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Cristodulo R, Luoma-Overstreet G, Leite F, Vaca M, Navia M, Durán G, Molina F, Zonneveld B, Perrone SV, Barbagelata A, Kaplinsky E. Dengue Myocarditis: A Case Report and Major Review. Glob Heart 2023; 18:41. [PMID: 37547170 PMCID: PMC10402786 DOI: 10.5334/gh.1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Dengue is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of a female arthropod, prevalent primarily in tropical and subtropical regions. Its manifestations include asymptomatic infections, dengue fever, and a severe form called hemorrhagic dengue or dengue shock syndrome. Atypical manifestations can also occur, called expanded dengue syndrome. We describe the case of a 43-year-old man with an unusual presentation of dengue, demonstrating a workup suggestive of myocardial and pericardial damage. Symptoms and markers indicative of cardiac compromise improved after five days on anti-inflammatory treatment. Dengue myocarditis is considered an uncommon complication of dengue, although its reported incidence is likely an underestimation. In general, most cases of dengue myocarditis are self-limited, with only a minority at risk of progressing to heart failure. In order to improve recognition and prevent progression, healthcare providers should maintain a high degree of suspicion regarding potential cardiac complications in patients with dengue.
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- Clínica de las Américas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, US
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- Hospital Municipal de Badalona, Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
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Amaringo F, Puerta Y, Molina F. Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Colombian Reservoir. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2022; 109:518-525. [PMID: 35869989 PMCID: PMC9392700 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-022-03567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the concentrations, sources and ecological risk assessment of sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) present in water from the La Fe reservoir, Colombia in the months of October and November of 2017 and 2018. Concentrations of PAHs in water were measured with semipermeable membrane devices (SPMD) which allow obtaining the dissolved concentrations of the PAHs in the reservoir, emphasizing the reactivity and bioavailability in the environment. The PAHs analyses were carried out by means of gas chromatography, coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC/MS-MS) with triple quadrupole (QqQ). The environmental risk assessment using the estimation of risk quotient with deterministic and probabilistic method, the predictive no-effect concentration (PNEC) and environmental exposure concentration (EEC) in water indicate a negligibe risk for probabilistic method for all PAHs evaluated (RQ < 0.1).
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- F Amaringo
- Research Group in Management and Environmental Modeling, GAIA, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
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- Research Group GeoLimna, Faculty of Engineering, University of Antioquia, 67th Street # 53 - 108, Medellín, Colombia
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- Research Group in Management and Environmental Modeling, GAIA, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Romero-Barrientos J, Damián JM, Molina F, Zambra M, Aguilera P, López-Usquiano F, Parra B, Ruiz A. Calculation of kinetic parameters β and Λ with modified open source Monte Carlo code OpenMC(TD). Nuclear Engineering and Technology 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2021.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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González C, Fernández B, Molina F, Camargo-Valero MA, Peláez C. The determination of fertiliser quality of the formed struvite from a WWTP. Water Sci Technol 2021; 83:3041-3053. [PMID: 34185698 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2021.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Struvite from nutrient-rich wastewaters has been identified as a potential substitute for commercial mineral fertilisers, with the added benefit of reducing threats to global food security by prolonging phosphate rock reserves. A fertilisation test using grass (Brachiaria brizantha Marandú) and a sand column leaching test was conducted to determine the agronomic effectiveness of struvite precipitates produced from the supernatant of dewatered sewage sludge (centrate) from a municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The performance of this struvite as a fertiliser was compared with biosolids and commercial fertilisers (Urea and Triple15). The results show that the concentration of heavy metals in struvite was lower than in biosolids and below the limits of Colombia and European fertiliser regulations. Struvite increased the uptake of N and P in grass, resulting in crop yields similar to other treatments tested. Struvite use as an effective slow-release fertiliser is highly dependent on the size of crystal particles, particularly in achieving low P losses, but resulted in high N loss in the sand columns tested; N loses from struvite were higher than in the commercial fertilisers due to the struvite small particle size. Therefore, struvite represents a suitable opportunity to recover and recycle nutrients from municipal sewage sludge, facilitating the effective reuse of P and N in agriculture and uptake by plants.
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- C González
- Grupo GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 62 N° 52-59 (2-230), 050010 Medellín, Colombia E-mail:
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- IRTA - GIRO program, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Torre Marimón, E08140. Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grupo GAIA, Escuela Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 62 N° 52-59 (2-230), 050010 Medellín, Colombia E-mail:
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- BioResource Systems Research Group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Grupo GIEM, Facultad Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 # 52-21, 050010 Medellín, Colombia
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Valdés D, Molina F, Barrientos C, Valenzuela P, Basaigoitia A, Burrone M, Reginatto G, Leniz I, Solis-Soto M. Psychosocial effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia. Preliminary results. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9471638 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Introduction The global health crisis due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related containment measures have led to changes in daily life and, therefore, social and psychological impacts on the population. Objectives To explore the psychological and social impact of COVID-19 in the general population of Bolivia. Methods Cross-sectional study was implemented using an anonymous and self-administered online questionnaire. Adult people were invited to participate through social networks between May to June 2020. The questionnaire included sociodemographic information, coping strategies, changes in income and working conditions and psychological distress (K10 Scale). Results A total of 878 adults living in Bolivia answered the questionnaire. Most people considered COVID-19 as a quite/very serious health problem that affects the entire population, without distinction. 65% reported to accomplish lock down measure, however, one of the main reasons for non-compliance is the need to go out to work. Half of participants (50%) reduced worked hours and 18% modified their employment contract. However, 70% reduced household income. A considerable percentage (62%) reported psychological distress (46% with moderate or severe). It was higher in women, young people and among those with lower household income. In addition, social networks and watching series and movies were the main coping strategies reported. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has a considerable impact on psychological and social level. The negative impact was greater in some population groups such as women, young people, and those with a lower socioeconomic level, which may further increase inequities.
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Valenzuela P, Barrientos C, Molina F, Valdés D, Leniz I, Reginatto G, Basaigoitia A, Solis-Soto M, Burrone M. Psychological well-being and employment status during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9528299 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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IntroductionSeveral restrictive measures have been implemented to reduced COVID- 19 impact with unknown consequences on people daily life.ObjectivesThe primary objective is to asses the psychosocial impact and employment status changes since lockdown COVID-19 measures in Chile.MethodsCross-sectional study was implemented using an anonymous and self-administered online questionnaire. Adult people were invited to participate through social networks between May to June 2020. The questionnaire included sociodemographic information, coping strategies, changes in income and working conditions and psychological distress (K10 Scale).Results
3102 participants over 18 years answered the questionnaire. 69.9% reported psychological distress mainly women (82.2%), members of the public health system (59%), dependent workers (39.8%), people who suffered income reduction (36.8%)., and those who changed their employment status (26.4%). Participants who presented income reduction were 1.83 times more likely to present psychological distress than those without changes (p <0.001)ConclusionsPandemic crisis had impacted population health, especially in some specifics groups that could be targeted for future interventions.
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Martínez-Ramírez M, Rus A, de Damas M, Molina F, Moreno-Martinez M, Barranco Ochoa J, Aguilar-Ferrándiz M, del Moral M. Antithrombotic effects of olive oil in women with fibromyalgia. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Luque L, Rodrigo T, García-García JM, Casals M, Millet JP, Caylà J, Orcau A, Agüero R, Alcázar J, Altet N, Altube L, Álvarez F, Anibarro L, Barrón M, Bermúdez P, Bikuña E, Blanquer R, Borderías L, Bustamante A, Calpe J, Caminero J, Cañas F, Casas F, Casas X, Cases E, Castejón N, Castrodeza R, Cebrián J, Cervera A, Ciruelos J, Delgado A, De Souza M, Díaz D, Domínguez M, Fernández B, Gallardo J, Gallego M, Clemente MG, García C, García F, Garros F, Gort A, Guerediaga A, Gullón J, Hidalgo C, Iglesias M, Jiménez G, Jiménez M, Kindelan J, Laparra J, López I, Lera R, Lloret T, Marín M, Lacasa XM, Martínez E, Martínez A, Medina J, Melero C, Milà C, Millet J, Mir I, Molina F, Morales C, Morales M, Moreno A, Moreno V, Muñoz A, Muñoz C, Muñoz J, Muñoz L, Oribe M, Parra I, Penas A, Pérez J, Rivas P, Rodríguez J, Ruiz-Manzano J, Sala J, Sandel D, Sánchez M, Sánchez M, Sánchez P, Santamaría I, Sanz F, Serrano A, Somoza M, Tabernero E, Trujillo E, Valencia E, Valiño P, Vargas A, Vidal I, Vidal R, Villanueva M, Villar A, Vizcaya M, Zabaleta M, Zubillaga G. Factors Associated With Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Spain and Its Distribution in Immigrant Population. Open Respiratory Archives 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.opresp.2020.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Molina F. La evolución de la Cirugía, un concepto unido a la investigación y a la educación permanente del cirujano plástico. Cir plást iberolatinoam 2019. [DOI: 10.4321/s0376-78922019000100002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Rubio Salvador Á, Jiménez-Brobeil SA, Sánchez-Barba Muñoz LP, Molina F. New case of concha bullosa from Bronze Age Iberia (Granada, Spain). Int J Paleopathol 2019; 24:154-157. [PMID: 30391808 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to expand knowledge of Concha bullosa in a prehistoric population. MATERIALS The skull of an adult female from the Bronze Age archeological site ofCastellón Alto (Granada, Spain), dated between 1900 and 1600 BCE. METHODS The diagnosis of middle turbinateconcha bullosa was based on macroscopic, radiographic, and computed tomography studies. RESULTS This is one of the oldest findings ofconcha bullosa in Europe. Despite the possible obstruction of the osteomeatal complex by the concha bullosa in this individual, no signs of sinusitis were observed in maxillary sinuses. CONCLUSIONS The maxillary sinuses of this female showed no signs of sinusitis related to theconcha bullosa. SIGNIFICANCE This study provides new evidence on the chronological limits of this condition. The particular funeral rites of these populations have preserved the majority of skeletons at this site in an excellent condition. LIMITATIONS The identification ofconcha bullosa continues to be rare in ancient populations, in part due to the poor preservation of nasal bones in archeological collections. Suggestions for further research: Detailed study of the nasal cavity of adequately preserved individuals can be expected to identify further cases of concha bullosa in ancient populations.
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- Ángel Rubio Salvador
- Laboratory of Anthropology, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Av. de la Investigación 11, 18071 Granada, Spain. /Tlf
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- Laboratory of Anthropology, School of Medicine, University of Granada, Av. de la Investigación 11, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, School of Philosophy, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain.
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Castaño P, Plaza M, Molina F, Hincapié C, Maya W, Cataño J, González J, León A, Jaimes F. Antimicrobial agent prescription: a prospective cohort study in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Trop Med Int Health 2018; 24:175-184. [PMID: 30489005 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the true association between appropriate prescription of antibiotics and prognosis in patients with sepsis, a key issue in health care and quality improvement strategies. METHODS Prospective cohort study in three university hospitals to determine whether the empirical prescription of antibiotics was adequate or inadequate, and to compare hospital death rates and length of stay according to different classifications of antibiotics prescription. Logistic regression models for risk estimation were fitted. RESULTS A total of 705 patients with severe sepsis were included. No differences were found in positive-culture patients (n = 545) regarding the risk of death with insufficient spectrum antibiotics, compared to patients who received adequate spectrum antibiotics (OR = 0.90; 95% CI = 0.55-1.48). Delay in initiating antibiotics was not associated with the risk of death in patients with adequate spectrum of antibiotics, either with positive (OR = 1.04; 95% CI = 0.99-1.08) or negative cultures (OR = 0.98; 95% CI = 0.92-1.04). There were no differences in the length of hospital stay, according to the antibiotic prescription (median 11 days, IQR = 7-18 days for the whole cohort). CONCLUSIONS No associations were found between inadequate antibiotic prescription or delay to initiate therapy and mortality or length of stay.
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- Pablo Castaño
- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación, Medellín, Colombia.,Clínica Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Clínica CES, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,School of Public Health, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Research Unit, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia
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Molina F, Castaño P, Plaza M, Hincapié C, Maya W, Cataño JC, González J, León A, Jaimes F. Positive Culture and Prognosis in Patients With Sepsis: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Intensive Care Med 2018; 35:755-762. [PMID: 29925284 DOI: 10.1177/0885066618783656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze the prognostic role of positive cultures in patients with sepsis. METHODS A prospective cohort study in a tertiary referral hospital in Medellín, Colombia. Adults older than 18 years of age with a bacterial infection diagnosis according to Centers for Disease Control criteria and sepsis (evidence of organ dysfunction) were included. A logistic regression model was used to determine the association between positive cultures and hospital mortality, and a Cox regression with a competing risk modeling approach was used to determine the association between positive cultures and hospital stay as well as secondary infections. RESULTS Overall, 408 patients had positive cultures, of which 257 were blood culture, and 153 had negative cultures. Patients with positive cultures had a lower risk of mortality (odds ratio [OR], 0.43; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.27-0.68), but this association was not maintained after adjusting for confounding factors (OR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.31-1.01). No association was found with the hospital stay (adjusted subhazard ratio [SHR], 1.06; 95% CI, 0.83-1.35). There was no association between positive cultures and the presence of secondary infections (adjusted SHR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.58-1.71). CONCLUSION Positive cultures are not associated with prognosis in patients with sepsis.
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- Fernando Molina
- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Hospital Universitario de San Vicente Fundación, Medellín, Colombia.,Clínica Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Clínica CES, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,School of Public Health, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- GRAEPIC Research Group, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.,Research Unit, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia
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Presciuttini S, Gismondi V, Scarcello E, Sala P, D'Elia F, Rossetti C, Caroti-Ghelli C, Molina F, Groden J, Mosca F, Bertario L, Varesco L. Different Expressivity of two Adjacent Mutations of the APC Gene. Tumori 2018; 85:28-31. [PMID: 10228493 DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Aims and background The phenotypic expression of different APC mutations in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is variable: two to three variants of the disease have been defined based on the severity of colonic manifestations. Age of onset and number of polypectomies per person-year of postsurgical follow-up were compared in two FAP families with very close mutation sites in the APC gene, in order to ascertain mutation-specific variation of expressivity. Families and APC mutations Family A (5 patients) carried a newly characterized mutation, a four bp deletion at codon 843. Family B (5 patients) carried a previously identified mutation at codon 835. Results Mean age of onset was 49.7 years in family A and 30.5 years in family B; number of polypectomies per person-year of follow-up was 1.05 for family A and 10.1 for family B (P <0.001). Conclusions There is significant variation of expressivity (allelic heterogeneity) in FAP between two mutations separated by only eight codons, located at the 5’ extremity of APC gene exon 15.
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- S Presciuttini
- Italian Polyposis Registry, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan
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Molina F, Aguilera P, Romero-Barrientos J, Arellano HF, Agramunt J, Medel J, Morales JR, Zambra M. Energy distribution of the neutron flux measurements at the Chilean Reactor RECH-1 using multi-foil neutron activation and the Expectation Maximization unfolding algorithm. Appl Radiat Isot 2017; 129:28-34. [PMID: 28802155 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2017.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We present a methodology to obtain the energy distribution of the neutron flux of an experimental nuclear reactor, using multi-foil activation measurements and the Expectation Maximization unfolding algorithm, which is presented as an alternative to well known unfolding methods such as GRAVEL. Self-shielding flux corrections for energy bin groups were obtained using MCNP6 Monte Carlo simulations. We have made studies at the at the Dry Tube of RECH-1 obtaining fluxes of 1.5(4)×1013cm-2s-1 for the thermal neutron energy region, 1.9(5)×1012cm-2s-1 for the epithermal neutron energy region, and 4.3(11)×1011cm-2s-1 for the fast neutron energy region.
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- F Molina
- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile; Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física-FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile; Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Física-FCFM, Universidad de Chile, Av. Blanco Encalada 2008, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC-Univ. Valencia, Apdo. 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Física, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Nueva Bilbao 12501, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile; Universidad Diego Portales, Manuel Rodríguez Sur 415, Santiago, Chile
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Fallot M, Porta A, Meur LL, Briz J, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Guadilla V, Algora A, Taìn JL, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui V, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Batist L, Bowry M, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Fraile L, Fleming M, Ganogliu E, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorelov D, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen V, Kondev F, Koponen J, Lebois M, Martinez T, Mason P, Mendoza E, Molina F, Monserrate M, Montaner-Pizá A, Moore I, Nácher E, Orrigo S, Penttilä H, Perez A, Podolyák Z, Pohjalainen I, Regan P, Reinikainen J, Reponen M, Rinta-Antila S, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonnenschein V, Sonzogni A, Sublet JC, Vedia V, Voss A, Weber C, Wilson J. Total absorption spectroscopy of fission fragments relevant for reactor antineutrino spectra. EPJ Web Conf 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714610002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Goigoux T, Ascher P, Blank B, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kurtukian Nieto T, Magron C, Doornenbal P, Kiss GG, Nishimura S, Söderström PA, Phong VH, Wu J, Ahn DS, Fukuda N, Inabe N, Kubo T, Kubono S, Sakurai H, Shimizu Y, Sumikama T, Suzuki H, Takeda H, Agramunt J, Algora A, Guadilla V, Montaner-Piza A, Morales AI, Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Tanaka M, Gelletly W, Aguilera P, Molina F, Diel F, Lubos D, de Angelis G, Napoli D, Borcea C, Boso A, Cakirli RB, Ganioglu E, Chiba J, Nishimura D, Oikawa H, Takei Y, Yagi S, Wimmer K, de France G, Go S, Brown BA. Two-Proton Radioactivity of ^{67}Kr. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:162501. [PMID: 27792367 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.162501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In an experiment with the BigRIPS separator at the RIKEN Nishina Center, we observed two-proton (2p) emission from ^{67}Kr. At the same time, no evidence for 2p emission of ^{59}Ge and ^{63}Se, two other potential candidates for this exotic radioactivity, could be observed. This observation is in line with Q value predictions which pointed to ^{67}Kr as being the best new candidate among the three for two-proton radioactivity. ^{67}Kr is only the fourth 2p ground-state emitter to be observed with a half-life of the order of a few milliseconds. The decay energy was determined to be 1690(17) keV, the 2p emission branching ratio is 37(14)%, and the half-life of ^{67}Kr is 7.4(30) ms.
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- T Goigoux
- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- Centre d'Études Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, Université de Bordeaux-UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 51, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Amunátegui 95, Santiago Centro, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro dell'INFN, I-35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
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- National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering IFIN-HH, P.O. Box MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- INFN Sezione di Padova and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, B.P. 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 05, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, 401 Nielsen Physics Building, 1408 Circle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1200, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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Camargo JF, Tobón GJ, Fonseca N, Diaz JL, Uribe M, Molina F, Anaya JM. Autoimmune rheumatic diseases in the intensive care unit: experience from a tertiary referral hospital and review of the literature. Lupus 2016; 14:315-20. [PMID: 15864918 DOI: 10.1191/0961203305lu2082oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRD) are not uncommon in the general population and up to one third of hospitalized patients with AIRD may need admission to intensive care unit (ICU). This paper describes the causes of admission, the clinical features and outcome of 24 AIRD patients admitted to a medical ICU from a third level hospital. Thirteen patients had systemic lupus erythematosus (54.2%), three rheumatoid arthritis (12.5%), three pulmonary renal syndrome (12.5%), two dermatopolymyositis (8.3%), two scleroderma (8.3%) and one antiphospholipid syndrome (4.2%). The main causes for ICU admission were rheumatic disease flare-up (37.5%), infection (37.5%) and complications derived from rheumatic disease (29.1%). Mortality during ICU stay was 16.7% (four patients). Excluding shock requiring vasopressor support, no statistical difference was found between survivors and nonsurvivors; although there was a trend to higher test severity scores (APACHE II, ODIN) in nonsurvivors. Our results reveal a lower mortality rate in AIRD patients admitted to the ICU than reported previously. Severity scores such as APACHE II are predictors of mortality in patients with AIRD in the ICU.
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- J F Camargo
- Rheumatology Unit, Clínica Universitaria Bolivariana, Medellin, Colombia, South America
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Schneider FS, de Almeida Lima S, Reis de Ávila G, Castro KL, Guerra-Duarte C, Sanchez EF, Nguyen C, Granier C, Molina F, Chávez-Olortegui C. Identification of protective B-cell epitopes of Atroxlysin-I: A metalloproteinase from Bothrops atrox snake venom. Vaccine 2016; 34:1680-7. [PMID: 26917009 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Atroxlysin-I (Atr-I) is a hemorrhagic snake venom metalloproteinase (SVMP) from Bothrops atrox venom, the snake responsible for the majority of bites in the north region of South America. SVMPs like Atr-I produce toxic effects in victims including hemorrhage, inflammation, necrosis and blood coagulation deficiency. Mapping of B-cell epitopes in SVMPs might result in the identification of non-toxic molecules capable of inducing neutralizing antibodies and improving the anti-venom therapy. Here, using the SPOT-synthesis technique we identified two epitopes located in the N-ter region of Atr-I (AtrEp1-(22)YNGNSDKIRRRIHQM(36); and AtrEp2-(55)GVEIWSNKDLINVQ(68)). Based on the sequence of AtrEp1 and AtrEp2 a third peptide named Atr-I biepitope (AtrBiEp) was designed and synthesized ((23)NGNSDKIRRRIH(34)GG(55)GVEIWSNKDLINVQ(68)). AtrBiEp was used to immunize BALB/c mice. Anti-AtrBiEp serum cross-reacted against Atr-I in western blot and was able to fully neutralize the hemorrhagic activity of Atr-I. Our results provide a rational basis for the identification of neutralizing epitopes on Atr-I snake venom toxin and show that the use of synthetic peptides could improve the generation of immuno-therapeutics.
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- F S Schneider
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Sys2Diag, FRE 3690, CNRS Alcediag, Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Viart B, Dias-Lopes C, Kozlova E, Oliveira CFB, Nguyen C, Neshich G, Chávez-Olórtegui C, Molina F, Felicori LF. EPI-peptide designer: a tool for designing peptide ligand libraries based on epitope–paratope interactions. Bioinformatics 2016; 32:1462-70. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Competition of β-delayed protons and β-delayed γrays in 56Zn and the exotic β-delayed γ-proton decay. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611706019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Porta A, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui V, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Briz J, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucouanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen V, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez-Cerdán AB, Podolyák Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Reponen M, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonzogni A, Weber C. Total Absorption Spectroscopy of Fission Fragments Relevant for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra and Decay Heat Calculations. EPJ Web of Conferences 2016. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201611108006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ontiveros-Ravell J, Molina F, Almenara-Masbernat M, Soriano I, Opisso E, Hernando ME, Tormos JM, Medina J, Gómez EJ. Customized Monitoring and Interaction Devices in Virtual Environments for Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Brain Injury. Stud Health Technol Inform 2016; 226:37-40. [PMID: 27350460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This paper introduces a new approach for upper limb neurorehabilitation based on customized devices for monitoring and interacting with virtual environments. A proof-of-concept test involving eight patients at the Guttmann Neurorehabilitation Hospital shows patient's good acceptance and usability scores and demonstrates the technically feasibility of the devices. The final goal is to achieve a more personalized, monitored, intensive and ecological rehabilitation procedures for ABI patients.
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- Julio Ontiveros-Ravell
- Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Madrid, Spain
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- Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Institut, Fundació Institut d' investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Institut, Fundació Institut d' investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Institut, Fundació Institut d' investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Institut, Fundació Institut d' investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Guttmann, Neurorehabilitation Institut, Fundació Institut d' investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Triasi Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biomedical Engineering and Telemedicine Centre, ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina, Madrid, Spain
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Molina F. Microbiome and Health. Midwifery Today Int Midwife 2016:9-11. [PMID: 29912494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ali Munive A, Varon Vega FA, Hernandez Parra A, Molina F, Poveda M, Meza RA, Castro H, Urbina Z, Mercado J, Martinez J, Mayorga M, Pareja M, Cepeda E, Sanchez M, Vega R, Camargo F, Vergara J. Epidemiology, clinical differences and outcomes of tracheobronchitis and pneumonia associated to mechanical ventilation in intensive care units of latin america (LATINNAVE). Intensive Care Med Exp 2015. [PMCID: PMC4798223 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-3-s1-a703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Fallot M, Porta A, Algora A, Tain JL, Valencia E, Rice S, Bui VM, Cormon S, Estienne M, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Briz JA, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Cucoanes A, Elomaa VV, Eronen T, Estévez E, Farrelly GF, Garcia AR, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos MB, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan MD, Kankainen A, Karvonen P, Kolhinen VS, Kondev FG, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez-Cerdán AB, Podolyák Z, Penttilä H, Regan PH, Reponen M, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Shiba T, Sonzogni AA, Weber C. Total Absorption Spectroscopy Study of (92)Rb Decay: A Major Contributor to Reactor Antineutrino Spectrum Shape. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:102503. [PMID: 26382674 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.102503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The antineutrino spectra measured in recent experiments at reactors are inconsistent with calculations based on the conversion of integral beta spectra recorded at the ILL reactor. (92)Rb makes the dominant contribution to the reactor antineutrino spectrum in the 5-8 MeV range but its decay properties are in question. We have studied (92)Rb decay with total absorption spectroscopy. Previously unobserved beta feeding was seen in the 4.5-5.5 region and the GS to GS feeding was found to be 87.5(25)%. The impact on the reactor antineutrino spectra calculated with the summation method is shown and discussed.
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- A-A Zakari-Issoufou
- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Institute of Nuclear Research, MTA ATOMKI, Debrecen, 4026 Hungary
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales Y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU27XH, United Kingdom
- National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (CSIC-Universitat de Valencia), Apartado Correos 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- SUBATECH, CNRS/IN2P3, Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, F-44307 Nantes, France
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- National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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Cortés-Arreguín J, Palafox D, Molina F. Quiste subaracnoideo y displasia del ala mayor del esfenoides en neurofibromatosis. Cir plást iberolatinoam 2015. [DOI: 10.4321/s0376-78922015000300014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lapalud P, Rothschild C, Mathieu-Dupas E, Balicchi J, Gruel Y, Laune D, Molina F, Schved JF, Granier C, Lavigne-Lissalde G. Anti-A2 and anti-A1 domain antibodies are potential predictors of immune tolerance induction outcome in children with hemophilia A. J Thromb Haemost 2015; 13:540-7. [PMID: 25603934 DOI: 10.1111/jth.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hemophilia A (HA) is a congenital bleeding disorder resulting from factor VIII deficiency. The most serious complication of HA management is the appearance of inhibitory antibodies (Abs) against injected FVIII concentrates. To eradicate inhibitors, immune tolerance induction (ITI) is usually attempted, but it fails in up to 30% of cases. Currently, no undisputed predictive marker of ITI outcome is available to facilitate the clinical decision. OBJECTIVES To identify predictive markers of ITI efficacy. METHODS The isotypic and epitopic repertoires of inhibitory Abs were analyzed in plasma samples collected before ITI initiation from 15 children with severe HA and high-titer inhibitors, and their levels were compared in the two outcome groups (ITI success [n = 7] and ITI failure [n = 8]). The predictive value of these candidate biomarkers and of the currently used indicators (inhibitor titer and age at ITI initiation, highest inhibitor titer before ITI, and interval between inhibitor diagnosis and ITI initiation) was then compared by statistical analysis (Wilcoxon test and receiver receiver operating characteristic [ROC] curve analysis). RESULTS Whereas current indicators seemed to fail in discriminating patients in the two outcome groups (ITI success or failure), anti-A1 and anti-A2 Ab levels before ITI initiation appeared to be good potential predictive markers of ITI outcome (P < 0.018). ROC analysis showed that anti-A1 and anti-A2 Abs were the best at discriminating between outcome groups (area under the ROC curve of > 0.875). CONCLUSION Anti-A1 and anti-A2 Abs could represent new promising tools for the development of ITI outcome prediction tests for children with severe HA.
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- P Lapalud
- UMR3145 CNRS/BioRad, SysDiag, Montpellier, France
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Molina F. Early Child Development: Setting the Basis for Effective Communication with Your Unborn Child. What are research and common sense telling us? Midwifery Today Int Midwife 2015:54-55. [PMID: 26785596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Molina F. Waterbirth Anecdotes from Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela (1996-2013). Midwifery Today Int Midwife 2015:12-15. [PMID: 26591410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Grodner E, Gadea A, Sarriguren P, Lenzi SM, Grebosz J, Valiente-Dobón JJ, Algora A, Górska M, Regan PH, Rudolph D, de Angelis G, Agramunt J, Alkhomashi N, Amon Susam L, Bazzacco D, Benlliure J, Benzoni G, Boutachkov P, Bracco A, Caceres L, Cakirli RB, Crespi FCL, Domingo-Pardo C, Doncel M, Dombrádi Z, Doornenbal P, Farnea E, Ganioğlu E, Gelletly W, Gerl J, Gottardo A, Hüyük T, Kurz N, Leoni S, Mengoni D, Molina F, Morales AI, Orlandi R, Oktem Y, Page RD, Perez D, Pietri S, Podolyák Z, Poves A, Quintana B, Rinta-Antila S, Rubio B, Nara Singh BS, Steer AN, Verma S, Wadsworth R, Wieland O, Wollersheim HJ. Hindered Gamow-Teller decay to the odd-odd N=Z (62)Ga: absence of proton-neutron T=0 condensate in A=62. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:092501. [PMID: 25215980 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.092501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Search for a new kind of superfluidity built on collective proton-neutron pairs with aligned spin is performed studying the Gamow-Teller decay of the T=1, J(π)=0+ ground state of (62)Ge into excited states of the odd-odd N=Z nucleus (62)Ga. The experiment is performed at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Shwerionenforshung with the (62)Ge ions selected by the fragment separator and implanted in a stack of Si-strip detectors, surrounded by the RISING Ge array. A half-life of T1/2=82.9(14) ms is measured for the (62)Ge ground state. Six excited states of (62)Ga, populated below 2.5 MeV through Gamow-Teller transitions, are identified. Individual Gamow-Teller transition strengths agree well with theoretical predictions of the interacting shell model and the quasiparticle random phase approximation. The absence of any sizable low-lying Gamow-Teller strength in the reported beta-decay experiment supports the hypothesis of a negligible role of coherent T=0 proton-neutron correlations in (62)Ga.
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- E Grodner
- Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland and Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy and Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Science, Krakow, Poland
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Radiaciones Ionizantes,Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, INFN, Legnaro, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università di Padova, Padova, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain and Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, P.O. Box 188-D, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy and Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Física Teórica and IFT-UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Radiaciones Ionizantes,Universidad de Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Nuclear Physics Group, Department of Physics, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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Morales AI, Benlliure J, Kurtukián-Nieto T, Schmidt KH, Verma S, Regan PH, Podolyák Z, Górska M, Pietri S, Kumar R, Casarejos E, Al-Dahan N, Algora A, Alkhomashi N, Álvarez-Pol H, Benzoni G, Blazhev A, Boutachkov P, Bruce AM, Cáceres LS, Cullen IJ, Denis Bacelar AM, Doornenbal P, Estévez-Aguado ME, Farrelly G, Fujita Y, Garnsworthy AB, Gelletly W, Gerl J, Grebosz J, Hoischen R, Kojouharov I, Kurz N, Lalkovski S, Liu Z, Mihai C, Molina F, Mücher D, Rubio B, Shaffner H, Steer SJ, Tamii A, Tashenov S, Valiente-Dobón JJ, Walker PM, Wollersheim HJ, Woods PJ. Half-life systematics across the N=126 shell closure: role of first-forbidden transitions in the β decay of heavy neutron-rich nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:022702. [PMID: 25062171 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.022702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This Letter reports on a systematic study of β-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei around doubly magic (208)Pb. The lifetimes of the 126-neutron shell isotone (204)Pt and the neighboring (200-202)Ir, (203)Pt, (204)Au are presented together with other 19 half-lives measured during the "stopped beam" campaign of the rare isotope investigations at GSI collaboration. The results constrain the main nuclear theories used in calculations of r-process nucleosynthesis. Predictions based on a statistical macroscopic description of the first-forbidden β strength reveal significant deviations for most of the nuclei with N<126. In contrast, theories including a fully microscopic treatment of allowed and first-forbidden transitions reproduce more satisfactorily the trend in the measured half-lives for the nuclei in this region, where the r-process pathway passes through during β decay back to stability.
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- A I Morales
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom and National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany and IFAC, New Delhi, India
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4001, Hungary
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- INFN, Università degli Studi di Milano, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 560-0043 Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- The Henryk Niewodniczànski Institute of Nuclear Physics, PL-31-342 Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), RO-077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- IKP, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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- IFIC, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, 567-0047 Osaka, Japan
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- GSI, Planckstrasse 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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Gonzalez-Rivas D, Fernandez R, de la Torre M, Rodriguez JL, Fontan L, Molina F. Single-port thoracoscopic lobectomy in a nonintubated patient: the least invasive procedure for major lung resection? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2014; 19:552-5. [DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Orrigo SEA, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Observation of the β-delayed γ-proton decay of (56)Zn and its impact on the Gamow-Teller strength evaluation. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:222501. [PMID: 24949762 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.222501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We report the observation of a very exotic decay mode at the proton drip line, the β-delayed γ-proton decay, clearly seen in the β decay of the T_{z}=-2 nucleus ^{56}Zn. Three γ-proton sequences have been observed after the β decay. Here this decay mode, already observed in the sd shell, is seen for the first time in the fp shell. Both γ and proton decays have been taken into account in the estimation of the Fermi and Gamow-Teller strengths. Evidence for fragmentation of the Fermi strength due to strong isospin mixing is found.
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- S E A Orrigo
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan and Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen H-4026, Hungary
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CNRS/IN2P3-Université Bordeaux 1, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear, Casilla 188-D, Santiago, Chile
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- SCK·CEN, Boeretang 200, 2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen, France
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Dias-Lopes C, Felicori L, Rubrecht L, Cobo S, Molina L, Nguyen C, Galéa P, Granier C, Molina F, Chávez-Olortegui C. Generation and molecular characterization of a monoclonal antibody reactive with conserved epitope in sphingomyelinases D from Loxosceles spider venoms. Vaccine 2014; 32:2086-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fujita Y, Fujita H, Adachi T, Bai CL, Algora A, Berg GPA, von Brentano P, Colò G, Csatlós M, Deaven JM, Estevez-Aguado E, Fransen C, De Frenne D, Fujita K, Ganioğlu E, Guess CJ, Gulyás J, Hatanaka K, Hirota K, Honma M, Ishikawa D, Jacobs E, Krasznahorkay A, Matsubara H, Matsuyanagi K, Meharchand R, Molina F, Muto K, Nakanishi K, Negret A, Okamura H, Ong HJ, Otsuka T, Pietralla N, Perdikakis G, Popescu L, Rubio B, Sagawa H, Sarriguren P, Scholl C, Shimbara Y, Shimizu Y, Susoy G, Suzuki T, Tameshige Y, Tamii A, Thies JH, Uchida M, Wakasa T, Yosoi M, Zegers RGT, Zell KO, Zenihiro J. Observation of low- and high-energy Gamow-Teller phonon excitations in nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:112502. [PMID: 24702355 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.112502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions in atomic nuclei are sensitive to both nuclear shell structure and effective residual interactions. The nuclear GT excitations were studied for the mass number A = 42, 46, 50, and 54 "f-shell" nuclei in ((3)He, t) charge-exchange reactions. In the (42)Ca → (42)Sc reaction, most of the GT strength is concentrated in the lowest excited state at 0.6 MeV, suggesting the existence of a low-energy GT phonon excitation. As A increases, a high-energy GT phonon excitation develops in the 6-11 MeV region. In the (54)Fe → (54)Co reaction, the high-energy GT phonon excitation mainly carries the GT strength. The existence of these two GT phonon excitations are attributed to the 2 fermionic degrees of freedom in nuclei.
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan and Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain and Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Department of Physics and JINA, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, and INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Vakgroep Subatomaire en Stralingsfysica, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Vakgroep Subatomaire en Stralingsfysica, Universiteit Gent, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Institute for Nuclear Research (MTA-Atomki), H-4001 Debrecen, Post Office Box 51, Hungary
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan and Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohokayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 077125 Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA and Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Center, B-2400 Mol, Belgium
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC-Universidad de Valencia, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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- Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan and RIKEN, Nishina Center, Wako Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Nishi, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Istanbul University, Istanbul 34134, Turkey
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Universität zu Köln, D-50937 Köln, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Porta A, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui V, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Results of fission productsβdecay properties measurement performed with a total absorption spectrometer. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146610019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ibanez J, Serrano JI, del Castillo MD, Monge E, Molina F, Rivas FM, Alguacil I, Miangolarra JC, Pons JL. Upper-limb muscular electrical stimulation driven by EEG-based detections of the intentions to move: a proposed intervention for patients with stroke. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2014; 2014:1646-1649. [PMID: 25570289 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6943921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study proposes an intervention for stroke patients in which electrical stimulation of muscles in the affected arm is supplied when movement intention is detected from the electroencephalographic signal. The detection relies on the combined analysis of two movement related cortical patterns: the event-related desynchronization and the bereitschaftspotential. Results with two healthy subjects and three chronic stroke patients show that reliable EEG-based estimations of the movement onsets can be generated (on average, 66.9 ± 26.4 % of the movements are detected with 0.42 ± 0.17 false activations per minute) which in turn give rise to electrical stimuli providing sensory feedback tightly associated to the movement planning (average detection latency of the onsets of the movements was 54.4 ± 287.9 ms).
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Orrigo S, Rubio B, Fujita Y, Blank B, Gelletly W, Agramunt J, Algora A, Ascher P, Bilgier B, Cáceres L, Cakirli RB, Fujita H, Ganioğlu E, Gerbaux M, Giovinazzo J, Grévy S, Kamalou O, Kozer HC, Kucuk L, Kurtukian-Nieto T, Molina F, Popescu L, Rogers AM, Susoy G, Stodel C, Suzuki T, Tamii A, Thomas JC. Beta decay of exotic TZ= -1, -2 nuclei: the interesting case of 56Zn. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Valencia E, Algora A, Tain JL, Rice S, Agramunt J, Zakari-Issoufou AA, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui VM, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Eronen T, Estevez E, Farrelly G, Fallot M, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan MD, Kankainen A, Kondev FG, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Porta A, Regan PH, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Gamma/neutron competition above the neutron separation energy in delayed neutron emitters. EPJ Web of Conferences 2014. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20146602002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abraham JD, Promé S, Salvetat N, Rubrecht L, Cobo S, du Paty E, Galéa P, Mathieu-Dupas E, Ranaldi S, Caillava C, Crémer GA, Rieunier F, Robert P, Molina F, Laune D, Checler F, Fareh J. Cerebrospinal Aβ11-x and 17-x levels as indicators of mild cognitive impairment and patients' stratification in Alzheimer's disease. Transl Psychiatry 2013; 3:e281. [PMID: 23860482 PMCID: PMC3731790 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In the present work, the concentrations of Aβ11-x and Aβ17-x peptides (x=40 or 42), which result from the combined cleavages of β-amyloid precursor protein (AβPP) by β'/α or α/γ-secretases, respectively, were assessed in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Specific multiplexed assays were set up using new anti-40 and anti-42 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for the capture of these N-truncated Aβ peptides and anti-11 or anti-17 mAbs for their detection. The specificity, sensitivity and reproducibility of such assays were assessed using synthetic peptides and human cell models. Aβ11-x and Aβ17-x were then measured in CSF samples from patients with AD (n=23), MCI (n=23) and controls with normal cognition (n=21). Aβ11-x levels were significantly lower in patients with MCI than in controls. Compared with the combined quantification of Aβ1-42, total Tau (T-Tau) and phosphorylated Tau (P-Tau; AlzBio3, Innogenetics), the association of Aβ11-40, Aβ17-40 and T-Tau improved the discrimination between MCI and controls. Furthermore, when patients with MCI were classified into two subgroups (MCI ≤1.5 or ≥2 based on their CDR-SB (Cognitive Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes) score), the CSF Aβ17-40/Aβ11-40 ratio was significantly higher in patients with CDR-SB ≤1.5 than in controls, whereas neither Aβ1-42, T-Tau nor P-Tau allowed the detection of this subpopulation. These results need to be confirmed in a larger clinical prospective cohort.
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France.
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, team labelized by the ‘Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale' and LABEX (Laboratory of Excellence), Valbonne, France
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- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Marnes la Coquette, France
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- Bio-Rad Laboratories, Marnes la Coquette, France
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- CMRR, Memory Center, EA CoBTeK, University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR7275, team labelized by the ‘Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale' and LABEX (Laboratory of Excellence), Valbonne, France
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- SysDiag CNRS/Bio-Rad UMR3145, Montpellier, France
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Molina F, Rus A, Peinado MA, del Moral ML. Short-term hypoxia/reoxygenation activates the angiogenic pathway in rat caudate putamen. J Biosci 2013; 38:363-71. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-013-9327-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Roger A, Vázquez R, Almonacid C, Padilla A, Serrano J, García-Salmones M, Molina F, Pinedo C, Torrejón M, Picado C, López-Viña A, Plaza V. Knowledge of their own allergic sensitizations in asthmatic patients and its impact on the level of asthma control. Arch Bronconeumol 2013; 49:289-96. [PMID: 23566766 DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2013.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Asthma guidelines recommend the adoption of allergen avoidance measures (AAM). To do so, patients need to know their own allergies. However, this degree of knowledge has not yet been assessed. The aims of this study were to determine, in allergic asthma patients: i)the degree of knowledge of their own allergic sensitizations; ii)the percentage of those who knew all their allergies and, in addition, adopted AAM against all of them, and iii)the possible impact of this degree of knowledge on the level of asthma control. PATIENTS AND METHODS Descriptive, prospective and multicentre study, including 147patients from 9 Respiratory Medicine outpatient clinics. After confirming the previous allergic asthma diagnosis, a questionnaire was completed. It included asthma control and severity levels, results of previous allergy tests, and the description and number of allergic sensitizations known by the patients and AAM followed. RESULTS Only 72 (49%) patients knew all their allergic sensitizations and only 48 (33%) were also following AAM against all the allergens to which they were allergic. No relationship was established between the degree of knowledge of their own allergies and the level of asthma control (P=.544). CONCLUSIONS Overall knowledge about the allergic nature of their disease among asthmatic patients attending Spanish Respiratory Medicine Departments is inadequate. Furthermore, a higher degree of knowledge of their allergies does not seem to lead, by itself, to better asthma control. Both findings seem to question the effectiveness of current educational strategies in this field and consequently, they should be revised.
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- Alex Roger
- Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, España.
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Sousa D, Castelo-Corral L, Gutierrez-Urbon JM, Molina F, Lopez-Calvino B, Bou G, Llinares P. Impact of ertapenem use on Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii imipenem susceptibility rates: collateral damage or positive effect on hospital ecology? J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 68:1917-25. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sadick M, Molina F, Frey S, Piniol R, Sadick H, Brade J, Fink C, Schoenberg SO, He Y. Effect of Reconstruction Parameters in High-Definition PET/CT on Assessment of Lymph Node Metastases in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Nucl Med Technol 2013; 41:19-25. [DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.112.116806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Zakari-Issoufou AA, Porta A, Fallot M, Algora A, Tain J, Valencia E, Rice S, Agramunt J, Äystö J, Bowry M, Bui V, Caballero-Folch R, Cano-Ott D, Eloma V, Estévez E, Farrelly G, Garcia A, Gelletly W, Gomez-Hornillos M, Gorlychev V, Hakala J, Jokinen A, Jordan M, Kankainen A, Kondev F, Martinez T, Mendoza E, Molina F, Moore I, Perez A, Podolyak Z, Penttilä H, Regan P, Rissanen J, Rubio B, Weber C. Measurement of fission products βdecay properties using a total absorption spectrometer. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20136201007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sonek J, Molina F, Hiett AK, Glover M, McKenna D, Nicolaides KH. Prefrontal space ratio: comparison between trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses in the second trimester. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2012; 40:293-296. [PMID: 22302766 DOI: 10.1002/uog.11120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a novel ultrasound measurement, the prefrontal space ratio (PFSR), in second-trimester trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses. METHODS Stored three-dimensional volumes of fetal profiles from 26 trisomy 21 fetuses and 90 euploid fetuses at 15-25 weeks' gestation were examined. A line was drawn between the leading edge of the mandible and the maxilla (MM line) and extended in front of the forehead. The ratio of the distance between the leading edge of the skull and that of the skin (d(1)) to the distance between the skin and the point where the MM line was intercepted (d(2)) was calculated (d(2)/d(1)). The distributions of PFSR in trisomy 21 and euploid fetuses were compared, and the relationship with gestational age in each group was evaluated by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r(s) ). RESULTS The PFSR in trisomy 21 fetuses (mean, 0.36; range, 0-0.81) was significantly lower than in euploid fetuses (mean, 1.48; range, 0.85-2.95; P < 0.001 (Mann-Whitney U-test)). There was no significant association between PFSR and gestational age in either trisomy 21 (r(s) = 0.25; 95% CI, - 0.15 to 0.58) or euploid (r(s) = 0.06; 95% CI, - 0.15 to 0.27) fetuses. CONCLUSION The PFSR appears to be a highly sensitive and specific marker of trisomy 21 in the second trimester of pregnancy.
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- J Sonek
- Fetal Medicine Foundation USA, Dayton, OH, USA.
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Lopez L, Medina J, Palomares D, Alonso S, Martinez B, Chacon J, Diaz L, Cordero N, Cruz M, Molina F. 6047 POSTER Neoadjuvant Capecitabine-based Chemoradiotherapy in Resectable Rectal Cancer. Eur J Cancer 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(11)71692-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Machado de Avila RA, Stransky S, Velloso M, Castanheira P, Schneider FS, Kalapothakis E, Sanchez EF, Nguyen C, Molina F, Granier C, Chávez-Olórtegui C. Mimotopes of mutalysin-II from Lachesis muta snake venom induce hemorrhage inhibitory antibodies upon vaccination of rabbits. Peptides 2011; 32:1640-6. [PMID: 21763377 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mutalysin-II (mut-II) from Lachesis muta snake venom is an endopeptidase with hemorrhagic activity. A mAb against mutalysin-II that neutralized the hemorrhagic effect was produced previously. To identify the mAb epitopes, sets of 15-mer overlapping peptides covering the mut-II amino acid sequence were synthesized using the SPOT method and tested but failed to react with the mAb. Using a phage-display approach seventeen clones reactive with mAb were identified. Additional immunoassays with the peptides and mAb identified the QCTMDQGRLRCR, TCATDQGRLRCT, HCFHDQGRVRCA, HCTMDQGRLRCR and SCMLDQGRSRCR sequences as possible epitopes. Immunization of rabbits with these peptides induced antibodies that recognize mut-II and protected against the hemorrhagic effects of Lachesis venom.
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- R A Machado de Avila
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, CEP 31270-901, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil
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Kunze R, Witt S, Vienken J, Rie K, Masayoshi N, Aritoshi K, Yoshinaga O, Yukiko H, Takahiro K, Hiroshi N, Takeshi N, Aoki S, Makino J, Noguchi M, Yamasaki F, Toda S, Santiago J, Caparros G, Vozmediano C, Molina F, Javier L, Sara A, Minerva A, Romera A, Kihm L, Diekmann C, Seckinger J, Sommerer C, Morath C, Zeier M, Schwenger V, Teixeira L, Rodrigues A, Carvalho MJ, Cabrita A, Mendonca D. Peritoneal dialysis. Clin Kidney J 2011. [DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rus A, Del Moral ML, Molina F, Peinado MA. Upregulation of cardiac NO/NOS system during short-term hypoxia and the subsequent reoxygenation period. Eur J Histochem 2011; 55:e17. [PMID: 22193297 PMCID: PMC3284153 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2011.e17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 04/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) reportedly influences nitric oxide (NO) production and NO synthase (NOS) expression in the heart. Nonetheless, a number of works have shown controversial results regarding the changes that the cardiac NO/NOS system undergoes under such situations. Therefore, this study aims to clarify the behaviour of this system in the hypoxic heart by investigating seven different reoxygenation times. Wistar rats were submitted to H/R (hypoxia for 30 min; reoxygenation of 0, 2, 12, 24, 48, 72 h, and 5 days) in a novel approach to address the events provoked by assaults under such circumstances. Endothelial and inducible NOS (eNOS and iNOS) mRNA and protein expression, as well as enzymatic activity and enzyme location were determined. NO levels were indirectly quantified as nitrate/nitrite, and other S-nitroso compounds (NOx), which would act as NO-storage molecules. The results showed a significant increase in eNOS mRNA, protein and activity, as well as in NOx levels immediately after hypoxia, while iNOS protein and activity were induced throughout the reoxygenation period. These findings indicate that, not only short-term hypoxia, but also the subsequent reoxygenation period upregulate cardiac NO/NOS system until at least 5 days after the hypoxic stimulus, implying major involvement of this system in the changes occurring in the heart in response to H/R.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Rus
- Department of Experimental Biology (Building B-3), University of Jaén,Campus Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain.
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