Component Patterns and Survival Outcomes in Patients with Mixed Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: A Retrospective Cohort Study

AIMS

To evaluate the component patterns and risk stratification in patients with mixed malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (mMOGCT).

METHODS

A retrospective study of 70 mMOGCT patients treated in our hospital between 2000 and 2022 was conducted. The recurrence-free survival (RFS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and risk stratification systems based on scoring the identified prognostic factors were assessed.

RESULTS

Yolk sac tumor component was the most common type (80%), followed by dysgerminoma (50%), immature teratoma (40%), embryonic carcinoma (27.1%), and chorionic carcinoma (15.7%). The 5-year RFS and DSS rates were 77.9% and 87.9%, respectively. International federation of gynecology and obstetrics (FIGO) stage III-IV (RR 3.253, P = 0.029) and normalization of tumor marker (TM) ≤ 3 cycles of chemotherapy (RR 6.249, P = 0.017) were risk factors for RFS and DSS, respectively. Significant DSS (RR 8.268, P = 0.006) was also noted between patients who had normalized TM ≤ 4 and ≥5 cycles of chemotherapy. FIGO stages I-II and stages III-IV were scored as 0 and 2, respectively. AFP normalization ≤3, 4, and ≥5 cycles of chemotherapy were scored as 0, 1, and 4, respectively. A total score of 0, 1-2, and ≥3 stratified patients into low-risk (43 patients), intermediate-risk (13 patients), and high-risk groups (14 patients), respectively. Patients in three risk stratifications manifested significant differences in DSS (P = 0.010) but not in RFS (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION

Distinct different component patterns existed among mMOGCT patients, and predicting survival outcomes in a universal model was challenging.

Associations of ambient temperature and total cloud cover during pregnancy with newborn vitamin D status

OBJECTIVES

We aimed to estimate the effects of temperature and total cloud cover before birth on newborn vitamin D status.

STUDY DESIGN

Prospective birth cohort.

METHODS

This study included 2055 mother-newborn pairs in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The data of temperature and total cloud cover from 30 days before birth were collected, and cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] were determined. Restricted cubic spline regression models, multiple linear regression models, and logistic regression models were applied to estimate the associations.

RESULTS

A "J" shaped curve was observed between temperature and vitamin D status, and an inverse "J" shaped curve was observed between total cloud cover and vitamin D status. Compared to the fourth quartile (75-100th percentile, Q4) of average temperature (30 days before birth), the odds ratio (OR) for Q1 (0-25th percentile) associated with the vitamin D deficiency occurrence (<20 ng/mL) was 3.63 (95% CI, 1.54, 8.65). Compared to Q1 of the average total cloud cover (30 days before birth), the OR associated with the occurrence of vitamin D deficiency was 2.38 (95% CI, 1.63, 3.50) for the Q4.

CONCLUSIONS

Low temperature and high cloud cover before delivery were significantly associated with an increased probability of vitamin D deficiency in newborns. The findings suggested that pregnancy women lacking sufficient sunlight exposure still need vitamin D supplement to overcome the potential vitamin D deficiency status.

[Long-term outcome of patients with rectal cancer who achieve complete or near complete clinical responses after neoadjuvant therapy: a multicenter registry study of data from the Chinese Watch and Wait Database]

Objective: To report the long-term outcomes of Chinese rectal cancer patients after adopting a Watch and Wait (W&W) strategy following neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). Methods: This multicenter, cross-sectional study was based on real-world data. The study cohort comprised rectal cancer patients who had achieved complete or near complete clinical responses (cCRs, near-cCRs) after NAT and were thereafter managed by a W&W approach, as well as a few patients who had achieved good responses after NAT and had then undergone local excision for confirmation of pathological complete response. All participants had been followed up for ≥2 years. Patients with distant metastases at baseline or who opted for observation while living with the tumor were excluded. Data of eligible patients were retrospectively collected from the Chinese Wait-and-Watch Data Collaboration Group database. These included baseline characteristics, type of NAT, pre-treatment imaging results, evaluation of post-NAT efficacy, salvage measures, and treatment outcomes. We herein report the long-term outcomes of Chinese rectal cancer patients after NAT and W&W and the differences between the cCR and near-cCR groups. Results: Clinical data of 318 rectal cancer patients who had undergone W&W for over 2 years and been followed up were collected from eight medical centers (Peking University Cancer Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Shanghai Changhai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Liaoning Cancer Hospital, the First Hospital of Jilin University, and Yunnan Cancer Hospital.) The participants comprised 221 men (69.4%) and 107 women (30.6%) of median age 60 (26-86) years. The median distance between tumor and anal verge was 3.4 (0-10.4) cm. Of these patients, 291 and 27 had achieved cCR or near-cCR, respectively, after NAT. The median duration of follow-up was 48.4 (10.2-110.3) months. The 5-year cumulative overall survival rate was 92.4% (95%CI: 86.8%-95.7%), 5-year cumulative disease-specific survival (CSS) rate 96.6% (95%CI: 92.2%-98.5%), 5-year cumulative organ-preserving disease-free survival rate 86.6% (95%CI: 81.0%-90.7%), and 5-year organ preservation rate 85.3% (95%CI: 80.3%-89.1%). The overall 5-year local recurrence and distant metastasis rates were 18.5% (95%CI: 14.9%-20.8%) and 8.2% (95%CI: 5.4%-12.5%), respectively. Most local recurrences (82.1%, 46/56) occurred within 2 years, and 91.0% (51/56) occurred within 3 years, the median time to recurrence being 11.7 (2.5-66.6) months. Most (91.1%, 51/56) local recurrences occurred within the intestinal lumen. Distant metastases developed in 23 patients; 60.9% (14/23) occurred within 2 years and 73.9% (17/23) within 3 years, the median time to distant metastasis being 21.9 (2.6-90.3) months. Common sites included lung (15/23, 65.2%), liver (6/23, 26.1%), and bone (7/23, 30.4%) The metastases involved single organs in 17 patients and multiple organs in six. There were no significant differences in overall, cumulative disease-specific, or organ-preserving disease-free survival or rate of metastases between the two groups (all P>0.05). The 5-year local recurrence rate was higher in the near-cCR than in the cCR group (41.6% vs. 16.4%, P<0.01), with a lower organ preservation rate (69.2% vs. 88.0%, P<0.001). The success rates of salvage after local recurrence and distant metastasis were 82.1% (46/56) and 13.0% (3/23), respectively. Conclusion: Rectal cancer patients who achieve cCR or near-cCR after NAT and undergo W&W have favorable oncological outcomes and a high rate of organ preservation. Local recurrence and distant metastasis during W&W follow certain patterns, with a relatively high salvage rate for local recurrence. Our findings highlight the importance of close follow-up and timely intervention during the W&W process.

[Role of neoadjuvant rectal score in prognosis and adjuvant chemotherapy decision-making in locally advanced rectal cancer following neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy]

Objectives: To assess the prognostic impact of the neoadjuvant rectal (NAR) score following neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), as well as its value in guiding decisions for adjuvant chemotherapy. Methods: Between August 2015 and August 2018, patients were eligible from the STELLAR phase III trial (NCT02533271) who received short-course radiotherapy plus consolidation chemotherapy and for whom the NAR score could be calculated. Based on the NAR score, patients were categorized into low (＜8), intermediate (8-16), and high (＞16) groups. The Kaplan-Meier method, log rank tests, and multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression models were used to evaluate the impact of the NAR score on disease-free survival (DFS). Results: Out of the 232 patients, 24.1%, 48.7%, and 27.2% had low (56 cases), intermediate (113 cases), and high NAR scores (63 cases), respectively. The median follow-up period was 37 months, with 3-year DFS rates of 87.3%, 68.3%, and 53.4% (P＜0.001) for the low, intermediate, and high NAR score groups. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the NAR score (intermediate NAR score: HR, 3.10, 95% CI, 1.30-7.37, P=0.011; high NAR scores: HR=5.44, 95% CI, 2.26-13.09, P＜0.001), resection status (HR, 3.00, 95% CI, 1.64-5.52, P＜0.001), and adjuvant chemotherapy (HR, 3.25, 95% CI, 2.01-5.27, P＜0.001) were independent prognostic factors for DFS. In patients with R0 resection, the 3-year DFS rates were 97.8% and 78.0% for those with low and intermediate NAR scores who received adjuvant chemotherapy, significantly higher than the 43.2% and 50.6% for those who did not (P＜0.001, P=0.002). There was no significant difference in the 3-year DFS rate (54.2% vs 53.3%, P=0.214) among high NAR score patients, regardless of adjuvant chemotherapy. Conclusions: The NAR score is a robust prognostic indicator in LARC following neoadjuvant short-course radiotherapy and consolidation chemotherapy, with potential implications for subsequent decisions regarding adjuvant chemotherapy. These findings warrant further validation in studies with larger sample sizes.

[Analysis of the safety, accuracy, and factors influencing bleeding complications in CT-guided puncture biopsy of brain occupying lesions]

Objective: To investigate the safety and accuracy of CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy and the possible influencing factors of postoperative bleeding complications. Methods: A case series study. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 101 patients who underwent CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2017 to December 2021. The basic data of patients and the safety and accuracy of CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy were analyzed statistically. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to screen the influencing factors of bleeding complications in CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy, and the bleeding complications in glioma subgroup were analyzed. Results: Among the 101 patients, 53 were males and 48 were females, aged (53.7±17.2) years. The average diameter of intracranial lesions was (3.5±1.4) cm, while the vertical distance from the lesion to the meninges was (2.4±1.7) cm. The needle's intracranial depth reached (3.2±1.8) cm, with adjustments averaging (3±1) occurrences and an average procedural duration of (40.2±12.9) minutes. Pathological diagnoses included glioma (36 cases), gliosis (3 cases), lymphoma (32 cases), metastatic tumors (7 cases), inflammatory lesions (13 cases), and 10 indeterminate cases. The positive rate of puncture pathology was 90.1% (91/101), and the diagnostic coincidence rate was 94.0% (78/83). The incidence of bleeding complications in CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy was 26.7% (27/101), of which 23 cases had small intratoma or needle path bleeding, 4 cases had massive bleeding, and 2 cases died. The patients were divided into bleeding group (n=27) and no bleeding group (n=74), according to the presence or absence of bleeding. The results of univariate logistic regression analysis showed that thrombin time≥15 s and the number of needle adjustment were the factors affecting the occurrence of bleeding complications (both P<0.05), and the results of multivariate logistic regression showed that thrombin time≥15 s was the related factor for bleeding. Patients with thrombin time≥15 s had a 3.045 times higher risk of bleeding than those with thrombin time<15 s (OR=3.045,95%CI:1.189-7.799,P=0.020). Among the 101 patients, 36 cases of midbrain glioma were divided into low-grade glioma group (n=11) and high-grade glioma group (n=25) according to the pathological grade. Subgroup analysis showed that the risk of bleeding for high-grade gliomas was 9.231 times higher than that for low-grade gliomas (OR=9.231,95%CI:1.023-83.331,P=0.031). Conclusions: CT-guided intracranial puncture biopsy is safe and feasible with high accuracy. Complication rates are associated with thrombin time≥15 s, especially high-grade glioma, which increases the risk of postoperative bleeding.

Novel Measurement of the Neutron Magnetic Form Factor from A=3 Mirror Nuclei

The electromagnetic form factors of the proton and neutron encode information on the spatial structure of their charge and magnetization distributions. While measurements of the proton are relatively straightforward, the lack of a free neutron target makes measurements of the neutron's electromagnetic structure more challenging and more sensitive to experimental or model-dependent uncertainties. Various experiments have attempted to extract the neutron form factors from scattering from the neutron in deuterium, with different techniques providing different, and sometimes large, systematic uncertainties. We present results from a novel measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using quasielastic scattering from the mirror nuclei ^{3}H and ^{3}He, where the nuclear effects are larger than for deuterium but expected to largely cancel in the cross-section ratios. We extracted values of the neutron magnetic form factor for low-to-modest momentum transfer, 0.6 Collapse

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S N Santiesteban University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
S Li University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
D Abrams University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
S Alsalmi Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
D Androic University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
K Aniol California State University, Los Angeles, California 90032, USA
J Arrington Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
T Averett William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
C Ayerbe Gayoso William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
J Bane University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA
S Barcus William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
J Barrow University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
A Beck Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
V Bellini INFN Sezione di Catania, Italy
H Bhatt Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
D Bhetuwal Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
D Biswas Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
A Camsonne Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
J Castellanos Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
J Chen William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
J-P Chen Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
D Chrisman Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
M E Christy Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
C Clarke Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
S Covrig Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
R Cruz-Torres Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
D Day University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
D Dutta Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
E Fuchey University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
C Gal University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
F Garibaldi INFN, Rome, Italy
T N Gautam Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
T Gogami Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
J Gomez Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
P Guèye Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
T J Hague Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
J O Hansen Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
F Hauenstein Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
W Henry Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, USA
D W Higinbotham Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
R J Holt Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
C Hyde Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
K Itabashi Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
M Kaneta Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
A Karki Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA
A T Katramatou Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
C E Keppel Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
P M King Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
L Kurbany University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
T Kutz Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
N Lashley-Colthirst Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
W B Li William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
H Liu Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
N Liyanage University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
E Long University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
A Lovato Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA Computational Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA INFN-TIFPA Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications, 38123 Trento, Italy
J Mammei University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
P Markowitz Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
R E McClellan Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
F Meddi INFN, Rome, Italy
D Meekins Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
R Michaels Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
M Mihovilovič Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, DE-55128 Mainz, Germany
A Moyer Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
S Nagao Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
D Nguyen University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
M Nycz Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
M Olson Saint Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin 54115, USA
L Ou Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
V Owen William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, USA
C Palatchi University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
B Pandey Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 23669, USA
A Papadopoulou Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
S Park Stony Brook, State University of New York, New York 11794, USA
T Petkovic University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
S Premathilake University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
V Punjabi Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
R D Ransome Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854, USA
P E Reimer Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
J Reinhold Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
S Riordan Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
N Rocco Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
V M Rodriguez División de Ciencias y Tecnología, Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Recinto de Cupey, San Juan 00926, Puerto Rico
A Schmidt Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
B Schmookler Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
E P Segarra Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
A Shahinyan Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
S Širca Jožef Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
K Slifer University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
P Solvignon University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
T Su Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44240, USA
R Suleiman Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
L Tang Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
Y Tian Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA
W Tireman Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, USA
F Tortorici INFN Sezione di Catania, Italy
Y Toyama Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
K Uehara Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
G M Urciuoli INFN, Rome, Italy
D Votaw Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
J Williamson University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom
B Wojtsekhowski Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
S Wood Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, Virginia 23606, USA
Z H Ye Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
J Zhang University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
X Zheng University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA

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[High-quality acceleration of the Chinese national schistosomiasis elimination programme to advance the building of Healthy China]

The goal of achieving elimination of schistosomiasis across all endemic counties in China by 2030 was proposed in the Outline of the Healthy China 2030 Plan. On June 16, 2023, the Action Plan to Accelerate the Elimination of Schistosomiasis in China (2023-2030) was jointly issued by National Disease Control and Prevention Administration and other 10 ministries, which deployed the targets and key tasks of the national schistosomiasis elimination programme in China. This article describes the progress of the national schistosomiasis control programme, analyzes the opportunities to eliminate schistosomiasis, and proposes targeted recommendations to tackle the challenges of schistosomiasis elimination, so as to accelerate the process towards schistosomiasis elimination and facilitate the building of a healthy China.

The incidence of surgical site infections in China

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a common type of healthcare-associated infection. We performed a literature review to demonstrate the incidence of SSIs in mainland China based on studies since 2010. We included 231 eligible studies with ≥30 postoperative patients, comprising 14 providing overall SSI data regardless of surgical sites and 217 reporting SSIs for a specific site. We found that the overall SSI incidence was 2.91% (median; interquartile range: 1.05%, 4.57%) or 3.18% (pooled; 95% confidence interval: 1.85%, 4.51%) and the SSI incidence varied remarkably according to the surgical site between the lowest (median, 1.00%; pooled, 1.69%) in thyroid surgeries and the highest (median, 14.89%; pooled, 12.54%) in colorectal procedures. We uncovered that Enterobacterales and staphylococci were the most common types of micro-organisms associated with SSIs after various abdominal surgeries and cardiac or neurological procedures, respectively. We identified two, nine, and five studies addressing the impact of SSIs on mortality, the length of stay (LOS) in hospital, and additional healthcare-related economic burden, respectively, all of which demonstrated increased mortality, prolonged LOS, and elevated medical costs associated with SSIs among affected patients. Our findings illustrate that SSIs remain a relatively common, serious threat to patient safety in China, requiring more action. To tackle SSIs, we propose to establish a nationwide network for SSI surveillance using unified criteria with the aid of informatic techniques and to tailor and implement countermeasures based on local data and observation. We highlight that the impact of SSIs in China warrants further study.

Contrast-enhanced CT-based radiomics differentiate anterior mediastinum lymphoma from thymoma without myasthenia gravis and calcification

AIM

To explore the value of a radiomics model based on enhanced computed tomography (CT) in differentiating anterior mediastinal lymphoma (AML) and thymoma without myasthenia gravis (MG) and calcification.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The present study analysed patients who were diagnosed histologically with AML and thymoma in three independent institutions. All pre-treatment patients underwent enhanced CT. In the training group of patients from institutions 1 (the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University) and 3 (the Yunnan Cancer Hospital), two radiologists independently analysed the enhanced CT images and performed manual segmentation of each tumour. Radiomics features were screened using interobserver interclass coefficient (ICC) analysis, feature correlation analysis, and L1 regularisation. The discriminative efficacy of the logistic regression model was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Validation group of patients from institution 2 (the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine) was used to validate the proposed models.

RESULTS

A total of 114 patients were enrolled in this study and 1,743 radiomics features were extracted from the enhanced CT images. After feature screening, the remaining 37 robust radiomics features were used to construct the model. In the training group, the AUC of the model was 0.987 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.976-0.999), the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 0.912, 0.946, and 0.924, respectively. In the validation group, the AUC of the model was 0.798 (95% CI: 0.683-0.913), the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 0.760, 0.700, and 0.743, respectively.

CONCLUSION

The radiomics model created provided effective information to assist in the selection of clinical strategies, thus reducing unnecessary procedures in patients with AML and guiding direct surgery in patients with thymoma to avoid biopsy.

Amplitude Analysis of the B^{0}→K^{*0}μ^{+}μ^{-} Decay

An amplitude analysis of the B^{0}→K^{*0}μ^{+}μ^{-} decay is presented using a dataset corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.7  fb^{-1} of pp collision data collected with the LHCb experiment. For the first time, the coefficients associated to short-distance physics effects, sensitive to processes beyond the standard model, are extracted directly from the data through a q^{2}-unbinned amplitude analysis, where q^{2} is the μ^{+}μ^{-} invariant mass squared. Long-distance contributions, which originate from nonfactorizable QCD processes, are systematically investigated, and the most accurate assessment to date of their impact on the physical observables is obtained. The pattern of measured corrections to the short-distance couplings is found to be consistent with previous analyses of b- to s-quark transitions, with the largest discrepancy from the standard model predictions found to be at the level of 1.8 standard deviations. The global significance of the observed differences in the decay is 1.4 standard deviations.

Study of High-Transverse-Momentum Higgs Boson Production in Association with a Vector Boson in the qqbb Final State with the ATLAS Detector

This Letter presents the first study of Higgs boson production in association with a vector boson (V=W or Z) in the fully hadronic qqbb final state using data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 137  fb^{-1}. The vector bosons and Higgs bosons are each reconstructed as large-radius jets and tagged using jet substructure techniques. Dedicated tagging algorithms exploiting b-tagging properties are used to identify jets consistent with Higgs bosons decaying into bb[over ¯]. Dominant backgrounds from multijet production are determined directly from the data, and a likelihood fit to the jet mass distribution of Higgs boson candidates is used to extract the number of signal events. The VH production cross section is measured inclusively and differentially in several ranges of Higgs boson transverse momentum: 250-450, 450-650, and greater than 650 GeV. The inclusive signal yield relative to the standard model expectation is observed to be μ=1.4_{-0.9}^{+1.0} and the corresponding cross section is 3.1±1.3(stat)_{-1.4}^{+1.8}(syst)  pb.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors and cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND

The effect of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors on cancer has yet to be fully elucidated.

OBJECTIVE

This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on cancer.

METHODS

We searched the PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov databases up to July 15, 2023, to identify eligible randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials that lasted at least ≥24 weeks. The primary outcome was the overall cancer incidence, and the secondary outcomes were the incidences of various types of cancer. We used the Mantel-Haenszel method, fixed effects model, risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to analyze dichotomous variables. Subgroup analysis was performed based on the SGLT2 inhibitor type, baseline conditions, and follow-up duration. All meta-analyses were performed using RevMan5.4.1 and Stata MP 16.0.

RESULTS

A total of 58 publications (59 trials) were included, comprising 113,909 participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus and/or chronic kidney disease and/or high cardiovascular risk and/or heart failure (SGLT2 inhibitor group, 63864; placebo group, 50045). Compared to the placebo SGLT2 inhibitors did not significantly increase the overall incidence of cancer (RR 1.01; 95% CI 0.94-1.08; p = 0.82). However, ertugliflozin did significantly increase the overall incidence of cancer (RR 1.29; 95% CI 1.01-1.64; p = 0.04). SGLT2 inhibitors did not increase the risks of bladder or breast cancer. However, dapagliflozin did significantly reduce the risk of bladder cancer by 47% (RR 0.53; 95% CI 0.35-0.81; p = 0.003). SGLT2 inhibitors had no significant effect on the risks of gastrointestinal, thyroid, skin, respiratory, prostate, uterine/endometrial, hepatic and pancreatic cancers. Dapagliflozin reduced the risk of respiratory cancer by 26% (RR 0.74; 95% CI 0.55-1.00; p = 0.05). SGLT2 inhibitors (particularly mediated by dapagliflozin and ertugliflozin but not statistically significant) were associated with a greater risk of renal cancer than the placebo (RR 1.39; 95% CI 1.04-1.87; p = 0.03).

CONCLUSION

SGLT2 inhibitors did not significantly increase the overall risk of cancer or the risks of bladder and breast cancers. However, the higher risk of renal cancer associated with SGLT2 inhibitors warrants concern.

[Capacity building in schistosomiasis control institutions in China: a cross-sectional study]

OBJECTIVE

To understand the current status of capacity building in schistosomiasis control institutes in schistosomiasis-endemic provinces (municipality, autonomous region) of China.

METHODS

The responsibilities and construction requirements of various schistosomiasis control institutions were surveyed by expert discussions, and field interviews and visits during the period between May and June, 2023, and the questionnaire for capacity maintenance and consolidation in schistosomiasis control institutions was designed. An online questionnaire survey was conducted in county-, municipal-, and provincial-level institutions that undertook schistosomiasis control and surveillance activities through the Wenjuanxing program. The distribution of schistosomiasis control institutions, the status of institutions, departments and staff undertaking schistosomiasis control activities and the translation of scientific researches on schistosomiasis control in China were analyzed. The laboratories accredited by China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) were considered to be capable for testing associated with schistosomiasis control, and the testing capability of schistosomiasis control institutions was analyzed.

RESULTS

A total of 486 valid questionnaires were recovered from 486 schistosomiasis control institutions in 12 endemic provinces (municipality, autonomous region) of China, including 12 provincial-level institutions (2.5%), 77 municipal-level institutions (15.8%) and 397 county-level institutions (81.7%). Of all schistosomiasis control institutions, 376 (77.4%) were centers for disease control and prevention or public health centers, 102 (21.0%) were institutions for schistosomiasis, endemic disease and parasitic disease control, and 8 (1.6%) were hospitals, healthcare centers or others. There were 37 713 active employees in the 486 schistosomiasis control institutions, including 5 675 employees related to schistosomiasis control, and the proportions of employees associated with schistosomiasis control among all active employees were 5.9% (231/3 897), 5.5% (566/10 134), and 20.6% (4 878/23 682) in provincial-, municipal-, and county-level institutions, respectively. There were 3 826 full-time employees working in schistosomiasis control activities, with 30.5% (1 166/3 826), 34.6% (1 324) and 34.9% (1 336/3 826) at ages of 40 years and below, 41 to 50 years and over 50 years, and there were 1 571 (41.0%) full-time schistosomiasis control employees with duration of schistosomiasis control activities for over 25 years, and 1 358 (35.5%) employees with junior professional titles and 1 290 with intermediate professional titles (35.5%), while 712 (18.6%) full-time employees working in schistosomiasis control activities had no professional titles. The three core schistosomiasis control activities included snail control (26.3%, 374/1 420), epidemics surveillance and management (25.4%, 361/1 420) and health education (18.8%, 267/1 420) in schistosomiasis control institutions. The Kato-Katz method, miracidium hatching test with nylon gauzes, and indirect haemagglutination assay (IHA) were the most commonly used techniques for detection of schistosomiasis, and there were less than 50% laboratories that had capabilities or experimental conditions for performing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), dipstick dye immunoassay (DDIA), dot immunogold filtration assay (DIG-FA), loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. During the period from 2018 to 2022, schistosomiasis control institutions had undertaken a total of 211 research projects for schistosomiasis control, with a total funding of 18.596 million RMB, published 619 articles, participated in formulation of 13 schistosomiasis control-related criteria, and applied for 113 schistosomiasis control-related patents, including 101 that were granted, and commercialized 4 scientific research outcomes.

CONCLUSIONS

The proportion of independent specialized schistosomiasis control institutions is low in schistosomiasis control institutions in China, which suffers from problems of unsatisfactory laboratory testing capabilities, aging of staff and a high proportion of low-level professional titles. More investment into and intensified schistosomiasis control activities and improved capability building and talent cultivation in schistosomiasis control institutions are recommended to provide a powerful support for high-quality elimination of schistosomiasis in China.

Added value of spectral computed tomography quantitative parameters for differentiating tuberculosis-associated fibrosing mediastinitis from endobronchial lung cancer: initial results

OBJECTIVE

The objective of this study was to explore the added value of spectral computed tomography (CT) parameters to conventional CT features for differentiating tuberculosis-associated fibrosing mediastinitis (TB-associated FM) from endobronchial lung cancer (EBLC).

METHODS

Chest spectral CT enhancement images from 109 patients with atelectasis were analyzed retrospectively. These patients were divided into two distinct categories: the TB-associated FM group (n = 77) and the EBLC group (n = 32), based on bronchoscopy and/or pathological findings. The selection of spectrum parameters was optimized with the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression analysis. The relationship between the spectrum parameters and conventional parameters was explored using Pearson's correlation. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to build spectrum model. The spectrum parameters in the spectrum model were replaced with their corresponding conventional parameters to build the conventional model. Diagnostic performances were evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analyses.

RESULTS

There was a moderate correlation between the parameters ㏒(L-AEFNIC) - ㏒(L-AEFC) (r= 0.419; p< 0.0001), ㏒(O-AEF40KeV) - ㏒(O-AEFC) (r= 0.475; p< 0.0001), [L-A-hydroxyapatite {HAP}(I)] - (L-U-CT) (r= 0.604; p< 0.0001), {arterial enhancement fraction (AEF) derived from normalized iodine concentration (NIC) of lymph node (L-AEFNIC), AEF derived from CT40KeV of bronchial obstruction (O-AEF40KeV), arterial-phase Hydroxyapatite (Iodine) concentration of lymph node [L-A-HAP(I)], AEF derived from conventional CT (AEFC), unenhanced CT value (U-CT)}. Spectrum model could improve diagnostic performances compared to conventional model (area under curve: 0.965 vs 0.916, p= 0.038).

CONCLUSION

There was a moderate correlation between spectrum parameters and conventional parameters. Integrating conventional CT features with spectrum parameters could further improve the ability in differentiating TB-associated FM from EBLC.

Clinical and cardiac MRI characteristics: prognosis in patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy

AIMS

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is recognized as a type of non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). To date, the clinical prognosis of ACM remains a topic of debate in previous studies and there are limited studies on its cardiac MRI characteristics. The aim of this study was to summarize the clinical and MRI features of ACM patients and to identify the predictors of adverse prognosis based on clinical characteristics and MRI imaging findings.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Adult patients who were clinically diagnosed with ACM and underwent enhanced CMR between September 2015 and August 2022 were retrospectively enrolled. The primary endpoints were major adverse cardiovascular events, including cardiac-related death, heart transplantation, hospitalization for heart failure and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or ICD shock). The risk factors associated with these primary end points were identified using multivariable Cox analysis.

RESULTS

A total of 62 ACM patients (50 ± 9 years, 62 men) were included. The majority of patients presented with symptoms of heart failure. Over a median follow-up period of 30.3 months (IQR 12.2-57.7 months), 24 patients reached the primary endpoints. For clinical variables, multivariable analysis showed that drinking duration (HR=1.05; 95%CI:1.01, 1.11; p=0.03) and persistent drinking (HR=3.71; 95%CI:1.46, 9.44; p=0.01) were associated with MACE. For CMR variables, late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) percent (HR = 1.09; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.14; p<0.001) stood out as an independent predictor for MACE.

CONCLUSIONS

In ACM patients, persistent drinking and cardiac MRI-defined myocardial scar were associated with adverse outcomes such as cardiac death, heart transplantation, hospitalization for heart failure or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias.

Measurement of the Centrality Dependence of the Dijet Yield in p+Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

ATLAS measured the centrality dependence of the dijet yield using 165  nb^{-1} of p+Pb data collected at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16  TeV in 2016. The event centrality, which reflects the p+Pb impact parameter, is characterized by the total transverse energy registered in the Pb-going side of the forward calorimeter. The central-to-peripheral ratio of the scaled dijet yields, R_{CP}, is evaluated, and the results are presented as a function of variables that reflect the kinematics of the initial hard parton scattering process. The R_{CP} shows a scaling with the Bjorken x of the parton originating from the proton, x_{p}, while no such trend is observed as a function of x_{Pb}. This analysis provides unique input to understanding the role of small proton spatial configurations in p+Pb collisions by covering parton momentum fractions from the valence region down to x_{p}∼10^{-3} and x_{Pb}∼4×10^{-4}.

Fraction of χ_{c} Decays in Prompt J/ψ Production Measured in pPb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16 TeV

The fraction of χ_{c1} and χ_{c2} decays in the prompt J/ψ yield, F_{χ_{c}→J/ψ}=σ_{χ_{c}→J/ψ}/σ_{J/ψ}, is measured by the LHCb detector in pPb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=8.16  TeV. The study covers the forward (1.5 Collapse

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R Aaij Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A S W Abdelmotteleb Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
C Abellan Beteta Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
F Abudinén Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
T Ackernley Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
B Adeva Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M Adinolfi H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
P Adlarson Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
C Agapopoulou European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
C A Aidala University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
Z Ajaltouni Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
S Akar University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
K Akiba Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
P Albicocco INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
J Albrecht Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
F Alessio European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Alexander School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A Alfonso Albero ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Z Aliouche Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
P Alvarez Cartelle Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
R Amalric LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
S Amato Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J L Amey H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Y Amhis Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
L An School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
L Anderlini INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
M Andersson Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
A Andreianov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Andreola Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
M Andreotti INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
D Andreou Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
A A Anelli INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
D Ao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
F Archilli INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
M Argenton INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
S Arguedas Cuendis Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica
A Artamonov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Artuso Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
E Aslanides Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
M Atzeni Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
B Audurier Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
D Bacher Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
I Bachiller Perea Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
S Bachmann Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
M Bachmayer Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
J J Back Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
A Bailly-Reyre LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
P Baladron Rodriguez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
V Balagura Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
W Baldini INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
J Baptista de Souza Leite Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M Barbetti INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
I R Barbosa Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (associated with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
R J Barlow Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
S Barsuk Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
W Barter School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Bartolini Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
F Baryshnikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J M Basels I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
G Bassi INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
B Batsukh Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
A Battig Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
A Bay Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
A Beck Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
M Becker Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
F Bedeschi INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
I B Bediaga Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A Beiter Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
S Belin Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
V Bellee Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
K Belous Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
I Belov INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
I Belyaev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
G Benane Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
G Bencivenni INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
E Ben-Haim LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
A Berezhnoy Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R Bernet Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
S Bernet Andres DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
H C Bernstein Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
C Bertella Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
A Bertolin Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
C Betancourt Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
F Betti School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J Bex Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ia Bezshyiko Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
J Bhom Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
M S Bieker Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
N V Biesuz INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
P Billoir LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
A Biolchini Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M Birch Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
F C R Bishop Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
A Bitadze Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
A Bizzeti School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland NSC Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NSC KIPT), Kharkiv, Ukraine Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (associated with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China) Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China) School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France) Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (associated with European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland) Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA) Departement de Physique Nucleaire (SPhN), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
M P Blago Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
T Blake Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
F Blanc Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
J E Blank Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
S Blusk Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
D Bobulska School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
V Bocharnikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J A Boelhauve Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
O Boente Garcia Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
T Boettcher University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
A Bohare School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A Boldyrev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C S Bolognani Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
R Bolzonella INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
N Bondar Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
F Borgato Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Borghi Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M Borsato INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
J T Borsuk Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
S A Bouchiba Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
T J V Bowcock Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A Boyer European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
C Bozzi INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
M J Bradley Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
S Braun University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
A Brea Rodriguez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
N Breer Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
J Brodzicka Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
A Brossa Gonzalo Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J Brown Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
D Brundu INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
A Buonaura Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
L Buonincontri Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
A T Burke Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
C Burr European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Bursche Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
A Butkevich Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J S Butter Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J Buytaert European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
W Byczynski European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Cadeddu INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
H Cai School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
R Calabrese INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
L Calefice Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
S Cali INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
M Calvi INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
M Calvo Gomez DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
J Cambon Bouzas Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
P Campana INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
D H Campora Perez Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A F Campoverde Quezada University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
S Capelli INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
L Capriotti INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
R Caravaca-Mora Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica
A Carbone INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
L Carcedo Salgado Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
R Cardinale INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
A Cardini INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
P Carniti INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
L Carus Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A Casais Vidal Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
R Caspary Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
G Casse Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
J Castro Godinez Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica
M Cattaneo European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
G Cavallero INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
V Cavallini INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
S Celani Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
J Cerasoli Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
D Cervenkov Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
S Cesare INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
A J Chadwick Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
I Chahrour University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
M Charles LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
Ph Charpentier European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
C A Chavez Barajas Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
M Chefdeville Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
C Chen Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
S Chen Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
A Chernov Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
S Chernyshenko Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
V Chobanova Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
S Cholak Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M Chrzaszcz Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
A Chubykin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
V Chulikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Ciambrone INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
M F Cicala Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
X Cid Vidal Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G Ciezarek European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P Cifra European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P E L Clarke School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Clemencic European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
H V Cliff Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J Closier European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J L Cobbledick Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
C Cocha Toapaxi Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
V Coco European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J Cogan Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
E Cogneras Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
L Cojocariu Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
P Collins European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
T Colombo European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Comerma-Montells ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
L Congedo INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
A Contu INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
N Cooke School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
I Corredoira Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A Correia LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
G Corti European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J J Cottee Meldrum H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
B Couturier European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D C Craik Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
M Cruz Torres Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
R Currie School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
C L Da Silva Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
S Dadabaev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
L Dai School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
X Dai School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
E Dall'Occo Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
J Dalseno Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
C D'Ambrosio European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J Daniel Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Danilina Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P d'Argent INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
A Davidson Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
J E Davies Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
A Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
O De Aguiar Francisco Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
C De Angelis INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
J de Boer Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
K De Bruyn Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
S De Capua Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M De Cian Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
U De Freitas Carneiro Da Graca Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E De Lucia INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
J M De Miranda Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
L De Paula Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M De Serio INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
D De Simone Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
P De Simone INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
F De Vellis Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
J A de Vries Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
F Debernardis INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
D Decamp Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
V Dedu Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
L Del Buono LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
B Delaney Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
H-P Dembinski Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
J Deng Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
V Denysenko Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
O Deschamps Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
F Dettori INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
B Dey Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (associated with European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland)
P Di Nezza INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
I Diachkov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
S Didenko Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
S Ding Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
V Dobishuk Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
A D Docheva School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A Dolmatov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C Dong Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
A M Donohoe School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
F Dordei INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
A C Dos Reis Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
L Douglas School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A G Downes Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
W Duan Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
P Duda Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland)
M W Dudek Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
L Dufour European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
V Duk INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
P Durante European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M M Duras Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland)
J M Durham Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
A Dziurda Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
A Dzyuba Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
S Easo European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
E Eckstein Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
U Egede School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
A Egorychev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
V Egorychev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C Eirea Orro Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
S Eisenhardt School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
E Ejopu Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
S Ek-In Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
L Eklund Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
M Elashri University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
J Ellbracht Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
S Ely Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
A Ene Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
E Epple University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
S Escher I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
J Eschle Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
S Esen Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
T Evans Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
F Fabiano INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
L N Falcao Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Y Fan University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
B Fang Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
L Fantini INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
M Faria Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
K Farmer School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
D Fazzini INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
L Felkowski Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland)
M Feng Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
M Feo European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Fernandez Gomez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A D Fernez University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
F Ferrari INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
F Ferreira Rodrigues Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
S Ferreres Sole Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M Ferrillo Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
M Ferro-Luzzi European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Filippov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R A Fini INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
M Fiorini INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
M Firlej AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
K M Fischer Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
D S Fitzgerald University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
C Fitzpatrick Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
T Fiutowski AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
F Fleuret Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
M Fontana INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
F Fontanelli INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
L F Foreman Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
R Forty European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D Foulds-Holt Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
M Franco Sevilla University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
M Frank European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
E Franzoso INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
G Frau Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
C Frei European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D A Friday Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
L Frontini INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
J Fu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Q Fuehring Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Y Fujii School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
T Fulghesu LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
E Gabriel Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
G Galati INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
M D Galati Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Gallas Torreira Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
D Galli INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
S Gambetta European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Gandelman Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
P Gandini INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
H Gao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
R Gao Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Y Gao Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Y Gao School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Y Gao Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
M Garau INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
L M Garcia Martin Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
P Garcia Moreno ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J García Pardiñas European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
B Garcia Plana Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
K G Garg Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
L Garrido ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
C Gaspar European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
R E Geertsema Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
L L Gerken Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
E Gersabeck Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M Gersabeck Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
T Gershon Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Z Ghorbanimoghaddam H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
L Giambastiani Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
F I Giasemis LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
V Gibson Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
H K Giemza National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
A L Gilman Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
M Giovannetti INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
A Gioventù ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
P Gironella Gironell ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
C Giugliano INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
M A Giza Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
E L Gkougkousis Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
F C Glaser Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
V V Gligorov LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
C Göbel Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (associated with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
E Golobardes DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
D Golubkov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Golutvin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
A Gomes Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
S Gomez Fernandez ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
F Goncalves Abrantes Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
M Goncerz Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
G Gong Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
J A Gooding Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
I V Gorelov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C Gotti INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
J P Grabowski Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
L A Granado Cardoso European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
E Graugés ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
E Graverini Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
L Grazette Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
G Graziani School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland NSC Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NSC KIPT), Kharkiv, Ukraine Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (associated with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China) Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China) School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France) Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (associated with European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland) Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA) Departement de Physique Nucleaire (SPhN), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
A T Grecu Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
L M Greeven Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
N A Grieser University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
L Grillo School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
S Gromov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C Gu Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
M Guarise INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
M Guittiere Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
V Guliaeva Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P A Günther Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A-K Guseinov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
E Gushchin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
Y Guz School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
T Gys European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
T Hadavizadeh School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
C Hadjivasiliou University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
G Haefeli Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
C Haen European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J Haimberger European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Hajheidari European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
T Halewood-Leagas Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
M M Halvorsen European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P M Hamilton University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
J Hammerich Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Q Han Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
X Han Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
S Hansmann-Menzemer Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
L Hao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
N Harnew Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
T Harrison Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
M Hartmann Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
C Hasse European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J He University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
K Heijhoff Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
F Hemmer European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
C Henderson University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
R D L Henderson School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
A M Hennequin European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
K Hennessy Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
L Henry Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
J Herd Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Heuel I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
A Hicheur Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D Hill Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
S E Hollitt Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
J Horswill Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
R Hou Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Y Hou Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
N Howarth Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
J Hu Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Hu Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
W Hu School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
X Hu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
W Huang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
W Hulsbergen Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
R J Hunter Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
M Hushchyn Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
D Hutchcroft Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
M Idzik AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
D Ilin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Ilten University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
A Inglessi Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Iniukhin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Ishteev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
K Ivshin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R Jacobsson European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
H Jage I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
S J Jaimes Elles Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France)
S Jakobsen European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
E Jans Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
B K Jashal Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
A Jawahery University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
V Jevtic Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
E Jiang University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
X Jiang Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Y Jiang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Y J Jiang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
M John Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
D Johnson University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
C R Jones Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
T P Jones Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
S Joshi National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
B Jost European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
N Jurik European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
I Juszczak Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
D Kaminaris Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
S Kandybei NSC Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NSC KIPT), Kharkiv, Ukraine
Y Kang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
M Karacson European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D Karpenkov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Karpov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A M Kauniskangas Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
J W Kautz University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
F Keizer European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D M Keller Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
M Kenzie Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
T Ketel Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
B Khanji Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
A Kharisova Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
S Kholodenko INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
G Khreich Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
T Kirn I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
V S Kirsebom Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
O Kitouni Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
S Klaver Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
N Kleijne INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
K Klimaszewski National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
M R Kmiec National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
S Koliiev Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
L Kolk Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
A Konoplyannikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Kopciewicz AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P Koppenburg Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M Korolev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
I Kostiuk Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
O Kot Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
S Kotriakhova School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland NSC Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NSC KIPT), Kharkiv, Ukraine Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (associated with Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China) Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China) School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France) Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (associated with European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland) Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA) Departement de Physique Nucleaire (SPhN), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
A Kozachuk Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Kravchenko Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
L Kravchuk Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Kreps Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
S Kretzschmar I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
P Krokovny Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
W Krupa Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
W Krzemien National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
J Kubat Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
S Kubis Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland (associated with Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland)
W Kucewicz Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
M Kucharczyk Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
V Kudryavtsev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
E Kulikova Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Kupsc Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
B K Kutsenko Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
D Lacarrere European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Lai INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
A Lampis INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
D Lancierini Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
C Landesa Gomez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J J Lane School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
R Lane H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
C Langenbruch Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Langer Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
O Lantwin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
T Latham Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
F Lazzari INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
C Lazzeroni University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
R Le Gac Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
S H Lee University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
R Lefèvre Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Leflat Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
S Legotin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Lehuraux Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
O Leroy Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
T Lesiak Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
B Leverington Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A Li Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
H Li Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
K Li Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
L Li Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
P Li European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P-R Li Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China)
S Li Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
T Li Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
T Li Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Y Li Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Y Li Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
Z Li Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
Z Lian Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
X Liang Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
C Lin University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
T Lin STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
R Lindner European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
V Lisovskyi Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
R Litvinov INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
G Liu Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
H Liu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
K Liu Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China)
Q Liu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
S Liu Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Y Liu School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Y Liu Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (associated with Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China)
Y L Liu Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
A Lobo Salvia ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
A Loi INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
J Lomba Castro Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
T Long Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
J H Lopes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A Lopez Huertas ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
S López Soliño Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G H Lovell Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
C Lucarelli INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
D Lucchesi Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
S Luchuk Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Lucio Martinez Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
V Lukashenko Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
Y Luo Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
A Lupato Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
E Luppi INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
K Lynch School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
X-R Lyu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
G M Ma Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
R Ma University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
S Maccolini Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
F Machefert Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
F Maciuc Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
I Mackay Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
L R Madhan Mohan Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
M M Madurai University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
A Maevskiy Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
D Magdalinski Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
D Maisuzenko Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M W Majewski AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
J J Malczewski Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
S Malde Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
B Malecki Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
L Malentacca European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Malinin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
T Maltsev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
G Manca INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
G Mancinelli Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
C Mancuso Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
R Manera Escalero ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
D Manuzzi INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
D Marangotto INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
J F Marchand Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
R Marchevski Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
U Marconi INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
S Mariani European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
C Marin Benito ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J Marks Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A M Marshall H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
P J Marshall Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
G Martelli INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
G Martellotti INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
L Martinazzoli European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Martinelli INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
D Martinez Santos Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
F Martinez Vidal Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
A Massafferri Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M Materok I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
R Matev European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Mathad Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
V Matiunin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
C Matteuzzi Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
K R Mattioli Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
A Mauri Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
E Maurice Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
J Mauricio ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
P Mayencourt Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M Mazurek European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M McCann Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
L Mcconnell School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
T H McGrath Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
N T McHugh School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A McNab Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
R McNulty School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
B Meadows University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
G Meier Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
D Melnychuk National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
M Merk Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A Merli INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
L Meyer Garcia Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D Miao Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
H Miao University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
M Mikhasenko Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
D A Milanes Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France)
A Minotti INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
E Minucci Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
T Miralles Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
S E Mitchell School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
B Mitreska Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
D S Mitzel Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
A Modak STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
A Mödden Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
R A Mohammed Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
R D Moise I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
S Mokhnenko Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
T Mombächer European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Monk School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
I A Monroy Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France)
S Monteil Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Morcillo Gomez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G Morello INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
M J Morello INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
M P Morgenthaler Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
J Moron AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
A B Morris European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A G Morris Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
R Mountain Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
H Mu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Z M Mu School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
E Muhammad Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
F Muheim School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Mulder Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
K Müller Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
F Mũnoz-Rojas Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE), San Jose, Costa Rica
R Murta Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
P Naik Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
T Nakada Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
R Nandakumar STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
T Nanut European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
I Nasteva Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
M Needham School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
N Neri INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
S Neubert Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
N Neufeld European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
P Neustroev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R Newcombe Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Nicolini Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
D Nicotra Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
E M Niel Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
N Nikitin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Nogga Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
N S Nolte Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
C Normand Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
J Novoa Fernandez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G Nowak University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
C Nunez University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
H N Nur School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A Oblakowska-Mucha AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
V Obraztsov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
T Oeser I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
S Okamura INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
R Oldeman INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
F Oliva School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Olocco Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
C J G Onderwater Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
R H O'Neil School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J M Otalora Goicochea Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
T Ovsiannikova Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Owen Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
A Oyanguren Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
O Ozcelik School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
K O Padeken Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
B Pagare Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
P R Pais Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
T Pajero Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
A Palano INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
M Palutan INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
G Panshin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
L Paolucci Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
A Papanestis STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
M Pappagallo INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
L L Pappalardo INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
C Pappenheimer University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
C Parkes Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
B Passalacqua INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
G Passaleva INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
D Passaro INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
A Pastore INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
M Patel Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
J Patoc Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
C Patrignani INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
C J Pawley Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A Pellegrino Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M Pepe Altarelli INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
S Perazzini INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
D Pereima Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Pereiro Castro Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
P Perret Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
A Perro European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
K Petridis H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
A Petrolini INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
S Petrucci School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
H Pham Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
L Pica INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
M Piccini INFN Sezione di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
B Pietrzyk Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
G Pietrzyk Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
D Pinci INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
F Pisani European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Pizzichemi INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
V Placinta Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
M Plo Casasus Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
F Polci LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Poli Lener INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
A Poluektov Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
N Polukhina Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
I Polyakov European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
E Polycarpo Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
S Ponce European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D Popov University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
S Poslavskii Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
K Prasanth Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
C Prouve Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
V Pugatch Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
V Puill Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
G Punzi INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
H R Qi Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
W Qian University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
N Qin Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S Qu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
R Quagliani Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
R I Rabadan Trejo Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
B Rachwal AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
J H Rademacker H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
M Rama INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
M Ramírez García University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
M Ramos Pernas Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
M S Rangel Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
F Ratnikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
G Raven Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
M Rebollo De Miguel Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
F Redi European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
J Reich H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
F Reiss Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Z Ren University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
P K Resmi Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
R Ribatti INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
G R Ricart Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France Departement de Physique Nucleaire (SPhN), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
D Riccardi INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
S Ricciardi STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
K Richardson Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
M Richardson-Slipper School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
K Rinnert Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
P Robbe Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
G Robertson School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
E Rodrigues European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
E Rodriguez Fernandez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J A Rodriguez Lopez Departamento de Fisica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (associated with LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France)
E Rodriguez Rodriguez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A Rogovskiy STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
D L Rolf European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
A Rollings Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
P Roloff European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
V Romanovskiy Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Romero Lamas Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A Romero Vidal Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
G Romolini INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
F Ronchetti Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M Rotondo INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
S R Roy Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
M S Rudolph Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
T Ruf European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Ruiz Diaz Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
R A Ruiz Fernandez Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
J Ruiz Vidal Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (associated with School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
A Ryzhikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J Ryzka AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
J J Saborido Silva Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
R Sadek Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet, CNRS/IN2P3, Ecole Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
N Sagidova Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
N Sahoo University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
B Saitta INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
M Salomoni INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
C Sanchez Gras Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
I Sanderswood Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
R Santacesaria INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
C Santamarina Rios Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
M Santimaria INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
L Santoro Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E Santovetti INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
A Saputi INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D Saranin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
G Sarpis School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M Sarpis Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
A Sarti INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
C Satriano INFN Sezione di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
A Satta INFN Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
M Saur School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
D Savrina Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
H Sazak Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
L G Scantlebury Smead Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
A Scarabotto LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
S Schael I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
S Scherl Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A M Schertz Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (associated with European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland)
M Schiller School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
H Schindler European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Schmelling Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany
B Schmidt European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Schmitt I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
H Schmitz Universität Bonn - Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik, Bonn, Germany (associated with Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany)
O Schneider Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
A Schopper European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
N Schulte Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
S Schulte Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M H Schune Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
R Schwemmer European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
G Schwering I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
B Sciascia INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
A Sciuccati European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Sellam Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A Semennikov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
M Senghi Soares Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Sergi INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
N Serra European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
L Sestini Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
A Seuthe Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Y Shang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
D M Shangase University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (associated with Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA)
M Shapkin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
I Shchemerov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
L Shchutska Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
T Shears Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
L Shekhtman Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
Z Shen School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
S Sheng Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
V Shevchenko Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
B Shi University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
E B Shields INFN Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Y Shimizu Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
E Shmanin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R Shorkin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J D Shupperd Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
R Silva Coutinho Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
G Simi Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
S Simone INFN Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
N Skidmore Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
R Skuza Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
T Skwarnicki Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
M W Slater University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J C Smallwood Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
E Smith Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
K Smith Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
M Smith Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
A Snoch Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
L Soares Lavra School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M D Sokoloff University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
F J P Soler School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A Solomin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
A Solovev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
I Solovyev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
R Song School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Y Song Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Y Song Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Y S Song School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
F L Souza De Almeida Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
B Souza De Paula Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E Spadaro Norella INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
E Spedicato INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
J G Speer Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
E Spiridenkov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
P Spradlin School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
V Sriskaran European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
F Stagni European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
M Stahl European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Stahl European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Stanislaus Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
E N Stein European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
O Steinkamp Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
O Stenyakin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
H Stevens Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
D Strekalina Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
Y Su University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
F Suljik Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
J Sun INFN Sezione di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
L Sun School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Y Sun University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
P N Swallow University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
K Swientek AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
F Swystun Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
A Szabelski National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
T Szumlak AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
M Szymanski European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
Y Tan Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S Taneja Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M D Tat Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
A Terentev Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
F Terzuoli INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
F Teubert European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
E Thomas European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
D J D Thompson University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
H Tilquin Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
V Tisserand Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
S T'Jampens Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
M Tobin Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
L Tomassetti INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
G Tonani INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
X Tong School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
D Torres Machado Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
L Toscano Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
D Y Tou Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
C Trippl DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
G Tuci Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
N Tuning Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
L H Uecker Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A Ukleja AGH - University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, Kraków, Poland
D J Unverzagt Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
E Ursov Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Usachov Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Ustyuzhanin Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
U Uwer Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
V Vagnoni INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
A Valassi European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
G Valenti INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
N Valls Canudas DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
H Van Hecke Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
E van Herwijnen Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
C B Van Hulse Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
R Van Laak Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M van Veghel Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
R Vazquez Gomez ICCUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
P Vazquez Regueiro Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
C Vázquez Sierra Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
S Vecchi INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
J J Velthuis H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
M Veltri INFN Sezione di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
A Venkateswaran Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M Vesterinen Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
D Vieira University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
M Vieites Diaz European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
X Vilasis-Cardona DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
E Vilella Figueras Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A Villa INFN Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
P Vincent LPNHE, Sorbonne Université, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
F C Volle Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
D Vom Bruch Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM, Marseille, France
V Vorobyev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
N Voropaev Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
K Vos Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands (associated with Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
G Vouters Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy, France
C Vrahas School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
J Walsh INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
E J Walton School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
G Wan School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
C Wang Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
G Wang Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
J Wang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
J Wang Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
J Wang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
J Wang School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
M Wang INFN Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
N W Wang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
R Wang H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
X Wang Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
X W Wang Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Y Wang Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Z Wang Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
Z Wang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Z Wang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
J A Ward School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
N K Watson University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
D Websdale Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Y Wei School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
B D C Westhenry H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
D J White Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
M Whitehead School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
A R Wiederhold Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
D Wiedner Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
G Wilkinson Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
M K Wilkinson University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
M Williams Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
M R J Williams School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
R Williams Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
F F Wilson STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
W Wislicki National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Warsaw, Poland
M Witek Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
L Witola Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
C P Wong Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
G Wormser Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
S A Wotton Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
H Wu Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
J Wu Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Y Wu School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
K Wyllie European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
S Xian Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nuclear Science, Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory of Quantum Matter, Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China (associated with Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)
Z Xiang Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
Y Xie Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
A Xu INFN Sezione di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
J Xu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
L Xu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
L Xu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
M Xu Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Z Xu Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Z Xu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Z Xu Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
D Yang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S Yang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
X Yang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Y Yang INFN Sezione di Genova, Genova, Italy
Z Yang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Z Yang University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
V Yeroshenko Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS/IN2P3, IJCLab, Orsay, France
H Yeung Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
H Yin Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
C Y Yu School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
J Yu School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
X Yuan Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China
E Zaffaroni Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
M Zavertyaev Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany
M Zdybal Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
M Zeng Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
C Zhang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
D Zhang Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
J Zhang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
L Zhang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S Zhang School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha City, China (associated with Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
S Zhang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Y Zhang School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
Y Zhang Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Y Z Zhang Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Y Zhao Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
A Zharkova Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
A Zhelezov Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
X Z Zheng Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Y Zheng University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
T Zhou School of Physics State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
X Zhou Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Y Zhou University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
V Zhovkovska Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
L Z Zhu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
X Zhu Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
X Zhu Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Z Zhu University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
V Zhukov I. Physikalisches Institut, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Affiliated with an institute covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
J Zhuo Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular, Centro Mixto Universidad de Valencia - CSIC, Valencia, Spain
Q Zou Institute Of High Energy Physics (IHEP), Beijing, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
D Zuliani Università degli Studi di Padova, Università e INFN, Padova, Padova, Italy
G Zunica Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

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Influence of intracranial hemorrhage on clinical outcome in acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion undergoing endovascular treatment

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The effect of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) on the outcome of patients with large-vessel occlusion undergoing endovascular treatment (EVT) has mainly focused on the anterior circulation. Knowledge of the relationship between ICH and outcomes in patients with acute vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (VBAO) receiving EVT is limited. We aimed to assess whether ICH is a prognostic marker for acute VBAO following EVT.

METHODS

Patients who underwent EVT for acute VBAO in the acute posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PERSIST) registry were included. All patients were classified as having no or any-ICH. Any-ICH was subdivided into asymptomatic and symptomatic ICH. A multivariate regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between ICH and functional outcomes in patients with acute VBAO after receiving EVT.

RESULTS

Five hundred and forty-seven patients, including 107 patients with ICH (19.6%): 38 (7.0%) and 69 (12.6%) with symptomatic and asymptomatic ICH, respectively. After adjustment for potential confounders, any-ICH was independently associated with reduced chance of favorable outcome (OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.21-0.72, P=0.003), functional independence (OR 0.24, 95% CI 0.16-0.52, P<0.001), and excellent outcome (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.15-0.75, P=0.008), and increased mortality risk (OR 2.14, 95% CI 1.30-3.51, P=0.003). Symptomatic ICH had a similar association. Moreover, asymptomatic ICH was a negative predictor of functional independence (OR 0.39, 95% CI 0.17-0.88, P=0.024).

CONCLUSION

Any- and symptomatic ICH were strongly associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased mortality in patients with acute VBAO who underwent EVT. Asymptomatic ICH was an inverse predictor of functional independence.

[The cutoff value of small airway dysfunction in children with bronchial asthma]

Objective: To explore the cutoff value for assessing small airway dysfunction in children with asthma. Methods: A total of 364 asthmatic children aged 5 to 14 years, with normal ventilatory function, followed up at the Asthma Clinic of the Children's Hospital of Capital Institute of Pediatrics from January 2017 to January 2018, were selected as the case group. Concurrently, 403 healthy children of the same age range and without any symptoms in the community were chosen as the control group, and pulmonary function tests were conducted. The values of forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory flow at 50% of FVC (FEF50), forced expiratory flow at 75% of FVC (FEF75) and maximum mid-expiratory flow (MMEF) were compared between case group and control group. Statistical tests such as t-test, χ2 test, or Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the differences between the groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed, and the maximum Youden Index was utilized to determine the optimal cutoff values and thresholds for identifying small airway dysfunction in asthmatic children. Results: This study comprised 364 children in the case group (220 boys and 144 girls) and 403 children in the control group (198 boys and 205 girls). The small airway parameters (FEF50%pred, FEF75%pred, MMEF%pred) in the asthmatic group were significantly lower than in the control group (77% (69%, 91%) vs. 95% (83%, 109%), 67% (54%, 82%) vs. 84% (70%, 102%), 76% (66%, 90%) vs. 97% (86%, 113%), Z=12.03, 11.35, 13.66, all P<0.001). The ROC curve area under the curve for FEF50%pred, FEF75%pred, MMEF%pred was 0.75, 0.74, and 0.79, respectively. Using a cutoff value of 80% for FEF50%pred achieved a sensitivity of 56.9% and specificity of 81.4%. A cutoff value of 74% for FEF75%pred resulted in a sensitivity of 67.3% and specificity of 69.2%. Finally, using a cutoff value of 84% for MMEF%pred achieved a sensitivity of 67.9% and specificity of 77.2%. Conclusion: In the presence of normal ventilatory function, utilizing FEF50<80% predicted or MMEF<84% predicted can accurately serve as criteria for identifying small airway dysfunction in children with controlled asthma.

Intraosseous schwannoma of the mandible: new case series, literature update, and proposal of a classification

Intraosseous schwannoma of the mandible is rare, with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The aims of this study were to report new cases of intraosseous schwannoma of the mandible and to propose a clinical classification, providing suggestions for treatment methods. The cases of 13 patients treated at the authors' hospital and 86 cases reported previously in the literature were reviewed. The most common clinical feature was facial swelling (60/93). The rate of cortical thinning or expansion was 44.8% (43/96); widening of the inferior alveolar nerve canal on radiographs was observed in 15 patients.

Observation of Cabibbo-Suppressed Two-Body Hadronic Decays and Precision Mass Measurement of the Ω_{c}^{0} Baryon

The first observation of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed Ω_{c}^{0}→Ω^{-}K^{+} and Ω_{c}^{0}→Ξ^{-}π^{+} decays is reported, using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4  fb^{-1}, collected with the LHCb detector between 2016 and 2018. The branching fraction ratios are measured to be B(Ω_{c}^{0}→Ω^{-}K^{+})/B(Ω_{c}^{0}→Ω^{-}π^{+})=[6.08±0.51(stat)±0.40(syst)]%,B(Ω_{c}^{0}→Ξ^{-}π^{+})/B(Ω_{c}^{0}→Ω^{-}π^{+})=[15.81±0.87(stat)±0.44(syst)±0.16(ext)]%. In addition, using the Ω_{c}^{0}→Ω^{-}π^{+} decay channel, the Ω_{c}^{0} baryon mass is measured to be M(Ω_{c}^{0})=2695.28±0.07(stat)±0.27(syst)±0.30(ext)  MeV, improving the precision of the previous world average by a factor of 4.

Search for New Phenomena in Two-Body Invariant Mass Distributions Using Unsupervised Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

Searches for new resonances are performed using an unsupervised anomaly-detection technique. Events with at least one electron or muon are selected from 140  fb^{-1} of pp collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV recorded by ATLAS at the Large Hadron Collider. The approach involves training an autoencoder on data, and subsequently defining anomalous regions based on the reconstruction loss of the decoder. Studies focus on nine invariant mass spectra that contain pairs of objects consisting of one light jet or b jet and either one lepton (e,μ), photon, or second light jet or b jet in the anomalous regions. No significant deviations from the background hypotheses are observed. Limits on contributions from generic Gaussian signals with various widths of the resonance mass are obtained for nine invariant masses in the anomalous regions.

Enhanced Production of Λ_{b}^{0} Baryons in High-Multiplicity pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV

The production rate of Λ_{b}^{0} baryons relative to B^{0} mesons in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt[s]=13  TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment. The ratio of Λ_{b}^{0} to B^{0} production cross sections shows a significant dependence on both the transverse momentum and the measured charged-particle multiplicity. At low multiplicity, the ratio measured at LHCb is consistent with the value measured in e^{+}e^{-} collisions, and increases by a factor of ∼2 with increasing multiplicity. At relatively low transverse momentum, the ratio of Λ_{b}^{0} to B^{0} cross sections is higher than what is measured in e^{+}e^{-} collisions, but converges with the e^{+}e^{-} ratio as the momentum increases. These results imply that the evolution of heavy b quarks into final-state hadrons is influenced by the density of the hadronic environment produced in the collision. Comparisons with several models and implications for the mechanisms enforcing quark confinement are discussed.

[Interpretation of the Action Plan to Accelerate the Elimination of Schistosomiasis in China (2023-2030)]

On June 16, 2023, National Disease Control and Prevention Administration of the People's Republic of China, in collaboration with other ministries, formulated and issued the Action Plan to Accelerate the Elimination of Schistosomiasis in China (2023-2030). The implementation of this plan provides an important basis for achieving the targets set in the "Healthy China 2030" action plan and the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. This paper describes the background, principles, targets, control strategies, safeguard measures and effectiveness evaluation of the plan, in order to guide the scientific and standardized implementation of actions for schistosomiasis elimination at the grassroots level, and facilitate the progress towards elimination of schistosomiasis in China with a high quality.

[Short-term substitution of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) with recombinant humanized anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody (Basiliximab) as aGVHD prophylaxis in CNI intolerant patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy of short-term substitution of recombinant humanized anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody (Basiliximab) as acute GVHD (aGVHD) prophylaxis in calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) intolerant patients following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) . Methods: This study included 17 patients with refractory malignant hematological disorders who underwent salvage allo-HSCT at the Bone Marrow Transplantation Department of Shanghai Zhaxin Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital from August 2021 to August 2022 and were treated with Baliximab to prevent aGVHD due to severe adverse reactions to CNI. There were seven men and ten women, with a median age of 43 years (18-67). Following the discontinuation of CNI, Basiliximab was administered at a dose of 1 mg/kg once weekly until CNI or mTOR inhibitors were resumed. Results: Basiliximab was started at an average of 5 (1-32) days after HSCT. The median duration of substitution was 20 (7-120) days. All had neutrophil engraftment within a median of 12 (10-17) days. Thirteen patients had platelet engraftment after a median of 13 (11-20) days. Four patients did not develop stable platelet engraftment. Eight patients (47.1% ) developed Grade Ⅱ-Ⅳ aGVHD, while four (23.6% ) developed Grade Ⅲ/Ⅳ aGVHD. Only one patient died from aGVHD. Before the end of the followup period, seven of 17 patients died. The longest followup period of the survivors was 347 days, and the median survival rate was not met. The overall survival (OS) rate at six months was 62.6%. Among the 17 patients, 13 (76.4% ) experienced cytomegalovirus reactivation, 7 (41.2% ) experienced EB virus activation, and no cytomegalovirus disease was observed. Conclusions: When CNI intolerance occurs during allo-HSCT, short-term replacement with Baliximab can be used as an alternative to prevent aGVHD.

Motility and tumor infiltration are key aspects of invariant natural killer T cell anti-tumor function

Dysfunction of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells contributes to immune resistance of tumors. Most mechanistic studies focus on their static functional status before or after activation, not considering motility as an important characteristic for antigen scanning and thus anti-tumor capability. Here we show via intravital imaging, that impaired motility of iNKT cells and their exclusion from tumors both contribute to the diminished anti-tumor iNKT cell response. Mechanistically, CD1d, expressed on macrophages, interferes with tumor infiltration of iNKT cells and iNKT-DC interactions but does not influence their intratumoral motility. VCAM1, expressed by cancer cells, restricts iNKT cell motility and inhibits their antigen scanning and activation by DCs via reducing CDC42 expression. Blocking VCAM1-CD49d signaling improves motility and activation of intratumoral iNKT cells, and consequently augments their anti-tumor function. Interference with macrophage-iNKT cell interactions further enhances the anti-tumor capability of iNKT cells. Thus, our findings provide a direction to enhance the efficacy of iNKT cell-based immunotherapy via motility regulation.

Hispidulin targets PTGS2 to improve cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome

Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder inflammation. Inhibition of prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 (PTGS2) is the most common method for controlling inflammation-related diseases. This study aimed to analyze the effects of hispidulin on the PTGS2 and NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain-associated protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammation in experimental IC models. A binding activity between hispidulin and PTGS2 was measured using molecular docking. Human urothelial cells (SV-HUC-1) were stimulated by 2 ng/mL of interleukin (IL)-1β for 24 h and cultured in a medium with different concentrations of hispidulin (2.5, 5, 10, 20 µM) for 24 h to observe the expressions of PTGS2 and NLRP3 protein. Cells overexpressing PTGS2 were established by PTGS2 cDNA transfection. In the IL-1β-treated cells, the NLRP3 inflammasome was measured after 20 µM hispidulin treatment. In rats, animals were performed with three injections of 40 mg/kg cyclophosphamide (CYP) and orally treated with 50 mg/kg/day hispidulin or ibuprofen for 3 days. The bladder pain was measured using Von Frey filaments, and the bladder pathology was observed using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. The expressions of PTGS2 and NLRP3 inflammasome were also observed in the bladder tissues. A good binding activity was found between hispidulin and PTGS2 (score =  - 8.9 kcal/mol). The levels of PTGS2 and NLRP3 inflammasome were decreased with the hispidulin dose increase in the IL-1β-treated cells (p < 0.05). Cells overexpressing PTGS2 weakened the protective effects of hispidulin in the IL-1β-treated cells (p < 0.01). In the CYP-treated rats, hispidulin treatment improved the bladder pain through decreasing the nociceptive score (p < 0.01) and suppressed the bladder inflammation through suppressing the expressions of PTGS2 and NLRP3 inflammasome in bladder tissues (p < 0.01). Additionally, the results of ibuprofen treatment were similar to the effects of hispidulin in the CYP-treated rats. This study demonstrates that hispidulin may be a new alternative drug for the IC treatment that binds PTGS2 to perform its functions.

[Construction of an evaluation index system for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain - type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept]

OBJECTIVE

To construct an evaluation index system for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept, so as to provide insights into the control and elimination of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis using the One Health approach.

METHODS

A preliminary evaluation index system was constructed based on literature review, panel discussions and field surveys. Thirty-three experts were selected from 7 provincial disease control and prevention centers in Beijing Municipality, Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Henan Province, Sichuan Province, Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province where mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis was endemic, and two rounds of expert consultations were conducted to screen the indicators. The positive coefficient, degree of concentration, degree of coordination, and authority of the experts were calculated, and the normalized weights of each index were calculated with the analytic hierarchy process.

RESULTS

The response rates of questionnaires during two rounds of expert consultation were both 100.00% (33/33), and the authority coefficients of the experts were 0.86 and 0.88, respectively. The coefficients of coordination among experts on the rationality, importance, and operability of the indicators were 0.392, 0.437, 0.258, and 0.364, 0.335, 0.263, respectively (all P values < 0.05). Following screening, the final evaluation index system included 3 primary indicators, 17 secondary indicators, and 50 tertiary indicators. The normalized weights of primary indicators "external environment", "internal support" and "comprehensive control" were 16.98%, 38.73% and 44.29%, respectively. Among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "external environment", the highest weight was seen for natural environment (66.67%), and among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "internal support", the lowest weight was seen for the scientific research for visceral leishmaniasis control (8.26%), while other indicators had weights of 12.42% to 13.38%. Among the secondary indicators of the primary indicator "comprehensive control", the weight was 16.67% for each indicator.

CONCLUSIONS

An evaluation index system has been constructed for the capability of comprehensive control of mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis based on the One Health concept. In addition to assessment of the effect of conventional mountain-type zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis control measures, this index system integrates the importance of top-level design, organizational management, and implementation of control measures, and includes indicators related to multi-sectoral cooperation.

Improved Measurement of CP Violation Parameters in B_{s}^{0}→J/ψK^{+}K^{-} Decays in the Vicinity of the ϕ(1020) Resonance

The decay-time-dependent CP asymmetry in B_{s}^{0}→J/ψ(→μ^{+}μ^{-})K^{+}K^{-} decays is measured using proton-proton collision data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 6  fb^{-1}, collected with the LHCb detector at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. Using a sample of approximately 349 000 B_{s}^{0} signal decays with an invariant K^{+}K^{-} mass in the vicinity of the ϕ(1020) resonance, the CP-violating phase ϕ_{s} is measured, along with the difference in decay widths of the light and heavy mass eigenstates of the B_{s}^{0}-B[over ¯]_{s}^{0} system, ΔΓ_{s}, and the difference of the average B_{s}^{0} and B^{0} meson decay widths, Γ_{s}-Γ_{d}. The values obtained are ϕ_{s}=-0.039±0.022±0.006  rad, ΔΓ_{s}=0.0845±0.0044±0.0024  ps^{-1}, and Γ_{s}-Γ_{d}=-0.0056_{-0.0015}^{+0.0013}±0.0014  ps^{-1}, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. These are the most precise single measurements to date and are consistent with expectations based on the Standard Model and with the previous LHCb analyses of this decay. These results are combined with previous independent LHCb measurements. The phase ϕ_{s} is also measured independently for each polarization state of the K^{+}K^{-} system and shows no evidence for polarization dependence.

Preoperative CT histogram analysis to predict the expression of Ki-67 in solid pseudopapillary tumours of the pancreas

AIM

To explore the value of preoperative computed tomography (CT) histogram features in predicting the expression status of Ki-67 in patients with solid pseudopapillary pancreatic tumours (SPTP).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

This retrospective study analysed venous phase CT images of 39 patients with SPTP confirmed at surgery and histopathology and measured using the Ki-67 proliferation index from November 2015 to February 2022. According to the Ki-67 proliferation index, they were divided into high expression (Ki-67 ≥ 4%) and low expression (Ki-67 < 4%) groups. The histogram features of quantitative parameters were extracted using MaZda software, and the quantitative parameters of CT histograms were compared between groups. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the patients were plotted according to the parameters, with statistically significant differences. The area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity were calculated, and the effectiveness of the histogram parameters in predicting Ki-67 expression was analysed and evaluated.

RESULTS

In total, 27 SPTP patients were enrolled, including 11 with high expression of Ki-67 and 16 with low expression. Comparative analysis of the Ki-67 high- and low-expression groups revealed a statistically significant in necrosis and variance (p<0.05). ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC of necrosis and variance predicting Ki-67 expression status were 0.753 and 0.841, the sensitivities were 81.8% and 81.3%, and the specificities were 68.7% and 81.8%, respectively.

CONCLUSION

Preoperative CT histogram features help predict Ki-67 expression status in patients with SPTP.

[Efficacy analysis of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with targeted and immune therapy followed by 125I seeds implantation in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vain tumor thrombus]

Objective: To investigate the safety and efficacy of Hepatic Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy(HAIC) combined with targeted and immune therapy followed by 125I seeds implantation in portal vain tumor thrombus (PVTT) in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) with PVTT. Methods: A retrospective study was performed on the clinical data of 21 patients [ (11 men, 10 women) aged 34-73 (52.6±13.7) years] with HCC with PVTT in The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from October 2020 to October 2022, all of them were treated with HAIC plus targeted and immune therapy,and 125I seeds implanted into PVTT. The patients were followed up to January 2023, the efficacy was evaluated according to the modified version of the solid tumor efficacy evaluation criteria (mRECIST). The progression-free survival (PFS) rate, overall survival(OS) rate and portal tumor thrombus control rate at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months after treatment were recorded, and PFS and OS time were followed up. The changes of liver function, AFP, coagulation function and adverse events were observed. Results: Each patient received 2 to 7 (mean: 3.3±1.2) cycles of HAIC. 10-37 seeds (mean:16.6±6.7) were implanted per patients. The median follow-up time was 15 (range from 5 to 25) months.During the follow-up time, 15 patients showed progression and 6 patients died, and the PFS rates at 3, 6, 12, and 18 months after treatment were 90.5%, 71.4%, 42.9%, and 23.8%, respectively, and at 3, 6, 12, and 18-month OS rates were 100%, 100%, 81.0%, and 61.9%, respectively.The PVTT control rates at 3, 6, and 12 months were 90.5%, 90.5%, and 62.5%, respectively. Overall efficacy evaluation of CR rate 0, PR rate 47.6% (10/21), SD rate 38.1% (8/21), and PD rate 14.3% (3/21). The total incidence of treatment-related adverse events was 100%.Grade 3 treatment related adverse events were observed for 4 cases, the rest wereⅠtoⅡadverse events. Right upper abdominal pain, fever and hemorrhage in liver capsule related to the procedures were observed in 11(52.4%), 5(23.8%) and 3(14.3) patients, respectively. Conclusion: HAIC combined with targeted and immune therapy followed by 125I seeds implantation in PVTT is a safe and efficacy therapy for HCC with PVTT.

Observation of WZγ Production in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

This Letter reports the observation of WZγ production and a measurement of its cross section using 140.1±1.2  fb^{-1} of proton-proton collision data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The WZγ production cross section, with both the W and Z bosons decaying leptonically, pp→WZγ→ℓ^{'}^{±}νℓ^{+}ℓ^{-}γ (ℓ^{(^{'})}=e, μ), is measured in a fiducial phase-space region defined such that the leptons and the photon have high transverse momentum and the photon is isolated. The cross section is found to be 2.01±0.30(stat)±0.16(syst)  fb. The corresponding standard model predicted cross section calculated at next-to-leading order in perturbative quantum chromodynamics and at leading order in the electroweak coupling constant is 1.50±0.06  fb. The observed significance of the WZγ signal is 6.3σ, compared with an expected significance of 5.0σ.

Measurement of CP Violation in B^{0}→ψ(→ℓ^{+}ℓ^{-})K_{S}^{0}(→π^{+}π^{-}) Decays

A measurement of time-dependent CP violation in the decays of B^{0} and B[over ¯]^{0} mesons to the final states J/ψ(→μ^{+}μ^{-})K_{S}^{0}, ψ(2S)(→μ^{+}μ^{-})K_{S}^{0} and J/ψ(→e^{+}e^{-})K_{S}^{0} with K_{S}^{0}→π^{+}π^{-} is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 6  fb^{-1} collected at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=13  TeV with the LHCb detector. The CP-violation parameters are measured to be S_{ψK_{S}^{0}}=0.717±0.013(stat)±0.008(syst) and C_{ψK_{S}^{0}}=0.008±0.012(stat)±0.003(syst). This measurement of S_{ψK_{S}^{0}} represents the most precise single measurement of the CKM angle β to date and is more precise than the current world average. In addition, measurements of the CP-violation parameters of the individual channels are reported and a combination with the LHCb Run 1 measurements is performed.

Diagnostic value of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen and cytokeratin fragment antigen 21-1 for sinonasal inverted papilloma: an exploratory study

BACKGROUND

Serum tumor markers have not yet been developed for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of sinonasal inverted papilloma (SNIP), one of the most significant sinonasal tumors. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the diagnostic value of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) and cytokeratin fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA 21-1) for SNIP.

METHODS

Clinical data were obtained from 101, 56, and 116 patients with SNIP, sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma (SNSCC), and unilateral chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), respectively. Preoperative serum SCCA and CYFRA 21-1 levels were compared, and logistic regression analyses were performed to screen serum tumor markers, which may be used to diagnose SNIP. Diagnostic cut-off values were determined using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and their diagnostic power was verified.

RESULTS

Serum SCCA and CYFRA 21-1 differentiated SNIP from CRS with the cut-off values of 1.97 ng/mL and 2.64 ng/mL and the areas under the ROC curves (AUC) of 0.895 and 0.766, respectively, and the AUC of the combination of the two markers was 0.909. CYFRA 21-1 differentiated SNIP with malignant transformation from that without malignant transformation with a cut-off value of 3.51 ng/mL and an AUC of 0.938. CYFRA 21-1 distinguished SNIP with malignant transformation from SNSCC with a cut-off value of 3.55 ng/mL and an AUC of 0.767.

CONCLUSIONS

This study provides novel potential diagnostic tools for SNIP by demonstrating the use of serum SCCA and CYFRA 21-1 in the diagnosis of SNIP.

[Association between congenital hypothyroidism and in-hospital adverse outcomes in very low birth weight infants]

Objective: To investigate the association between congenital hypothyroidism (CH) and the adverse outcomes during hospitalization in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI). Methods: This prospective, multicenter observational cohort study was conducted based on the data from the Sino-northern Neonatal Network (SNN). Data of 5 818 VLBWI with birth weight <1 500 g and gestational age between 24-<37 weeks that were admitted to the 37 neonatal intensive care units from January 1st, 2019 to December 31st, 2022 were collected and analyzed. Thyroid function was first screened at 7 to 10 days after birth, followed by weekly tests within the first 4 weeks, and retested at 36 weeks of corrected gestational age or before discharge. The VLBWI were assigned to the CH group or non-CH group. Chi-square test, Fisher exact probability method, Wilcoxon rank sum test, univariate and multivariate Logistic regression were used to analyze the relationship between CH and poor prognosis during hospitalization in VLBWI. Results: A total of 5 818 eligible VLBWI were enrolled, with 2 982 (51.3%) males and the gestational age of 30 (29, 31) weeks. The incidence of CH was 5.5% (319 VLBWI). Among the CH group, only 121 VLBWI (37.9%) were diagnosed at the first screening. Univariate Logistic regression analysis showed that CH was associated with increased incidence of extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR) (OR=1.31(1.04-1.64), P<0.05) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) of stage Ⅲ and above (OR=1.74(1.11-2.75), P<0.05). However, multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed no significant correlation between CH and EUGR, moderate to severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, grade Ⅲ to Ⅳ intraventricular hemorrhage, neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis in stage Ⅱ or above, and ROP in stage Ⅲ or above (OR=1.04 (0.81-1.33), 0.79 (0.54-1.15), 1.15 (0.58-2.26), 1.43 (0.81-2.53), 1.12 (0.70-1.80), all P>0.05). Conclusion: There is no significant correlation between CH and in-hospital adverse outcomes, possibly due to timely diagnosis and active replacement therapy.

China Alzheimer's Disease and Neurodegenerative Disorder Research (CANDOR) -A Prospective Cohort Study for Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Cognitive Impairment

BACKGROUND

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) are the two main causes of dementia. AD and VCI share similar symptoms of cognitive decline and may be attributable to similar risk factors. Establishing a prospective cohort to compare VCI and AD would help to understand vascular risk factors related to dementia.

OBJECTIVES

China Alzheimer's disease and Neurodegenerative Disorder Research (CANDOR) study is a prospective multicenter cohort study. It aims to study the similarities and differences between AD and post stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) in neuroimaging changes, disease progression, and multiple omics studies.

DESIGN

This is an ongoing study. From July 31, 2019, to August 1, 2022, we recruited 1449 participants with ages between 40 and 100 years. The cohort included three groups: AD group, PSCI group, and normal cognitive (NC) group. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews at baseline, and will be followed up every year for 4 years. The PSCI group had additional follow-ups at 3-month and 6-month after enrollment. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) included high-resolution sequences for intracranial arteries. Cognitive assessments and follow-up information will be prospectively collected. Biological specimens including blood and urine at baseline were collected and tested.

PARTICIPANTS

The targeted sample size of PSCI group was 500, AD group with 600 and NC group with 2000. There were 1449 participants enrolled. Include 508 participants were in NC group, 387 in AD group and 554 in PSCI group.

MEASUREMENTS

Demographics, clinical parameters, and medical examinations were collected and performed. Cognitive assessment was performed to assess all cognitive domains including memory, language, executive function, and orientation function.

CONCLUSIONS

The CANDOR study is a prospective cohort study. Data from this cohort provide us an opportunity to investigate the contribution of vascular factors to dementia pathogenesis.

Development and validation of survival nomograms for patients with differentiated thyroid cancer with distant metastases: a SEER Program-based study

BACKGROUND

We aimed to develop a nomogram model of overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer with distant metastases, and to evaluate and validate the nomogram. Also, its prognostic value was compared with that of the 8th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer tumor-node-metastasis staging system (AJCC8SS).

METHODS

Patients with distant metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer (DMDTC) from 2004 to 2015 were selected from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program to extract the clinical variables used for analysis. A total of 906 patients were divided into a training set (n = 634) and validation set (n = 272). OS and CSS were selected as the primary end point and secondary end point. LASSO regression analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis were applied to screen variables for constructing OS and CSS nomograms for survival probability at 3, 5, and 10 years. Nomograms were evaluated and validated using the consistency index (C-index), time-dependent receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves, area under the ROC curve, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). The predictive survival of the nomogram was compared with that of AJCC8SS. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests were used to evaluate the risk-stratification ability OS and CSS nomograms.

RESULTS

CS and CSS nomograms included six independent predictors: age, marital status, type of surgical procedure, lymphadenectomy, radiotherapy, and T stage. The C-index for the OS nomogram was 0.7474 (95% CI = 0.7199-0.775), and that for the CSS nomogram was 0.7572 (0.7281-0.7862). The nomogram showed good agreement with the "ideal" calibration curve in the training set and validation sets. DCA confirmed that the survival probability predicted by the nomogram had high clinical predictive value. The nomogram could stratify patients more accurately, and showed more robust accuracy and predictive power, than AJCC8SS.

CONCLUSIONS

We established and validated prognostic nomograms for patients with DMDTC, which had significant clinical value compared with AJCC8SS.

ELABELA-APJ Axis Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell Proliferation and Migration via the METTL3/PI3K/AKT Pathway

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) possess a strong therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine. ELABELA (ELA) is a 32 amino acid peptide that binds to the apelin peptide jejunum receptor (APJ) to regulate cell proliferation and migration. The aim of this study was to investigate the function of ELA vis-a-vis the MSC proliferation and migration, and further explore the underlying mechanism. We demonstrated that the exogenous supplement of ELA boosts the proliferation and migration ability of MSCs, alongside improved in vitro cell viability. These capabilities were rendered moot upon APJ knockdown. In addition, ELA (5-20 μM) was shown to upregulate the expression of METTL3 in a concentrationdependent pattern, a capacity which was suppressed by APJ reduction, whereas the downregulation of METTL3 expression blocked the beneficial effects induced by ELA. ELA was also observed to upregulate the phosphorylation level of AKT. This ELA-induced activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway, however, is inhibited with knockdown of METTL3. Our data indicate that ELA could act as a promoter of MSC proliferation and migration in vitro through the APJ receptor, something which might be attributed to the activation of the METTL3/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway. Therefore, ELA is a candidate for optimizing MSC-based cell therapy, while METTL3 is a potential target for its promoting action on MSCs.

Value of spectral CT parameters in predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer

AIM

To investigate the value of pre-chemotherapy spectral computed tomography (CT) parameters in predicting neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response in gastric cancer (GC).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Sixty patients with GC who received NAC and underwent spectral CT examination before chemotherapy were enrolled retrospectively and divided into a responsive group and a non-responsive group according to the postoperative pathological tumour regression grade. Clinical characteristics were collected. The iodine concentration (IC), water concentration (WC), and effective atomic number (Eff-Z) of the portal venous phases were measured before chemotherapy, and IC was normalised to that of the aorta to provide the normalised IC (NIC). An independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, or chi-square test was used to analyse the differences between the two groups, and the receiver operating curve (ROC) was used to evaluate the predictive performance of different variables.

RESULTS

The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was lower in the responsive group than in the non-responsive group (p<0.05). IC, NIC, and Eff-Z values were significantly higher in the responsive group than in the non-responsive group (p<0.01). The areas under the ROC curves for the NLR, IC, NIC, and Eff-Z were 0.694, 0.688, 0.799, and 0.690, respectively. The combination of NIC, Eff-Z, and NLR values showed good diagnostic performance in predicting response to NAC in GC, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.857, 76.92% sensitivity, 80% accuracy, and 85.71% specificity.

CONCLUSION

Spectral CT parameters may serve as non-invasive tools for predicting the response to NAC in patients with GC.

Preoperative prediction of vasculogenic mimicry in lung adenocarcinoma using a CT radiomics model

AIM

To develop and validate a non-invasive computed tomography (CT)-based radiomics model for predicting vasculogenic mimicry (VM) status in lung adenocarcinoma (LA).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Two hundred and three patients with LA were enrolled retrospectively and grouped into training and test groups with a ratio of 7:3. Uni- and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed in the training cohort to screen the independent clinical and radiological factors for VM, and the clinical model was then established. A radiomics model was established based on the rad-scores through support vector machine (SVM). A radiomics nomogram model was subsequently constructed by combining the rad-score with clinical-radiological factors. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC), calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were conducted to evaluate the performance of the three models.

RESULTS

Nine selected radiomics features were selected for the radiomics model and the maximum length and spiculation sign were constructed for the clinical model. The radiomics nomogram model integrating the maximum length, spiculation sign, and rad-score yielded the best AUC in both the training (AUC = 0.925) and test cohorts (AUC = 0.978), in comparison with the radiomics model (AUC = 0.907 and 0.964, in both the training and test cohorts) and the clinical model (AUC = 0.834 and 0.836 in both training and test cohorts).

CONCLUSIONS

The CT-based radiomics nomogram model showed satisfying discriminating performance for preoperatively and non-invasively predicting VM expression status in LA patients.

A novel chemokine biomarker to distinguish active tuberculosis from latent tuberculosis: a cohort study

BACKGROUND

Interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs), which are widely used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), cannot effectively discriminate latent TB infection (LTBI) from active TB (ATB). This study aimed to identify potential antigen-specific biomarkers for differentiating LTBI cases from ATB cases.

METHODS

Ongoing recruitment was conducted of individuals meeting study inclusion criteria at Beijing Chest Hospital from May 2020 to April 2022; 208 participants were enrolled and assigned to three groups: HC (60 healthy controls), LTBI (52 subjects with LTBI) and ATB (96 ATB patients). After participants were assigned to the discovery cohort (20 or 21 subjects/group), all others were assigned to the verification cohort. Discovery cohort blood levels of 40 chemokines were measured using Luminex assays to identify chemokines that could be used to discriminate LTBI cases from ATB cases; candidate biomarkers were verified using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based testing of validation cohort samples.

RESULTS

Luminex results revealed highest ATB group levels of numerous cytokines, growth factors and chemokines. Receiving operating characteristic curve-based analysis of 40 biomarkers revealed CCL8 (AUC = 0.890) and CXCL9 (AUC = 0.883) effectively discriminated between LTBI and TB cases; greatest diagnostic efficiency was obtained using both markers together (AUC = 0.929). Interpretation of CCL8 and CXCL9 levels for validation cohort IGRA-positive subjects (based on a 0.658-ng/ml cutoff) revealed ATB group CCL8-based sensitivity and specificity rates approaching 90.79% and 100.00%, respectively.

CONCLUSION

TB-specific chemokines hold promise as ATB diagnostic biomarkers. Additional laboratory confirmation is needed to establish whether CCL8-based assays can differentiate between ATB and LTBI cases, especially for bacteriologically unconfirmed TB cases.

Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass from the H→γγ and H→ZZ^{*}→4ℓ Decay Channels with the ATLAS Detector Using sqrt[s]=7, 8, and 13 TeV pp Collision Data

A measurement of the mass of the Higgs boson combining the H→ZZ^{*}→4ℓ and H→γγ decay channels is presented. The result is based on 140  fb^{-1} of proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS detector during LHC run 2 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV combined with the run 1 ATLAS mass measurement, performed at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, yielding a Higgs boson mass of 125.11±0.09(stat)±0.06(syst)=125.11±0.11  GeV. This corresponds to a 0.09% precision achieved on this fundamental parameter of the Standard Model of particle physics.

Search for Dark Photons in Rare Z Boson Decays with the ATLAS Detector

A search for events with a dark photon produced in association with a dark Higgs boson via rare decays of the standard model Z boson is presented, using 139  fb^{-1} of sqrt[s]=13  TeV proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. The dark boson decays into a pair of dark photons, and at least two of the three dark photons must each decay into a pair of electrons or muons, resulting in at least two same-flavor opposite-charge lepton pairs in the final state. The data are found to be consistent with the background prediction, and upper limits are set on the dark photon's coupling to the dark Higgs boson times the kinetic mixing between the standard model photon and the dark photon, α_{D}ϵ^{2}, in the dark photon mass range of [5, 40] GeV except for the ϒ mass window [8.8, 11.1] GeV. This search explores new parameter space not previously excluded by other experiments.

[Distribution characteristics of emerging and reemerging Oncomelania hupensis in China from 2015 to 2021]

OBJECTIVE

To analyze the distribution characteristics of emerging and reemerging Oncomelania hupensis snails after the criteria for transmission control of schistosomiasis were achieved in China, so as to provide insights into assessment of schistosomiasis transmission risk and formulation of snail control strategies during the elimination phase.

METHODS

O. hupensis survey data in China from 2015 to 2021 were collected from the National Schistosomiasis Pevention and Control Information Management System, and the distribution characteristics of emerging and reemerging O. hupensis snails were descriptively analyzed.

RESULTS

Emerging and reemerging O. hupensis snails were identified in China each year from 2015 to 2021, with relatively larger areas with emerging and reemerging O. hupensis snail habitats in 2016 and 2021, and relatively higher numbers of counties (districts) where emerging and reemerging O. hupensis snails were detected in 2016 and 2021. A total of 4 586.30 hm2 of emerging O. hupensis snail habitats were found in 10 schistosomiasis-endemic provinces of China (except Fujian and Yunnan Provinces) from 2015 to 2021, with 96.80% in Anhui, Hunan and Hubei provinces, where marshland and lake endemic foci were predominant. A total of 21 023.90 hm2 of reemerging O. hupensis snail habitats were found in 12 schistosomiasis-endemic provinces of China from 2015 to 2021, with 97.67% in six provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Yunnan and Anhui, where marshland and lake and hilly endemic regions were predominant. Emerging snail habitats were found in 15.08% of all schistosomiasisendemic counties (districts) in China from 2015 to 2021, and 78.75% of all emerging snail habitats were identified in 11 schistosomiasis-endemic counties (districts), with the largest area of emerging snail habitats found in Lixian County, Hunan Province (645.00 hm2). Reemerging snail habitats were found in 47.67% of all schistosomiasis-endemic counties (districts) in China from 2015 to 2021, and 43.29% of all reemerging snail habitats were identified in 11 schistosomiasis-endemic counties (districts), with the largest area of reemerging snail habitats found in Weishan Li and Hui Autonomous County of Hunan Province (1 579.70 hm2).

CONCLUSIONS

Emerging and reemerging O. hupensis snails were identified in China each year from 2015 to 2021, with much larger areas of reemerging snail habitats than emerging snail habitats, and larger numbers of schistosomiasis-endemic provinces and counties (districts) with reemerging snails were found that those of provinces and counties (districts) with emerging snails. Specific snail control interventions are required tailored to the causes of emerging and reemerging snail habitats. Both emergence and reemergence of O. hupensis snails should be paid attention to in marshland and lake endemic areas, and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Shanghai Municipality and Zhejiang Province where schistosomiasis had been eliminated, and reemergence of O. hupensis snails should be given a high priority in hilly areas. In addition, monitoring of O. hupensis snails should be reinforced in snail-free areas after flooding.

[Molluscicidal effect of spraying 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules with drones against Oncomelania hupensis in hilly regions]

OBJECTIVE

To establish a snail control approach for spraying chemicals with drones against Oncomelania hupensis in complex snail habitats in hilly regions, and to evaluate its molluscicidal effect.

METHODS

The protocol for evaluating the activity of spraying chemical molluscicides with drones against O. hupensis snails was formulated based on expert consultation and literature review. In August 2022, a pretest was conducted in a hillside field environment (12 000 m2) north of Dafengji Village, Dacang Township, Weishan County, Yunnan Province, which was assigned into four groups, of no less than 3 000 m2 in each group. In Group A, environmental cleaning was not conducted and 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules were sprayed with drones at a dose of 40 g/m2, and in Group B, environmental cleaning was performed, followed by 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules sprayed with drones at a dose of 40 g/m2, while in Group C, environmental cleaning was not conducted and 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules were sprayed with knapsack sprayers at a dose of 40 g/m2, and in Group D, environmental cleaning was performed, followed by 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules sprayed with knapsack sprayers at a dose of 40 g/m2. Then, each group was equally divided into six sections according to land area, with Section 1 for baseline surveys and sections 2 to 6 for snail surveys after chemical treatment. Snail surveys were conducted prior to chemical treatment and 1, 3, 5, 7 days post-treatment, and the mortality and corrected mortality of snails, density of living snails and costs of molluscicidal treatment were calculated in each group.

RESULTS

The mortality and corrected mortality of snails were 69.49%, 69.09%, 53.57% and 83.48%, and 68.58%, 68.17%, 52.19% and 82.99% in groups A, B, C and D 14 days post-treatment, and the density of living snails reduced by 58.40%, 63.94%, 68.91% and 83.25% 14 days post-treatment relative to pre-treatment in four groups, respectively. The median concentrations of chemical molluscicides were 37.08, 35.42, 42.50 g/m2 and 56.25 g/m2 in groups A, B, C and D, and the gross costs of chemical treatment were 0.93, 1.50, 0.46 Yuan per m2 and 1.03 Yuan per m2 in groups A, B, C and D, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS

The molluscicidal effect of spraying 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules with drones against O. hupensis snails is superior to manual chemical treatment without environmental cleaning, and chemical treatment with drones and manual chemical treatment show comparable molluscicidal effects following environmental cleaning in hilly regions. The cost of chemical treatment with drones is slightly higher than manual chemical treatment regardless of environmental cleaning. Spraying 5% niclosamide ethanolamine salt granules with drones is recommended in complex settings with difficulty in environmental cleaning to improve the molluscicidal activity and efficiency against O. hupensis snails.

Antigen Priming Induces Functional Reprogramming in iNKT Cells via Metabolic and Epigenetic Regulation: An Insight into iNKT Cell-Based Antitumor Immunotherapy

Dysfunction of intratumoral invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells hinders their antitumor efficacy, but the underlying mechanisms and the relationship with endogenous antigen priming remain to be explored. Here, we report that antigen priming leads to metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic remodeling, which causes functional reprogramming in iNKT cells, characterized by limited cytokine responses upon restimulation but constitutive high cytotoxicity. Mechanistically, impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in antigen-primed iNKT cells inhibited T-cell receptor signaling, as well as elevation of glycolysis, upon restimulation via reducing mTORC1 activation, and thus led to impaired cytokine production. However, the metabolic reprogramming in antigen-primed iNKT cells was uncoupled with their enhanced cytotoxicity; instead, epigenetic remodeling explained their high expression of granzymes. Notably, intratumoral iNKT cells shared similar metabolic reprogramming and functional reprogramming with antigen-primed iNKT cells due to endogenous antigen priming in tumors, and thus recovery of OXPHOS in intratumoral iNKT cells by ZLN005 successfully enhanced their antitumor responses. Our study deciphers the influences of antigen priming-induced metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic remodeling on functionality of intratumoral iNKT cells, and proposes a way to enhance efficacy of iNKT cell-based antitumor immunotherapy by targeting cellular metabolism.

Observation of Single-Top-Quark Production in Association with a Photon Using the ATLAS Detector

This Letter reports the observation of single top quarks produced together with a photon, which directly probes the electroweak coupling of the top quark. The analysis uses 139  fb^{-1} of 13 TeV proton-proton collision data collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Requiring a photon with transverse momentum larger than 20 GeV and within the detector acceptance, the fiducial cross section is measured to be 688±23(stat) _{-71}^{+75}(syst)  fb, to be compared with the standard model prediction of 515_{-42}^{+36}  fb at next-to-leading order in QCD.