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Lee GR, Lee EJ, Shin HS, Kim J, Kim I, Hong SC. Preparation of Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes from Mixed Cyclic-Carbonated Compounds: Soybean Oil and CO 2-Based Poly(ether carbonate). Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:1171. [PMID: 38675090 PMCID: PMC11053720 DOI: 10.3390/polym16081171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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This study presents the synthesis and characterization of non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPU) derived from the copolymerization of cyclic-carbonated soybean oil (CSBO) and cyclic carbonate (CC)-terminated poly(ether carbonate) (RCC). Using a double-metal cyanide catalyst, poly(ether carbonate) polyol was first synthesized through the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide. The terminal hydroxyl group was then subjected to a substitution reaction with a five-membered CC group using glycerol-1,2-carbonate and oxalyl chloride, yielding RCC. Attempts to prepare NIPU solely using RCC and diamine were unsuccessful, possibly due to the low CC functionality and the aminolysis of RCC's linear carbonate repeating units. However, when combined with CSBO, solid NIPUs were successfully obtained, exhibiting good thermal stability along with enhanced mechanical properties compared to conventional CSBO-based NIPU formulations. Overall, this study underscores the potential of leveraging renewable resources and carbon capture technologies to develop sustainable NIPUs with tailored properties, thereby expanding their range of applications.
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- Ga Ram Lee
- HMC, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea; (G.R.L.); (E.J.L.)
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- HMC, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea; (G.R.L.); (E.J.L.)
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- Industrial Gas Research TF Team, Particulate Matter Research Center, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST), 187-12 Geumho-ro, Gwangyang-si 57801, Republic of Korea; (H.S.S.); (J.K.)
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- Industrial Gas Research TF Team, Particulate Matter Research Center, Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology (RIST), 187-12 Geumho-ro, Gwangyang-si 57801, Republic of Korea; (H.S.S.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea;
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- HMC, Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 209 Neungdong-ro, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea; (G.R.L.); (E.J.L.)
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Zhang Y, Tang Y, Liao Q, Qian Y, Zhu L, Yu DG, Xu Y, Lu X, Kim I, Song W. Silver oxide decorated urchin-like microporous organic polymer composites as versatile antibacterial organic coating materials. J Mater Chem B 2024; 12:2054-2069. [PMID: 38305698 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb02619a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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Microporous organic polymers (MOPs) and metal oxide hybrid composites are considered valuable coating materials because of their versatility derived from the synergistic combination of MOPs' inherent dispersibility and the distinctive properties of metal oxides. In this study, we present the synthesis of sea-urchin-like MOPs hybridised with silver oxide nanoparticles (Ag2O NPs) to fabricate antibacterial composites suitable for potential antibacterial coating applications. Ag2O NP-decorated urchin-like MOPs (Ag2O@UMOPs) were synthesised by employing a combination of two methods: a one-pot Lewis acid-base interaction-mediated self-assembly and a straightforward impregnation process. The as-prepared Ag2O@UMOPs demonstrated high antibacterial efficacy against both E. coli (G-) and S. aureus (G+). The antibacterial mechanism of Ag2O@UMOPs mainly involved the synergistic effects of accumulation of Ag2O@UMOPs, the release of Ag+ ions, and the generation of reactive oxygen species. The exceptional processability and biosafety of Ag2O@UMOPs make them ideal organic coating materials for convenient application on various substrates. These remarkable features of Ag2O@UMOPs provide an effective platform for potential antibacterial applications in biological sciences.
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- Yu Zhang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, P. R. China.
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, P. R. China.
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- Department of Oncology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, No. 139 Yan An Xi Road, Shanghai, 200040, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, P. R. China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kidd MF, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Rager J, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Schaper DC, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Exotic Dark Matter Search with the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:041001. [PMID: 38335333 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.041001] [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: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
With excellent energy resolution and ultralow-level radiogenic backgrounds, the high-purity germanium detectors in the Majorana Demonstrator enable searches for several classes of exotic dark matter (DM) models. In this work, we report new experimental limits on keV-scale sterile neutrino DM via the transition magnetic moment from conversion to active neutrinos ν_{s}→ν_{a}. We report new limits on fermionic dark matter absorption (χ+A→ν+A) and sub-GeV DM-nucleus 3→2 scattering (χ+χ+A→ϕ+A), and new exclusion limits for bosonic dark matter (axionlike particles and dark photons). These searches utilize the (1-100)-keV low-energy region of a 37.5-kg y exposure collected by the Demonstrator between May 2016 and November 2019 using a set of ^{76}Ge-enriched detectors whose surface exposure time was carefully controlled, resulting in extremely low levels of cosmogenic activation.
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- I J Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München 80805, Germany
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München 85748, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, and Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Goett J, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, López-Castaño JM, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Meijer W, Oli TK, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Rouyer A, Ruof NW, Schaper DC, Schleich SJ, Smith-Gandy TA, Tedeschi D, Thompson JD, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Watkins SL, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Alves DSM, Hebenstiel L, Ramani H. Constraints on the Decay of ^{180m}Ta. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:152501. [PMID: 37897780 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.152501] [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: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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^{180m}Ta is a rare nuclear isomer whose decay has never been observed. Its remarkably long lifetime surpasses the half-lives of all other known β and electron capture decays due to the large K-spin differences and small energy differences between the isomeric and lower-energy states. Detecting its decay presents a significant experimental challenge but could shed light on neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis mechanisms, the nature of dark matter, and K-spin violation. For this study, we repurposed the Majorana Demonstrator, an experimental search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of ^{76}Ge using an array of high-purity germanium detectors, to search for the decay of ^{180m}Ta. More than 17 kg, the largest amount of tantalum metal ever used for such a search, was installed within the ultralow-background detector array. In this Letter, we present results from the first year of Ta data taking and provide an updated limit for the ^{180m}Ta half-life on the different decay channels. With new limits up to 1.5×10^{19} yr, we improved existing limits by 1-2 orders of magnitude which are the most sensitive searches for a single β and electron capture decay ever achieved. Over all channels, the decay can be excluded for T_{1/2}<0.29×10^{18} yr.
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, and Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Kim YH, Park I, Cho SB, Yang S, Kim I, Lee KH, Choi K, Han SH. Three-Dimensional Virtual Reconstructions of Shoulder Movements Using Computed Tomography Images: Model Development. Interact J Med Res 2023; 12:e48381. [PMID: 37796554 PMCID: PMC10587804 DOI: 10.2196/48381] [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: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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- Yu-Hee Kim
- Advanced Biomedical Research Institute, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- SurgicalMind Inc, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of National S&T Data, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of National S&T Data, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Ewha Medical Academy, Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Choi JH, Woo JJ, Kim I. Sustainable Polycaprolactone Polyol-Based Thermoplastic Poly(ester ester) Elastomers Showing Superior Mechanical Properties and Biodegradability. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3209. [PMID: 37571102 PMCID: PMC10421468 DOI: 10.3390/polym15153209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) have attracted increasing attention for a wide variety of industrial and biomedical applications owing to their unique properties compared to those of traditional rubbers. To develop high-performance engineering TPEs and reduce the environmental pollution caused by plastic waste, α,ω-hydroxyl-terminated polycaprolactone (PCL) polyols with molecular weights of 1000-4200 g mol-1 and polydispersity index (Ð) of 1.30-1.88 are synthesized via the ring-opening polymerization of sustainable ε-caprolactone using a heterogeneous double metal cyanide catalyst. The resulting PCL polyols are employed as soft segments to produce thermoplastic poly(ester ester) elastomers and are compared to conventional thermoplastic poly(ether ester) elastomers prepared from polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG). Notably, the PCL-based TPEs exhibit superior mechanical properties and biodegradability compared to PTMEG-based TPEs owing to their crystallinity and microphase separation behaviors. Accordingly, they have 39.7 MPa ultimate strength and 47.6% biodegradability, which are much higher than those of PTMEG-based TPEs (23.4 MPa ultimate strength and 24.3% biodegradability). The introduction of biodegradable PCLs demonstrates significant potential for producing biodegradable TPEs with better properties than polyether-derived elastomers.
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- Jin-Hyeok Choi
- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Erratum: Search for Spontaneous Radiation from Wave Function Collapse in the Majorana Demonstrator [Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 080401 (2022)]. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:239902. [PMID: 37354428 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.239902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
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This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.080401.
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Tran CH, Lee SJ, Moon BR, Lee EG, Choi HK, Kim I. Organonitriles as complexing agents for the double metal cyanide-catalyzed synthesis of polyether, polyester, and polycarbonate polyols. Catal Today 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114125] [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: 03/30/2023]
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Lee G, Park S, Lee S, Song K, Kim Y, Chang W, Kim J, Park N, Kim J, Park S, Hwang I, Kim H, Kim I. Bioimpedance Analysis as a Screening Tool in Heart-Transplanted Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.1265] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Kim D, Youn J, Kim J, Kim I, Choi J, Kransdorf E, Chang D, Kittleson M, Patel J, Cole R, Moriguchi J, Esmailian F, Kobashigawa J. Clinical Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Desensitized Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.121] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Kim I, Youn J, Chang D, Nishihara K, Kransdorf E, Kittleson M, Patel J, Cole R, Nikolova A, Esmailian F, Czer L, Kobashigawa J. The Validation of Cardiac Rehabilitation after Heart Transplantation from Anonymized Patient-Reported Outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.1262] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Kim E, Lee S, Jang D, Kyoung Y, Kim J, Kim I, Kim J, Youn J. Proteomic Discovery of Molecular Pathways in Patients with Biopsy-Proven Myocarditis. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.603] [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: 04/05/2023] Open
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Barton PJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kidd MF, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Schaper DC, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Final Result of the Majorana Demonstrator's Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay in ^{76}Ge. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:062501. [PMID: 36827565 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.062501] [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: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 11/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The Majorana Demonstrator searched for neutrinoless double-β decay (0νββ) of ^{76}Ge using modular arrays of high-purity Ge detectors operated in vacuum cryostats in a low-background shield. The arrays operated with up to 40.4 kg of detectors (27.2 kg enriched to ∼88% in ^{76}Ge). From these measurements, the Demonstrator has accumulated 64.5 kg yr of enriched active exposure. With a world-leading energy resolution of 2.52 keV FWHM at the 2039 keV Q_{ββ} (0.12%), we set a half-life limit of 0νββ in ^{76}Ge at T_{1/2}>8.3×10^{25} yr (90% C.L.). This provides a range of upper limits on m_{ββ} of (113-269) meV (90% C.L.), depending on the choice of nuclear matrix elements.
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- I J Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München 80805, Germany
- Physik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität, München, 85748 Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Zhang X, Dong J, Su Y, Lee EG, Duan Z, Kim I, Liu B. Construction and Arm Evolution of Trifunctional Phenolic Initiator-Mediated Polycarbonate Polyols Produced by Using Double Metal Cyanide Catalyst. Polym Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1039/d3py00009e] [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: 02/22/2023]
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An oligo(carbonate-ether) triol has been synthesized by the copolymerization of propylene oxide (PO) and CO2 using zinc-cobalt double metal cyanide (Zn/Co DMC) catalyst in the presence of trifunctional 1,1,1-tris(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethane (THPE)...
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Moon Y, Lee S, Lee J, Kim S, Kim I, Joo W, Jung S, Choi M, Park H, Lee C, Chung YG, Kim K, Park Y, Seong R. OD2-4 Efficient and noninvasive T cell therapy platform using autologous peripheral blood PD-1+CD8+ T cells instead of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in solid tumors: Ex vivo efficacy. ESMO Open 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100668] [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: 12/31/2022] Open
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Muhizi S, Kim I. Microbial agent spraying in pig housing and slurry can potentially
reduce harmful gas emissions – a preliminary study. J Anim Feed Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/154037/2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Boshra M, Lee A, Kim I, Malek-Adamian E, Yau M, LaDonna KA. When patients teach students empathy: a systematic review of interventions for promoting medical student empathy. Can Med Educ J 2022; 13:46-56. [PMID: 36440084 PMCID: PMC9684039 DOI: 10.36834/cmej.73058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite growing emphasis on empathic care, numerous studies demonstrate diminishing empathy in medical students. Involving patient educators in medical curricula may be a solution. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to evaluate patient-involved interventions that promote empathy among medical students. METHOD A literature search of MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases was performed using the keywords "empathy," "medical student," and their synonyms. Results were independently screened in duplicate. Conflicts were resolved by group consensus. All English studies describing interventions that promote empathy in medical students engaging patient educators were included. Relevant data was extracted and summarized. RESULTS 1467 studies were screened. 14 studies were included, of which 10 were pilot studies. Studies included patient involved interventions such as storytelling (5/14), shadowing patients (3/14), recorded videos (3/14), or combinations of methods (3/14). Qualitative measurements of empathy included written feedback and group discussions. Quantitative measurements included validated scales measuring empathy. All studies demonstrated increase in empathy among medical students. Participants reported satisfaction with training and patients reported being proud of giving back by training future physicians. CONCLUSION Interventions engaging patient educators were shown to have a positive impact on medical student empathy. Furthermore, patient-led education was shown to increase medical student understanding of subject and knowledge retention while empowering patients. Further implementation of patient-involved education is an important step forward in patient-partnered care and may identify additional advantages of patient engagement in medical education.
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- M Boshra
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ajani J, Sharpe D, De T, Kim I, Gricar J, Kurt M. 1218P Long-term survivorship rates among chemotherapy refractory or intolerant advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (aESCC) patients treated with nivolumab (NIVO). Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.1336] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Yoo C, Kim KP, Kim I, Kang M, Cheon J, Kang B, Ryu H, Jeong J, Lee J, Kim K, Ryoo BY, Abou-Alfa G. 55P Final results from the NIFTY trial, a phase IIb, randomized, open-label study of liposomal Irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus fluorouracil (5-FU)/leucovorin (LV) in patients (pts) with previously treated metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC). Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Search for Spontaneous Radiation from Wave Function Collapse in the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:080401. [PMID: 36053678 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.080401] [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: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The Majorana Demonstrator neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment comprises a 44 kg (30 kg enriched in ^{76}Ge) array of p-type, point-contact germanium detectors. With its unprecedented energy resolution and ultralow backgrounds, Majorana also searches for rare event signatures from beyond standard model physics in the low energy region below 100 keV. In this Letter, we test the continuous spontaneous localization (CSL) model, one of the mathematically well-motivated wave function collapse models aimed at solving the long-standing unresolved quantum mechanical measurement problem. While the CSL predicts the existence of a detectable radiation signature in the x-ray domain, we find no evidence of such radiation in the 19-100 keV range in a 37.5 kg-y enriched germanium exposure collected between December 31, 2015, and November 27, 2019, with the Demonstrator. We explored both the non-mass-proportional (n-m-p) and the mass-proportional (m-p) versions of the CSL with two different assumptions: that only the quasifree electrons can emit the x-ray radiation and that the nucleus can coherently emit an amplified radiation. In all cases, we set the most stringent upper limit to date for the white CSL model on the collapse rate, λ, providing a factor of 40-100 improvement in sensitivity over comparable searches. Our limit is the most stringent for large parts of the allowed parameter space. If the result is interpreted in terms of the Diòsi-Penrose gravitational wave function collapse model, the lower bound with a 95% confidence level is almost an order of magnitude improvement over the previous best limit.
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- I J Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bhimani KH, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Efremenko Y, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Henning R, Hervas Aguilar D, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kidd MF, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lannen V TE, Li A, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Oli TK, Othman G, Paudel LS, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Schaper DC, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. Search for Solar Axions via Axion-Photon Coupling with the Majorana Demonstrator. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:081803. [PMID: 36053699 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.081803] [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: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Axions were originally proposed to explain the strong-CP problem in QCD. Through axion-photon coupling, the Sun could be a major source of axions, which could be measured in solid state detection experiments with enhancements due to coherent Primakoff-Bragg scattering. The Majorana Demonstrator experiment has searched for solar axions with a set of ^{76}Ge-enriched high purity germanium detectors using a 33 kg-yr exposure collected between January, 2017 and November, 2019. A temporal-energy analysis gives a new limit on the axion-photon coupling as g_{aγ}<1.45×10^{-9} GeV^{-1} (95% confidence level) for axions with mass up to 100 eV/c^{2}. This improves laboratory-based limits between about 1 eV/c^{2} and 100 eV/c^{2}.
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- I J Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Zhang Y, Kim I, Lu Y, Xu Y, Yu DG, Song W. Intelligent poly(l-histidine)-based nanovehicles for controlled drug delivery. J Control Release 2022; 349:963-982. [PMID: 35944751 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems based on polymeric nanovehicles are among the most promising treatment regimens for malignant cancers. Such intelligent systems that release payloads in response to the physiological characteristics of tumor sites have several advantages over conventional drug carriers, offering, in particular, enhanced therapeutic effects and decreased toxicity. The tumor microenvironment (TME) is acidic, suggesting the potential of pH-responsive nanovehicles for enhancing treatment specificity and efficacy. The synthetic polypeptide poly(l-histidine) (PLH) is an appropriate candidate for the preparation of pH-responsive nanovehicles because the pKa of PLH (approximately 6.0) is close to the pH of the acidic TME. In addition, the pendent imidazole rings of PLH yield pH-dependent hydrophobic-to-hydrophilic phase transitions in the acidic TME, triggering the destabilization of nanovehicles and the subsequent release of encapsulated chemotherapeutic agents. Herein, we highlight the state-of-the-art design and construction of pH-responsive nanovehicles based on PLH and discuss the future challenges and perspectives of this fascinating biomaterial for targeted cancer treatment and "benchtop-to-clinic" translation.
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- Yu Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, PR China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai 201318, PR China
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China.
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Klosowicz A, Crouch J, Zhan Q, Kim I, Gehad A, Teague J, Kupper T, Clark R. 085 Senescent dendritic cells drive ROS-induced DNA damage in CTCL. J Invest Dermatol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.05.020] [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: 10/17/2022]
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Tang Y, Varyambath A, Ding Y, Chen B, Huang X, Zhang Y, Yu DG, Kim I, Song W. Porous organic polymers for drug delivery: hierarchical pore structures, variable morphologies, and biological properties. Biomater Sci 2022; 10:5369-5390. [PMID: 35861101 DOI: 10.1039/d2bm00719c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Porous organic polymers have received considerable attention in recent years because of their applicability as biomaterials. In particular, their hierarchical pore structures, variable morphologies, and tunable biological properties make them suitable as drug-delivery systems. In this review, the synthetic and post forming/control methods including templated methods, template-free methods, mechanical methods, electrospun methods, and 3D printing methods for controlling the hierarchical structures and morphologies of porous organic polymers are discussed, and the different methods affecting their specific surface areas, hierarchical structures, and unique morphologies are highlighted in detail. In addition, we discuss their applications in drug encapsulation and the development of stimuli (pH, heat, light, and dual-stimuli)-responsive materials, focusing on their use for targeted drug release and as therapeutic agents. Finally, we present an outlook concerning the research directions and applications of porous polymer-based drug delivery systems.
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- Yunxin Tang
- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, 201318, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China.
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Materials and Chemistry, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China. .,State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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Wahid S, Lee B, Kim I. Effect of purified docosahexaenoic acid supplementation
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and intestinal microbiome of finishing pigs. J Anim Feed Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.22358/jafs/150033/2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Barinov VV, Cleveland BT, Danshin SN, Ejiri H, Elliott SR, Frekers D, Gavrin VN, Gorbachev VV, Gorbunov DS, Haxton WC, Ibragimova TV, Kim I, Kozlova YP, Kravchuk LV, Kuzminov VV, Lubsandorzhiev BK, Malyshkin YM, Massarczyk R, Matveev VA, Mirmov IN, Nico JS, Petelin AL, Robertson RGH, Sinclair D, Shikhin AA, Tarasov VA, Trubnikov GV, Veretenkin EP, Wilkerson JF, Zvir AI. Results from the Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST). Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:232501. [PMID: 35749172 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.232501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The Baksan Experiment on Sterile Transitions (BEST) was designed to investigate the deficit of electron neutrinos ν_{e} observed in previous gallium-based radiochemical measurements with high-intensity neutrino sources, commonly referred to as the "gallium anomaly," which could be interpreted as evidence for oscillations between ν_{e} and sterile neutrino (ν_{s}) states. A 3.414-MCi ^{51}Cr ν_{e} source was placed at the center of two nested Ga volumes and measurements were made of the production of ^{71}Ge through the charged current reaction, ^{71}Ga(ν_{e},e^{-})^{71}Ge, at two average distances. The measured production rates for the inner and the outer targets, respectively, are [54.9_{-2.4}^{+2.5}(stat)±1.4(syst)] and [55.6_{-2.6}^{+2.7}(stat)±1.4(syst)] atoms of ^{71}Ge/d. The ratio (R) of the measured rate of ^{71}Ge production at each distance to the expected rate from the known cross section and experimental efficiencies are R_{in}=0.79±0.05 and R_{out}=0.77±0.05. The ratio of the outer to the inner result is 0.97±0.07, which is consistent with unity within uncertainty. The rates at each distance were found to be similar, but 20%-24% lower than expected, thus reaffirming the anomaly. These results are consistent with ν_{e}→ν_{s} oscillations with a relatively large Δm^{2} (>0.5 eV^{2}) and mixing sin^{2}2θ (≈0.4).
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- V V Barinov
- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Munster, D-48149 Munster, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
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- JSC "State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors," Dimitrovgrad 433510, Russia
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- JSC "State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors," Dimitrovgrad 433510, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117312, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- JSC "State Scientific Center Research Institute of Atomic Reactors," Dimitrovgrad 433510, Russia
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Alagoz O, Ajani J, Srinivasan S, Kim I, Singh P, Xiao H, Kurt M. P-56 Estimating endpoint correlation between surrogate measures and overall survival using reconstructed survival data: Case studies from adjuvant and metastatic gastric cancer trials. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.04.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Eom KH, Li S, Lee EG, Kim JH, Kim JR, Kim I. Synthetic Polypeptides with Cationic Arginine Moieties Showing High Antimicrobial Activity in Similar Mineral Environments to Blood Plasma. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14091868. [PMID: 35567037 PMCID: PMC9104764 DOI: 10.3390/polym14091868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Translocation of cell-penetrating peptides is promoted by incorporated arginine or other guanidinium groups. However, relatively little research has considered the role of these functional groups on antimicrobial peptide activity. A series of cationic linear-, star- and multi-branched-poly(L-arginine-co-L-phenylalanine) have been synthesized via the ring-opening copolymerizations of corresponding N-carboxyanhydride monomers followed by further modifications using the N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalyst. All the polymers are characterized by the random coiled microstructure. Antibacterial efficacy, tested by the gram-positive B. subtilis bacteria and the gram-negative E. coli bacteria, was sensitive to the structure and relative composition of the copolymer and increased in the order of linear- < star- < multi-branched structure. The multi-branched-p[(L-arginine)23-co-(L-phenylalanine)7]8 polymer showed the best antibacterial property with the lowest minimum inhibitory concentration values of 48 μg mL−1 for E. coli and 32 μg mL−1 for B. subtilis. The efficacy was prominent for B. subtilis due to the anionic nature of its membrane. All of the resultant arginine moiety-containing polypeptides showed excellent blood compatibility. The antibiotic effect of the copolymers with arginine moieties was retained even in the environment bearing Ca2+, Mg2+, and Na+ ions similar to blood plasma. The cationic arginine-bearing copolypeptides were also effective for the sterilization of naturally occurring sources of water such as lakes, seas, rain, and sewage, showing a promising range of applicability.
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- Kuen Hee Eom
- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea; (K.H.E.); (S.L.); (E.G.L.); (J.R.K.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea; (K.H.E.); (S.L.); (E.G.L.); (J.R.K.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea; (K.H.E.); (S.L.); (E.G.L.); (J.R.K.)
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si 50612, Korea;
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea; (K.H.E.); (S.L.); (E.G.L.); (J.R.K.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46241, Korea; (K.H.E.); (S.L.); (E.G.L.); (J.R.K.)
- Correspondence:
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Lee S, Dong-Won Y, Cheon J, Lee S, Cho H, Kim I. M231 Application trial of moving average as a tool of realtime quality control of clinical chemistry. Clin Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.04.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Arnquist IJ, Avignone FT, Barabash AS, Barton CJ, Bertrand FE, Blalock E, Bos B, Busch M, Buuck M, Caldwell TS, Chan YD, Christofferson CD, Chu PH, Clark ML, Cuesta C, Detwiler JA, Drobizhev A, Edwards TR, Edwins DW, Edzards F, Efremenko Y, Elliott SR, Gilliss T, Giovanetti GK, Green MP, Gruszko J, Guinn IS, Guiseppe VE, Haufe CR, Hegedus RJ, Henning R, Aguilar DH, Hoppe EW, Hostiuc A, Kim I, Kouzes RT, Lopez AM, López-Castaño JM, Martin EL, Martin RD, Massarczyk R, Meijer SJ, Mertens S, Myslik J, Oli TK, Othman G, Pettus W, Poon AWP, Radford DC, Rager J, Reine AL, Rielage K, Ruof NW, Saykı B, Schönert S, Stortini MJ, Tedeschi D, Varner RL, Vasilyev S, Wilkerson JF, Willers M, Wiseman C, Xu W, Yu CH, Zhu BX. α -event characterization and rejection in point-contact HPGe detectors. Eur Phys J C Part Fields 2022; 82:226. [PMID: 35310515 PMCID: PMC8921096 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10161-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
P-type point contact (PPC) HPGe detectors are a leading technology for rare event searches due to their excellent energy resolution, low thresholds, and multi-site event rejection capabilities. We have characterized a PPC detector's response to α particles incident on the sensitive passivated and p + surfaces, a previously poorly-understood source of background. The detector studied is identical to those in the Majorana Demonstrator experiment, a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ( 0 ν β β ) in 76 Ge. α decays on most of the passivated surface exhibit significant energy loss due to charge trapping, with waveforms exhibiting a delayed charge recovery (DCR) signature caused by the slow collection of a fraction of the trapped charge. The DCR is found to be complementary to existing methods of α identification, reliably identifying α background events on the passivated surface of the detector. We demonstrate effective rejection of all surface α events (to within statistical uncertainty) with a loss of only 0.2% of bulk events by combining the DCR discriminator with previously-used methods. The DCR discriminator has been used to reduce the background rate in the 0 ν β β region of interest window by an order of magnitude in the Majorana Demonstrator and will be used in the upcoming LEGEND-200 experiment.
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- I. J. Arnquist
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218 Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
- Present Address: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
- Present Address: Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Present Address: Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
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- Physics Department, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 USA
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- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, 80805 Munich, Germany
- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Universität Hamburg, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
- IU Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
- Present Address: Applied Research Associated, Raleigh, NC 27615 USA
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- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, 141980 Russia
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham, NC 27708 USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
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- Present Address: Physik-Department, Technische Universität, 85748 Munich, Germany
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- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, and Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
- Present Address: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
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Tran CH, Pham LTT, Jang HB, Kim SA, Kim I. Effect of α-, β-, γ-, and δ-dicarbonyl complexing agents on the double metal cyanide-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of propylene oxide. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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Kalva N, Uthaman S, Lee SJ, Lim YJ, Augustine R, Huh KM, Park IK, Kim I. Degradable pH-responsive polymer prodrug micelles with aggregation-induced emission for cellular imaging and cancer therapy. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.104966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Augustine R, Uthaman S, Kalva N, Eom KH, Huh KM, Pillarisetti S, Park IK, Kim I. Two-tailed tadpole-shaped synthetic polymer polypeptide bioconjugate nanomicelles for enhanced chemo-photothermal therapy. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cheon J, Yoo C, Hong J, Kim H, Lee DW, Lee M, Kim J, Kim I, Oh SB, Hwang JE, Chon H, Lim H. 955P Prognostic factor analysis of atezolizumab-bevacizumab in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Korean cancer study group (KCSG) study. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Lim DH, Casadei-Gardini A, Lee M, Lonardi S, Kim J, Masi G, Chon H, Rimini M, Kim I, Cheon J, Hwang JE, Kang J, Lim H, Yoo C. 952P Prognostic implication of serum alpha-fetoprotein in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma treated with regorafenib. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Tran CH, Kim SA, Moon Y, Lee Y, Ryu HM, Baik JH, Hong SC, Kim I. Effect of dicarbonyl complexing agents on double metal cyanide catalysts toward copolymerization of CO2 and propylene oxide. Catal Today 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2020.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hwang T, Yoon M, Kim M, Kim I, Yu H, Kim T, Uhm J, Kim J, Joung B, Lee M, Pak H. Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of extra-pulmonary vein triggers in patients who underwent catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Europace 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab116.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Background
Extra-pulmonary vein (PV) triggers play significant roles in atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after AF catheter ablation (AFCA).
Purpose
We explore the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of extra-PV triggers in de novo and repeat-AFCA procedure.
Methods
We included 2,151 patients who had de novo AFCA and 319 repeat AFCA (female 28.0%, 59.1 ± 10.8 years old, paroxysmal AF 65.1%) those underwent post-procedural isoproterenol (ISO) provocation tests. We analysed the clinical, electrophysiological, and procedure-related factors associated with extra-PV triggers.
Results
Extra-PV triggers were documented in 11.9% (1.19 ± 0.42 foci) after de novo-AFCA and 27.0% (1.37 ± 0.65 foci) after repeat-AFCA (p = 0.004). LA volume index (OR 1.02 [1.01-1.03], p = 0.004), history of vascular disease (OR 0.55[0.31-0.91], p = 0.028) and Lead I amplitude of electrocardiogram (OR <0.01 [<0.01-0.62], p = 0.032) were independently associated with the existence of extra-PV triggers in de-novo procedure. Women (OR 1.84 [1.03-3.25], p = 0.037) and LA appendage volume (OR 1.04 [1.01-1.07] p = 0.027) were independently associated with extra-PV triggers during the redo-mapping procedure. Septum (28.4%), coronary sinus (24.0%), and superior vena cava (19.6%) were common extra-PV foci, and septal foci were more commonly found in repeat mapping (38.4% vs. 25.0%, p = 0.025). Among 65 patients who showed extra-PV at the repeat procedures, 19 (29.2%) matched with previous focal or empirical extra-PV ablation sites and 9 (13.8%) were multiple or unmappable sites. AF recurrence rates were significantly higher in both patients with extra-PV triggers after de novo procedures (Log-rank P <0.001; HR 1.93 [1.58-2.36], p= <0.001) and repeat procedures (Log-rank P <0.001, HR 1.87 [1.29-2.70], p= <0.001).
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ISO provoked extra-PV triggers commonly found in AF patients with significant remodelling and previous empirical or focal extra-PV ablations. Existence of extra-PV triggers were independently associated with poorer rhythm outcome after both de novo and repeat AFCA. Denovo AF ablation outcome OverallExtra-PV triggers (-)Extra-PV triggers (+)p-value(n = 2151)(n = 1895)(n = 256)Age, yrs58.98 ± 10.9558.73 ± 11.0360.76 ± 10.200.006Male, (%)1550 ( 72.1)1389 ( 73.3)161 ( 62.9)0.001Follow up duration, month50.30 (37.71)51.65 (37.95)40.71 (34.58)<0.001Early recurrence (%)579 ( 27.8)455 ( 24.9)124 ( 48.4)<0.001Clinical recurrence (%)699 ( 33.6)584 ( 32.0)115 ( 44.9)<0.001Abstract Figure. AF free survival according to Extra PVT
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- T Hwang
- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)
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Kim E, Cho MR, Byun SH, A Lim J, Chae S, Choi WK, Kim I, Kim J. Sympathetic predominance before tourniquet deflation is associated with a reduction in arterial blood pressure after tourniquet deflation during total knee arthroplasty. Physiol Res 2021; 70:401-412. [PMID: 33982581 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
High dependency of arterial blood pressure (ABP) on enhanced sympathetic activity, which maintains vascular tone, leads to hypotension after hemodynamic insults that blunt the sympathetic activity. Therefore, we hypothesized that sympathovagal balance before tourniquet deflation (TD) determines the extent of a reduction in ABP after TD during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Fifty-four hypertensive female patients undergoing TKA under spinal anesthesia were analyzed. The sympathovagal balance [low-to-high frequency ratio of heart rate variability (LF/HF)] before TD was defined as (LF/HF during 5 min before TD-preanesthetic LF/HF)/preanesthetic LF/HF (%). An increase in its value represents a shift in sympathovagal balance toward sympathetic predominance. The percent change in the mean ABP (MAP) after TD was defined as (minimum MAP during 10 min after TD-averaged MAP during 5 min before TD)/averaged MAP during 5 min before TD (%). Simple linear regression was performed to assess the correlation between the sympathovagal balance before TD and change in MAP after TD. The correlation was also assessed by multiple linear regression controlling for age, duration of tourniquet inflation, and spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension. Thirty-two minutes (on average) after tourniquet inflation, the MAP was decreased by 12.1 (-3.0 to 47.9) % [mean (range)] upon TD (P<0.001). The sympathovagal balance before TD was negatively proportional to the change in MAP after TD in both simple and multiple linear regression models (R2=0.323 and 0.340, P<0.001). A shift in sympathovagal balance toward sympathetic predominance before TD is associated with a decrease in ABP after TD.
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- E Kim
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Rokkas S, Sethi B, Kim I. 317 Why Are We Cancelling Theatre Cases at Ealing Hospital? What Can Be Done? Br J Surg 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab134.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Introduction
Following a recent spate of on the day cancellation of elective operations being cancelled on the day of surgery, a need for a wider review was felt. Our aim was to identify the causes behind these cancellations.
Method
Retrospective data collection was performed to categorise patients according to the reason for cancellation. Analysis consisted of case presentations being prepared and presented to the surgical consultants.
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A total of 130 operations were cancelled on the day of surgery. 22 patients were cancelled due to the procedure not being required and 10 patients were cancelled due to insufficient pre-operative investigations.
Analysis of the 32 cases demonstrated that the majority of cancelled patients were seen and listed for surgery after clinical review by the registrar without involvement of the consultant.
Some cancellations occurred when the consultant responsible for listing the patient was different of the operating consultant.
Both factors lead to differences in opinion arising on the day of surgery.
Conclusions
Ensuring patients are only listed after discussion with the consultant would reduce cancellations arising from lack of experience and clinical misjudgment of the registrar. It would also ensure that cases added to the pooled operating lists are less subjective in their indication and readiness.
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- S Rokkas
- Ealing Hospital-LNWH, London, United Kingdom
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- Ealing Hospital-LNWH, London, United Kingdom
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- Ealing Hospital-LNWH, London, United Kingdom
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Reddy SS, Varyambath A, Kalla RMN, Song W, Kim I. Synthesis of 3‐Indole Substituted Sulfonyl 4
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Pusan National University Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Science and Humanities Sri Venkateswara Engineering College Tirupati Andhra Pradesh India
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Pusan National University Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Jeon SH, Jeong JE, Kim S, Jeon S, Choung JW, Kim I. Hardness Modulated Thermoplastic Poly(ether Ester) Elastomers for the Automobile Weather-strip Application. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:525. [PMID: 33578827 PMCID: PMC7916599 DOI: 10.3390/polym13040525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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As a means of developing new material for automobile weather-stripping and seal parts replacing the conventional ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber/polypropylene vulcanizate, a series of poly(ether ester) elastomers are synthesized. The hardness is modulated by controlling chain extender composition after fixing the hard segment to soft segment ratio. Targeted hardness is achieved by partly substituting conventional chain extender 1,4-butandiol for soybean oil-originated fatty acid amide diol that bears a long chain branch. The crystallinity and phase separation behavior resultant elastomer are also tunable simply by modulating chain extender composition and hard to soft segment ratio.
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- Su Hyeon Jeon
- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Korea; (S.H.J.); (J.E.J.); (S.K.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Korea; (S.H.J.); (J.E.J.); (S.K.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Korea; (S.H.J.); (J.E.J.); (S.K.)
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- Green & Eco-Technology Research Team, Institute of Fundamental & Advanced Technology, Central Research Institute, Hyundai-Kia Motor Company, Uiwang 16082, Korea; (S.J.); (J.W.C.)
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- Green & Eco-Technology Research Team, Institute of Fundamental & Advanced Technology, Central Research Institute, Hyundai-Kia Motor Company, Uiwang 16082, Korea; (S.J.); (J.W.C.)
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehag-ro 63-2, Busan 46241, Korea; (S.H.J.); (J.E.J.); (S.K.)
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Park HS, Kang B, Chon HJ, Im HS, Lee CK, Kim I, Kang MJ, Hwang JE, Bae WK, Cheon J, Park JO, Hong JY, Kang JH, Kim JH, Lim SH, Kim JW, Kim JW, Yoo C, Choi HJ. Liposomal irinotecan plus fluorouracil/leucovorin versus FOLFIRINOX as the second-line chemotherapy for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer: a multicenter retrospective study of the Korean Cancer Study Group (KCSG). ESMO Open 2021; 6:100049. [PMID: 33578192 PMCID: PMC7878976 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2021.100049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background There is no clear consensus on the recommended second-line treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer who have disease progression following gemcitabine-based therapy. We retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of liposomal irinotecan (nal-IRI) plus fluorouracil/leucovorin (FL) and FOLFIRINOX (fluorouracil, leucovorin, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin) in patients who had failed on the first-line gemcitabine-based therapy. Patients and methods From January 2015 to August 2019, 378 patients with MPC who had received nal-IRI/FL (n = 104) or FOLFIRINOX (n = 274) as second-line treatment across 11 institutions were included in this retrospective study. Results There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics between groups, except age and first-line regimens. With a median follow-up of 6 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.7 months with nal-IRI/FL versus 4.6 months with FOLFIRINOX (P = 0.44). Median overall survival (OS) was 7.7 months with nal-IRI/FL versus 9.7 months with FOLFRINOX (P = 0.13). There was no significant difference in PFS and OS between the two regimens in the univariate and multivariate analyses. The subgroup analysis revealed that younger age (<70 years) was associated with better OS with FOLFIRINOX. In contrast, older age (≥70 years) was associated with better survival outcomes with nal-IRI/FL. Adverse events were manageable with both regimens; however, the incidence of grade 3 or higher neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy was higher in patients treated with FOLFIRINOX than with nal-IRI/FL. Conclusions Second-line nal-IRI/FL and FOLFIRINOX showed similar effectiveness outcomes after progression following first-line gemcitabine-based therapy. Age could be the determining factor for choosing the appropriate second-line therapy. This multicenter retrospective study investigated nal-IRI/FL and FOLFIRINOX outcomes after gemcitabine-based therapy. We found no significant differences in outcome between nal-IRI/FL and FOLFIRINOX treatment. Both regimens were well tolerated; however, neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy were more frequent with FOLFIRINOX. Age (cut-off, 70 years) showed differential efficacy between chemotherapy regimens.
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- H S Park
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Medical Oncology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Medical Oncology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hwasun Hospital, Gwangju, Korea
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Song W, Zhang Y, Yu DG, Tran CH, Wang M, Varyambath A, Kim J, Kim I. Efficient Synthesis of Folate-Conjugated Hollow Polymeric Capsules for Accurate Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells. Biomacromolecules 2020; 22:732-742. [PMID: 33331770 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This study presents an efficient and systematic approach to synthesize bioapplicable porous hollow polymeric capsules (HPCs). The hydroxyl-functionalized nanoporous polymers with hollow capsular shapes could be generated via the moderate Friedel-Crafts reaction without using any hard or soft template. The numerous primitive hydroxyl groups on these HPCs were further converted to carboxyl groups. Owing to the abundance of highly branched carboxyl groups on the surface of the HPCs, biomolecules [such as folic acid (FA)] could be covalently decorated on these organic capsules (FA-HPCs) for drug delivery applications. The intrinsic hollow porosities and specific targeting agent offered a maximum drug encapsulation efficiency of up to 86% and drug release of up to 50% in 30 h in an acidic environment. The in vitro studies against cancer cells demonstrated that FA-HPCs exhibited a more efficient cellular uptake and intracellular doxorubicin release than bare HPCs. This efficient approach to fabricate carbonyl-functionalized hollow organic capsules may open avenues for a new type of morphological-controlled nanoporous polymers for various potential bioengineering applications.
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- Wenliang Song
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeon-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeon-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P. R. China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeon-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeon-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busandaehak-ro 63-2, Geumjeon-gu, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Y, Song W, Kim I. Nano Aggregate Formation Through Self-Assembly of Poly(L-lysine)-Block-Poly( γ-benzyl-L-glutamate)-Graft-Poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymer. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2020; 20:6968-6974. [PMID: 32604543 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2020.18818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polymeric nano aggregates based on poly(L-lysine)-block-PBLG-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-b-PBLG-g-PEG) copolymers were prepared by a dialysis method in deionized water. PLL-b-PBLG-g-PEG copolymers with different degrees of PEG substitution were synthesized by combining the ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides and ester exchange reactions. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography were employed to confirm the polymer structures and molecular weights. Transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering were used to observe the self-assembly behavior. The experimental results revealed that the volume content of deionized water in the mixture significantly affects the morphology and size of the aggregates formed by PLL-b-PBLG-g-PEG copolymers. Spherical, spindle-like, needle-like, and daisy-like aggregates were observed with an increase in the volume content of deionized water in the mixture.
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- Yu Zhang
- Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities & Students Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities & Students Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Brain Korea 21 Program for Leading Universities & Students Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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Augustine R, Kim DK, Kim HA, Kim JH, Kim I. Poly( N-isopropylacrylamide)- b-Poly(L-lysine)- b-Poly(L-histidine) Triblock Amphiphilic Copolymer Nanomicelles for Dual-Responsive Anticancer Drug Delivery. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2020; 20:6959-6967. [PMID: 32604542 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2020.18822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A series of ABC triblock poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)75-block-poly(L-lysine)35-block-poly(L-histidine)n (p(NIPAM)75-b-p(Lys)35-b-p(His)N) (N = 35,50,75,100) copolymer bio-conjugates were prepared by combining reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization and fast ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydride a-amino acid using 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazolium hydrogen carbonate as a catalyst. All the resulting triblock copolymers self-assembled into spherical micellar aggregates in aqueous solution, irrespective of the chain length of the histidine block. The micellar aggregates encapsulated the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox) and exhibited high drug loading efficiency. Temperature and pH stimuli were applied to investigate the controlled release of Dox. The non-cytotoxic nature of the polymers was investigated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Cellular uptake of the Dox-loaded micelles revealed that the micelles successfully release Dox in cancer cells in response to pH- and temperature-induced morphological change. In-vitro studies further confirmed that the Dox-loaded triblock copolymer micelle is an excellent platform for drug delivery.
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- Rimesh Augustine
- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 626-870, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 626-870, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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Oh SM, Kim JY, Han S, Lee W, Kim I, Hong G, Oh W, Moon H, Seo C. Development and Usability of a Virtual Reality-Based Filler Injection Training System. Aesthetic Plast Surg 2020; 44:1833-1842. [PMID: 32710202 PMCID: PMC7508957 DOI: 10.1007/s00266-020-01872-2] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Purpose As filler procedures have increased in popularity, serious injection-related complications (e.g., blindness and stroke) have also increased in number. Proper and effective training is important for filler procedure safety; however, limitations exist in traditional training methods (i.e. anatomical illustrations and cadaver studies). We aimed to describe the development process and evaluate the usability of a virtual reality (VR)-based aesthetic filler injection training system. Materials and Methods We developed the virtual reality hardware for the training system and a short guide, with a lecture regarding safe filler injection techniques. One hundred clinicians who attended a conference tested the training system. Participants completed system usability scale (SUS) and satisfaction questionnaires. Results Nearly half of the participants were aged 35–50 years, and 38% had more than 5 years of aesthetic experience. The mean SUS score was 59.8 (standard deviation, 12.23), with no significant differences among the evaluated subgroups. Approximately 76% of participants provided SUS scores of more than 51, indicating acceptable usability. Participants aged 35–50 years were more likely to rate the system as having poor usability than were those aged < 35 years (odds ratio = 5.20, 95% confidence interval: 1.35–20.08). Conclusions This study was the first to develop and explore the usability of a VR-based filler training system. Nearly three-fourths of participants indicated that the training system has an acceptable level of usability. However, assessments in precise target audiences and more detailed usability information are necessary to further refine the training system. Level of evidence IV This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00266-020-01872-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173 Beon-gi, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Choongang University, 84 Heukseok-ro Dongjak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Yonsei E1 Plastic Surgery Clinic, Anyang, Republic of Korea
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- Mania Mind CEO, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- SAMSKIN Plastic Surgery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Feel Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Choongang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Zhang Y, Uthaman S, Song W, Eom KH, Jeon SH, Huh KM, Babu A, Park IK, Kim I. Multistimuli-Responsive Polymeric Vesicles for Accelerated Drug Release in Chemo-photothermal Therapy. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:5012-5023. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Yu Zhang
- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160 Baekseo-ro, Gwangju 58128, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160 Baekseo-ro, Gwangju 58128, Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea
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Cui X, Li C, Gu G, Gong Y, Liu B, Kim I. Thermomechanical
properties of poly(1‐butene) synthesized by
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catalyzed polymerization of
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in the presence of nucleating agents. POLYM INT 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.6067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Xiaopeng Cui
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Hebei University of Technology Tianjin China
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- BK21 PLUS Center for Advanced Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Pusan National University Busan Korea
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Seo HS, Jeong EK, Choi S, Kwon Y, Park HJ, Kim I. Changes of Neurotransmitters in Youth with Internet and Smartphone Addiction: A Comparison with Healthy Controls and Changes after Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020; 41:1293-1301. [PMID: 32616578 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a6632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neurotransmitter changes in youth addicted to the Internet and smartphone were compared with normal controls and in subjects after cognitive behavioral therapy. In addition, the correlations between neurotransmitters and affective factors were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nineteen young people with Internet and smartphone addiction and 19 sex- and age-matched healthy controls (male/female ratio, 9:10; mean age, 15.47 ± 3.06 years) were included. Twelve teenagers with Internet and smartphone addiction (male/female ratio, 8:4; mean age, 14.99 ± 1.95 years) participated in 9 weeks of cognitive behavioral therapy. Meshcher-Garwood point-resolved spectroscopy was used to measure γ-aminobutyric acid and Glx levels in the anterior cingulate cortex. The γ-aminobutyric acid and Glx levels in the addicted group were compared with those in controls and after cognitive behavioral therapy. The γ-aminobutyric acid and Glx levels correlated with clinical scales of Internet and smartphone addiction, impulsiveness, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and sleep quality. RESULTS Brain parenchymal and gray matter volume-adjusted γ-aminobutyric acid-to-creatine ratios were higher in subjects with Internet and smartphone addiction (P = .028 and .016). After therapy, brain parenchymal- and gray matter volume-adjusted γ-aminobutyric acid-to-creatine ratios were decreased (P = .034 and .026). The Glx level was not statistically significant in subjects with Internet and smartphone addiction compared with controls and posttherapy status. Brain parenchymal- and gray matter volume-adjusted γ-aminobutyric acid-to-creatine ratios correlated with clinical scales of Internet and smartphone addictions, depression, and anxiety. Glx/Cr was negatively correlated with insomnia and sleep quality scales. CONCLUSIONS The high γ-aminobutyric acid levels and disrupted balance of γ-aminobutyric acid-to-Glx including glutamate in the anterior cingulate cortex may contribute to understanding the pathophysiology and treatment of Internet and smartphone addiction and associated comorbidities.
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- H S Seo
- From the Department of Radiology (H.S.S.), Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea
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- Utah Center for Advanced Imaging Research (E.-K.J.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Psychology (S.C., Y.K.), Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Psychology (S.C., Y.K.), Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine (H.-J.P.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Siemens Healthcare (I.K.), Seoul, Korea
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Wolf JR, Xie Y, Kim I, Pentland A, Pentland B. 472 Visit complexity reflects billed level of service and documentation burden. J Invest Dermatol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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