ZJ, Christiansen M, Kjerulff B, Laursen AL, Wejse C, Krarup H, Erikstrup C. The challenge of discriminating between HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 dual infections. HIV Med 2018; 19:403-410. [PMID: 29573304 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Discrimination between HIV-1 and HIV-2 is important to ensure appropriate antiretroviral treatment (ART) and epidemiological surveillance. However, serological tests have shown frequent mistyping when applied in the field. We evaluated two confirmatory tests, INNO-LIA HIV I/II Score and ImmunoComb HIV 1/2 BiSpot, for HIV type discriminatory capacity. METHODS Samples from 239 ART-naïve HIV-infected patients from the Bissau HIV Cohort in Guinea-Bissau were selected retrospectively based on the initial HIV typing performed in Bissau, ensuring a broad representation of HIV types. INNO-LIA results were interpreted by the newest software algorithm, and three independent observers read the ImmunoComb results. HIV-1/HIV-2 RNA and DNA were measured for confirmation. RESULTS INNO-LIA results showed 123 HIV-1 positive samples, 69 HIV-2 positive and 47 HIV-1/2 dually reactive. There was agreement between INNO-LIA and HIV-1/HIV-2 RNA and DNA detection, although not all HIV-1/2 dually reactive samples could be confirmed by the nucleic acid results. Overall, the observers found that the ImmunoComb results differed from the INNO-LIA results, with agreements of 90.4, 91.2 and 92.5%, respectively, for HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2. The combined kappa-score for agreement between the three observers was 0.955 (z-score 35.1; P < 0.01). Of the HIV-2 mono-reactive samples (INNO-LIA), the three observers interpreted 24.6-31.9% as HIV-1/2 dually infected by ImmunoComb. None of these samples had detectable HIV-1 RNA or DNA. CONCLUSIONS There was accordance between INNO-LIA calls and nucleic acid results, whereas ImmunoComb overestimated the number of HIV-1/2 dually infected patients. Confirmatory typing is needed for patients diagnosed with HIV-1/2 dual infection by ImmunoComb.
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- B L Hønge
- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- National HIV Programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- National HIV Programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,National Public Health Laboratory, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,GloHAU, Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Aab A, Abreu P, Aglietta M, Al Samarai I, Albuquerque I, Allekotte I, Almela A, Alvarez Castillo J, Alvarez-Muñiz J, Anastasi G, Anchordoqui L, Andrada B, Andringa S, Aramo C, Arqueros F, Arsene N, Asorey H, Assis P, Aublin J, Avila G, Badescu A, Balaceanu A, Barbato F, Barreira Luz R, Beatty J, Becker K, Bellido J, Berat C, Bertaina M, Bertou X, Biermann P, Biteau J, Blaess S, Blanco A, Blazek J, Bleve C, Boháčová M, Boncioli D, Bonifazi C, Borodai N, Botti A, Brack J, Brancus I, Bretz T, Bridgeman A, Briechle F, Buchholz P, Bueno A, Buitink S, Buscemi M, Caballero-Mora K, Caccianiga L, Cancio A, Canfora F, Caramete L, Caruso R, Castellina A, Catalani F, Cataldi G, Cazon L, Chavez A, Chinellato J, Chudoba J, Clay R, Cobos A, Colalillo R, Coleman A, Collica L, Coluccia M, Conceição R, Consolati G, Contreras F, Cooper M, Coutu S, Covault C, Cronin J, D’Amico S, Daniel B, Dasso S, Daumiller K, Dawson B, de Almeida R, de Jong S, De Mauro G, de Mello Neto J, De Mitri I, de Oliveira J, de Souza V, Debatin J, Deligny O, Díaz Castro M, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, D’Olivo J, Dorosti Q, dos Anjos R, Dova M, Dundovic A, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar C, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Falcke H, Farmer J, Farrar G, Fauth A, Fazzini N, Fenu F, Fick B, Figueira J, Filipčič A, Fratu O, Freire M, Fujii T, Fuster A, Gaior R, García B, Garcia-Pinto D, Gaté F, Gemmeke H, Gherghel-Lascu A, Ghia P, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Głas D, Glaser C, Golup G, Gómez Berisso M, Gómez Vitale P, González N, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Grillo A, Grubb T, Guarino F, Guedes G, Halliday R, Hampel M, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison T, Harton J, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve A, Hill G, Hojvat C, Holt E, Homola P, Hörandel J, Horvath P, Hrabovský M, Huege T, Hulsman J, Insolia A, Isar P, Jandt I, Johnsen J, Josebachuili M, Jurysek J, Kääpä A, Kambeitz O, Kampert K, Keilhauer B, Kemmerich N, Kemp E, Kemp J, Kieckhafer R, Klages H, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Kuempel D, Kukec Mezek G, Kunka N, Kuotb Awad A, Lago B, LaHurd D, Lang R, Lauscher M, Legumina R, Leigui de Oliveira M, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, Lo Presti D, Lopes L, López R, López Casado A, Lorek R, Luce Q, Lucero A, Malacari M, Mallamaci M, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi A, Mariş I, Marsella G, Martello D, Martinez H, Martínez Bravo O, Masías Meza J, Mathes H, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews J, Matthiae G, Mayotte E, Mazur P, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Melo D, Menshikov A, Merenda KD, Michal S, Micheletti M, Middendorf L, Miramonti L, Mitrica B, Mockler D, Mollerach S, Montanet F, Morello C, Mostafá M, Müller A, Müller G, Muller M, Müller S, Mussa R, Naranjo I, Nellen L, Nguyen P, Niculescu-Oglinzanu M, Niechciol M, Niemietz L, Niggemann T, Nitz D, Nosek D, Novotny V, Nožka L, Núñez L, Ochilo L, Oikonomou F, Olinto A, Palatka M, Pallotta J, Papenbreer P, Parente G, Parra A, Paul T, Pech M, Pedreira F, Pękala J, Pelayo R, Peña-Rodriguez J, Pereira L, Perlin M, Perrone L, Peters C, Petrera S, Phuntsok J, Piegaia R, Pierog T, Pimenta M, Pirronello V, Platino M, Plum M, Porowski C, Prado R, Privitera P, Prouza M, Quel E, Querchfeld S, Quinn S, Ramos-Pollan R, Rautenberg J, Ravignani D, Ridky J, Riehn F, Risse M, Ristori P, Rizi V, Rodrigues de Carvalho W, Rodriguez Fernandez G, Rodriguez Rojo J, Rogozin D, Roncoroni M, Roth M, Roulet E, Rovero A, Ruehl P, Saffi S, Saftoiu A, Salamida F, Salazar H, Saleh A, Salesa Greus F, Salina G, Sánchez F, Sanchez-Lucas P, Santos E, Santos E, Sarazin F, Sarmento R, Sarmiento-Cano C, Sato R, Schauer M, Scherini V, Schieler H, Schimp M, Schmidt D, Scholten O, Schovánek P, Schröder F, Schröder S, Schulz A, Schumacher J, Sciutto S, Segreto A, Shadkam A, Shellard R, Sigl G, Silli G, Sima O, Śmiałkowski A, Šmída R, Smith B, Snow G, Sommers P, Sonntag S, Squartini R, Stanca D, Stanič S, Stasielak J, Stassi P, Stolpovskiy M, Strafella F, Streich A, Suarez F, Suarez Durán M, Sudholz T, Suomijärvi T, Supanitsky A, Šupík J, Swain J, Szadkowski Z, Taboada A, Taborda O, Theodoro V, Timmermans C, Todero Peixoto C, Tomankova L, Tomé B, Torralba Elipe G, Travnicek P, Trini M, Ulrich R, Unger M, Urban M, Valdés Galicia J, Valiño I, Valore L, van Aar G, van Bodegom P, van den Berg A, van Vliet A, Varela E, Vargas Cárdenas B, Varner G, Vázquez R, Veberič D, Ventura C, Vergara Quispe I, Verzi V, Vicha J, Villaseñor L, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson A, Weber M, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilczyński H, Wileman C, Wirtz M, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Yang L, Yushkov A, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zepeda A, Zimmermann B, Ziolkowski M, Zong Z, Zuccarello F. Inferences on mass composition and tests of hadronic interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Int J Clin Exp Med 2017. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.96.122003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Aab A, Abreu P, Aglietta M, Ahn EJ, Al Samarai I, Albuquerque IFM, Allekotte I, Allen JD, Allison P, Almela A, Alvarez Castillo J, Alvarez-Muñiz J, Ambrosio M, Anastasi GA, Anchordoqui L, Andrada B, Andringa S, Aramo C, Arqueros F, Arsene N, Asorey H, Assis P, Aublin J, Avila G, Badescu AM, Baus C, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Bellido JA, Berat C, Bertaina ME, Bertou X, Biermann PL, Billoir P, Biteau J, Blaess SG, Blanco A, Blazek J, Bleve C, Blümer H, Boháčová M, Boncioli D, Bonifazi C, Borodai N, Botti AM, Brack J, Brancus I, Bretz T, Bridgeman A, Briechle FL, Buchholz P, Bueno A, Buitink S, Buscemi M, Caballero-Mora KS, Caccianiga B, Caccianiga L, Cancio A, Canfora F, Caramete L, Caruso R, Castellina A, Cataldi G, Cazon L, Cester R, Chavez AG, Chiavassa A, Chinellato JA, Chirinos Diaz JC, Chudoba J, Clay RW, Colalillo R, Coleman A, Collica L, Coluccia MR, Conceição R, Contreras F, Cooper MJ, Coutu S, Covault CE, Cronin J, Dallier R, D'Amico S, Daniel B, Dasso S, Daumiller K, Dawson BR, de Almeida RM, de Jong SJ, De Mauro G, de Mello Neto JRT, De Mitri I, de Oliveira J, de Souza V, Debatin J, Del Peral L, Deligny O, Dhital N, Di Giulio C, Di Matteo A, Díaz Castro ML, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, D'Olivo JC, Dorofeev A, Dos Anjos RC, Dova MT, Dundovic A, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar CO, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Falcke H, Fang K, Farrar GR, Fauth AC, Fazzini N, Ferguson AP, Fick B, Figueira JM, Filevich A, Filipčič A, Fratu O, Freire MM, Fujii T, Fuster A, Gallo F, García B, Garcia-Pinto D, Gate F, Gemmeke H, Gherghel-Lascu A, Ghia PL, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Głas D, Glaser C, Glass H, Golup G, Gómez Berisso M, Gómez Vitale PF, González N, Gookin B, Gordon J, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Gouffon P, Griffith N, Grillo AF, Grubb TD, Guarino F, Guedes GP, Hampel MR, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison TA, Harton JL, Hasankiadeh Q, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve AE, Hill GC, Hojvat C, Hollon N, Holt E, Homola P, Hörandel JR, Horvath P, Hrabovský M, Huege T, Hulsman J, Insolia A, Isar PG, Jandt I, Jansen S, Jarne C, Johnsen JA, Josebachuili M, Kääpä A, Kambeitz O, Kampert KH, Kasper P, Katkov I, Keilhauer B, Kemp E, Kieckhafer RM, Klages HO, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Kuempel D, Kukec Mezek G, Kunka N, Kuotb Awad A, LaHurd D, Latronico L, Lauscher M, Lautridou P, Lebrun P, Legumina R, Leigui de Oliveira MA, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, Lopes L, López R, López Casado A, Lucero A, Malacari M, Mallamaci M, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi AG, Marin V, Mariş IC, Marsella G, Martello D, Martinez H, Martínez Bravo O, Masías Meza JJ, Mathes HJ, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews JAJ, Matthiae G, Maurizio D, Mayotte E, Mazur PO, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Mello VBB, Melo D, Menshikov A, Messina S, Micheletti MI, Middendorf L, Minaya IA, Miramonti L, Mitrica B, Molina-Bueno L, Mollerach S, Montanet F, Morello C, Mostafá M, Moura CA, Müller G, Muller MA, Müller S, Naranjo I, Navas S, Necesal P, Nellen L, Nelles A, Neuser J, Nguyen PH, Niculescu-Oglinzanu M, Niechciol M, Niemietz L, Niggemann T, Nitz D, Nosek D, Novotny V, Nožka H, Núñez LA, Ochilo L, Oikonomou F, Olinto A, Pakk Selmi-Dei D, Palatka M, Pallotta J, Papenbreer P, Parente G, Parra A, Paul T, Pech M, Pedreira F, Pękala J, Pelayo R, Peña-Rodriguez J, Pepe IM, Pereira LAS, Perrone L, Petermann E, Peters C, Petrera S, Phuntsok J, Piegaia R, Pierog T, Pieroni P, Pimenta M, Pirronello V, Platino M, Plum M, Porowski C, Prado RR, Privitera P, Prouza M, Quel EJ, Querchfeld S, Quinn S, Rautenberg J, Ravel O, Ravignani D, Revenu B, Ridky J, Risse M, Ristori P, Rizi V, Rodrigues de Carvalho W, Rodriguez Rojo J, Rodríguez-Frías MD, Rogozin D, Rosado J, Roth M, Roulet E, Rovero AC, Saffi SJ, Saftoiu A, Salazar H, Saleh A, Salesa Greus F, Salina G, Sanabria Gomez JD, Sánchez F, Sanchez-Lucas P, Santos EM, Santos E, Sarazin F, Sarkar B, Sarmento R, Sarmiento-Cano C, Sato R, Scarso C, Schauer M, Scherini V, Schieler H, Schmidt D, Scholten O, Schoorlemmer H, Schovánek P, Schröder FG, Schulz A, Schulz J, Schumacher J, Sciutto SJ, Segreto A, Settimo M, Shadkam A, Shellard RC, Sigl G, Sima O, Śmiałkowski A, Šmída R, Snow GR, Sommers P, Sonntag S, Sorokin J, Squartini R, Stanca D, Stanič S, Stapleton J, Stasielak J, Strafella F, Stutz A, Suarez F, Suarez Durán M, Sudholz T, Suomijärvi T, Supanitsky AD, Sutherland MS, Swain J, Szadkowski Z, Taborda OA, Tapia A, Tepe A, Theodoro VM, Timmermans C, Todero Peixoto CJ, Tomankova L, Tomé B, Tonachini A, Torralba Elipe G, Torres Machado D, Travnicek P, Trini M, Ulrich R, Unger M, Urban M, Valbuena-Delgado A, Valdés Galicia JF, Valiño I, Valore L, van Aar G, van Bodegom P, van den Berg AM, van Vliet A, Varela E, Vargas Cárdenas B, Varner G, Vázquez JR, Vázquez RA, Veberič D, Verzi V, Vicha J, Videla M, Villaseñor L, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson AA, Weber M, Weindl A, Wiencke L, Wilczyński H, Winchen T, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Wykes S, Yang L, Yapici T, Yelos D, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zepeda A, Zimmermann B, Ziolkowski M, Zong Z, Zuccarello F. Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:192001. [PMID: 27858429 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.192001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers probe particle physics at energies beyond the reach of accelerators. Here we introduce a new method to test hadronic interaction models without relying on the absolute energy calibration, and apply it to events with primary energy 6-16 EeV (E_{CM}=110-170 TeV), whose longitudinal development and lateral distribution were simultaneously measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The average hadronic shower is 1.33±0.16 (1.61±0.21) times larger than predicted using the leading LHC-tuned models EPOS-LHC (QGSJetII-04), with a corresponding excess of muons.
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- A Aab
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
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- New York University, New York, New York, USA
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
- Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
- Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
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- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
- Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- INFN Laboratori del Gran Sasso, Italy
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
| | - C Bonifazi
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
| | - N Borodai
- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
| | - A M Botti
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - J Brack
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - I Brancus
- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
| | - T Bretz
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - A Bridgeman
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - F L Briechle
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - P Buchholz
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
| | - A Bueno
- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Spain
| | - S Buitink
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - M Buscemi
- Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
| | | | | | - L Caccianiga
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
| | - A Cancio
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - F Canfora
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | | | - R Caruso
- Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
| | - A Castellina
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
| | | | - L Cazon
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
| | - R Cester
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
- Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | - A G Chavez
- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
| | - A Chiavassa
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
- Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | | | | | - J Chudoba
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - R W Clay
- University of Adelaide, Australia
| | - R Colalillo
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | - A Coleman
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | | | - M R Coluccia
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
| | - R Conceição
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
| | - F Contreras
- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
- Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | | | - S Coutu
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - C E Covault
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - J Cronin
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - R Dallier
- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
- Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, France
| | - S D'Amico
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Italy
| | - B Daniel
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
| | - S Dasso
- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Argentina
- Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - K Daumiller
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | | | | | - S J de Jong
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
| | - G De Mauro
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | | | - I De Mitri
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
| | | | - V de Souza
- Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
| | - J Debatin
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | | | - O Deligny
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
| | - N Dhital
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - C Di Giulio
- Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
| | - A Di Matteo
- INFN, Sezione di L'Aquila, Italy
- Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica, Italy
| | | | - F Diogo
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
| | - C Dobrigkeit
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
| | - J C D'Olivo
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
| | - A Dorofeev
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - R C Dos Anjos
- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Brazil
| | - M T Dova
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
| | - A Dundovic
- Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Germany
| | - J Ebr
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - R Engel
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - M Erdmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - M Erfani
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
| | - C O Escobar
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
| | - J Espadanal
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
| | - A Etchegoyen
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H Falcke
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
- Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
| | - K Fang
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - G R Farrar
- New York University, New York, New York, USA
| | - A C Fauth
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
| | - N Fazzini
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - A P Ferguson
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - B Fick
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - J M Figueira
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - A Filevich
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - A Filipčič
- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - O Fratu
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
| | - M M Freire
- Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)-CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Argentina
| | - T Fujii
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - A Fuster
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - F Gallo
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - B García
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM) and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Argentina
| | | | - F Gate
- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
| | - H Gemmeke
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
| | - A Gherghel-Lascu
- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
| | - P L Ghia
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
| | - U Giaccari
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
| | | | | | - D Głas
- University of Łódź, Poland
| | - C Glaser
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - H Glass
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - G Golup
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
| | - M Gómez Berisso
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
| | - P F Gómez Vitale
- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
- Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - N González
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - B Gookin
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Gordon
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - A Gorgi
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
| | - P Gorham
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
| | - P Gouffon
- Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - N Griffith
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | | | | | - F Guarino
- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | - G P Guedes
- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Brazil
| | - M R Hampel
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - P Hansen
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
| | - D Harari
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
| | | | - J L Harton
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - Q Hasankiadeh
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - A Haungs
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - T Hebbeker
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - D Heck
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - P Heimann
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
| | - A E Herve
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
| | - G C Hill
- University of Adelaide, Australia
| | - C Hojvat
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - N Hollon
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - E Holt
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - P Homola
- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
| | - J R Hörandel
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
| | - P Horvath
- Palacky University, RCPTM, Czech Republic
| | | | - T Huege
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - J Hulsman
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - A Insolia
- Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
| | - P G Isar
- Institute of Space Science, Romania
| | - I Jandt
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - S Jansen
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
| | - C Jarne
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
| | - J A Johnsen
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
| | - M Josebachuili
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - A Kääpä
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - O Kambeitz
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
| | - K H Kampert
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - P Kasper
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - I Katkov
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
| | - B Keilhauer
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - E Kemp
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
| | - R M Kieckhafer
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - H O Klages
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - M Kleifges
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
| | | | - R Krause
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - N Krohm
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - D Kuempel
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - G Kukec Mezek
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - N Kunka
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
| | - A Kuotb Awad
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - D LaHurd
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | | | - M Lauscher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - P Lautridou
- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
| | - P Lebrun
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | | | | | - A Letessier-Selvon
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
| | - I Lhenry-Yvon
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
| | - K Link
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
| | - L Lopes
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
| | - R López
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
| | | | - A Lucero
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - M Mallamaci
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, Italy
- Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | - D Mandat
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - P Mantsch
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - A G Mariazzi
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
| | - V Marin
- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
| | - I C Mariş
- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Spain
| | - G Marsella
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
| | - D Martello
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
| | - H Martinez
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico
| | | | - J J Masías Meza
- Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H J Mathes
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - S Mathys
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - J Matthews
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
| | | | - G Matthiae
- Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
| | - D Maurizio
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Brazil
| | - E Mayotte
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
| | - P O Mazur
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - C Medina
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
| | | | - V B B Mello
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
| | - D Melo
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
| | - A Menshikov
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
| | - S Messina
- KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
| | - M I Micheletti
- Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR)-CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Argentina
| | - L Middendorf
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - I A Minaya
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
| | - L Miramonti
- INFN, Sezione di Milano, Italy
- Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
| | - B Mitrica
- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
| | | | - S Mollerach
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
| | - F Montanet
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
| | - C Morello
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
| | - M Mostafá
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - C A Moura
- Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Brazil
| | - G Müller
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - M A Muller
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
| | - S Müller
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
| | - I Naranjo
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
| | - S Navas
- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Spain
| | - P Necesal
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - L Nellen
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
| | - A Nelles
- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
| | - J Neuser
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | | | | | - M Niechciol
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
| | - L Niemietz
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - T Niggemann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - D Nitz
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - D Nosek
- University Prague, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Czech Republic
| | - V Novotny
- University Prague, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Czech Republic
| | - H Nožka
- Palacky University, RCPTM, Czech Republic
| | - L A Núñez
- Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
| | - L Ochilo
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
| | - F Oikonomou
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - A Olinto
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | | | - M Palatka
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - J Pallotta
- Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina
| | - P Papenbreer
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
| | - G Parente
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - A Parra
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
| | - T Paul
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - M Pech
- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
| | - F Pedreira
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - J Pękala
- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
| | - R Pelayo
- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), Mexico
| | | | - I M Pepe
- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
| | | | - L Perrone
- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
| | - E Petermann
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
| | - C Peters
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
| | - S Petrera
- INFN, Sezione di L'Aquila, Italy
- Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica, Italy
| | - J Phuntsok
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - R Piegaia
- Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - T Pierog
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, France
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina
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- INFN, Sezione di L'Aquila, Italy
- Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
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- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Argentina
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
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- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
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- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
- INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Brazil
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- Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Germany
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- University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Argentina
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas-LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico-IST, Universidade de Lisboa-UL, Portugal
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
- Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- New York University, New York, New York, USA
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
- Università di Napoli "Federico II", Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
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- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- KVI-Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy
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- Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany, Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
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- Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik-Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
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- Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
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Menéndez-Buxadera A, Medina C, Gómez J, Barajas F, Molina A. Parámetros genéticos de la prolificidad y la supervivencia hasta el sacrificio en corderos de raza Merina. ARCH ZOOTEC 2016. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v65i251.687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Utilizando los datos del núcleo de control cárnico de la raza Merina, se ha realizado un análisis genético de la prolificidad (entendida como medida indirecta de la supervivencia de las crías hasta el nacimiento), y de la supervivencia de los corderos desde el nacimiento al final de cebo. Se realizó un análisis univariado, con un modelo umbral para la prolificidad y un modelo animal con metodología REML para la supervivencia hasta el final del cebo. La estimación de los parámetros genéticos determinó una h2 de la prolificidad de 0,115 (0,166 y 0,171 para los efectos genéticos directos y maternos respectivamente) y de 0,072 para la supervivencia postnatal (0,176 para efectos genéticos directos y 0,040 para los efectos maternos), siendo la correlación genética entre ambos caracteres de -0,044 para los efectos genéticos directos y de -0,201 para los efectos genéticos maternos. Estas h2 son suficientemente elevadas para asegurar una respuesta positiva a la selección, tanto para prolificidad, como para supervivencia hasta el final del cebo. No obstante, dada la correlación genética negativa entre ambos tipos de caracteres, la selección para la mejora de la prolificidad debe llevar acarreada una mejora ambiental y genética de la capacidad para la supervivencia de los corderos si no se quiere anular el crecimiento ponderal de corderos nacidos con un incremento de su mortalidad.
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Thomsen D, Christiansen M, Medina C, Erikstrup C, Hønge BL. Discovery of a novel HLA-B*15 allele, HLA-B*15:379, in a patient from Guinea-Bissau. HLA 2016; 88:203-4. [PMID: 27593217 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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HLA-B*15:379 differs from HLA-B*15:03:01:01 by a c.T539G substitution in exon 3.
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- D Thomsen
- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- National HIV Programme, Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Rojo A, Puerta N, Gossio S, Gómez Parada I, Cruz Suarez R, López E, Medina C, Lastra Boylan J, Pinheiro Ramos M, Mora Ramírez E, Alves Dos Reis A, Yánez H, Rubio J, Vironneau Janicek L, Somarriba Vanegas F, Puerta Ortiz J, Salas Ramírez M, López Bejerano G, da Silva T, Miri Oliveira C, Terán M, Alfaro M, García T, Angeles A, Duré Romero E, Farias de Lima F. SECOND LATIN AMERICAN INTERCOMPARISON ON INTERNAL DOSE ASSESSMENT. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2016; 170:49-53. [PMID: 26503854 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Internal dosimetry intercomparisons are essential for the verification of applied models and the consistency of results'. To that aim, the First Regional Intercomparison was organised in 2005, and that results led to the Second Regional Intercomparison Exercise in 2013, which was organised in the frame of the RLA 9/066 and coordinated by Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear of Argentina. Four simulated cases covering intakes of (131)I, (137)Cs and Tritium were proposed. Ninteen centres from thirteen different countries participated in this exercise. This paper analyses the participants' results in this second exercise in order to test their skills and acquired knowledge, particularly in the application of the IDEAS Guidelines. It is important to highlight the increased number of countries that participated in this exercise compared with the first one and, furthermore, the improvement in the overall performance. The impact of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Projects since 2003 has led to a significant enhancement of internal dosimetry capabilities that strengthen the radiation protection of workers.
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- A Rojo
- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria
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- Instituto Peruano de Energía Nuclear, Lima, Peru
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- Comisión Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Centro Investigaciones y Aplicaciones Nucleares, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones, La Habana, Cuba
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- Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Facultad de Química - CMN, Htal. Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Toluca, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Toluca, Mexico
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Toluca, Mexico
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- Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asuncion, Paraguay
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- Centro Regional de Ciências Nucleares do Nordeste, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, Recife, Brazil
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Gowran A, Kulikova T, Lewis FC, Foldes G, Fuentes L, Viiri LE, Spinelli V, Costa A, Perbellini F, Sid-Otmane C, Bax NAM, Pekkanen-Mattila M, Schiano C, Chaloupka A, Forini F, Sarkozy M, De Jager SCA, Vajen T, Glezeva N, Lee HW, Golovkin A, Kucera T, Musikhina NA, Korzhenkov NP, Santuchi MDEC, Munteanu D, Garcia RG, Ang R, Usui S, Kamilova U, Jumeau C, Aberg M, Kostina DA, Brandt MM, Muntean D, Lindner D, Sadaba R, Bacova B, Nikolov A, Sedmera D, Ryabov V, Neto FP, Lynch M, Portero V, Kui P, Howarth FC, Gualdoni A, Prorok J, Diolaiuti L, Vostarek F, Wagner M, Abela MA, Nebert C, Xiang W, Kloza M, Maslenko A, Grechanyk M, Bhattachariya A, Morawietz H, Babaeva AR, Martinez Sanchez SM, Krychtiuk KA, Starodubova J, Fiorelli S, Rinne P, Ozkaramanli Gur D, Hofbauer T, Starodubova J, Stellos K, Pinon P, Tsoref O, Thaler B, Fraga-Silva RA, Fuijkschot WW, Shaaban MNS, Matthaeus C, Deluyker D, Scardigli M, Zahradnikova A, Dominguez A, Kondrat'eva D, Sosorburam T, Murarikova M, Duerr GD, Griecsova L, Portnichenko VI, Smolina N, Duicu OANAM, Elder JM, Zaglia T, Lorenzon A, Ruperez C, Woudstra L, Suffee N, De Lucia C, Tsoref O, Russell-Hallinan A, Menendez-Montes I, Kapelko VI, Emmens RW, Hetman O, Van Der Laarse WJ, Goncharov S, Adao R, Huisamen B, Sirenko O, Kamilova U, Nassiri I, Tserendavaa SUMIYA, Yushko K, Baldan Martin M, Falcone C, Vigorelli V, Nigro P, Pompilio G, Stepanova O, Valikhov M, Samko A, Masenko V, Tereschenko S, Teoh T, Domenjo-Vila E, Theologou T, Field M, Awad W, Yasin M, Nadal-Ginard B, Ellison-Hughes GM, Hellen N, Vittay O, Harding SE, Gomez-Cid L, Fernandez-Santos ME, Suarez-Sancho S, Plasencia V, Climent A, Sanz-Ruiz R, Hedhammar M, Atienza F, Fernandez-Aviles F, Kiamehr M, Oittinen M, Viiri KM, Kaikkonen M, Aalto-Setala K, Diolaiuti L, Laurino A, Sartiani L, Vona A, Zanardelli M, Cerbai E, Failli P, Hortigon-Vinagre MP, Van Der Heyden M, Burton FL, Smith GL, Watson S, Scigliano M, Tkach S, Alayoubi S, Harding SE, Terracciano CM, Ly HQ, Mauretti A, Van 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Poster session 3Cell growth, differentiation and stem cells - Heart511The role of the endocannabinoid system in modelling muscular dystrophy cardiac disease with induced pluripotent stem cells.512An emerging role of T lymphocytes in cardiac regenerative processes in heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy513Canonical wnt signaling reverses the ‘aged/senescent’ human endogenous cardiac stem cell phenotype514Hippo signalling modulates survival of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes515Biocompatibility of mesenchymal stem cells with a spider silk matrix and its potential use as scaffold for cardiac tissue regeneration516A snapshot of genome-wide transcription in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells (iPSC-HLCs)517Can NOS/sGC/cGK1 pathway trigger the differentiation and maturation of mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs)?518Introduction of external Ik1 to human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes via Ik1-expressing HEK293519Cell therapy of the heart studied using adult myocardial slices in vitro520Enhancement of the paracrine potential of human adipose derived stem cells when cultured as spheroid bodies521Mechanosensitivity of cardiomyocyte progenitor cells: the strain response in 2D and 3D environments522The effect of the vascular-like network on the maturation of the human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes.Transcriptional control and RNA species - Heart525Gene expression regulation in heart failure: from pathobiology to bioinformatics526Human transcriptome in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy - a novel high throughput screening527A high-throghput approach unveils putative miRNA-mediated mitochondria-targeted cardioprotective circuits activated by T3 in the post ischemia reperfusion setting528The effect of uraemia on the expression of miR-212/132 and the calcineurin pathway in the rat heartCytokines and cellular inflammation - Heart531Lack of growth differentiation factor 15 aggravates adverse cardiac remodeling upon pressure-overload in mice532Blocking heteromerization of platelet chemokines ccl5 and cxcl4 reduces inflammation and preserves heart function after myocardial infarction533Is there an association between low-dose aspirin use and clinical outcome in HFPEF? Implications of modulating monocyte function and inflammatory mediator release534N-terminal truncated intracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 expression in diabetic heart.535Expression of CD39 and CD73 on peripheral T-cell subsets in calcific aortic stenosis536Mast cells in the atrial myocardium of patients with atrial fibrillation: a comparison with patients in sinus rhythm539Characteristics of the inflammatory response in patients with coronary artery disease and arterial hypertension540Pro-inflammatory cytokines as cardiovascular events predictors in rheumatoid arthritis and asymptomatic atherosclerosis541Characterization of FVB/N murinic bone marrow-derived macrophage polarization into M1 and M2 phenotypes542The biological expression and thoracic anterior pain syndromeSignal transduction - Heart545The association of heat shock protein 90 and TGFbeta receptor I is involved in collagen production during cardiac remodelling in aortic-banded mice546Loss of the inhibitory GalphaO protein in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the brainstem leads to abnormalities in cardiovascular reflexes and altered ventricular excitablitiy547Selenoprotein P regulates pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling548Study of adenylyl cyclase activity in erythrocyte membranes in patients with chronic heart failure549Direct thrombin inhibitors inhibit atrial myocardium hypertrophy in a rat model of heart failure and atrial remodeling550Tissue factor / FVIIa transactivates the IGF-1R by a Src-dependent phosphorylation of caveolin-1551Notch signaling is differently altered in endothelial and smooth muscle cells of ascending aortic aneurysm patients552Frizzled 5 expression is essential for endothelial proliferation and migration553Modulation of vascular function and ROS production by novel synthetic benzopyran analogues in diabetes mellitusExtracellular matrix and fibrosis - Heart556Cardiac fibroblasts as inflammatory supporter cells trigger cardiac inflammation in heart failure557A role for galectin-3 in calcific aortic valve stenosis558Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids- can they decrease risk for ventricular fibrillation?559Serum levels of elastin derived peptides and circulating elastin-antielastin immune complexes in sera of patients with coronary artery disease560Endocardial fibroelastosis is secondary to hemodynamic alterations in the chick model of hypoplastic left heart syndrome561Dynamics of serum levels of matrix metalloproteinases in primary anterior STEMI patients564Deletion of the alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor changes the vascular remodeling induced by transverse aortic constriction in mice.565Extracellular matrix remodelling in response to venous hypertension: proteomics of human varicose veinsIon channels, ion exchangers and cellular electrophysiology - Heart568Microtubule-associated protein RP/EB family member 1 modulates sodium channel trafficking and cardiac conduction569Investigation of electrophysiological abnormalities in a rabbit athlete's heart model570Upregulation of expression of multiple genes in the atrioventricular node of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat571miR-1 as a regulator of sinoatrial rhythm in endurance training adaptation572Selective sodium-calcium exchanger inhibition reduces myocardial dysfunction associated with hypokalaemia and ventricular fibrillation573Effect of racemic and levo-methadone on action potential of human ventricular cardiomyocytes574Acute temperature effects on the chick embryonic heart functionVasculogenesis, angiogenesis and arteriogenesis577Clinical improvement and enhanced collateral vessel growth after monocyte transplantation in mice578The role of HIF-1 alpha, VEGF and obstructive sleep apnoea in the development of coronary collateral circulation579Initiating cardiac repair with a trans-coronary sinus catheter intervention in an ischemia/reperfusion porcine animal model580Early adaptation of pre-existing collaterals after acute arteriolar and venular microocclusion: an in vivo study in chick chorioallantoic membraneEndothelium583EDH-type responses to the activator of potassium KCa2.3 and KCa3.1 channels SKA-31 in the small mesenteric artery from spontaneously hypertensive rats584The peculiarities of endothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic renocardial syndrome585Endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis of the carotid arteries and level of leptin in patient with coronary heart disease in combination with hepatic steatosis depend from body mass index.586Role of non-coding RNAs in thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with bicuspid aortic valve587Cigarette smoke extract abrogates atheroprotective effects of high laminar flow on endothelial function588The prognostic value of anti-connective tissue antibodies in coronary heart disease and asymptomatic atherosclerosis589Novel potential properties of bioactive peptides from spanish dry-cured ham on the endothelium.Lipids592Intermediate density lipoprotein is associated with monocyte subset distribution in patients with stable atherosclerosis593The characteristics of dyslipidemia in rheumatoid arthritisAtherosclerosis596Macrophages differentiated in vitro are heterogeneous: morphological and functional profile in patients with coronary artery disease597Palmitoylethanolamide promotes anti-inflammatory phenotype of macrophages and attenuates plaque formation in ApoE-/- mice598Amiodarone versus esmolol in the perioperative period: an in vitro study of coronary artery bypass grafts599BMPRII signaling of fibrocytes, a mesenchymal progenitor cell population, is increased in STEMI and dyslipidemia600The characteristics of atherogenesis and systemic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis601Role of adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing in human atherosclerosis602Presence of bacterial DNA in thrombus aspirates of patients with myocardial infarction603Novel E-selectin binding polymers reduce atherosclerotic lesions in ApoE(-/-) mice604Differential expression of the plasminogen receptor Plg-RKT in monocyte and macrophage subsets - possible functional consequences in atherogenesis605Apelin-13 treatment enhances the stability of atherosclerotic plaques606Mast cells are increased in the media of coronary lesions in patients with myocardial infarction and favor atherosclerotic plaque instability607Association of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio with presence of isolated coronary artery ectasiaCalcium fluxes and excitation-contraction coupling610The coxsackie- and adenovirus receptor (CAR) regulates calcium homeostasis in the developing heart611HMW-AGEs application acutely reduces ICaL in adult cardiomyocytes612Measuring electrical conductibility of cardiac T-tubular systems613Postnatal development of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in rats614Role of altered Ca2+ homeostasis during adverse cardiac remodeling after ischemia/reperfusion615Experimental study of sarcoplasmic reticulum dysfunction and energetic metabolism in failing myocardium associated with diabetes mellitusHibernation, stunning and preconditioning618Volatile anesthetic preconditioning attenuates ischemic-reperfusion injury in type II diabetic patients undergoing on-pump heart surgery619The effect of early and delayed phase of remote ischemic preconditioning on ischemia-reperfusion injury in the isolated hearts of healthy and diabetic rats620Post-conditioning with 1668-thioate leads to attenuation of the inflammatory response and remodeling with less fibrosis and better left ventricular function in a murine model of myocardial infarction621Maturation-related changes in response to ischemia-reperfusion injury and in effects of classical ischemic preconditioning and remote preconditioningMitochondria and energetics624Phase changes in myocardial mitochondrial respiration caused by hypoxic preconditioning or periodic hypoxic training625Desmin mutations depress mitochondrial metabolism626Methylene blue modulates mitochondrial function and monoamine oxidases-related ROS production in diabetic rat hearts627Doxorubicin modulates the real-time oxygen consumption rate of freshly isolated adult rat and human ventricular cardiomyocytesCardiomyopathies and fibrosis630Effects of genetic or pharmacologic inhibition of the ubiquitin/proteasome system on myocardial proteostasis and cardiac function631Suppression of Wnt signalling in a desmoglein-2 transgenic mouse model for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy632Cold-induced cardiac hypertrophy is reversed after thermo-neutral deacclimatization633CD45 is a sensitive marker to diagnose lymphocytic myocarditis in endomyocardial biopsies of living patients and in autopsies634Atrial epicardial adipose tissue derives from epicardial progenitors635Caloric restriction ameliorates cardiac function, sympathetic cardiac innervation and beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in an experimental model of post-ischemic heart failure636High fat diet improves cardiac remodelling and function after extensive myocardial infarction in mice637Epigenetic therapy reduces cardiac hypertrophy in murine models of heart failure638Imbalance of the VHL/HIF signaling in WT1+ Epicardial Progenitors results in coronary vascular defects, fibrosis and cardiac hypertrophy639Diastolic dysfunction is the first stage of the developing heart failure640Colchicine aggravates coxsackievirus B3 infection in miceArterial and pulmonary hypertension642Osteopontin as a marker of pulmonary hypertension in patients with coronary heart disease combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease643Myocardial dynamic stiffness is increased in experimental pulmonary hypertension partly due to incomplete relaxation644Hypotensive effect of quercetin is possibly mediated by down-regulation of immunotroteasome subunits in aorta of spontaneously hypertensive rats645Urocortin-2 improves right ventricular function and attenuates experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension646A preclinical evaluation of the anti-hypertensive properties of an aqueous extract of Agathosma (Buchu)Biomarkers648The adiponectin level in hypertensive females with rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship with subclinical atherosclerosis649Markers for identification of renal dysfunction in the patients with chronic heart failure650cardio-hepatic syndromes in chronic heart failure: North Africa profile651To study other biomarkers that assess during myocardial infarction652Interconnections of apelin levels with parameters of lipid metabolism in hypertension patients653Plasma proteomics in hypertension: prediction and follow-up of albuminuria during chronic renin-angiotensin system suppression654Soluble RAGE levels in plasma of patients with cerebrovascular events. 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Abstract
We measure the energy emitted by extensive air showers in the form of radio emission in the frequency range from 30 to 80 MHz. Exploiting the accurate energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we obtain a radiation energy of 15.8±0.7(stat)±6.7(syst) MeV for cosmic rays with an energy of 1 EeV arriving perpendicularly to a geomagnetic field of 0.24 G, scaling quadratically with the cosmic-ray energy. A comparison with predictions from state-of-the-art first-principles calculations shows agreement with our measurement. The radiation energy provides direct access to the calorimetric energy in the electromagnetic cascade of extensive air showers. Comparison with our result thus allows the direct calibration of any cosmic-ray radio detector against the well-established energy scale of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Aab
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
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- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - I Al Samarai
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - I F M Albuquerque
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - I Allekotte
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P Allison
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - A Almela
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - J Alvarez Castillo
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
| | - J Alvarez-Muñiz
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - R Alves Batista
- Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
| | - M Ambrosio
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A Aminaei
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - G A Anastasi
- Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - L Anchordoqui
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA
| | - S Andringa
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - C Aramo
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - F Arqueros
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - N Arsene
- University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
| | - H Asorey
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
- Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
| | - P Assis
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - J Aublin
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - G Avila
- Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - N Awal
- New York University, New York, New York, USA
| | - A M Badescu
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Baus
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - J J Beatty
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - K H Becker
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J A Bellido
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - C Berat
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M E Bertaina
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - X Bertou
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P L Biermann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - P Billoir
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - S G Blaess
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - A Blanco
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - M Blanco
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - J Blazek
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - C Bleve
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - H Blümer
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M Boháčová
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D Boncioli
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - C Bonifazi
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - N Borodai
- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - J Brack
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - I Brancus
- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - T Bretz
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A Bridgeman
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P Brogueira
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - P Buchholz
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
| | - A Bueno
- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - S Buitink
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - M Buscemi
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | | | - B Caccianiga
- Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - L Caccianiga
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M Candusso
- Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - L Caramete
- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - R Caruso
- Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - A Castellina
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G Cataldi
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - L Cazon
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - R Cester
- Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - A G Chavez
- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
| | - A Chiavassa
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - J A Chinellato
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - J Chudoba
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Cilmo
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - R W Clay
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - G Cocciolo
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R Colalillo
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A Coleman
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - L Collica
- Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - M R Coluccia
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R Conceição
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - F Contreras
- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - M J Cooper
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - A Cordier
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - S Coutu
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - C E Covault
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - J Cronin
- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - R Dallier
- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
- Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
| | - B Daniel
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - S Dasso
- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - K Daumiller
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B R Dawson
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - R M de Almeida
- Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - S J de Jong
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - G De Mauro
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - J R T de Mello Neto
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - I De Mitri
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - J de Oliveira
- Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - V de Souza
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - L Del Peral
- Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
| | - O Deligny
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - N Dhital
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - C Di Giulio
- Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - A Di Matteo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università dell'Aquila and INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
| | - J C Diaz
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - M L Díaz Castro
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Diogo
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - C Dobrigkeit
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - W Docters
- KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | - J C D'Olivo
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
| | - A Dorofeev
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | | | - R C Dos Anjos
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M T Dova
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - J Ebr
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - R Engel
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M Erdmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - M Erfani
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
| | - C O Escobar
- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - J Espadanal
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - A Etchegoyen
- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H Falcke
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
| | - K Fang
- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - G Farrar
- New York University, New York, New York, USA
| | - A C Fauth
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - A P Ferguson
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - B Fick
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - J M Figueira
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A Filevich
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A Filipčič
- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - O Fratu
- University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - M M Freire
- Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) - CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
| | - T Fujii
- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - B García
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
| | - D Garcia-Gamez
- Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | | | - F Gate
- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - H Gemmeke
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A Gherghel-Lascu
- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - P L Ghia
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - U Giaccari
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| | - M Giammarchi
- Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - M Giller
- University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
| | - D Głas
- University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland
| | - C Glaser
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - H Glass
- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - G Golup
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - M Gómez Berisso
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P F Gómez Vitale
- Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - N González
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - B Gookin
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - J Gordon
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - A Gorgi
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - P Gorham
- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
| | - P Gouffon
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - N Griffith
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
| | - A F Grillo
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
| | - T D Grubb
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - F Guarino
- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - G P Guedes
- Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
| | - M R Hampel
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - P Hansen
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - D Harari
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - T A Harrison
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - S Hartmann
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - J L Harton
- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
| | - A Haungs
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T Hebbeker
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - D Heck
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P Heimann
- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
| | - A E Herve
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G C Hill
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - C Hojvat
- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - N Hollon
- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - E Holt
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P Homola
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J R Hörandel
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - P Horvath
- Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M Hrabovský
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - D Huber
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T Huege
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A Insolia
- Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - P G Isar
- Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - I Jandt
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - S Jansen
- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C Jarne
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - J A Johnsen
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
| | - M Josebachuili
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A Kääpä
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O Kambeitz
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - K H Kampert
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - P Kasper
- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | - I Katkov
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B Keilhauer
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - E Kemp
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R M Kieckhafer
- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
| | - H O Klages
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M Kleifges
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - R Krause
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - N Krohm
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - D Kuempel
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - G Kukec Mezek
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - N Kunka
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A W Kuotb Awad
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D LaHurd
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
| | - L Latronico
- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - R Lauer
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
| | - M Lauscher
- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - P Lautridou
- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - S Le Coz
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - D Lebrun
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - P Lebrun
- Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
| | | | - A Letessier-Selvon
- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - I Lhenry-Yvon
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - K Link
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - L Lopes
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - R López
- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A López Casado
- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - K Louedec
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Lucero
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M Malacari
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| | - M Mallamaci
- Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - J Maller
- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - D Mandat
- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | | | - A G Mariazzi
- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - V Marin
- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - I C Mariş
- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - G Marsella
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - D Martello
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - H Martinez
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
| | | | - D Martraire
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - J J Masías Meza
- Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H J Mathes
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S Mathys
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J Matthews
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
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- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) - CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, New York, USA
- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
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- Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA- IPN), México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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- Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università dell'Aquila and INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Argentina
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- SUBATECH, école des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Argentina
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell'Università dell'Aquila and INFN, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - F Salesa Greus
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - G Salina
- Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi" dell'Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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- Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
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- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
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- University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- New York University, New York, New York, USA
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Università di Napoli "Federico II" and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
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- Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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- University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Università di Roma II "Tor Vergata" and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
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- Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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- Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Fachbereich C - Physik, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
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- Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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Memon MA, Shmalberg J, Adair HS, Allweiler S, Bryan JN, Cantwell S, Carr E, Chrisman C, Egger CM, Greene S, Haussler KK, Hershey B, Holyoak GR, Johnson M, Jeune SL, Looney A, McConnico RS, Medina C, Morton AJ, Munsterman A, Nie GJ, Park N, Parsons-Doherty M, Perdrizet JA, Peyton JL, Raditic D, Ramirez HP, Saik J, Robertson S, Sleeper M, Dyke JV, Wakshlag J. Integrative veterinary medical education and consensus guidelines for an integrative veterinary medicine curriculum within veterinary colleges. Open Vet J 2016; 6:44-56. [PMID: 27200270 PMCID: PMC4824037 DOI: 10.4314/ovj.v6i1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Integrative veterinary medicine (IVM) describes the combination of complementary and
alternative therapies with conventional care and is guided by the best available
evidence. Veterinarians frequently encounter questions about complementary and
alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM) in practice, and the general public has
demonstrated increased interest in these areas for both human and animal health.
Consequently, veterinary students should receive adequate exposure to the principles,
theories, and current knowledge supporting or refuting such techniques. A proposed
curriculum guideline would broadly introduce students to the objective evaluation of
new veterinary treatments while increasing their preparation for responding to
questions about IVM in clinical practice. Such a course should be evidence-based,
unbiased, and unaffiliated with any particular CAVM advocacy or training group. All
IVM courses require routine updating as new information becomes available.
Controversies regarding IVM and CAVM must be addressed within the course and
throughout the entire curriculum. Instructional honesty regarding the uncertainties
in this emerging field is critical. Increased training of future veterinary
professionals in IVM may produce an openness to new ideas that characterizes the
scientific method and a willingness to pursue and incorporate evidence-based medicine
in clinical practice with all therapies, including those presently regarded as
integrative, complementary, or alternative.
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Affiliation(s)
- M A Memon
- Department of Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Egger) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Adair), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
| | - S Allweiler
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Medicine Wheel Veterinary Services, Ocala, FL, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Robertson) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Carr), College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
| | - C Chrisman
- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Egger) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Adair), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
| | - S Greene
- Department of Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Integrative Veterinary Oncology, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Peyton) and Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Le Jeune), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Coral Springs Animal Hospital, Coral Springs, FL, USA
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- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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- Angel Animal Hospital, Springfield, MO, USA
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- Integrative Ophthalmology for Pets, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (Peyton) and Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences (Le Jeune), School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Winterville Animal Clinic, Winterville, GA, USA
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- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Robertson) and Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Carr), College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Departments of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Shmalberg, Chrisman, Johnson, Sleeper), Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Morton), and Biomedical Sciences (Ramirez), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Canine Rehabilitation Institute, Wellington, FL, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Espinoza C, Schlechter R, Herrera D, Torres E, Serrano A, Medina C, Arce-Johnson P. Cisgenesis and intragenesis: new tools for improving crops. Biol Res 2016; 46:323-31. [PMID: 24510134 DOI: 10.4067/s0716-97602013000400003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) could be the answer for many relevant problems affecting crops. However, improving crops through GMO is also often associated with safety concerns, environmental risks and health issues due to the presence of foreign DNA. These limitations have prompted the development of alternative technologies. Recently, cisgenesis and intragenesis have been developed as new tools aimed to modify crops. While cisgenesis involves genetic modification using a complete copy of natural genes with their regulatory elements that belong exclusively to sexually compatible plants, intragenesis refers to the transference of new combinations of genes and regulatory sequences belonging to that particular species. So far, application of cisgenesis and intragenesis as alternatives to conventional transgenesis are limited to a few species, mainly due to the lack of knowledge of the regulatory sequences required. The grape is one of the most cultivated crops worldwide and is the most economically relevant crop in Chile. Its genomic sequence has been completed, making available new sources of information to improve grape traits by genetic manipulation. This review is focused on the current alternatives to transgenesis in plants, including new approaches to develop marker-free crops, their application to economically relevant crops and future perspectives in the area. Also, the identification of grapevine promoters with a wide range of expression profiles is shown. The expression pattern of these genes was analyzed in different tissues and developmental stages, as well as under several stresses and stimuli, giving a broad range of expression patterns, including genes expressed exclusively during ripening, in response to sugars, senescence and biotic stress, among others. Genes with strong and constitutive expression were also identified. Functional analysis using reporter genes has been conducted in order to confirm the promoter's transcription activity, opening new possibilities for developing cisgenic/intragenic grapevines.
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Aab A, Abreu P, Aglietta M, Ahn EJ, Samarai IA, Albuquerque IFM, Allekotte I, Allen J, Allison P, Almela A, Castillo JA, Alvarez-Muñiz J, Batista RA, Ambrosio M, Aminaei A, Anchordoqui L, Andringa S, Aramo C, Aranda VM, Arqueros F, Asorey H, Assis P, Aublin J, Ave M, Avenier M, Avila G, Awal N, Badescu AM, Barber KB, Bäuml J, Baus C, Beatty JJ, Becker KH, Bellido JA, Berat C, Bertaina ME, Bertou X, Biermann PL, Billoir P, Blaess S, Blanco M, Bleve C, Blümer H, Boháčová M, Boncioli D, Bonifazi C, Bonino R, Borodai N, Brack J, Brancus I, Bridgeman A, Brogueira P, Brown WC, Buchholz P, Bueno A, Buitink S, Buscemi M, Caballero-Mora KS, Caccianiga B, Caccianiga L, Candusso M, Caramete L, Caruso R, Castellina A, Cataldi G, Cazon L, Cester R, Chavez AG, Chiavassa A, Chinellato JA, Chudoba J, Cilmo M, Clay RW, Cocciolo G, Colalillo R, Coleman A, Collica L, Coluccia MR, Conceição R, Contreras F, Cooper MJ, Cordier A, Coutu S, Covault CE, Cronin J, Curutiu A, Dallier R, Daniel B, Dasso S, Daumiller K, Dawson BR, Almeida RMD, Domenico MD, Jong SJD, Neto JRTDM, Mitri ID, Oliveira JD, Souza VD, Peral LD, Deligny O, Dembinski H, Dhital N, Giulio CD, Matteo AD, Diaz JC, Castro MLD, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, Docters W, D’Olivo JC, Dorofeev A, Hasankiadeh QD, Dova MT, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar CO, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Luis PFS, Falcke H, Fang K, Farrar G, Fauth AC, Fazzini N, Ferguson AP, Fernandes M, Fick B, Figueira JM, Filevich A, Filipčič A, Fox BD, Fratu O, Fröhlich U, Fuchs B, Fujii T, Gaior R, García B, Roca STG, Garcia-Gamez D, Garcia-Pinto D, Garilli G, Bravo AG, Gate F, Gemmeke H, Ghia PL, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Glaser C, Glass H, Berisso MG, Vitale PFG, Gonçalves P, Gonzalez JG, González N, Gookin B, Gordon J, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Gouffon P, Grebe S, Griffith N, Grillo AF, Grubb TD, Guarino F, Guedes GP, Hampel MR, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison TA, Hartmann S, Harton JL, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve AE, Hill GC, Hojvat C, Hollon N, Holt E, Homola P, Hörandel JR, Horvath P, Hrabovský M, Huber D, Huege T, Insolia A, Isar PG, Jandt I, Jansen S, Jarne C, Josebachuili M, Kääpä A, Kambeitz O, Kampert KH, Kasper P, Katkov I, Kégl B, Keilhauer B, Keivani A, Kemp E, Kieckhafer RM, Klages HO, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Krömer O, Kruppke-Hansen D, Kuempel D, Kunka N, LaHurd D, Latronico L, Lauer R, Lauscher M, Lautridou P, Coz SL, Leão MSAB, Lebrun D, Lebrun P, Oliveira MALD, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, López R, Agüera AL, Louedec K, Bahilo JL, Lu L, Lucero A, Ludwig M, Malacari M, Maldera S, Mallamaci M, Maller J, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi AG, Marin V, Mariş IC, Marsella G, Martello D, Martin L, Martinez H, Bravo OM, Martraire D, Meza JJM, Mathes HJ, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews JAJ, Matthiae G, Maurel D, Maurizio D, Mayotte E, Mazur PO, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Meissner R, Melissas M, Melo D, Menshikov A, Messina S, Meyhandan R, Mićanović S, Micheletti MI, Middendorf L, Minaya IA, Miramonti L, Mitrica B, Molina-Bueno L, Mollerach S, Monasor M, Ragaigne DM, Montanet F, Morello C, Mostafá M, Moura CA, Muller MA, Müller G, Müller S, Münchmeyer M, Mussa R, Navarra G, Navas S, Necesal P, Nellen L, Nelles A, Neuser J, Nguyen P, Niechciol M, Niemietz L, Niggemann T, Nitz D, Nosek D, Novotny V, Nožka L, Ochilo L, Olinto A, Oliveira M, Pacheco N, Selmi-Dei DP, Palatka M, Pallotta J, Palmieri N, Papenbreer P, Parente G, Parra A, Paul T, Pech M, Pȩkala J, Pelayo R, Pepe IM, Perrone L, Petermann E, Peters C, Petrera S, Petrov Y, Phuntsok J, Piegaia R, Pierog T, Pieroni P, Pimenta M, Pirronello V, Platino M, Plum M, Porcelli A, Porowski C, Prado RR, Privitera P, Prouza M, Purrello V, Quel EJ, Querchfeld S, Quinn S, Rautenberg J, Ravel O, Ravignani D, Revenu B, Ridky J, Riggi S, Risse M, Ristori P, Rizi V, Carvalho WRD, Cabo IR, Fernandez GR, Rojo JR, Rodríguez-Frías MD, Rogozin D, Ros G, Rosado J, Rossler T, Roth M, Roulet E, Rovero AC, Saffi SJ, Saftoiu A, Salamida F, Salazar H, Saleh A, Greus FS, Salina G, Sánchez F, Sanchez-Lucas P, Santo CE, Santos E, Santos EM, Sarazin F, Sarkar B, Sarmento R, Sato R, Scharf N, Scherini V, Schieler H, Schiffer P, Schmidt D, Schröder FG, Scholten O, Schoorlemmer H, Schovánek P, Schulz A, Schulz J, Schumacher J, Sciutto SJ, Segreto A, Settimo M, Shadkam A, Shellard RC, Sidelnik I, Sigl G, Sima O, kowski AŚ, Šmída R, Snow GR, Sommers P, Sorokin J, Squartini R, Srivastava YN, Stanič S, Stapleton J, Stasielak J, Stephan M, Stutz A, Suarez F, Suomijärvi T, Supanitsky AD, Sutherland MS, Swain J, Szadkowski Z, Szuba M, Taborda OA, Tapia A, Tartare M, Tepe A, Theodoro VM, Timmermans C, Peixoto CJT, Toma G, Tomankova L, Tomé B, Tonachini A, Elipe GT, Machado DT, Travnicek P, Trovato E, Tueros M, Ulrich R, Unger M, Urban M, Galicia JFV, Valiño I, Valore L, Aar GV, Bodegom PV, Berg AMVD, Velzen SV, Vliet AV, Varela E, Vargas Cárdenas B, Varner G, Vázquez JR, Vázquez RA, Veberič D, Verzi V, Vicha J, Videla M, Villaseñor L, Vlcek B, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson AA, Weber M, Weidenhaupt K, Weindl A, Werner F, Widom A, Wiencke L, Wilczyńska B, Wilczyński H, Will M, Williams C, Winchen T, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Wykes S, Yamamoto T, Yapici T, Yuan G, Yushkov A, Zamorano B, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zaw I, Zepeda A, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Silva MZ, Ziolkowski M, Zuccarello F. Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2015; 75:269. [PMID: 26120280 PMCID: PMC4477714 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3471-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Energy-dependent patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays are searched for using data of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We investigate local regions around the highest-energy cosmic rays with [Formula: see text] eV by analyzing cosmic rays with energies above [Formula: see text] eV arriving within an angular separation of approximately 15[Formula: see text]. We characterize the energy distributions inside these regions by two independent methods, one searching for angular dependence of energy-energy correlations and one searching for collimation of energy along the local system of principal axes of the energy distribution. No significant patterns are found with this analysis. The comparison of these measurements with astrophysical scenarios can therefore be used to obtain constraints on related model parameters such as strength of cosmic-ray deflection and density of point sources.
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- A. Aab
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - P. Abreu
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - M. Aglietta
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | | | - I. Al Samarai
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | | | - I. Allekotte
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - J. Allen
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - P. Allison
- />Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
| | - A. Almela
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - J. Alvarez-Muñiz
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | | | - M. Ambrosio
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A. Aminaei
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - L. Anchordoqui
- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, City University of New York, New York, USA
| | - S. Andringa
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - C. Aramo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - V. M. Aranda
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - F. Arqueros
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - H. Asorey
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. Assis
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - J. Aublin
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M. Ave
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - M. Avenier
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - G. Avila
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - N. Awal
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - A. M. Badescu
- />University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | - K. B. Barber
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - J. Bäuml
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C. Baus
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - K. H. Becker
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | | | - C. Berat
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M. E. Bertaina
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - X. Bertou
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. L. Biermann
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - P. Billoir
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - S. Blaess
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - M. Blanco
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - C. Bleve
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - H. Blümer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Boháčová
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - D. Boncioli
- />INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila Italy
| | - C. Bonifazi
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - R. Bonino
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - N. Borodai
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - J. Brack
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - I. Brancus
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - A. Bridgeman
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Brogueira
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | | | | | - A. Bueno
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - S. Buitink
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - M. Buscemi
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - K. S. Caballero-Mora
- />Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico, Mexico
| | - B. Caccianiga
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - L. Caccianiga
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - M. Candusso
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - L. Caramete
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - R. Caruso
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - A. Castellina
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G. Cataldi
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - L. Cazon
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - R. Cester
- />Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - A. G. Chavez
- />Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
| | - A. Chiavassa
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | | | - J. Chudoba
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M. Cilmo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - R. W. Clay
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - G. Cocciolo
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R. Colalillo
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - A. Coleman
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - L. Collica
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - M. R. Coluccia
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - R. Conceição
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - F. Contreras
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - M. J. Cooper
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - A. Cordier
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - S. Coutu
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - C. E. Covault
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - J. Cronin
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - A. Curutiu
- />Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
| | - R. Dallier
- />Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - B. Daniel
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - S. Dasso
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - K. Daumiller
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B. R. Dawson
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - R. M. de Almeida
- />Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ Brazil
| | - M. De Domenico
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S. J. de Jong
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J. R. T. de Mello Neto
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - I. De Mitri
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - J. de Oliveira
- />Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ Brazil
| | - V. de Souza
- />Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP Brazil
| | - L. del Peral
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | - O. Deligny
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - H. Dembinski
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - N. Dhital
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - C. Di Giulio
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - A. Di Matteo
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
| | - J. C. Diaz
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | | | - F. Diogo
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - C. Dobrigkeit
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | - W. Docters
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | - J. C. D’Olivo
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - A. Dorofeev
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - Q. Dorosti Hasankiadeh
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. T. Dova
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - J. Ebr
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - R. Engel
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Erdmann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - M. Erfani
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - C. O. Escobar
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
- />Fermilab, Batavia, IL USA
| | - J. Espadanal
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - A. Etchegoyen
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- />Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | | | - H. Falcke
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- />ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
| | - K. Fang
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - G. Farrar
- />New York University, New York, NY USA
| | - A. C. Fauth
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | | | | | - M. Fernandes
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - B. Fick
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - J. M. Figueira
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Filevich
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Filipčič
- />Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
| | - B. D. Fox
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | - O. Fratu
- />University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - B. Fuchs
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Fujii
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - R. Gaior
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - B. García
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM) and National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
| | - S. T. Garcia Roca
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - D. Garcia-Gamez
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | | | - G. Garilli
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | | | - F. Gate
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - H. Gemmeke
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. L. Ghia
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - U. Giaccari
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - M. Giammarchi
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | | | - C. Glaser
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | | | - M. Gómez Berisso
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - P. F. Gómez Vitale
- />Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
| | - P. Gonçalves
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - J. G. Gonzalez
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - N. González
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - B. Gookin
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - J. Gordon
- />Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
| | - A. Gorgi
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - P. Gorham
- />University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
| | - P. Gouffon
- />Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP Brazil
| | - S. Grebe
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | | | - A. F. Grillo
- />INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi, L’Aquila Italy
| | - T. D. Grubb
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - F. Guarino
- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
| | - G. P. Guedes
- />Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
| | - M. R. Hampel
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - P. Hansen
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - D. Harari
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | | | - S. Hartmann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - J. L. Harton
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - A. Haungs
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Hebbeker
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - D. Heck
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - A. E. Herve
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. C. Hill
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | | | - N. Hollon
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - E. Holt
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Homola
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J. R. Hörandel
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - P. Horvath
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M. Hrabovský
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - D. Huber
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - T. Huege
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Insolia
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - P. G. Isar
- />Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - I. Jandt
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - S. Jansen
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C. Jarne
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - M. Josebachuili
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Kääpä
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Kambeitz
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - K. H. Kampert
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | | | - I. Katkov
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - B. Kégl
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - B. Keilhauer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - A. Keivani
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - E. Kemp
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
| | | | - H. O. Klages
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Kleifges
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - R. Krause
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - N. Krohm
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Krömer
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | | | - D. Kuempel
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - N. Kunka
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. LaHurd
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - L. Latronico
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - R. Lauer
- />University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USA
| | - M. Lauscher
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - P. Lautridou
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - S. Le Coz
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M. S. A. B. Leão
- />Faculdade Independente do Nordeste, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
| | - D. Lebrun
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | | | | | - A. Letessier-Selvon
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - I. Lhenry-Yvon
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - K. Link
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - R. López
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A. Lopez Agüera
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - K. Louedec
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | | | - L. Lu
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
- />School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
| | - A. Lucero
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Ludwig
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Malacari
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - S. Maldera
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - M. Mallamaci
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - J. Maller
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - D. Mandat
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | | | - A. G. Mariazzi
- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
| | - V. Marin
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - I. C. Mariş
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - G. Marsella
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - D. Martello
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | - L. Martin
- />Station de Radioastronomie de Nançay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, Nançay, France
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - H. Martinez
- />Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Mexico, Mexico
| | | | - D. Martraire
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - J. J. Masías Meza
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - H. J. Mathes
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S. Mathys
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - J. Matthews
- />Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA USA
| | | | - G. Matthiae
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
| | - D. Maurel
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. Maurizio
- />Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
| | - E. Mayotte
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | | | - C. Medina
- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
| | - G. Medina-Tanco
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - R. Meissner
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - M. Melissas
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - D. Melo
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - A. Menshikov
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - S. Messina
- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
| | | | - S. Mićanović
- />Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M. I. Micheletti
- />Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
| | - L. Middendorf
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - I. A. Minaya
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - L. Miramonti
- />Università di Milano and Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
| | - B. Mitrica
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | | | - S. Mollerach
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - M. Monasor
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - D. Monnier Ragaigne
- />Laboratoire de l’Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - F. Montanet
- />Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - C. Morello
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - M. Mostafá
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - C. A. Moura
- />Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP Brazil
| | - M. A. Muller
- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
- />Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS Brazil
| | - G. Müller
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - S. Müller
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - M. Münchmeyer
- />Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
| | - R. Mussa
- />Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - G. Navarra
- />Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Università di Torino and Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
| | - S. Navas
- />Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
| | - P. Necesal
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - L. Nellen
- />Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
| | - A. Nelles
- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- />Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J. Neuser
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - P. Nguyen
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | | | - L. Niemietz
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - T. Niggemann
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - D. Nitz
- />Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
| | - D. Nosek
- />Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V. Novotny
- />Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - L. Nožka
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - L. Ochilo
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - A. Olinto
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - M. Oliveira
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - N. Pacheco
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | | | - M. Palatka
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J. Pallotta
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - N. Palmieri
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle, Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Papenbreer
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - G. Parente
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - A. Parra
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - T. Paul
- />Department of Physics and Astronomy, City University of New York, New York, USA
- />Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA
| | - M. Pech
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J. Pȩkala
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - R. Pelayo
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - I. M. Pepe
- />Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA Brazil
| | - L. Perrone
- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
| | | | - C. Peters
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - S. Petrera
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
- />Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L’Aquila, Italy
| | - Y. Petrov
- />Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
| | - J. Phuntsok
- />Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
| | - R. Piegaia
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - T. Pierog
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - P. Pieroni
- />Departamento de Física, FCEyN Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Pimenta
- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - V. Pirronello
- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - M. Platino
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - M. Plum
- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
| | - A. Porcelli
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - C. Porowski
- />Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
| | - R. R. Prado
- />Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP Brazil
| | - P. Privitera
- />Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
| | - M. Prouza
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - V. Purrello
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - E. J. Quel
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - S. Querchfeld
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - S. Quinn
- />Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
| | - J. Rautenberg
- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
| | - O. Ravel
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - D. Ravignani
- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - B. Revenu
- />SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - J. Ridky
- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S. Riggi
- />Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - M. Risse
- />Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
| | - P. Ristori
- />Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - V. Rizi
- />Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche dell’Università dell’Aquila and INFN, L’Aquila, Italy
| | | | - I. Rodriguez Cabo
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - G. Rodriguez Fernandez
- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | | | | | - D. Rogozin
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - G. Ros
- />Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Spain
| | - J. Rosado
- />Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
| | - T. Rossler
- />Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
| | - M. Roth
- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
| | - E. Roulet
- />Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
| | - A. C. Rovero
- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - S. J. Saffi
- />University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA Australia
| | - A. Saftoiu
- />’Horia Hulubei’ National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
| | - F. Salamida
- />Institut de Physique Nucléaire d’Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
| | - H. Salazar
- />Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- />Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- />Università di Roma II “Tor Vergata” and Sezione INFN, Roma, Italy
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- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- />Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO USA
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- />Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- />Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, Portugal
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- />Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
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- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- />Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi” dell’Università del Salento and Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
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- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- />IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- />Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- />Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- />Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- />Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP Brazil
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- />RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
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- />Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- />Università di Napoli “Federico II” and Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
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- />KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- />Università di Catania and Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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Reyes A, Ramaseshan A, Medina C. Retrospective Study on Outcomes after Midurethral Sling (MUS) Revision for Persistent Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: What Can We Expect to Resolve? J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2014.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Aab A, Abreu P, Aglietta M, Ahn E, Al Samarai I, Albuquerque I, Allekotte I, Allen J, Allison P, Almela A, Alvarez Castillo J, Alvarez-Muñiz J, Alves Batista R, Ambrosio M, Aminaei A, Anchordoqui L, Andringa S, Aramo C, Aranda V, Arqueros F, Asorey H, Assis P, Aublin J, Ave M, Avenier M, Avila G, Badescu A, Barber K, Bäuml J, Baus C, Beatty J, Becker K, Bellido J, Berat C, Bertaina M, Bertou X, Biermann P, Billoir P, Blanco M, Bleve C, Blümer H, Boháčová M, Boncioli D, Bonifazi C, Bonino R, Borodai N, Brack J, Brancus I, Brogueira P, Brown W, Buchholz P, Bueno A, Buitink S, Buscemi M, Caballero-Mora K, Caccianiga B, Caccianiga L, Candusso M, Caramete L, Caruso R, Castellina A, Cataldi G, Cazon L, Cester R, Chavez A, Chiavassa A, Chinellato J, Chudoba J, Cilmo M, Clay R, Cocciolo G, Colalillo R, Coleman A, Collica L, Coluccia M, Conceição R, Contreras F, Cooper M, Cordier A, Coutu S, Covault C, Cronin J, Curutiu A, Dallier R, Daniel B, Dasso S, Daumiller K, Dawson B, de Almeida R, De Domenico M, de Jong S, de Mello Neto J, De Mitri I, de Oliveira J, de Souza V, del Peral L, Deligny O, Dembinski H, Dhital N, Di Giulio C, Di Matteo A, Diaz J, Díaz Castro M, Diogo F, Dobrigkeit C, Docters W, D’Olivo J, Dorofeev A, Dorosti Hasankiadeh Q, Dova M, Ebr J, Engel R, Erdmann M, Erfani M, Escobar C, Espadanal J, Etchegoyen A, Facal San Luis P, Falcke H, Fang K, Farrar G, Fauth A, Fazzini N, Ferguson A, Fernandes M, Fick B, Figueira J, Filevich A, Filipčič A, Fox B, Fratu O, Fröhlich U, Fuchs B, Fujii T, Gaior R, García B, Garcia Roca S, Garcia-Gamez D, Garcia-Pinto D, Garilli G, Gascon Bravo A, Gate F, Gemmeke H, Ghia P, Giaccari U, Giammarchi M, Giller M, Glaser C, Glass H, Gómez Berisso M, Gómez Vitale P, Gonçalves P, Gonzalez J, González N, Gookin B, Gordon J, Gorgi A, Gorham P, Gouffon P, Grebe S, Griffith N, Grillo A, Grubb T, Guardincerri Y, Guarino F, Guedes G, Hampel M, Hansen P, Harari D, Harrison T, Hartmann S, Harton J, Haungs A, Hebbeker T, Heck D, Heimann P, Herve A, Hill G, Hojvat C, Hollon N, Holt E, Homola P, Hörandel J, Horvath P, Hrabovský M, Huber D, Huege T, Insolia A, Isar P, Islo K, Jandt I, Jansen S, Jarne C, Josebachuili M, Kääpä A, Kambeitz O, Kampert K, Kasper P, Katkov I, Kégl B, Keilhauer B, Keivani A, Kemp E, Kieckhafer R, Klages H, Kleifges M, Kleinfeller J, Krause R, Krohm N, Krömer O, Kruppke-Hansen D, Kuempel D, Kunka N, LaHurd D, Latronico L, Lauer R, Lauscher M, Lautridou P, Le Coz S, Leão M, Lebrun D, Lebrun P, Leigui de Oliveira M, Letessier-Selvon A, Lhenry-Yvon I, Link K, López R, Louedec K, Lozano Bahilo J, Lu L, Lucero A, Ludwig M, Malacari M, Maldera S, Mallamaci M, Maller J, Mandat D, Mantsch P, Mariazzi A, Marin V, Mariş I, Marsella G, Martello D, Martin L, Martinez H, Martínez Bravo O, Martraire D, Masías Meza J, Mathes H, Mathys S, Matthews J, Matthews J, Matthiae G, Maurel D, Maurizio D, Mayotte E, Mazur P, Medina C, Medina-Tanco G, Melissas M, Melo D, Menshikov A, Messina S, Meyhandan R, Mićanović S, Micheletti M, Middendorf L, Minaya I, Miramonti L, Mitrica B, Molina-Bueno L, Mollerach S, Monasor M, Monnier Ragaigne D, Montanet F, Morello C, Mostafá M, Moura C, Muller M, Müller G, Münchmeyer M, Mussa R, Navarra G, Navas S, Necesal P, Nellen L, Nelles A, Neuser J, Newton D, Niechciol M, Niemietz L, Niggemann T, Nitz D, Nosek D, Novotny V, Nožka L, Ochilo L, Olinto A, Oliveira M, Olmos-Gilbaja V, Pacheco N, Pakk Selmi-Dei D, Palatka M, Pallotta J, Palmieri N, Papenbreer P, Parente G, Parra A, Paul T, Pech M, Pękala J, Pelayo R, Pepe I, Perrone L, Petermann E, Peters C, Petrera S, Petrov Y, Phuntsok J, Piegaia R, Pierog T, Pieroni P, Pimenta M, Pirronello V, Platino M, Plum M, Porcelli A, Porowski C, Prado R, Privitera P, Prouza M, Purrello V, Quel E, Querchfeld S, Quinn S, Rautenberg J, Ravel O, Ravignani D, Revenu B, Ridky J, Riggi S, Risse M, Ristori P, Rizi V, Roberts J, Rodrigues de Carvalho W, Rodriguez Fernandez G, Rodriguez Rojo J, Rodríguez-Frías M, Ros G, Rosado J, Rossler T, Roth M, Roulet E, Rovero A, Saffi S, Saftoiu A, Salamida F, Salazar H, Saleh A, Salesa Greus F, Salina G, Sánchez F, Sanchez-Lucas P, Santo C, Santos E, Santos E, Sarazin F, Sarkar B, Sarmento R, Sato R, Scharf N, Scherini V, Schieler H, Schiffer P, Scholten O, Schoorlemmer H, Schovánek P, Schröder F, Schulz A, Schulz J, Schumacher J, Sciutto S, Segreto A, Settimo M, Shadkam A, Shellard R, Sidelnik I, Sigl G, Sima O, Śmiałkowski A, Šmída R, Snow G, Sommers P, Sorokin J, Squartini R, Srivastava Y, Stanič S, Stapleton J, Stasielak J, Stephan M, Stutz A, Suarez F, Suomijärvi T, Supanitsky A, Sutherland M, Swain J, Szadkowski Z, Szuba M, Taborda O, Tapia A, Tartare M, Tepe A, Theodoro V, Timmermans C, Todero Peixoto C, Toma G, Tomankova L, Tomé B, Tonachini A, Torralba Elipe G, Torres Machado D, Travnicek P, Trovato E, Ulrich R, Unger M, Urban M, Valdés Galicia J, Valiño I, Valore L, van Aar G, van den Berg A, van Velzen S, van Vliet A, Varela E, Vargas Cárdenas B, Varner G, Vázquez J, Vázquez R, Veberič D, Verzi V, Vicha J, Videla M, Villaseñor L, Vlcek B, Vorobiov S, Wahlberg H, Wainberg O, Walz D, Watson A, Weber M, Weidenhaupt K, Weindl A, Werner F, Widom A, Wiencke L, Wilczyńska B, Wilczyński H, Will M, Williams C, Winchen T, Wittkowski D, Wundheiler B, Wykes S, Yamamoto T, Yapici T, Younk P, Yuan G, Yushkov A, Zamorano B, Zas E, Zavrtanik D, Zavrtanik M, Zaw I, Zepeda A, Zhou J, Zhu Y, Zimbres Silva M, Ziolkowski M, Zuccarello F. Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.91.032003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Medina C, Carretero G, Ferrandiz C, Dauden E, Vanaclocha F, Gómez-García F, Herrera-Ceballos E, De la Cueva-Dobao P, Belinchón I, Sánchez-Carazo J, Alsina M, López-Estebaranz J, Ferrán M, Carrascosa J, Torrado R, Argila D, Rivera R, Jiménez-Puya R, García-Doval I. Safety of classic and biologic systemic therapies for the treatment of psoriasis in elderly: an observational study from national BIOBADADERM registry. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014; 29:858-64. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- C. Medina
- Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol; Badalona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario la Princesa; Madrid Spain
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- Hospital General Universitario de Alicante; Alicante Spain
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- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital del Mar; Parc de Salut Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol; Badalona Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain
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- Hospital Universitario la Princesa; Madrid Spain
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- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre; Córdoba Spain
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- Research Unit.; Fundación Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología; Madrid Spain
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo; Vigo Spain
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Marwaha G, Medina C, Naik M, Ward M, Wilkinson D, Singh A. Ruthenium Eye Plaques for Uveal Melanoma: Long-Term Clinical Outcomes. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hønge B, Jespersen S, Medina C, Té D, da Silva Z, Ostergaard L, Laursen A, Wejse C, Krarup H, Erikstrup C. Hepatitis B virus surface antigen and anti-hepatitis C virus rapid tests underestimate hepatitis prevalence among HIV-infected patients. HIV Med 2014; 15:571-6. [PMID: 24717010 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In the case of coinfection with HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatic disease progression is often accelerated, with higher rates of liver cirrhosis and liver-related mortality. We aimed to evaluate the performance of the rapid tests used routinely to detect HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-HCV among HIV-infected patients in Guinea-Bissau. METHODS Blood samples from HIV-infected patients in Guinea-Bissau were stored after testing for HBsAg and anti-HCV with rapid tests. Samples were subsequently re-tested for HBsAg and anti-HCV in Denmark. RESULTS Two rapid tests were used in Guinea-Bissau: HBsAg Strip Ref 2034 (VEDA.LAB, Alençon, France; sensitivity 62.3%; specificity 99.2%) and HEPA-SCAN (Bhat Bio-Tech, Bangalore, India; sensitivity 57.1%; specificity 99.7%). In the two tests the ability to obtain the correct outcome depended on the antigen and antibody concentrations, respectively. Sex, age, CD4 cell count and antiretroviral therapy status did not differ between false negative and true positive samples in either of the tests. The study is limited by a low number of anti-HCV positive samples. CONCLUSIONS New diagnostic rapid tests should always be evaluated in the setting in which they will be used before implementation.
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- Bl Hønge
- The Bandim Health Project, Indepth Network, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Radziwon-Balicka A, Santos-Martinez MJ, Corbalan JJ, O'Sullivan S, Treumann A, Gilmer JF, Radomski MW, Medina C. Mechanisms of platelet-stimulated colon cancer invasion: role of clusterin and thrombospondin 1 in regulation of the P38MAPK-MMP-9 pathway. Carcinogenesis 2013; 35:324-32. [DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Kia L, Shah SJ, Wang E, Sharma D, Selvaraj S, Medina C, Cahan J, Mahon H, Levitsky J. Role of pretransplant echocardiographic evaluation in predicting outcomes following liver transplantation. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:2395-401. [PMID: 23915391 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2012] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Maintenance of cardiac function is critical to the survival of patients with end-stage liver disease after liver transplantation (LT). We sought to determine whether pre-LT echocardiographic indices of right heart structure and function were independently predictive of morbidity and mortality post-LT. We retrospectively studied 216 consecutive patients who underwent pre-LT 2-dimensional/Doppler echocardiography with subsequent LT from 2007 to 2010. A blinded reader analyzed multiple echocardiographic parameters, including right ventricular structure and function, pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and the presence and severity of tricuspid regurgitation (TR). On univariate analysis, Model of End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, PASP, presence of ≥mild TR, post-operative renal replacement therapy (RRT) and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were found to be significant predictors of adverse outcomes. On multivariate analysis, only ≥mild TR was found to predict both patient mortality (p = 0.0024, HR = 3.91, 95% CI: 1.62-9.44) and graft failure (p = 0.0010, HR = 3.70, 95% CI: 1.70-8.06). PASP and MELD correlated with post-LT intensive care unit length of stay (LOS) and, along with hemodialysis, were associated with hospital LOS and time on ventilator. In conclusion, pre-LT echocardiographic assessments of the right heart may be useful in predicting post-LT morbidity and mortality and guiding the selection of appropriate LT candidates.
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- L Kia
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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Radziwon-Balicka A, Medina C, O'Driscoll L, Treumann A, Bazou D, Inkielewicz-Stepniak I, Radomski A, Jow H, Radomski MW. Platelets increase survival of adenocarcinoma cells challenged with anticancer drugs: mechanisms and implications for chemoresistance. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:787-804. [PMID: 22506717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01991.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cancer cells grow without the restraints of feedback control mechanisms, leading to increased cancer cell survival. The treatment of cancer is often complicated by the lack of response to chemotherapy leading to chemoresistance and persistent survival of tumour cells. In this work we studied the role of platelets in chemotherapy-induced cancer cell death and survival. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Human adenocarcinoma cells, colonic (Caco-2) and ovarian (59 M) cells, were incubated with 5-fluorouracil (1-300 µg·mL(-1) ) or paclitaxel (1-200 µg·mL(-1) ) in the presence or absence of platelets (1.5 × 10(8) mL(-1) ) for 1, 24 or 72 h. Following incubation, cancer cells were harvested and cell survival/death was assayed using flow cytometry, Western blotting, real-time PCR, TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays and proteomics. KEY RESULTS Human platelets increased the survival of colonic and ovarian adenocarcinoma cells treated with two standard anticancer drugs, 5-fluorouracil and paclitaxel. In the presence of platelets, cancer cells up-regulated anti-apoptotic and down-regulated pro-apoptotic genes, increased the number of cells in the synthesis of DNA and decreased the number in the quiescent phase, increased expression of cyclins, DNA repair proteins and MAPKs. The analysis of platelet-Caco-2 secretome demonstrated the release of the chemokine RANTES, thrombospondin-1, TGF-β and clusterin. Finally, human recombinant RANTES and thrombospondin-1 improved survival of Caco-2 cells challenged with paclitaxel. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS These data demonstrate that platelets increase adenocarcinoma cells survival, proliferation and chemoresistance to standard anticancer drugs. Modulating cancer cell-platelet interactions may offer a new strategy to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy.
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- A Radziwon-Balicka
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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Zaballos P, Bañuls J, Medina C, Salsench E, Serrano P, Guionnet N. Dermoscopy of apocrine hidrocystomas: a morphological study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bazou D, Santos-Martinez MJ, Medina C, Radomski MW. Elucidation of flow-mediated tumour cell-induced platelet aggregation using an ultrasound standing wave trap. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 162:1577-89. [PMID: 21182493 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01182.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tumour cells activate and aggregate platelets [tumour cell-induced platelet aggregation (TCIPA)] and this process plays an important role in the successful metastasis of cancer cells. To date, most studies on TCIPA have been conducted under no-flow conditions. In this study, we have investigated TCIPA in real time under flow conditions, using an ultrasound standing wave trap that allows formation and levitation of cancer cell clusters in suspension, thus mimicking the conditions generated by flowing blood. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Using 59M adenocarcinoma and HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells and human platelets, cancer cell cluster-platelet aggregates were imaged in real time using epi-fluorescence microscopy (F-actin) and investigated in detail using confocal microscopy (matrix metalloproteinase-2-GPIIb/IIIa co-localization) and scanning electron and helium-ion microscopy (<1 nm resolution). The release of gelatinases from aggregates was studied using zymography. KEY RESULTS We found that platelet activation and aggregation takes place on the surface of cancer cells (TCIPA), leading to time-dependent disruption of cancer cell clusters. Pharmacological modulation of TCIPA revealed that EDTA, prostacyclin, o-phenanthroline and apyrase significantly down-regulated TCIPA and, in turn, delayed cell cluster disruption, However, EGTA and aspirin were ineffective. Pharmacological inhibition of TCIPA correlated with the down-regulation of platelet activation as shown by flow-cytometry assay of platelet P-selectin. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Our results show for the first time, that during TCIPA, platelet activation disrupts cancer cell clusters and this can contribute to metastasis. Thus, selective targeting of platelet aggregate-cancer cell clusters may be an important strategy to control metastasis.
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- D Bazou
- Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Mugüerza JM, Rodríguez A, Díez M, Sánchez-Seco MI, Hernández S, Diego L, Ratia T, San Román R, Medina C, Guadalix G, Granell FJ. [Laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Lateral transabdominal tecnique "step by step" and analysis of 41 consecutive patients]. ARCH ESP UROL 2011; 64:186-194. [PMID: 21487169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Since the initial report in 1992, laparoscopic adrenalectomy has proved substantial advantages over the conventional procedure in terms of decreased postoperative pain and hospital stay, allowing earlier return to normal activity. The technical details are in permanent evolution and the most widely accepted laparoscopic surgery for the adrenal gland is the transabdominal lateral approach. We hereby describe step by step the way we perform the lateral approach after 41 consecutive cases.
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- J M Mugüerza
- Servicio de Cirugía General Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España.
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Inkielewicz-Stepniak I, Gilmer J, Radomski M, Czarnowski W, Medina C. The effect of new aspirin prodrugs on blood platelet and tumor cells in an ‘in vitro’ study. Toxicol Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cervera MI, Medina C, Portolés T, Pitarch E, Beltrán J, Serrahima E, Pineda L, Muñoz G, Centrich F, Hernández F. Multi-residue determination of 130 multiclass pesticides in fruits and vegetables by gas chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2010; 397:2873-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-010-3597-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2010] [Revised: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Escalona N, Medina C, García R, Reyes P. Fischer Tropsch reaction from a mixture similar to biosyngas. Influence of promoters on surface and catalytic properties of Co/SiO2 catalysts. Catal Today 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2008.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The authors describe how bilateral episcleritis can be a sign of active systemic disease and can respond to treatment in a patient with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. DESIGN Case report. METHODS Comprehensive ophthalmic and physical examination and color photography were used to monitor inflammation and its response to systemic immunosuppression. RESULTS Systemic cyclophosphamide caused regression of systemic symptoms, cutaneous lesions, and episcleritis. After an 8-month follow-up, the patient has not had a systemic or ocular recurrence. CONCLUSION Episcleritis may be a manifestation of cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Careful examination of ocular inflammation is important in monitoring systemic disease and treatment.
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- K Bollinger
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Claramunt RM, Bouissane L, Cabildo MP, Cornago MP, Elguero J, Radziwon A, Medina C. Synthesis and biological evaluation of curcuminoid pyrazoles as new therapeutic agents in inflammatory bowel disease: effect on matrix metalloproteinases. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:1290-6. [PMID: 19128977 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 12/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Seven N-unsubstituted curcuminoid pyrazoles have been synthesized from the corresponding beta-diketones (including curcumin). We evaluated the possibility of curcuminoid pyrazoles regulating the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) by human intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. Zymographic analysis revealed that three compounds significantly down-regulated MMP-9 activity on inflammation-induced intestinal epithelial cells, making them original candidates for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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- R M Claramunt
- Departamento de Química Orgánica y Bio-Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Senda del Rey 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
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