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Impieri L, Pezzi A, Hadad H, Peretti GM, Mangiavini L, Rossi N. Orthobiologics in delayed union and non-union of adult long bones fractures: A systematic review. Bone Rep 2024; 21:101760. [PMID: 38618008 PMCID: PMC11010966 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2024.101760] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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Background Fracture healing poses a significant challenge in orthopedics. Successful regeneration of bone is provided by mechanical stability and a favorable biological microenvironment. This systematic review aims to explore the clinical application of orthobiologics in treating aseptic delayed union and non-union of long bones in adults. Methods A systematic review was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Three databases were explored, with no date restrictions, using keywords related to orthobiologics and delayed union and non-union. Eligible studies included human clinical studies in English, with available full texts, examining orthobiologics such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and bone morphogenetic protein (BMPs) for treating aseptic delayed unions and non-unions in adults. Animal studies, in vitro research, and studies on non-unions due to congenital defects, tumors or infections were excluded. Results The initial search identified 9417 studies, with 20 ultimately included in the review. These studies involved 493 patients affected by non-union and 256 patients affected by delayed union, with an average age respectively of 40.62 years and 41.7 years. The mean follow-up period was 15.55 months for non-unions and 8.07 months for delayed unions. PRP was the most used orthobiologic, and outcomes were evaluated through time to union, functional scores, and clinical examinations. The results indicated that orthobiologics, especially PRP, tended to yield better outcomes compared to surgical procedures without biological factors. Conclusion This systematic review suggests that orthobiologics, such as PRP, BMPs, and MSCs, can be effective and safe in the management of delayed union and non-union fractures. These biological treatments have the potential to improve union rates, reduce healing times, and enhance functional outcomes in patients with non-union fractures. Further research is essential to refine treatment protocols and determine the most suitable orthobiologic for specific patient populations and fracture types.
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- Lorenzo Impieri
- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Diagnosis and Surgery, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Araçatuba School of Dentistry, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Santalucia D, Bondanza M, Lipparini F, Ripszam M, Rossi N, Mandoli A. Breaking the Rules: On the Relative Stability of Some Methylencyclopropane and Methylcyclopropene Derivatives. Chemistry 2024:e202400431. [PMID: 38483818 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400431] [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: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The structure of the spirocyclic product obtained by reacting catechol with 1,1-dichloro-2-(chloromethyl)cyclopropane is shown by NMR and X-ray analysis to be that of a 2-methylcyclopropene (MeCP), instead of the previously reported 2-methylenecyclopropane (MCP) one. The study of the equilibration between the two isomeric forms by experimental and computational means (including both Density Functional Theory - DFT - and Coupled Cluster with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations - CCSD(T) - calculations) revealed that, at variance with most of the alkylidenecyclopropane/alkylcyclopropene systems described to date, for the compounds of the present study the MeCP derivative is more stable by≈ 2.5-3.0 Kcal mol-1 than the MCP one. The extension of the DFT and CCSD(T) study to other spiro-MCP/MeCP pairs suggests that the origin of the unexpected shift of the equilibrium position can be tracked back to a combination of electronic and ring-strain effects. These findings lead to re-think a long-standing, and substantially undisputed belief in the area of unsaturated cyclopropane derivatives.
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- Delio Santalucia
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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Rossi N, Nannini A, Ulivi M, Sirtori P, Banfi G, Tomaiuolo R, de Girolamo L, Mangiavini L, Peretti GM. Men and women undergoing total hip arthroplasty have different clinical presentations before surgery and different outcomes at 1-year follow-up. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2024. [PMID: 38461374 DOI: 10.1002/ksa.12124] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of sex on patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) for hip osteoarthritis (HOA), aiming to assess the clinical and functional outcomes using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients undergoing THA at Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio between 2016 and 2022 was conducted. Inclusion criteria encompassed Kellgren-Lawrence grade III or IV HOA, with preoperative and 12-month postoperative PROMs. Enroled patients have been selected from a larger cohort without matching design for confounders. The analyses were performed using R software v4.0.3 (R Core Team) and data distributions were assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test. RESULTS One hundred ninety patients (72 male and 118 female) who had both preoperative and postoperative PROMs have been analysed from our institutional prosthesis registry (Datareg). Baseline and 12-month post-THA PROMs showed significant improvements overall. VAS score dropped notably from baseline to 3 months postsurgery (7.1 ± 2.1 vs. 0.9 ± 1.7). Functional and mental PROMs, including Harris Hip Score-functional (HHS-F), Harris Hip Score-total (HHS-t), SF-12PS and SF-12MS, exhibited substantial improvements post-THA. Stratifying by sex, males had lower baseline VAS, higher HHS-F, SF-12MS and hip disability and osteoarthritis outcome score-physical function short form (HOOS-PS). At 12 months, males displayed significantly better VAS, HHS-F, SF-12PS and HOOS-PS scores. Complication rates were minimal (1.5%), with stable rates across genders, mostly involving dislocation and periprosthetic fractures. Implant survival at 12 months reached an impressive 99%. CONCLUSION THA remains an effective treatment for severe HOA. However, females presented with worse baseline conditions and showed relatively less improvement at 1-year postsurgery compared to males. This difference could be attributed to physiological and psychosocial factors associated with sex, including hormonal changes, muscle mass decline and perception of pain. Longer follow-ups and prospective studies are necessary to validate these findings and facilitate personalised approaches in HOA treatment, emphasising the need for careful consideration of sex-related variables in clinical decision-making for THA patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III.
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- Nicolò Rossi
- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
- Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Rossi N, Sciancalepore F, Daolio PA, Verdoni F, Mangiavini L. Huntington procedure for the treatment of tibial nonunion in a 17-years old male: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep 2023; 113:109084. [PMID: 37988988 PMCID: PMC10667759 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.109084] [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: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Bone is considered a tissue with good healing properties, and many bone defects can heal spontaneously under appropriate conditions. Extreme bone loss can hinder remodeling and regenerative processes, leading to bone nonunion. This condition negatively impacts the patient's quality of life with a severe socioeconomic burden. Many treatment options have been proposed, but none can be defined as a gold standard, mainly due to the variety of clinical presentation, bone loss, and quality. PRESENTATION OF CASE We present a 15-year-old case of tibial nonunion following multiple traumas. The patient was treated non-surgically at the beginning, but the external fixator positioning was required due to a delay in the healing process. Following further trauma, the patient showed progressive anterolateral angulation, severe lateral procurvation, and a progressive worsening of the pseudoarthrosis. The severe bone loss and poor quality of the bone surrounding the defect required a special technique called Huntington procedure that consists in a vascularized bone autograft from the ipsilateral fibula to achieve mechanical and biological healing of the pseudoarthrosis. The patient recovered well and returned to full weight bearing without a mobility aid. DISCUSSION We report this case of complex tibial nonunion and malalignment, developed after subsequent traumas. Due to the multiple complications, and the poor biology a Huntington procedure was required to provide mechanical stability and a biological boost to the bone defect. CONCLUSION This case report shows a complicated case requiring several surgeries and treatment options and confirms the potential benefit of the Huntington procedure for treating a tibial severe bone loss.
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- Nicolò Rossi
- Residency Program in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milano, Italy.
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- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Giorgino R, Alessandri-Bonetti M, Luca A, Migliorini F, Rossi N, Peretti GM, Mangiavini L. ChatGPT in orthopedics: a narrative review exploring the potential of artificial intelligence in orthopedic practice. Front Surg 2023; 10:1284015. [PMID: 38026475 PMCID: PMC10654618 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1284015] [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: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The field of orthopedics faces complex challenges requiring quick and intricate decisions, with patient education and compliance playing crucial roles in treatment outcomes. Technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) can potentially enhance orthopedic care. ChatGPT, a natural language processing technology developed by OpenAI, has shown promise in various sectors, including healthcare. ChatGPT can facilitate patient information exchange in orthopedics, provide clinical decision support, and improve patient communication and education. It can assist in differential diagnosis, suggest appropriate imaging modalities, and optimize treatment plans based on evidence-based guidelines. However, ChatGPT has limitations, such as insufficient expertise in specialized domains and a lack of contextual understanding. The application of ChatGPT in orthopedics is still evolving, with studies exploring its potential in clinical decision-making, patient education, workflow optimization, and scientific literature. The results indicate both the benefits and limitations of ChatGPT, emphasizing the need for caution, ethical considerations, and human oversight. Addressing training data quality, biases, data privacy, and accountability challenges is crucial for responsible implementation. While ChatGPT has the potential to transform orthopedic healthcare, further research and development are necessary to ensure its reliability, accuracy, and ethical use in patient care.
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- Riccardo Giorgino
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedic, Trauma, and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH University Medical Centre, Aachen, Germany
- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Academic Hospital of Bolzano (SABES-ASDAA), Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University, Bolzano, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Colautti A, Rossi N, Piazza C, Comi G, Iacumin L. Draft genome sequences of 14 Lacticaseibacillus spp. strains, representatives of a collection of 200 strains. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0048523. [PMID: 37655882 PMCID: PMC10586109 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00485-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
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Lactobacilli have a fundamental role in the food industry as starters and probiotics, therefore, requiring special attention concerning food safety. In this work, 14 strains selected accordingly to their genetic fingerprint and physiologic characteristics are presented as representatives of a collection of 200 strains.
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- Andrea Colautti
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Science (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Science (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Science (Di4A), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Rossi N, Hadad H, Bejar-Chapa M, Peretti GM, Randolph MA, Redmond RW, Guastaldi FPS. Bone Marrow Stem Cells with Tissue-Engineered Scaffolds for Large Bone Segmental Defects: A Systematic Review. Tissue Eng Part B Rev 2023; 29:457-472. [PMID: 36905366 DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2022.0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Critical-sized bone defects (CSBDs) represent a significant clinical challenge, stimulating researchers to seek new methods for successful bone reconstruction. The aim of this systematic review is to assess whether bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) combined with tissue-engineered scaffolds have demonstrated improved bone regeneration in the treatment of CSBD in large preclinical animal models. A search of electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) focused on in vivo large animal studies identified 10 articles according to the following inclusion criteria: (1) in vivo large animal models with segmental bone defects; (2) treatment with tissue-engineered scaffolds combined with BMSCs; (3) the presence of a control group; and (4) a minimum of a histological analysis outcome. Animal research: reporting of in Vivo Experiments guidelines were used for quality assessment, and Systematic Review Center for Laboratory animal Experimentation's risk of bias tool was used to define internal validity. The results demonstrated that tissue-engineered scaffolds, either from autografts or allografts, when combined with BMSCs provide improved bone mineralization and bone formation, including a critical role in the remodeling phase of bone healing. BMSC-seeded scaffolds showed improved biomechanical properties and microarchitecture properties of the regenerated bone when compared with untreated and scaffold-alone groups. This review highlights the efficacy of tissue engineering strategies for the repair of extensive bone defects in preclinical large-animal models. In particular, the use of mesenchymal stem cells, combined with bioscaffolds, seems to be a successful method in comparison to cell-free scaffolds.
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- Nicolò Rossi
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Skeletal Biology Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Skeletal Biology Research Center, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Malik F, Rossi N, Barker JR, Bernard C, Ayathamattam J. 1186 IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AGAINST SSNAP PARAMETERS FOR THROMBOLYSED STROKE PATIENTS FOLLOWING CHANGES IN PRACTICE. Age Ageing 2023. [DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afac322.107] [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: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background
The CQC inspection of the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) in May 2021 rated the performance of the stroke department unsatisfactory, leading to a number of changes. A retrospective audit was performed to determine the impact of these changes for thrombolysed stroke patients.
Aim
This retrospective audit assessed the performance of the stroke department at the RLI against the parameters set by the ‘Sentinel Stroke National Audit Program’ (SSNAP), comparing 6-month periods before and after the CQC inspection in May 2021.
Method
Using electronic medical records and SSNAP data, we reviewed every thrombolysed stroke patient at the RLI between November 2020 until April 2021 and from May 2021 until November 2021, assessing 10 parameters and comparing the results with SSNAP targets. Since May 2021, changes to practice introduced included opening a new, larger stroke unit located directly opposite the Emergency Department, ring-fencing stroke beds, doubling the number of stroke specialists and stroke consultants reviewing all suspected stroke patients face-to-face within working hours.
Results
46 patients were thrombolysed with 42 confirmed as having had ischaemic strokes on subsequent MRI imaging. All patients were discussed with a stroke consultant before thrombolysis. Mean time from arrival to CT improved from 51 to 34.5 minutes, admission to stroke unit from 7hr53 to 4hr36 and to thrombolysis from 2hr18 to 1hr22. The number of thrombolysis complications decreased from 5 to 2. Since the changes, the SSNAP grade for stroke unit admission improved from C to A and specialist assessments from E to B.
Conclusion
The changes implemented following the May 2021 CQC inspection have had a positive impact on the care of thrombolysed stroke patients and overall SSNAP grades at RLI. Improvements are still required and the next steps include improving the efficiency of thrombolysis times and further improving SSNAP grades.
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- F Malik
- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Department of Stroke Medicine,
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- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Department of Stroke Medicine,
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- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Department of Stroke Medicine,
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- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Department of Stroke Medicine,
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- Royal Lancaster Infirmary Department of Stroke Medicine,
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Appel S, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Biondi R, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Derbin A, Di Giacinto A, Di Marcello V, Ding XF, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Franco D, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Göttel AS, Gromov M, Guffanti D, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jany A, Kobychev V, Korga G, Kumaran S, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi P, Lomskaya I, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Martyn J, Meroni E, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Nugmanov R, Oberauer L, Orekhov V, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Pelicci L, Penek Ö, Pietrofaccia L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Raikov G, Ranalli MT, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Redchuk M, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Settanta G, Skorokhvatov M, Singhal A, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Unzhakov E, Villante FL, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Improved Measurement of Solar Neutrinos from the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen Cycle by Borexino and Its Implications for the Standard Solar Model. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:252701. [PMID: 36608219 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.252701] [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: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We present an improved measurement of the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) solar neutrino interaction rate at Earth obtained with the complete Borexino Phase-III dataset. The measured rate, R_{CNO}=6.7_{-0.8}^{+2.0} counts/(day×100 tonnes), allows us to exclude the absence of the CNO signal with about 7σ C.L. The correspondent CNO neutrino flux is 6.6_{-0.9}^{+2.0}×10^{8} cm^{-2} s^{-1}, taking into account the neutrino flavor conversion. We use the new CNO measurement to evaluate the C and N abundances in the Sun with respect to the H abundance for the first time with solar neutrinos. Our result of N_{CN}=(5.78_{-1.00}^{+1.86})×10^{-4} displays a ∼2σ tension with the "low-metallicity" spectroscopic photospheric measurements. Furthermore, our result used together with the ^{7}Be and ^{8}B solar neutrino fluxes, also measured by Borexino, permits us to disfavor at 3.1σ C.L. the "low-metallicity" standard solar model B16-AGSS09met as an alternative to the "high-metallicity" standard solar model B16-GS98.
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- S Appel
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research, 03680 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey,TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
- Institute of Nuclear Research (Atomki), Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi e INFN, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67100 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Università dell'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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Apponi A, Betti M, Borghesi M, Boyarsky A, Canci N, Cavoto G, Chang C, Cheianov V, Cheipesh Y, Chung W, Cocco A, Colijn A, D’Ambrosio N, de Groot N, Esposito A, Faverzani M, Ferella A, Ferri E, Ficcadenti L, Frederico T, Gariazzo S, Gatti F, Gentile C, Giachero A, Hochberg Y, Kahn Y, Lisanti M, Mangano G, Marcucci L, Mariani C, Marques M, Menichetti G, Messina M, Mikulenko O, Monticone E, Nucciotti A, Orlandi D, Pandolfi F, Parlati S, Pepe C, Pérez de los Heros C, Pisanti O, Polini M, Polosa A, Puiu A, Rago I, Raitses Y, Rajteri M, Rossi N, Rozwadowska K, Rucandio I, Ruocco A, Strid C, Tan A, Teles L, Tozzini V, Tully C, Viviani M, Zeitler U, Zhao F. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle in the PTOLEMY project: A theory update. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.053002] [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: 11/07/2022]
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Ulivi M, Meroni V, Viganò M, Colombini A, Lombardo MDM, Rossi N, Orlandini L, Messina C, Sconfienza LM, Peretti GM, Mangiavini L, de Girolamo L. Micro-fragmented adipose tissue (mFAT) associated with arthroscopic debridement provides functional improvement in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2022:10.1007/s00167-022-07101-4. [PMID: 36040510 PMCID: PMC9424810 DOI: 10.1007/s00167-022-07101-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE Current conservative treatments for knee OA provide limited benefits, with symptoms relief for a short amount of time. Regenerative medicine approaches such as the use of microfragmented adipose tissue (mFAT) showed promising results in terms of durable effects and the possibility to enhance tissue healing and counteract the progression of the pathology. Nevertheless, up to today, the large part of clinical data about mFAT use refers to uncontrolled studies, especially in the surgical setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mFAT applied in association with arthroscopic debridement (AD) for the treatment of knee OA, in terms of symptoms relief and tissue healing. METHODS This study is a prospective, randomized controlled clinical trial. 78 patients affected by knee OA grade 3-4 according to KL classification were randomly assigned to AD or AD + mFAT treatment groups. Clinical, radiological and serological assessments were performed at 6 months after treatment. Additional clinical evaluation was performed at the end of the study with an average follow-up of 26.1 ± 9.5 months. VAS, KOOS, WOMAC and SF-12 were also collected at both timepoints, KSS only at 6 months. RESULTS Treatment with AD + mFAT improved functional scores at both 6 months (KOOS-PS: + 11.7 ± 20.2 vs + 24.4 ± 22.5, in AD and AD + mFAT, respectively, p = 0.024; KSS: + 14.9 ± 15.9 vs + 24.8 ± 23.5, in AD and AD + mFAT, respectively, p = 0.046) and 24-month follow-ups (KOOS-PS Functional subscale: - 2.0 ± 3.5 vs - 4.7 ± 4.2, in AD and AD + mFAT, respectively, p = 0.012). Lower T2-mapping scores were obtained in AD + mFAT-treated group in medial and lateral condyle compartments (p < 0.001). Slight increase was observed in the levels of a serum biomarker of cartilage deposition (PIIINP) in both groups at 6-month follow-up (p = 0.037). CONCLUSION mFAT improves functional outcome and MRI appearance when used in association with AD, therefore supporting its use in the treatment of knee OA in an arthroscopic setting.
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- Michele Ulivi
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy ,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Luigi Mangiagalli, 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy ,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Luigi Mangiagalli, 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy ,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Luigi Mangiagalli, 31, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. .,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Luigi Mangiagalli, 31, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161 Milan, Italy
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Marconi L, Tedeschi S, Zamparini E, Terzi S, Rossi N, Boriani L, Trapani F, Giannella M, Ruinato DA, Marchionni E, Gasbarrini A, Viale P. Oral versus standard antimicrobial treatment for pyogenic native vertebral osteomyelitis: a single center, retrospective, propensity score balanced analysis. Open Forum Infect Dis 2022; 9:ofac366. [PMID: 35959206 PMCID: PMC9361174 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Interest toward shorter antimicrobial regimens and oral treatment for osteoarticular infections is growing. The aim of this study is to assess whether there is an association between the administration of an entirely oral antibiotic therapy (OT) and the clinical outcome of native vertebral osteomyelitis (NVOs).
Methods
Single center, retrospective, observational study on consecutive patients with pyogenic NVOs over a 10-year period (2008-2018). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify risk factors for clinical failure, both in the whole population and in subgroups. The impact of OT versus standard treatment (intravenous induction followed by oral treatment whenever possible) was assessed in patients with a non-multidrug resistant microorganism (MDRO) etiology and the impact of a rifampin-containing regimen was assessed in patients affected by NVOs caused by staphylococci or of unknown etiology.
Results
Study population included 249 patients, 33 (13.3%) experienced clinical failure; OT group consisted of 54 patients (21.7%). Multivariate regression analysis of the whole population selected Charlson Comorbidity Index (aOR 1.291, 95% CI 1.114-1.497, p = 0.001) and MDRO etiology (aOR 3.301, 95% CI 1.368-7.964, p = 0.008) as independent factors for clinical failure. Among patients affected by a non-MDRO NVO, OT was not associated with an increased risk of clinical failure (aOR 0.487, 95% CI 0.133-1.782, p value = 0.271), even after adjustment for the propensity score of receiving OT. In the subgroup of patients with staphylococcal or unknown etiology NVO rifampin was independently associated with favorable outcome (aOR 0.315, 95% CI 0.105-0.949, p value = 0.040)
Conclusions
An entirely oral, highly bioavailable treatment, including rifampin, may be as effective as parenteral treatment in selected patients with NVOs.
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- Lorenzo Marconi
- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Correspondence: S. Tedeschi, MD, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy ()
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Oncological and Degenerative Spine Surgery, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Espindola R, Vella V, Benito N, Mur I, Tedeschi S, Rossi N, Hendriks JGE, Sorlí L, Murillo O, Scarborough M, Scarborough C, Kluytmans J, Ferrari MC, Pletz MW, Mcnamara I, Escudero-Sanchez R, Arvieux C, Batailler C, Dauchy FA, Liu WY, Lora-Tamayo J, Praena J, Ustianowski A, Cinconze E, Pellegrini M, Bagnoli F, Rodríguez-Baño J, Del Toro MD. Preoperative and perioperative risk factors, and risk score development for prosthetic joint infection due to Staphylococcus aureus: A multinational matched case-control study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2022; 28:1359-1366. [PMID: 35597508 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.05.010] [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] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We aim to identify the preoperative and perioperative risk factors associated with post-surgical Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections (PJI), and to develop and validate risk-scoring systems, to allow a better identification of high-risk patients for more efficient targeted interventions. METHODS We performed a multicenter matched case-control study of patients who underwent a primary hip and knee arthroplasty from 2014 to 2016. Two multivariable models by logistic regression were performed, one for the preoperative and one for perioperative variables; also, predictive scores were developed and validated in an external cohort. RESULTS In total, 130 cases and 386 controls were included. The variables independently associated with S. aureus-PJI in the preoperative period were (adjusted OR; 95% CI): BMI >30 kg/m2 (3.0; 1.9-4.8), resident in a long-term care facility (2.8; 1.05-7.5), fracture as reason for arthroplasty (2.7; 1.4-5.03), skin disorders (2.5; 0.9-7.04), previous surgery in the index joint (2.4; 1.3-4.4), male sex (1.9; 1.2-2.9) and ASA score 3-4 (1.8; 1.2-2.9). The AUROC curve was 0.73 (95% CI 0.68-0.78). In perioperative model, the risk factors were the previous ones plus surgical antibiotic prophylaxis administered out of the first 60 minutes before incision (5.9; 2.1-16.2), wound drainage for >72h after arthroplasty (4.5; 1.9-19.4) and use of metal bearing material vs. ceramic (1.9; 1.1-3.3). The AUROC curve was 0.78 (95% CI 0.72-0.83). The predictive scores developed were validated in the external cohort. CONCLUSIONS Predictive scores for S. aureus-PJI were developed and validated; this information would be useful for implementation of specific preventive measures.
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- Reinaldo Espindola
- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain; Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau /Sant Pau Institute for Biomedical Research; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau /Sant Pau Institute for Biomedical Research; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitari Bellvitge. IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, Rennes, France
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- Orthopedic Surgery department, Croix Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma, Máxima MC, Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Trauma, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla / Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla / Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Atroshchenko V, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Biondi R, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Giacinto A, Di Marcello V, Ding XF, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Formozov A, Franco D, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Göttel AS, Gromov M, Guffanti D, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jany A, Jeschke D, Kobychev V, Korga G, Kumaran S, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi P, Lomskaya I, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Lukyanchenko L, Machulin I, Martyn J, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Neumair B, Nieslony M, Nugmanov R, Oberauer L, Orekhov V, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Pelicci L, Penek Ö, Pietrofaccia L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Raikov G, Ranalli MT, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Redchuk M, Romani A, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Settanta G, Skorokhvatov M, Singhal A, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Unzhakov E, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Wessel A, Wojcik M, Wonsak B, Wurm M, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. First Directional Measurement of Sub-MeV Solar Neutrinos with Borexino. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:091803. [PMID: 35302807 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.091803] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We report the measurement of sub-MeV solar neutrinos through the use of their associated Cherenkov radiation, performed with the Borexino detector at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The measurement is achieved using a novel technique that correlates individual photon hits of events to the known position of the Sun. In an energy window between 0.54 to 0.74 MeV, selected using the dominant scintillation light, we have measured 10 887_{-2103}^{+2386}(stat)±947(syst) (68% confidence interval) solar neutrinos out of 19 904 total events. This corresponds to a ^{7}Be neutrino interaction rate of 51.6_{-12.5}^{+13.9} counts/(day·100 ton), which is in agreement with the standard solar model predictions and the previous spectroscopic results of Borexino. The no-neutrino hypothesis can be excluded with >5σ confidence level. For the first time, we have demonstrated the possibility of utilizing the directional Cherenkov information for sub-MeV solar neutrinos, in a large-scale, high light yield liquid scintillator detector. This measurement provides an experimental proof of principle for future hybrid event reconstruction using both Cherenkov and scintillation signatures simultaneously.
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- M Agostini
- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Paris F-75013, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of NAS Ukraine, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Physics, School of Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 OEX, United Kingdom
- Institute of Nuclear Research (Atomki), 4026, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Physics and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi e INFN, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi e INFN, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Institut für Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany
- III. Physikalisches Institut B, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Hamburg, Institute of Experimental Physics, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Cluster of Excellence PRISMA+, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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Triolo E, Khegai O, Ozkaya E, Rossi N, Alipour A, Fleysher L, Balchandani P, Kurt M. Design, Construction, and Implementation of a Magnetic Resonance Elastography Actuator for Research Purposes. Curr Protoc 2022; 2:e379. [PMID: 35286023 PMCID: PMC9517172 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.379] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a technique for determining the mechanical response of soft materials using applied harmonic deformation of the material and a motion-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging sequence. This technique can elucidate significant information about the health and development of human tissue such as liver and brain, and has been used on phantom models (e.g., agar, silicone) to determine their suitability for use as a mechanical surrogate for human tissues in experimental models. The applied harmonic deformation used in MRE is generated by an actuator, transmitted in bursts of a specified duration, and synchronized with the magnetic resonance signal excitation. These actuators are most often a pneumatic design (common for human tissues or phantoms) or a piezoelectric design (common for small animal tissues or phantoms). Here, we describe how to design and assemble both a pneumatic and a piezoelectric MRE actuator for research purposes. For each of these actuator types, we discuss displacement requirements, end-effector options and challenges, electronics and electronic-driving requirements and considerations, and full MRE implementation. We also discuss how to choose the actuator type, size, and power based on the intended material and use. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Design, construction, and implementation of a convertible pneumatic MRE actuator for use with tissues and phantom models Basic Protocol 2: Design, construction, and implementation of a piezoelectric MRE actuator for localized excitation in phantom models.
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- E.R. Triolo
- University of Washington, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (3900 E Stevens Way NE Seattle, WA 98195)
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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- Stevens Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (1 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030)
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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- University of Washington, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (3900 E Stevens Way NE Seattle, WA 98195)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute (1470 Madison Ave, New York City, NY 10029)
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Rossi N, Colautti A, Iacumin L, Piazza C. WGA-LP: a pipeline for whole genome assembly of contaminated reads. Bioinformatics 2022; 38:846-848. [PMID: 34668528 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab719] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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SUMMARY Whole genome assembly (WGA) of bacterial genomes with short reads is a quite common task as DNA sequencing has become cheaper with the advances of its technology. The process of assembling a genome has no absolute golden standard and it requires to perform a sequence of steps each of which can involve combinations of many different tools. However, the quality of the final assembly is always strongly related to the quality of the input data. With this in mind we built WGA-LP, a package that connects state-of-the-art programs for microbial analysis and novel scripts to check and improve the quality of both samples and resulting assemblies. WGA-LP, with its conservative decontamination approach, has shown to be capable of creating high quality assemblies even in the case of contaminated reads. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION WGA-LP is available on GitHub (https://github.com/redsnic/WGA-LP) and Docker Hub (https://hub.docker.com/r/redsnic/wgalp). The web app for node visualization is hosted by shinyapps.io (https://redsnic.shinyapps.io/ContigCoverageVisualizer/). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- N Rossi
- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali e Animali, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agroalimentari, Ambientali e Animali, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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van Sloten M, Gómez-Junyent J, Ferry T, Rossi N, Petersdorf S, Lange J, Corona P, Araújo Abreu M, Borens O, Zlatian O, Soundarrajan D, Rajasekaran S, Wouthuyzen-Bakker M. Should all patients with a culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection be treated with antibiotics? : a multicentre observational study. Bone Joint J 2022; 104-B:183-188. [PMID: 34969292 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.104b1.bjj-2021-0693.r2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of culture-negative periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) when adequate methods of culture are used, and to evaluate the outcome in patients who were treated with antibiotics for a culture-negative PJI compared with those in whom antibiotics were withheld. METHODS A multicentre observational study was undertaken: 1,553 acute and 1,556 chronic PJIs, diagnosed between 2013 and 2018, were retrospectively analyzed. Culture-negative PJIs were diagnosed according to the Muskuloskeletal Infection Society (MSIS), International Consensus Meeting (ICM), and European Bone and Joint Society (EBJIS) definitions. The primary outcome was recurrent infection, and the secondary outcome was removal of the prosthetic components for any indication, both during a follow-up period of two years. RESULTS None of the acute PJIs and 70 of the chronic PJIs (4.7%) were culture-negative; a total of 36 culture-negative PJIs (51%) were treated with antibiotics, particularly those with histological signs of infection. After two years of follow-up, no recurrent infections occurred in patients in whom antibiotics were withheld. The requirement for removal of the components for any indication during follow-up was not significantly different in those who received antibiotics compared with those in whom antibiotics were withheld (7.1% vs 2.9%; p = 0.431). CONCLUSION When adequate methods of culture are used, the incidence of culture-negative PJIs is low. In patients with culture-negative PJI, antibiotic treatment can probably be withheld if there are no histological signs of infection. In all other patients, diagnostic efforts should be made to identify the causative microorganism by means of serology or molecular techniques. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2022;104-B(1):183-188.
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- Maxime van Sloten
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital del Mar, Infectious Pathology and Antimicrobial Research Group (IPAR), Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), CEXS-Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hospital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital IRCCS Policlinico Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Medical Laboratory Diagnostics, HELIOS University Clinic Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- H-HiP, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional Hospital Horsens, Horsens, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Septic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto. GRIP, Porto Bone & Joint infection group, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Septic surgical Unit, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Pellizzari L, Rossi N, Verardo M, Spizzo R, Belletti B, Piazza C, Puglisi F, Gerratana L. 1781P Feasibility of an automated data solution for Binary Alignment Map (BAM) files generated through next generation sequencing (NGS) of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.1724] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Salvatori P, Andrei F, Cipriani L, Damiano G, Dirodi M, Labriola FS, Rossi N, Porcu E. P–486 Psychological determinants of the decision to attend couples infertility counselling. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.485] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
May specific psychological variables related to the experience of infertility have a predicting effect over the decision of accepting counselling?
Summary answer
Specific infertility related sources of sufferance including low levels of infertility self-efficacy and poor quality of life significantly predict the request for professional help.
What is known already
Available data on the access to infertility counselling services suggest that only 10–34% of patients who are offered such opportunity actually pursue it. Qualitative studies pointed out that this might be due to a lack of information about available support and to negative attitudes toward counselling. It seems also that women and men who accept counselling have worse levels of psychological distress. However, there is a lack of quantitative studies on the topic and among those available none used measures that are specific to the experience of infertility itself
Study design, size, duration
The data presented herein are part of a larger data collection promoted by the Italian Ministry of Health on the psychological impact of assisted reproduction. The present study is a cross-sectional research and involves a sample of 184 patients, composed by 92 women waiting for infertility treatment and their partners, enrolled between October 2019 and October 2020 at the Infertility and IVF Unit of the S. Orsola University Hospital in Bologna, Italy.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Participants were voluntarily enrolled in the study at their first medical consult. They were informed about the possibility to attend free couples infertility counselling sessions and asked to fill in the following questionnaires: Infertility Self-Efficacy Scale (ISE); Fertility Quality of Life (FERTIQoL); Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). To attend infertility counselling a shared agreement between partners was requested. Couples who agreed to the study but not to counselling sessions were provided only with questionnaires.
Main results and the role of chance
The 34.8% (n = 32 couples) of the sample accepted to receive counselling sessions. The two groups (counselling vs no-counselling) were comparable in all socio-demographic variables, aside for education, with higher education levels in the counselling group.
Overall, the counselling group reported greater psychological sufferance than the no-counselling group, with lower scores at the ISE, FERTIQoL, and DAS questionnaires.
Regarding which factors predicted the decision to attend counselling sessions, logistic regression analysis showed that: for the female partner’s dimensions low scores at the ISE and at the Emotional subscale of the FertiQoL were predictive of accepting counselling (when scores increased the odds of being in the counselling group would decrease by 46% and 8% respectively); for the male’s partner dimensions, predictive factors were low scores on the Social subscale and high scores on the Relational subscale of the FertiQoL (when scores increased the odds of being in the counselling group would decrease by 8% and increase by 10% respectively).
In conclusion, impairments in self-efficacy, emotional well-being and social life may drive a greater need for help, but a close relationship with the partner may be also necessary to predispose men to accept couples infertility counselling.
Limitations, reasons for caution
Data were collected from a well enough homogeneous sample which may have helped in better enhancing the specificity of infertile couples’ needs. However, the small sample size and the fact that data were collected from a sole Italian clinic may impact the representativity of our results.
Wider implications of the findings: Findings provide important information for clinical interventions with infertile couples. Patients accepting counselling might be having a worse adjustment to the experience of infertility. Besides, women and men may be affected in different ways. Men’s closeness to the partner might be a favourable factor and should be further studied.
Trial registration number
The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna (CE: 273/2018/Sper/AOUBO) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Health (J33C17000560001)
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- P Salvatori
- University of Bologna, Department of Psychology, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Psychology, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, DIMEC - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Department of Psychology, Bologna, Italy
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- Infertility and IVF Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- University of Bologna, DIMEC - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Bologna, Italy
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Ulivi M, Orlandini L, Vitale JA, Meroni V, Prandoni L, Mangiavini L, Rossi N, Peretti GM. Direct superior approach versus posterolateral approach in total hip arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial on early outcomes on gait, risk of fall, clinical and self-reported measurements. Acta Orthop 2021; 92:274-279. [PMID: 33410360 PMCID: PMC8231353 DOI: 10.1080/17453674.2020.1865633] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background and purpose - Several surgical approaches are used in primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this randomized controlled trial we compared gait, risk of fall, self-reported and clinical measurements between subjects after direct superior approach (DSA) versus posterolateral approach (PL) for THA.Patients and methods - Participants with DSA (n = 22; age 74 [SD 8.9]) and PL (n = 23; age 72 [7.7]) underwent gait analysis, risk of fall assessment and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) before (PRE), 1 month (T1) and 3 months after (T3) surgery. Data on bleeding and surgical time was collected.Results - DSA resulted in longer surgical times (90 [14] vs. 77 [20] min) but lower blood loss (149 [66] vs. 225 [125] mL) than PL. DSA had lower risk of fall at T3 compared with T1 and higher TUG scores at T3 compared with T1 and PRE. PL improved balance at T3 compared with T1 and PRE. Spatiotemporal gait parameters improved over time for both DSA and PL with no inter-group differences, whereas DSA, regarding hip rotation range of motion, showed lower values at T3 and T1 compared with PRE and, furthermore, this group had lower values at T1 and T3 compared with PL. All foregoing comparisons are statistically signficant (p < 0.05)Interpretation - DSA showed longer surgical time and lower blood loss compared with PL and early improvements in TUG, spatiotemporal, and kinematic gait parameters, highlighting rapid muscle strength recovery.
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan;
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan; ,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan;
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan; ,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Rossi N, Lopez Juri G, Chiaraviglio M, Cardozo G. Oviductal fluid counterbalances the negative effect of high temperature on sperm in an ectotherm model. Biol Open 2021; 10:bio058593. [PMID: 33737294 PMCID: PMC8061905 DOI: 10.1242/bio.058593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Global warming is affecting biodiversity; however, the extent to which animal reproductive processes respond to predicted temperature increments remains largely unexplored. The thermal environment has a pronounced impact on metabolic rates of ectotherms; therefore, an interesting question to assess is whether temperature increase might affect specific reproductive mechanisms like sperm performance in ectotherms. Moreover, in many species, oviductal fluid (OF) is known to regulate and maintain sperm quality; however, the role of OF in relation to the effects of high temperature on sperm remains unclear. Our aim was to experimentally test the effect of increased temperature on sperm velocity, swimming path and percentage of motility in neutral conditions at ejaculation (without OF) and in female's reproductive tract fluid (with OF), in a social ectotherm lizard model, Tropidurus spinulosus, which has specific thermal requirements for reproduction. Our results suggest that a rising temperature associated with global warming (+4°C) affects negatively sperm dynamics and survival. However, OF ameliorated the harmful effects of high temperature. This is an important point, as this study is the first to have tested the role of OF in preserving sperm from a warmer pre-fertilization environment. These results contribute to our understanding of how thermal environment changes might affect post-copulatory reproductive mechanisms. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- N. Rossi
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), X5000 Córdoba, Argentina
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BALDOVINO S, Filiberti O, Gianoglio B, Maffei S, Manes M, Marengo M, Martina G, Rossi N, Claudio S, Salomone M, Tognarelli G, Viglino G, Amoroso A, Vanzino S, Manganaro M. POS-509 ANALYSIS AND MONITORING OF THE SPREAD OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF NEPHROLOGY-DIALYSIS UNITS IN PIEDMONT AND VALLE D'AOSTA. Kidney Int Rep 2021. [PMCID: PMC8049724 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Visconti A, Bataille V, Rossi N, Kluk J, Murphy R, Puig S, Nambi R, Bowyer RCE, Murray B, Bournot A, Wolf J, Ourselin S, Steves CJ, Spector TD, Falchi M. Diagnostic value of cutaneous manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Br J Dermatol 2021; 184:880-887. [PMID: 33448030 PMCID: PMC8014275 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.19807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Background One of the challenging aspects of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is its diverse multisystemic disease presentation. Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic value of cutaneous manifestations of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and investigate their duration and timing in relation to other COVID‐19 symptoms. Methods We used data from 336 847 UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app to assess the diagnostic value of body rash or an acral rash in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, and data from an independent online survey of 11 544 respondents to investigate skin‐specific symptoms and collect their photographs. Results Using data from the app, we show significant association between skin rashes and a positive swab test result (odds ratio 1·67, 95% confidence interval 1·42–1·97). Strikingly, among the respondents of the independent online survey, we found that 17% of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive cases reported skin rashes as the first presentation, and 21% as the only clinical sign of COVID‐19. Together with the British Association of Dermatologists, we have compiled a catalogue of images of the most common skin manifestations of COVID‐19 from 400 individuals (https://covidskinsigns.com), which we have made publicly available to assist clinicians in recognition of this early clinical feature of COVID‐19. Conclusions Skin rashes cluster with other COVID‐19 symptoms, are predictive of a positive swab test, and occur in a significant number of cases, either alone or before other classical symptoms. Recognizing rashes is important in identifying new and earlier cases of COVID‐19.
What is already known about this topic?
Several studies conducted in hospital settings reported that patients with COVID‐19 presented with unusual skin rashes, including urticarial rashes, vesicular lesions and, less frequently, chilblains in fingers or toes.
What does this study add?
We confirmed, in a community‐based setting that also includes milder forms of the disease, that the presence of a skin rash is predictive of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. We provide a website with photos of skin manifestations to help healthcare professionals in diagnosing COVID‐19. Skin rashes should be taken into account to provide a quick COVID‐19 diagnosis to curb the spread of the disease.
Linked Comment: Naldi. Br J Dermatol 2021; 184:793–794.
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- A Visconti
- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK.,Dermatology Department, West Herts NHS Trust, Watford, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Zoe Global Limited, London, UK
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- Dermatology Department, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Zoe Global Limited, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
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Ulivi M, Orlandini LC, Meroni V, Lombardo MDM, Rossi N, Agnoletto M, Fessel G, Mangiavini L. Perioperative case series, qualitative evaluation of gait cycle and ground reaction forces in knee arthroplasty patients using a wearable insole. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 34:243-250. Congress of the Italian Orthopaedic Research Society. [PMID: 33261285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- M Ulivi
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Global Medical Affairs Smith & Nephew Orthopedics AG, Zug, Switzerland
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Ulivi M, Meroni V, Orlandini L, Prandoni L, Rossi N, Peretti GM, Dui LG, Mangiavini L, Ferrante S. Opportunities to improve feasibility, effectiveness and costs associated with a total joint replacements high-volume hospital registry. Comput Biol Med 2020; 121:103775. [PMID: 32568670 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.103775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinical registries are powerful tools for collecting uniform data longitudinally, thus making it possible to evaluate the outcome of patients affected by a specific pathology. In the context of total joint arthroplasty, registries serve also as post-market surveillance. Adoption of registries is a heavy burden for clinical settings in terms of resources and infrastructures. Excessive workload leads to incomplete data collection which undermines the effectiveness of a registry and consequently the workload needs to be optimised. METHODS Starting from the use case of the Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, the time and personnel dedicated to the registry was estimated. Analysis of the data collected in the first years enabled us to propose a methodology for workload reduction. Different Machine Learning models were leveraged to predict patients with excellent satisfaction to reduce the number of assessments in their clinical post-operative follow-up. Moreover, feature selection was used to identify any unnecessary clinical scale to collect. RESULTS Given an acceptance rate of 3500 patients per year, 22 doctors and 6 non-medical employees were required to adopt a registry properly. Among the tested models, the Naïve Bayes gave the best performance (AUPRC = 0.81) in predicting patient satisfaction at six months. Moreover, we found that the 12-item Short Form was poorly informative in predicting satisfaction at six-months. CONCLUSIONS In this study machine learning was leveraged to provide a methodology to reduce workload in the use of pathology registries. Such workload reduction can have a considerable impact at a larger scale, and improve registry feasibility in high-volume hospitals.
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- Michele Ulivi
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Programme in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Residency Programme in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Ponzio, 34, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Riccardo Galeazzi, 4, 20161, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe Ponzio, 34, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Atroshchenko V, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D’Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Giacinto A, Di Marcello V, Ding X, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Formozov A, Franco D, Galbiati C, Gschwender M, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Guffanti D, Hagner C, Houdy T, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jany A, Jeschke D, Kobychev V, Korga G, Kumaran S, Lachenmaier T, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi P, Lomskaya I, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Lukyanchenko L, Machulin I, Marcocci S, Martyn J, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Neumair B, Nieslony M, Nugmanov R, Oberauer L, Orekhov V, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Penek Ö, Pietrofaccia L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Raikov G, Ranalli M, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Redchuk M, Romani A, Rossi N, Rottenanger S, Schönert S, Semenov D, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Unzhakov E, Vishneva A, Vogelaar R, von Feilitzsch F, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Improved measurement of
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of Borexino exposure. Int J Clin Exp Med 2020. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.101.062001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Cesari A, Recchimurzo A, Fabiano A, Balzano F, Rossi N, Migone C, Uccello-Barretta G, Zambito Y, Piras AM. Improvement of Peptide Affinity and Stability by Complexing to Cyclodextrin-Grafted Ammonium Chitosan. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12020474. [PMID: 32092950 PMCID: PMC7077720 DOI: 10.3390/polym12020474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyclodextrin-grafted polymers are attractive biomaterials that could bring together the host–guest complexing capability of pristine cyclodextrin and the pharmaceutical features of the polymeric backbone. The present paper is aimed at characterizing the potential application of ammonium–chitosan grafted with 2-methyl-β-cyclodextrin (N+-rCh-MCD) as the functional macromolecular complexing agent for the oral administration of the neuropeptide dalargin (DAL). Specific NMR characterization procedures, along with UV and fluorescence techniques, as well as biological in vitro assessments have been performed. The results indicate that N+-rCh-MCD forms water-soluble complexes with DAL, with a prevalent involvement of Tyr or Phe over Leu and Ala residues. The association constant of DAL with the polymeric derivative is one order of magnitude higher than that with the pristine cyclodextrin (Ka: 2600 M−1 and 120 M−1, respectively). Additionally, N+-rCh-MCD shields DAL from enzymatic degradation in gastrointestinal in vitro models with a three-fold time delay, suggesting a future pharmaceutical exploitation of the polymeric derivative. Therefore, the greater affinity of N+-rCh-MCD for DAL and its protective effect against enzymatic hydrolysis can be attributed to the synergistic cooperation between cyclodextrin and the polymer, which is realized only when the former is covalently linked to the latter.
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- Andrea Cesari
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.C.); (A.R.); (G.U.-B.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.C.); (A.R.); (G.U.-B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.F.); (N.R.); (C.M.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.C.); (A.R.); (G.U.-B.)
- Correspondence: (F.B.); (A.M.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.F.); (N.R.); (C.M.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.F.); (N.R.); (C.M.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, via G. Moruzzi 13, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.C.); (A.R.); (G.U.-B.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.F.); (N.R.); (C.M.); (Y.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, via Bonanno Pisano 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (A.F.); (N.R.); (C.M.); (Y.Z.)
- Correspondence: (F.B.); (A.M.P.)
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Rossi N, Benitez-Vieyra S, Cocucci A, Chiaraviglio M, Cardozo G. Sexual dichromatism and color diversity in the spiny lava lizard Tropidurus spinulosus using lizard visual modelling. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14270. [PMID: 31582783 PMCID: PMC6776660 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50712-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Colors are important vehicles for social signals in many taxa. In Squamata, previous studies have linked color characteristics and chromatic diversity to sexual selection and, particularly, species showing male-biased body size dimorphism also showed male-biased dichromatism and color diversity. Sexual dichromatism may occur in body regions used for conspecific communication and it may be expressed at wavelengths, such as ultraviolet, easily perceivable by conspecifics. We tested this prediction in a social lizard model, Tropidurus spinulosus, using spectrophotometry and visual modelling which enable colors to be interpreted as the individuals of the same taxon see them. Our results indicate that sexual dichromatism occurs in the ventral regions and the flanks, which are the body regions involved in sexual displays. Males show greater color diversity, having larger color volumes and more contrasting colors. These findings reinforce the idea that sexual selection towards males is coupled with the evolution of male-biased, diverse, coloration which could act as a signal in social reproductive contexts.
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- N Rossi
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Córdoba, Argentina. .,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva y Biología Floral, IMBIV-CONICET, FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva y Biología Floral, IMBIV-CONICET, FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Córdoba, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Laboratorio de Biología del Comportamiento, Córdoba, Argentina.,Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA), Córdoba, Argentina
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We present a scanning magnetic force sensor based on an individual magnet-tipped GaAs nanowire (NW) grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Its magnetic tip consists of a final segment of single-crystal MnAs formed by sequential crystallization of the liquid Ga catalyst droplet. We characterize the mechanical and magnetic properties of such NWs by measuring their flexural mechanical response in an applied magnetic field. Comparison with numerical simulations allows the identification of their equilibrium magnetization configurations, which in some cases include magnetic vortices. To determine a NW's performance as a magnetic scanning probe, we measure its response to the field profile of a lithographically patterned current-carrying wire. The NWs' tiny tips and their high force sensitivity make them promising for imaging weak magnetic field patterns on the nanometer-scale, as required for mapping mesoscopic transport and spin textures or in nanometer-scale magnetic resonance.
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- N Rossi
- Department of Physics , University of Basel , 4056 Basel , Switzerland
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- Department of Physics , University of Basel , 4056 Basel , Switzerland
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , D-93040 Regensburg , Germany
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- Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik , Universität Regensburg , D-93040 Regensburg , Germany
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- Department of Physics , University of Basel , 4056 Basel , Switzerland
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Porter A, Shale J, Rossi N. Best evidence for a better back (BE FABB) - triage, assessment and education service for patients with low back pain. Physiotherapy 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2018.11.195] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Sanfilippo S, Agnes P, Arba M, Ave M, Baracchini E, Boiano A, Bonivento WM, Bottino B, Cadeddu M, Caminata A, Caravati M, Cariello M, Carpinelli M, Catalanotti S, Cataudella V, Cereseto R, Cicalò C, Covone G, de Candia A, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, Davini S, Devoto A, Dionisi C, D’Urso D, Fiorillo G, Franco D, Giovannetti GK, Giganti C, Galbiati C, Gulino M, Korga G, Kuss M, La Commara M, La Delfa L, Lissia M, Mariani A, Mari SM, Martoff CJ, Masone V, Oleynikov V, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Razeto A, Rescigno M, Rossi N, Sablone D, Scapparone E, Suvorov Y, Testera G, Tuveri M, Wang H, Wang Y. Recoil Directionality Experiment. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201920901031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Directional sensitivity to nuclear recoils could provide a smoking gun for a possible discovery of dark matter in the form of WIMPs. A hint of directional dependence of the response of a dual-phase liquid argon Time Projection Chamber was found in the SCENE experiment. Given the potential importance of such a capability in the frame work of dark matter searches, a new dedicated experiment, ReD (Recoil Directionality), was designed in the framework of the DarkSide Collaboration, in order to scrutinize this hint. This contribution will describe the performance of the detectors achieved during the first test-beam, the current status of ReD and the perspectives for physics measurements during the forthcoming beam-time.
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Agnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Araujo GR, Asner DM, Ave M, Back HO, Baldin B, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonfini G, Bonivento W, Bottino B, Budano F, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Canci N, Candela A, Caravati M, Cariello M, Carlini M, Carpinelli M, Catalanotti S, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Cereseto R, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Cifarelli L, Cocco AG, Covone G, D'Angelo D, D'Incecco M, D'Urso D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Deo M, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, De Vincenzi M, Demontis P, Derbin AV, Devoto A, Di Eusanio F, Di Pietro G, Dionisi C, Downing M, Edkins E, Empl A, Fan A, Fiorillo G, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Gabrieli A, Galbiati C, Garcia Abia P, Ghiano C, Giagu S, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Gorchakov O, Goretti AM, Granato F, Gromov M, Guan M, Guardincerri Y, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Hassanshahi MH, Herner K, Hosseini B, Hughes D, Humble P, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ianni A, Ippolito V, James I, Johnson TN, Kahn Y, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kochanek I, Koh G, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lisanti M, Lissia M, Loer B, Longo G, Ma Y, Machado AA, Machulin IN, Mandarano A, Mapelli L, Mari SM, Maricic J, Martoff CJ, Messina A, Meyers PD, Milincic R, Mishra-Sharma S, Monte A, Morrocchi M, Mount BJ, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nania R, Navrer Agasson A, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Orsini M, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pazzona F, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Pesudo V, Picciau E, Pocar A, Pordes S, Poudel SS, Pugachev DA, Qian H, Ragusa F, Razeti M, Razeto A, Reinhold B, Renshaw AL, Rescigno M, Riffard Q, Romani A, Rossi B, Rossi N, Sablone D, Samoylov O, Sands W, Sanfilippo S, Sant M, Santorelli R, Savarese C, Scapparone E, Schlitzer B, Segreto E, Semenov DA, Shchagin A, Sheshukov A, Singh PN, Skorokhvatov MD, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stanford C, Stracka S, Suffritti GB, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Tonazzo A, Trinchese P, Unzhakov EV, Verducci M, Vishneva A, Vogelaar B, Wada M, Waldrop TJ, Wang H, Wang Y, Watson AW, Westerdale S, Wojcik MM, Wojcik M, Xiang X, Xiao X, Yang C, Ye Z, Zhu C, Zichichi A, Zuzel G. Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:111303. [PMID: 30265123 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.111303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark-matter particles scattering off electrons based on 6780.0 kg d of data collected with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase argon time projection chamber. This analysis uses electroluminescence signals due to ionized electrons extracted from the liquid argon target. The detector has a very high trigger probability for these signals, allowing for an analysis threshold of three extracted electrons, or approximately 0.05 keVee. We calculate the expected recoil spectra for dark matter-electron scattering in argon and, under the assumption of momentum-independent scattering, improve upon existing limits from XENON10 for dark-matter particles with masses between 30 and 100 MeV/c^{2}.
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- P Agnes
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
| | - T Alexander
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - A K Alton
- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
| | - G R Araujo
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
| | - D M Asner
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
| | - M Ave
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
| | - H O Back
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
| | - B Baldin
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - G Batignani
- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
| | - K Biery
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - V Bocci
- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
| | - G Bonfini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
| | | | - B Bottino
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
| | - F Budano
- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
| | - S Bussino
- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
| | - M Cadeddu
- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
| | - M Cadoni
- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
| | - F Calaprice
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | | | - N Canci
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
| | - A Candela
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
| | - M Caravati
- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
| | | | - M Carlini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
| | - M Carpinelli
- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
| | - S Catalanotti
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
| | - P Cavalcante
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
| | - S Cavuoti
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
| | | | - A Chepurnov
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
| | - C Cicalò
- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
| | - L Cifarelli
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
| | | | - G Covone
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Science and Technology of Materials, Firenze 50121, Italy
| | - A V Derbin
- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
| | - Y Guardincerri
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | - M Gulino
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Università di Enna Kore, Enna 94100, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
| | | | - D Hughes
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
| | - Al Ianni
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
| | | | - I James
- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
| | - M Kuss
- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
| | - M La Commara
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Physics Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083, Brazil
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822, USA
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
| | | | - B J Mount
- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
| | - P Musico
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083, Brazil
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Science and Technology of Materials, Firenze 50121, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 93-590 Lodz, Poland
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Agnes P, Albuquerque IFM, Alexander T, Alton AK, Araujo GR, Asner DM, Ave M, Back HO, Baldin B, Batignani G, Biery K, Bocci V, Bonfini G, Bonivento W, Bottino B, Budano F, Bussino S, Cadeddu M, Cadoni M, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Canci N, Candela A, Caravati M, Cariello M, Carlini M, Carpinelli M, Catalanotti S, Cataudella V, Cavalcante P, Cavuoti S, Cereseto R, Chepurnov A, Cicalò C, Cifarelli L, Cocco AG, Covone G, D'Angelo D, D'Incecco M, D'Urso D, Davini S, De Candia A, De Cecco S, De Deo M, De Filippis G, De Rosa G, De Vincenzi M, Demontis P, Derbin AV, Devoto A, Di Eusanio F, Di Pietro G, Dionisi C, Downing M, Edkins E, Empl A, Fan A, Fiorillo G, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Gabrieli A, Galbiati C, Garcia Abia P, Ghiano C, Giagu S, Giganti C, Giovanetti GK, Gorchakov O, Goretti AM, Granato F, Gromov M, Guan M, Guardincerri Y, Gulino M, Hackett BR, Hassanshahi MH, Herner K, Hosseini B, Hughes D, Humble P, Hungerford EV, Ianni A, Ianni A, Ippolito V, James I, Johnson TN, Kahn Y, Keeter K, Kendziora CL, Kochanek I, Koh G, Korablev D, Korga G, Kubankin A, Kuss M, La Commara M, Lai M, Li X, Lisanti M, Lissia M, Loer B, Longo G, Ma Y, Machado AA, Machulin IN, Mandarano A, Mapelli L, Mari SM, Maricic J, Martoff CJ, Messina A, Meyers PD, Milincic R, Mishra-Sharma S, Monte A, Morrocchi M, Mount BJ, Muratova VN, Musico P, Nania R, Navrer Agasson A, Nozdrina AO, Oleinik A, Orsini M, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pandola L, Pantic E, Paoloni E, Pazzona F, Pelczar K, Pelliccia N, Pesudo V, Pocar A, Pordes S, Poudel SS, Pugachev DA, Qian H, Ragusa F, Razeti M, Razeto A, Reinhold B, Renshaw AL, Rescigno M, Riffard Q, Romani A, Rossi B, Rossi N, Sablone D, Samoylov O, Sands W, Sanfilippo S, Sant M, Santorelli R, Savarese C, Scapparone E, Schlitzer B, Segreto E, Semenov DA, Shchagin A, Sheshukov A, Singh PN, Skorokhvatov MD, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stanford C, Stracka S, Suffritti GB, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Tonazzo A, Trinchese P, Unzhakov EV, Verducci M, Vishneva A, Vogelaar B, Wada M, Waldrop TJ, Wang H, Wang Y, Watson AW, Westerdale S, Wojcik MM, Wojcik M, Xiang X, Xiao X, Yang C, Ye Z, Zhu C, Zichichi A, Zuzel G. Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:081307. [PMID: 30192596 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.081307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We present the results of a search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^{2} using a target of low-radioactivity argon with a 6786.0 kg d exposure. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The analysis is based on the ionization signal, for which the DarkSide-50 time projection chamber is fully efficient at 0.1 keVee. The observed rate in the detector at 0.5 keVee is about 1.5 event/keVee/kg/d and is almost entirely accounted for by known background sources. We obtain a 90% C.L. exclusion limit above 1.8 GeV/c^{2} for the spin-independent cross section of dark matter WIMPs on nucleons, extending the exclusion region for dark matter below previous limits in the range 1.8-6 GeV/c^{2}.
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- P Agnes
- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Science and Technology of Materials, Firenze 50121, Italy
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Università di Enna Kore, Enna 94100, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Physics Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083, Brazil
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota 57799, USA
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot, Paris 75252, France
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
- INFN Genova, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- INFN Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
- INFN Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Cagliari, Cagliari 09042, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology Department, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
- INFN Perugia, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- INFN Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
- Mathematics and Physics Department, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Roma 00146, Italy
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
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- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
- Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila 67100, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Physics Institute, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas 13083, Brazil
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University, Belgorod 308007, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Chemistry and Pharmacy Department, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania 95123, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium for Science and Technology of Materials, Firenze 50121, Italy
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (AQ) 67100, Italy
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- APC, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/Irfu, Obs de Paris, USPC, Paris 75205, France
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi "Federico II" di Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
- INFN Napoli, Napoli 80126, Italy
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- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Sezione di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
- Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 00185, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, 93-590 Lodz, Poland
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
- INFN Bologna, Bologna 40126, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
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Graça R, Abrantes L, Rossi N, Alves A, Medeiros A, Zimon M, Rausch T, Benes V, Pepperkok R, Bourbon M. The importance to track variants in a genes causing recessive disorders within the family: A FH/Sitosterolemia clinical case. Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.220] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Graça R, Rossi N, Alves A, Medeiros A, Zimon M, Raush T, Benes V, Pepperkok R, Bourbon M. Improving familial dyslipidaemia diagnosis. Atherosclerosis 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.270] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tradati N, Zurrida S, Bartoli C, Boracchi P, Sala L, Contardi N, Rossi N, Chiesa F. Outpatient Surgical Treatment with Co2 Laser in Oral Cancer: Immediate and Long-Term Results. Tumori 2018; 77:239-42. [PMID: 1862553 DOI: 10.1177/030089169107700311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The immediate and long-term results of excising squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity or lip by CO, laser are analysed in 51 consecutive subjects treated as out-patients. From January 1982 to December 1989, 39 cases of T1 and 12 cases of small (< 2.5 cm) non-infiltrating recurrences of squamous cell carcinoma were treated at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan. Complete removal was obtained in 44 instances, while in 7 cases cancerous margins were observed on the specimen; 5 of these underwent another wider treatment and 2 refused further therapy. Two of 39 T1 patients developed local relapses and 6/12 recurrent cancers relapsed again. Long term results are complicated by second primary cancers in 19 instances. Out-patient laser therapy is well accepted by patients and its use involves lowered direct and indirect health organisation and social costs.
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- N Tradati
- Head and Neck Oncology Surgical, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Grandi C, Guzzo M, Cavina R, Gardani G, Tana S, Licitra L, Rossi N, Barbaccia C, Mingardo M, Fallahdar D, Bruno P, Molinari R. Treatment of Cancer of the Base of the Tongue and Glosso-Epiglottic Region: A Multicenter Italian Survey. Tumori 2018; 86:215-23. [PMID: 10939602 DOI: 10.1177/030089160008600308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The current treatment options for cancer of the base of the tongue and glosso-epiglottic region are surgery, radiotherapy, or a combination of both modalities. Comparisons between different modalities are not common in the literature, and a real standard of treatment has not yet been established. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the results of treatment in a large series of patients from 18 Italian institutions in relation to the main treatment adopted. METHODS The present study is a retrospective survey. The series was divided into a combined surgery group and a radiotherapy group. The Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test were used for survival calculations and comparisons. RESULTS Eight hundred patients were registered (25.7% stage III and 62% stage IV), 336 in the surgery and 372 in the radiotherapy group. Conventional fractionation was adopted in almost all cases. The five-year overall and disease free survival of the whole series was 32% and 38%, respectively. Survival was slightly better for patients with tumors of the glosso-epiglottic region than for those with a tumor of the base of the tongue. Five-year disease-free survival was 55% for patients treated with surgery +/- radiochemotherapy and 26% for those submitted to radiotherapy alone or in combination with chemotherapy. As far as the total dose and the treatment duration were concerned, only 26% of the patients of the radiotherapy group met the established criteria of adequacy, but in patients with adequate radiation the control rate was better only for small tumors (T1-T2). CONCLUSIONS The results in patients treated with surgery +/- postoperative radiotherapy were similar to or better than those reported in the best series in the literature. By contrast, the survival rate of irradiated patients was lower than those reported by other centers.
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- C Grandi
- Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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Vasyukov D, Ceccarelli L, Wyss M, Gross B, Schwarb A, Mehlin A, Rossi N, Tütüncüoglu G, Heimbach F, Zamani RR, Kovács A, Fontcuberta I Morral A, Grundler D, Poggio M. Imaging Stray Magnetic Field of Individual Ferromagnetic Nanotubes. Nano Lett 2018; 18:964-970. [PMID: 29293345 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We use a scanning nanometer-scale superconducting quantum interference device to map the stray magnetic field produced by individual ferromagnetic nanotubes (FNTs) as a function of applied magnetic field. The images are taken as each FNT is led through magnetic reversal and are compared with micromagnetic simulations, which correspond to specific magnetization configurations. In magnetic fields applied perpendicular to the FNT long axis, their magnetization appears to reverse through vortex states, that is, configurations with vortex end domains or in the case of a sufficiently short FNT with a single global vortex. Geometrical imperfections in the samples and the resulting distortion of idealized magnetization configurations influence the measured stray-field patterns.
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials (IMX), School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lehrstuhl für Physik funktionaler Schichtsysteme, Physik Department E10, Technische Universität München , 85747 Garching, Germany
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- Solid State Physics, Lund University , 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials, Institute of Materials (IMX), School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Magnonics, Institute of Materials (IMX), School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel , 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Zoli M, Rossi N, Friso F, Sturiale C, Frank G, Pasquini E, Mazzatenta D. Limits of endoscopic endonasal approach for cranio-vertebral junction tumors. J Neurosurg Sci 2018; 62:356-368. [PMID: 29327864 DOI: 10.23736/s0390-5616.18.04303-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND The endoscopic endonasal approach has been recently proposed for cranio-vertebral junction lesions. The more common indication for this sagittal extension of the endonasal route is represented by odontoidectomy for irreducible ventral brainstem compression due to congenital or degenerative conditions. However, in an increasing number of studies its adoption for tumors involving the cranio-cervical junction has been reported. The aim of this study is to consider retrospectively our surgical series, focusing on the advantages and limits of this approach. METHODS Each consecutive case of tumor involving the cranio-vertebral junction since 2007 to 2017 treated through an endoscopic endonasal approach has been included. All patients undergone preoperative neurological examination and neuroimaging (magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] and computed tomography angiography). These examinations were repeated after 3 months and then annually. Complementary treatments, recurrence rate and clinical status at mean follow-up of 18±7.3 months were considered. RESULTS Seven patients have been included in this study, mean age was of 47±17 years; male-to-female ratio was of 3:4. Series is composed by 6 chordomas and one foramen magnum meningioma. One patient had been already posteriorly stabilized for cranio-vertebral instability. Gross tumor removal was achieved in two cases, in the others a subtotal removal was demonstrated at postoperative MRI. One patient presented a transitory worsening of CN XII palsy, resolved within 3 months. For preoperative dysphagia and inhalation pneumonia, one case undergone tracheostomy and was fed with oro-gastric tube for 10 days. Three patients died for chordoma progression and at follow-up one presented a local recurrence. CONCLUSIONS Despite our experience is preliminary, the endoscopic endonasal approach has resulted safe for cranio-cervical junction tumor with a reduced number of complications. It can give a straight and direct trajectory to this deep region. We suggest that lateral extension of the tumor beyond the plane of cranial nerves is a limit for this approach, as well as an inferior expansion caudal to C1. Larger series and longer follow-up are required to assess the proper indications of this approach.
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- Matteo Zoli
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy -
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Ear Nose and Throat, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Center for the Diagnosis and Cure of Pituitary and Skull Base Tumors, Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Porcelli A, Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Atroshchenko V, Bagdasarian Z, Basilico D, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Caprioli S, Carlini M, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, Choi K, Cloué O, Cribier M, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Ding X, Di Ludovico A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Durero M, Farinon S, Fischer V, Fomenko K, Formozov A, Franco D, Froborg F, Gabriele F, Gaffiot J, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Gschwender M, Hagner C, Houdy T, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jonquères N, Jany A, Jeschke D, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Kornoukhov V, Kryn D, Lachenmaier T, Lasserre T, Laubenstein M, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Lukyanchenko L, Machulin I, Manuzio G, Marcocci S, Maricic J, Mention G, Martyn J, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Muratova V, Musenich R, Neumair B, Oberauer L, Opitz B, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Pilipenko N, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Roncin R, Rossi N, Rottenanger S, Schönert S, Scola M, Semenov D, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stokes L, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Toropova M, Unzhakov E, Veyssiére C, Vishneva A, Vivier M, Vogelaar R, von Feilitzsch F, Wang H, Weinz S, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Yokley Z, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Recent Borexino results and perspectives of the SOX measurement. EPJ Web Conf 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201818202099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Borexino is a liquid scintillator detector sited underground in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy). Its physics program, until the end of this year, is focussed on the study of solar neutrinos, in particular from the Beryllium, pp, pep and CNO fusion reactions. Knowing the reaction chains in the sun provides insights towards physics disciplines such as astrophysics (star physics, star formation, etc.), astroparticle and particle physics. Phase II started in 2011 and its aim is to improve the phase I results, in particular the measurements of the neutrino fluxes from the pep and CNO processes. By the end of this year, data taking from the sun will be over and a new project is scheduled to launch: Short distance Oscillation with boreXino (SOX), which uses a Cerium source for neutrinos (100÷150 kCi of activity) and aims to confirm or rule out the presence of sterile neutrinos. This particle is hypothesised to justify the reactor, Gallium and LSND anomalies found and can reject extensions to the standard model. The work presented is a summary of the solar neutrino results achieved so far, which lead not only to a precise study of the processes in the sun, but also to more Standard Model oriented measurements (such as the stability of the charge, i.e. the life time of the electron). Furthermore, the perspectives of the SOX program are discussed showing the experiment sensitivity to a fourth neutrino state covering almost entirely 3σ of the preferred region of the anomalous neutrino experiments, and additional applications of the detector such as the study of geo-neutrinos.
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Karavana V, Smith I, Kanellis G, Sigala I, Kinsella T, Zakynthinos S, Liu L, Chen J, Zhang X, Liu A, Guo F, Liu S, Yang Y, Qiu H, Grimaldi DG, Kaya E, Acicbe O, Kayaalp I, Asar S, Dogan M, Eren G, Hergunsel O, Pavelescu D, Grintescu I, Mirea L, Guanziroli M, Gotti M, Marino A, Cressoni M, Vergani G, Chiurazzi C, Chiumello D, Gattinoni L, Guanziroli M, Gotti M, Vergani G, Cressoni M, Chiurazzi C, Marino A, Spano S, Chiumello D, Gattinoni L, Guanziroli M, Gotti M, Vergani G, Marino A, Cressoni M, Chiurazzi C, Chiumello D, Gattinoni L, Massaro F, Moustakas A, Johansson S, Larsson A, Perchiazzi G, Zhang XW, Guo FM, Chen JX, Xue M, Yang Y, Qiu HB, Chen JX, Liu L, Yang L, Zhang XW, Guo FM, Yang Y, Qiu HB, Fister M, Knafelj R, Suzer MA, Kavlak ME, Atalan HK, Gucyetmez B, Cakar N, Weller D, Grootendorst AF, Dijkstra A, Kuijper TM, Cleffken BI, Regli A, De Keulenaer B, Van Heerden P, Hadfield D, Hopkins PA, Penhaligon B, Reid F, Hart N, Rafferty GF, Grasselli G, Mauri T, Lazzeri M, Carlesso E, Cambiaghi B, Eronia N, Maffezzini E, Bronco A, Abbruzzese C, Rossi N, Foti G, Bellani G, Pesenti A, Bassi GL, Panigada M, Ranzani O, Kolobow T, Zanella A, Cressoni M, Berra L, Parrini V, Kandil H, Salati G, Livigni S, Livigni S, Amatu A, Girardis M, Barbagallo M, Moise G, Mercurio G, Costa A, Vezzani A, Lindau S, Babel J, Cavana M, Torres A, Panigada M, Bassi GL, Ranzani OT, Kolobow T, Zanella A, Cressoni M, Berra L, Parrini V, Kandil H, Salati G, Livigni S, Amatu A, Girardis M, Barbagallo M, Moise G, Mercurio G, Costa A, Vezzani A, Lindau S, Babel J, Cavana M, Torres A, Umbrello M, Taverna M, Formenti P, Mistraletti G, Vetrone F, Marino A, Vergani G, Baisi A, Chiumello D, Garnero AG, Novotni DN, Arnal JA, Urner M, Fan E, Dres M, Vorona S, Brochard L, Ferguson ND, Goligher EC, Leung C, Joynt G, Wong W, Lee A, Gomersall C, Poels S, Casaer M, Schetz M, Van den Berghe G, Meyfroidt G, Holzgraefe B, Von Kobyletzki LB, Larsson A, Cianchi G, Becherucci F, Batacchi S, Cozzolino M, Franchi F, Di Valvasone S, Ferraro MC, Peris A, Phiphitthanaban H, Wacharasint P, Wongsrichanalai V, Lertamornpong A, Pengpinij O, Wattanathum A, Oer-areemitr N, Boddi M, Cianchi G, Cappellini E, Ciapetti M, Batacchi S, Di Lascio G, Bonizzoli M, Cozzolino M, Peris A, Lazzeri C, Cianchi G, Bonizzoli M, Di Lascio G, Cozzolino M, Peris A, Katsin ML, Hurava MY, Dzyadzko AM, Hermann A, Schellongowski P, Bojic A, Riss K, Robak O, Lamm W, Sperr W, Staudinger T, Buoninsegni LT, Bonizzoli M, Cozzolino M, Parodo J, Ottaviano A, Cecci L, Corsi E, Ricca V, Peris A, de Garibay APR, Ende-Schneider B, Schreiber C, Kreymann B, Turani F, Resta M, Niro D, Castaldi P, Boscolo G, Gonsales G, Martini S, Belli A, Zamidei L, Falco M, Lamas T, Mendes J, Galazzi A, Mauri T, Benco B, Binda F, Masciopinto L, Lazzeri M, Carlesso E, Lissoni A, Grasselli G, Adamini I, Pesenti A, Thamjamrassri T, Watcharotayangul J, Numthavaj P, Kongsareepong S, Higuera J, Cabestrero D, Rey L, Narváez G, Blandino A, Aroca M, Saéz S, De Pablo R, Mohamed A, Sklar M, Munshi L, Mauri T, Lazzeri M, Alban L, Turrini C, Panigada M, Taccone P, Carlesso E, Marenghi C, Spadaro S, Grasselli G, Volta C, Pesenti A, Higuera J, Alonso DC, Blandino A, Narváez G, González LR, Aroca M, Saéz S, De Pablo R, Franci A, Stocchi G, Cappuccini G, Socci F, Cozzolino M, Guetti C, Rastrelli P, Peris A, Nestorowicz A, Glapinski J, Fijalkowska-Nestorowicz A, Wosko J, Fijalkowska-Nestorowicz A, Glapinski J, Wosko J, Duprez F, Bonus T, Cuvelier G, Mashayekhi S, Ollieuz S, Reychler G, Bonus T, Duprez F, Cuvelier G, Mashayekhi S, Ollieuz S, Reychler G, Kuchyn I, Bielka K, Sergienko A, Jones H, Day C, Park SC, Yeom SR, Myatra SN, Gupta S, Rajnala V, Divatia J, Silva JV, Olvera OA, Schulte RC, Bermudez MC, Zorrilla LP, Ferretis HL, García KT, Balciuniene N, Ramsaite J, Kriukelyte O, Krikscionaitiene A, Tamosuitis T, Terragni P, Brazzi L, Falco D, Pistidda L, Magni G, Bartoletti L, Mascia L, Filippini C, Ranieri V, Kyriakoudi A, Rovina N, Koltsida O, Konstantellou E, Kardara M, Kostakou E, Gavriilidis G, Vasileiadis I, Koulouris N, Koutsoukou A, Van Snippenburg W, Kröner A, Flim M, Buise M, Hemler R, Spronk P, Regli A, Noffsinger B, De Keulenaer B, Singh B, Hockings L, Van Heerden P, Spina C, Bronco A, Magni F, Di Giambattista C, Vargiolu A, Bellani G, Foti G, Citerio G, Scaramuzzo G, Spadaro S, Waldmann AD, Böhm SH, Ragazzi R, Volta CA, Heines SJ, Strauch U, Van de Poll MC, Roekaerts PM, Bergmans DC, Sosio S, Gatti S, Maffezzini E, Punzi V, Asta A, Foti G, Bellani G, Glapinski J, Mroczka J, Nestorowicz A, Fijalkowska-Nestorowicz A, Yaroshetskiy AI, Rezepov NA, Mandel IA, Gelfand BR, Ozen E, Karakoc E, Ayyildiz A, Kara S, Ekemen S, Yelken BB, Saasouh W, Freeman J, Turan A, Hajjej Z, Sellami W, Bousselmi M, Samoud W, Gharsallah H, Labbene I, Ferjani M, Vetrugno L, Barbariol F, Forfori F, Regeni I, Della Rocca G, Jansen D, Jonkman A, Doorduin J, Roesthuis L, Van der Hoeven J, Heunks L, Marocco SA, Bottiroli M, Pinciroli R, Galanti V, Calini A, Gagliardone M, Bellani G, Fumagalli R, Gatti S, Abbruzzese C, Ippolito D, Sala VL, Meroni V, Bronco A, Foti G, Bellani G, Elbanna M, Nassar Y, Abdelmohsen A, Yahia M, Mongodi S, Mojoli F, Via G, Tavazzi G, Fava F, Pozzi M, Iotti GA, Bouhemad B, Ruiz-Ferron F, Simón JS, Gordillo-Resina M, Chica-Saez V, Garcia MR, Vela-Colmenero R, Redondo-Orts M, Gontijo-Coutinho C, Ozahata T, Nocera P, Franci D, Santos T, Carvalho-Filho M, Fochi O, Gatti S, Nacoti M, Signori D, Bronco A, Bonacina D, Bellani G, Bonanomi E, Mongodi S, Bonvecchio E, Stella A, Roldi E, Orlando A, Luperto M, Bouhemad B, Iotti GA, Mojoli F, Trunfio D, Licitra G, Martinelli R, Vannini D, Giuliano G, Vetrugno L, Forfori F, Näslund E, Lindberg LG, Lund I, Larsson A, Frithiof R, Nichols A, Freeman J, Pentakota S, Kodali B, Pranskunas A, Kiudulaite I, Simkiene J, Damanskyte D, Pranskuniene Z, Arstikyte J, Vaitkaitis D, Pilvinis V, Brazaitis M, Pool R, Haugaa H, Botero A, Escobar D, Maberry D, Tønnessen T, Zuckerbraun B, Pinsky M, Gomez H, Lyons H, Trimmings A, Domizi R, Scorcella C, Damiani E, Pierantozzi S, Tondi S, Monaldi V, Carletti A, Zuccari S, Adrario E, Pelaia P, Donati A, Kazune S, Grabovskis A, Volceka K, Rubins U, Bol M, Suverein M, Delnoij T, Driessen R, Heines S, Delhaas T, Vd Poll M, Sels J, Jozwiak M, Chambaz M, Sentenac P, Richard C, Monnet X, Teboul JL, Bitar Z, Maadarani O, Al Hamdan R, Huber W, Malbrain M, Chew M, Mallat J, Tagami T, Hundeshagen S, Wolf S, Huber W, Mair S, Schmid R, Aron J, Adlam M, Dua G, Mu L, Chen L, Yoon J, Clermont G, Dubrawski A, Duhailib Z, Al Assas K, Shafquat A, Salahuddin N, Donaghy J, Morgan P, Valeanu L, Stefan M, Provenchere S, Longrois D, Shaw A, Mythen MG, Shook D, Hayashida D, Zhang X, Munson SH, Sawyer A, Mariyaselvam M, Blunt M, Young P, Nakwan N, Khwannimit B, Checharoen P, Berger D, Moller P, Bloechlinger S, Bloch A, Jakob S, Takala J, Van den Brule JM, Stolk R, Vinke E, Van Loon LM, Pickkers P, Van der Hoeven JG, Kox M, Hoedemaekers CW, Werner-Moller P, Jakob S, Takala J, Berger D, Bertini P, Guarracino F, Colosimo D, Gonnella S, Brizzi G, Mancino G, Baldassarri R, Pinsky MR, Bertini P, Gonnella S, Brizzi G, Mancino G, Amitrano D, Guarracino F, Goslar T, Stajer D, Radsel P, De Vos R, Dijk NBV, Stringari G, Cogo G, Devigili A, Graziadei MC, Bresadola E, Lubli P, Amella S, Marani F, Polati E, Gottin L, Colinas L, Hernández G, Vicho R, Serna M, Canabal A, Cuena R, Jozwiak M, Gimenez J, Teboul JL, Mercado P, Depret F, Richard C, Monnet X, Hajjej Z, Sellami W, Sassi K, Gharsallah H, Labbene I, Ferjani M, Herner A, Schmid R, Huber W, Abded N, Nassar Y, Elghonemi M, Monir A, Nikhilesh J, Apurv T, Uber AU, Grossestreuer A, Moskowitz A, Patel P, Holmberg MJ, Donnino MW, Graham CA, Hung K, Lo R, Leung LY, Lee KH, Yeung CY, Chan SY, Trembach N, Zabolotskikh I, Caldas J, Panerai R, Camara L, Ferreira G, Almeida J, de Oliveira GQ, Jardim J, Bor-Seng-Shu E, Lima M, Nogueira R, Jatene F, Zeferino S, Galas F, Robinson T, Hajjar LA, 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Bondi M, Rossi N, Pizzoli A, Renzi Brivio L. The use of TightRope fixation for ankle syndesmosis injuries: our experience. Musculoskelet Surg 2016; 100:217-222. [PMID: 27567618 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-016-0421-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Ten percentage of all ankle fractures sustain an associated syndesmotic injury. TightRope is a relatively new technique for syndesmosis fixation, characterized by a non-absorbable FibreWire held tight between two cortical metal buttons. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results obtained with the use of this device. METHODS From January 2011 to December 2015, 54 patients with ankle diastases were treated. Eighteen patients were excluded from the study. Fractures of the fibula or tibia requiring fixation were internally fixed using standard AO techniques. Preoperative and the most recent postoperative ankle radiographs were reassessed for measurements of the tibiofibular clear space (TFCS), medial clear space (MCS) and tibiofibular overlap (TFO). Clinical outcomes were assessed at the time of follow-up using the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) score, a self-administered Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) score and patients satisfaction. RESULTS The mean follow-up was 28, 64 months. Mean values for MCS, TFCS and TFO were 1.51-1.53 and 0.25 cm, respectively. The mean AOFAS score was 93.11, and the mean FADI score was 130.11. Twenty-nine (80.6 %) patients reported their outcome as excellent or very good. CONCLUSIONS TightRope technique can achieve flexible fixation of the syndesmosis and permit full range of motion of the tibiofibular joint. Patients can start rehabilitation exercise at an early stage after operation. The results of this study indicate that TightRope fixation is a valid option for syndesmotic injuries.
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- M Bondi
- Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Strada Lago Paiolo 10, 46100, Mantova, Italy.
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Strada Lago Paiolo 10, 46100, Mantova, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Strada Lago Paiolo 10, 46100, Mantova, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Carlo Poma Hospital, Strada Lago Paiolo 10, 46100, Mantova, Italy
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D’Angelo D, Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Etenko A, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goeger-Neff M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Hagner C, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jedrzejczak K, Kaiser M, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Kryn D, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Manecki S, Maneschg W, Marcocci S, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Montuschi M, Mosteiro P, Muratova V, Neumair B, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Perasso L, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Roncin R, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Toropova M, Unzhakov E, Vishneva A, Vogelaar R, von Feilitzsch F, Wang H, Weinz S, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Yokley Z, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Recent Borexino results and prospects for the near future. EPJ Web Conf 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612602008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Pallavicini M, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chavarria A, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Empl A, Etenko A, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Gazzana S, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Göger-Neff M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Hagner C, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Kayser M, Kobychev V, Korablëv D, Korga G, Kryn D, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Lewke T, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Manecki S, Maneschg W, Marcocci S, Meindl Q, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Montuschi M, Mosteiro P, Muratova V, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Otis K, Papp L, Perasso L, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Rossi N, Saldanha R, Salvo C, Schönert S, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Vignaud D, Vogelaar R, Feilitzsch FV, Wang H, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. First real–time detection of solar pp neutrinos by Borexino. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612101001] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Caminata A, Agostini M, Altenmüller K, Appel S, Bellini G, Benziger J, Berton N, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, Cribier M, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Noto LD, Durero M, Empl A, Etenko A, Farinon S, Fischer V, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Gaffiot J, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Göger-Neff M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Hagner C, Houdy T, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jonquères N, Kaiser M, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Kryn D, Lachenmaier T, Lasserre T, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Link J, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Maneschg W, Marcocci S, Maricic J, Mention G, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Montuschi M, Muratova V, Musenich R, Neumair B, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Perasso L, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Rossi N, Schönert S, Scola L, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Veyssière C, Vivier M, Vogelaar R, Feilitzsch FV, Wang H, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Short distance neutrino oscillations with Borexino. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612101002] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Rossi B, Agnes P, Alexander T, Alton A, Arisaka K, Back H, Baldin B, Biery K, Bonfini G, Bossa M, Brigatti A, Brodsky J, Budano F, Calaprice F, Canci N, Candela A, Cariello M, Cavalcante P, Catalanotti S, Chavarria A, Chepurnov A, Cocco AG, Covone G, D'Angelo D, D'Incecco M, Deo MD, Derbin A, Devoto A, Eusanio FD, Edkins E, Empl A, Fan A, Fiorillo G, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Goretti A, Grandi L, Guan M, Guardincerri Y, Hackett B, Herner K, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Kendziora C, Koh G, Korablev D, Korga G, Kurlej A, Li P, Lombardi P, Luitz S, Machulin I, Mandarano A, Mari S, Maricic J, Marini L, Martoff CJ, Meyers P, Montanari D, Montuschi M, Monzani M, Musico P, Odrowski S, Orsini M, Ortica F, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Pantic E, Papp L, Parmeggiano S, Pelliccia N, Perasso S, Pocar A, Pordes S, Qian H, Randle K, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Reinhold B, Renshaw A, Romani A, Rossi N, Rountree S, Sablone D, Saldanha R, Sands W, Segreto E, Shields E, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Stanford C, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Tatarowicz J, Testera G, Tonazzo A, Unzhakov E, Vogelaar R, Wada M, Walker S, Wang H, Watson A, Westerdale S, Wojcik M, Xiang X, Xu J, Yang C, Yoo J, Zavatarelli S, Zec A, Zhu C, Zuzel G. The DarkSide Program. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201612106010] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Agostini M, Appel S, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Empl A, Etenko A, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goeger-Neff M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Hagner C, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jedrzejczak K, Kaiser M, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Kryn D, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Manecki S, Maneschg W, Marcocci S, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Montuschi M, Mosteiro P, Muratova V, Neumair B, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Otis K, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Perasso L, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Roncin R, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Toropova M, Unzhakov E, Vishneva A, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Wang H, Weinz S, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Yokley Z, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Test of Electric Charge Conservation with Borexino. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:231802. [PMID: 26684111 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.231802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Borexino is a liquid scintillation detector located deep underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS, Italy). Thanks to the unmatched radio purity of the scintillator, and to the well understood detector response at low energy, a new limit on the stability of the electron for decay into a neutrino and a single monoenergetic photon was obtained. This new bound, τ≥6.6×10^{28} yr at 90% C.L., is 2 orders of magnitude better than the previous limit.
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- M Agostini
- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), 67100 Ł'Aquila, Italy
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), 67100 Ł'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), 67100 Ł'Aquila, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), 67100 Ł'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Physics, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, Paseo de los Ayerbe S/N, 22880 Canfranc, Estacion Huesca, Spain
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research, 03680 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), 67100 Ł'Aquila, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra Università degli Studi di Ferrara e INFN, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università e INFN, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università e INFN, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/IRFU, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute NRC Kurchatov Institute, 188350 Gatchina, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Physik-Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Physics and Excellence Cluster PRISMA, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30348 Krakow, Poland
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Rossi N, Santos E, Salvarrey S, Arbulo N, Invernizzi C. Determination of Flower Constancy in Bombus atratus Franklin and Bombus bellicosus Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) through Palynological Analysis of Nectar and Corbicular Pollen Loads. Neotrop Entomol 2015; 44:546-552. [PMID: 26283191 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-015-0322-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
The flower constancy (the visit to a single plant species during a foraging trip) in pollinator insects is a theme widely discussed in behavioral ecology and has an important implication in the evolution of angiosperms. This behavior was studied in the bumblebees Bombus atratus Franklin and Bombus bellicosus Smith through palynological analysis of the nectar and pollen loads of individuals captured while foraging in a restricted area. In both species, there were more individuals with constant flights than with non-constant ones, although in the nectar loads of B. atratus there were no significant differences between individuals with each flight types. It was verified that the nectar loads of the individuals that made either constant or non-constant flights did not differ in the number of pollen grains they contained. Considering this measurement as an estimate for flight duration, the results would indicate that the probability of changing between plant species during nectar collection is independent of the foraging trip duration. In both species, most individuals who collected nectar and/or pollen from more than one plant species visited just two plant species. In these cases, the pollen of one plant species was predominant. In the bumblebees in which it was possible to analyze nectar and pollen loads, the botanical origin of both resources was the same or they shared the principal species (with the exception of two individuals), showing that bumblebees do not often use a botanical source in an exclusive way to collect nectar and another to collect pollen.
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- N Rossi
- Univ Rennes 1, Rennes, France
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- Fac de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Centro Univ Regional del Este, Rocha, Uruguay.
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Agostini M, Appel S, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Caccianiga B, Calaprice F, Caminata A, Cavalcante P, Chepurnov A, Choi K, D’Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Di Noto L, Drachnev I, Empl A, Etenko A, Fiorentini G, Fomenko K, Franco D, Gabriele F, Galbiati C, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Goeger-Neff M, Goretti A, Gromov M, Hagner C, Houdy T, Hungerford E, Ianni A, Ianni A, Jedrzejczak K, Kaiser M, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Kryn D, Laubenstein M, Lehnert B, Litvinovich E, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Lukyanchenko G, Machulin I, Manecki S, Maneschg W, Mantovani F, Marcocci S, Meroni E, Meyer M, Miramonti L, Misiaszek M, Montuschi M, Mosteiro P, Muratova V, Neumair B, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Otis K, Pagani L, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Perasso L, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Ricci B, Romani A, Roncin R, Rossi N, Schönert S, Semenov D, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Thurn J, Toropova M, Unzhakov E, Vogelaar R, von Feilitzsch F, Wang H, Weinz S, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wurm M, Yokley Z, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuber K, Zuzel G. Spectroscopy of geoneutrinos from 2056 days of Borexino data. Int J Clin Exp Med 2015. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.92.031101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Miramonti L, Bellini G, Benziger J, Bick D, Bonfini G, Bravo D, Buizza Avanzini M, Caccianiga B, Cadonati L, Calaprice F, Carraro C, Cavalcante P, Chavarria A, Chubakov V, D'Angelo D, Davini S, Derbin A, Etenko A, Fomenko K, Franco D, Galbiati C, Gazzana S, Ghiano C, Giammarchi M, Göger-Neff M, Goretti A, Grandi L, Guardincerri E, Hardy S, Ianni A, Ianni A, Kobychev V, Korablev D, Korga G, Koshio Y, Kryn D, Laubenstein M, Lewke T, Lissia M, Litvinovich E, Loer B, Lombardi F, Lombardi P, Ludhova L, Machulin I, Manecki S, Maneschg W, Mantovani F, Manuzio G, Meindl Q, Meroni E, Misiaszek M, Montanari D, Mosteiro P, Muratova V, Nisi S, Oberauer L, Obolensky M, Ortica F, Otis K, Pallavicini M, Papp L, Perasso L, Perasso S, Pocar A, Ranucci G, Razeto A, Re A, Romani A, Rossi N, Sabelnikov A, Saldanha R, Salvo C, Schönert S, Simgen H, Skorokhvatov M, Smirnov O, Sotnikov A, Sukhotin S, Suvorov Y, Tartaglia R, Testera G, Vignaud D, Vogelaar RB, von Feilitzsch F, Winter J, Wojcik M, Wright A, Wurm M, Xhixha G, Xu J, Zaimidoroga O, Zavatarelli S, Zuzel G. Lifetimes of (214)Po and (212)Po measured with Counting Test Facility at Gran Sasso National Laboratory. J Environ Radioact 2014; 138:444-446. [PMID: 24725806 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
The decays of (214)Po into (210)Pb and of (212)Po into (208)Pb tagged by the previous decays from (214)Bi and (212)Bi have been studied inserting quartz vials inside the Counting Test Facility (CTF) at the underground laboratory in Gran Sasso (LNGS). We find that the mean lifetime of (214)Po is (236.00 ± 0.42(stat) ± 0.15(syst)) μs and that of (212)Po is (425.1 ± 0.9(stat) ± 1.2(syst)) ns. Our results are compatible with previous measurements, have a much better signal to background ratio, and reduce the overall uncertainties.
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- L Miramonti
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara and INFN Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, 75231 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev 06380, Ukraine
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, 75231 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Max-Plank-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg 69029, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara and INFN Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, Krakow, 30059, Poland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy; Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina 188350, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, 75231 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università e INFN, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy; Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi e INFN, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università e INFN, Perugia 06123, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany; Max-Plank-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg 69029, Germany
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- Max-Plank-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg 69029, Germany
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy; NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow 123182, Russia
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi 67010, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie, 75231 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, Krakow, 30059, Poland
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Garching 85747, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara and INFN Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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- Physics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università e INFN, Genova 16146, Italy
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- Max-Plank-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg 69029, Germany; M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, Krakow, 30059, Poland
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