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Chakraborty C, Bhattacharya M, Islam MA, Zayed H, Ohimain EI, Lee SS, Bhattacharya P, Dhama K. Reverse Zoonotic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Monkeypox Virus: A Comprehensive Review. J Microbiol 2024:10.1007/s12275-024-00138-9. [PMID: 38777985 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-024-00138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Reverse zoonosis reveals the process of transmission of a pathogen through the human-animal interface and the spillback of the zoonotic pathogen. In this article, we methodically demonstrate various aspects of reverse zoonosis, with a comprehensive discussion of SARS-CoV-2 and MPXV reverse zoonosis. First, different components of reverse zoonosis, such as humans, different pathogens, and numerous animals (poultry, livestock, pets, wild animals, and zoo animals), have been demonstrated. Second, it explains the present status of reverse zoonosis with different pathogens during previous occurrences of various outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Here, we present 25 examples from literature. Third, using several examples, we comprehensively illustrate the present status of the reverse zoonosis of SARS-CoV-2 and MPXV. Here, we have provided 17 examples of SARS-CoV-2 reverse zoonosis and two examples of MPXV reverse zoonosis. Fourth, we have described two significant aspects of reverse zoonosis: understanding the fundamental aspects of spillback and awareness. These two aspects are required to prevent reverse zoonosis from the current infection with two significant viruses. Finally, the One Health approach was discussed vividly, where we urge scientists from different areas to work collaboratively to solve the issue of reverse zoonosis.
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- Chiranjib Chakraborty
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700126, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, VyasaVihar, Balasore, 756020, Odisha, India
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha, Qatar
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- Microbiology Department, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
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- Institute for Skeletal Aging & Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, 24252, Republic of Korea.
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Padilla-Reyes DA, Dueñas-Moreno J, Mahlknecht J, Mora A, Kumar M, Ornelas-Soto N, Mejía-Avendaño S, Navarro-Gómez CJ, Bhattacharya P. Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater triggering a high risk: Probabilistic results using Monte Carlo simulation and species sensitivity distribution. Chemosphere 2024; 359:142305. [PMID: 38740338 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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The widespread presence of arsenic (As) and fluoride (F-) in groundwater poses substantial risks to human health on a global scale. These elements have been identified as the most prevalent geogenic contaminants in groundwater in northern Mexico. Consequently, this study aimed to evaluate the human health and ecological risks associated with the content of As and F- in the Meoqui-Delicias aquifer, which is in one of Mexico's most emblematic irrigation districts. Concentrations of As and F- were measured in 38 groundwater samples using ICP-MS and ion chromatography, respectively. Overall, these elements showed a similar trend across the aquifer, revealing a positive correlation between them and pH. The concentration of As and F- in the groundwater ranged from 5.3 μg/L to 303 μg/L and from 0.5 mg/L to 8.8 mg/L, respectively. Additionally, the levels of As and F- surpassed the established national standards for safe drinking water in 92% and 97% of samples, respectively. Given that groundwater is used for both agricultural purposes and human activities, this study also assessed the associated human health and ecological risks posed by these elements using Monte Carlo simulation and Species Sensitivity Distribution. The findings disclosed a significant noncarcinogenic health risk associated with exposure to As and F-, as well as an unacceptable carcinogenic health risk to As through water consumption for both adults and children. Furthermore, a high ecological risk to aquatic species was identified for F- and high to medium risks for As in the sampling sites. Therefore, the findings in this study provide valuable information for Mexican authorities and international organizations (e.g., WHO) about the adverse effects that any exposure without treatment to groundwater from this region represents for human health.
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- Diego A Padilla-Reyes
- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; Sustainability Cluster, School of Advanced Engineering, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey, 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Circuito Universitario, 31109, Campus Uach II, Chihuahua, Chih, C.P. 31125, Mexico
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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Islam MA, Rakib SH, Bhattacharya P, Jakariya M, Haque MM, Tiwari A. Integrated strategy: Identifying SARS-CoV-2 strains in communities via wastewater monitoring and clinical diagnosis. Sci Total Environ 2024; 912:168617. [PMID: 37977368 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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- Md Aminul Islam
- Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh; Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Paul S, Reinardy BT, D. Walakira D, Bhattacharya P, Ernstson H, Kalantari Z. A shallow water numerical method for assessing impacts of hydrodynamics and nutrient transport processes on water quality values of Lake Victoria. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25125. [PMID: 38352798 PMCID: PMC10862508 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Lake Victoria is the world's largest tropical lake and the third-largest water body, providing significant water resources for surrounding environments including the cultural, societal, and livelihood needs of people in its basin and along the White Nile. The aim of this study was to use decade-long time series of measured lake flow in the lake system and phosphorus deposition to develop a suitable numerical model based on shallow water equations (SWE) for assessing water quality in Lake Victoria, an increasingly important tool under climate variation. Different techniques were combined to identify a numerical model that included: i) a high-resolution SWE model to establish raindrop diffusion to trace pollutants; ii) a two-dimensional (2D) vertically integrated SWE model to establish lake surface flow and vertically transported wind speed flow acting on lake surface water by wind stress; and iii) a site-specific phosphorus deposition sub-model to calculate atmospheric deposition in the lake. A smooth (non-oscillatory) solution was obtained by applying a high-resolution scheme for a raindrop diffusion model. Analysis with the vertically integrated SWE model generated depth averages for flow velocity and associated changes in water level profile in the lake system and showed unidirectional whole lake wind blowing from the southwest to northeast. The atmospheric phosphorous deposition model enabled water value assessment for mass balances with different magnitudes of both inflows and outflows demonstrating annual total phosphorus at 13 , 500 tons concentrating at mid-lake western and eastern parts. The model developed here is simple and suitable for use in assessing flow changes and lake level changes and can serve as a tool in studies of lake bathymetry and nutrient and pollution transport processes. Our study opens towards refining models of complex shallow-water systems.
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- Seema Paul
- Division of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
- Numerical Analysis, CSC Skolan, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Strategic Sustainability Studies, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, SEED, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, 114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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Yadav S, Singh AK, Selvaraj RK, Applegate TJ, Bhattacharya P, Shinall SB, Fenn LS, Shanmugasundaram R, Kim WK. Research Note: Effect of dietary xylo-oligosaccharide on growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, and specific cecal bacteria in broiler chickens. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103189. [PMID: 37939588 PMCID: PMC10665916 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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This study was conducted to evaluate the prebiotic effect of xylo-oligosaccharide (XOS) supplemented in a corn-soybean meal (SBM) based conventional diet on growth performance, intestinal histomorphology, and quantification of specific bacteria in the ceca of broilers. A total of 240 d of hatch Cobb 500 male broiler chicks were randomly assigned to 4 dietary treatments (corn-SBM-based control diet) containing 0, 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2% XOS. The broilers were raised for 21 d in 6 replicate cages, each containing 10 birds. Growth performance parameters were obtained weekly. Additionally, small intestinal tissues were collected to evaluate histomorphometry and whole ceca were collected to quantify bacterial populations on D21. The results showed that inclusion of XOS has similar body weight (BW), body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) as the control group during the 21-day study. The results further indicate a tendency for the jejunum villus to crypt ratio (VH:CD) to increase in birds given 0.05 and 0.2% XOS (P = 0.08). Cecal bacteria quantification showed a linear increase in Bifidobacterium with increasing XOS levels (P < 0.0001) and a decrease Clostridium perfringens levels compared to birds fed the control diet (P < 0.0001). However, there were no differences in the total counts of Lactobacillus and E. coli. Together these results showed that while there were no differences in growth parameters up to 21 d, the histomorphology findings and the increase in Bifidobacterium, along with the reduction in C. perfringens observed in the XOS groups, suggest a beneficial impact of XOS inclusion on gut health. Further research with longer feeding periods and higher XOS levels should be conducted to explore potential positive effects on both growth and gut health parameters.
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- S Yadav
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc., Jesup, GA 31545, USA
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- Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc., Jesup, GA 31545, USA
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- Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA 30605, USA
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- Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Suleiman AS, Abbass M, Hossain M, Choudhary P, Bhattacharya P, Islam MA. Impact of antibiotic-coated sutures on surgical site infections: a second-order meta-analysis. Int J Surg 2024; 110:507-519. [PMID: 37830948 PMCID: PMC10793740 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) pose a global challenge, impacting patients and healthcare expenditures. This second-order meta-analysis endeavors to assess the efficacy of antibiotic sutures in averting SSIs by amalgamating data from various meta-studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS This research adhered to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. The quality and comprehensiveness of the encompassed meta-analyses were assessed through the QUOROM checklist and AMSTAR techniques. The primary study overlap was evaluated via measures such as pairwise intersection heat maps, corrected covered area, and the citation matrix of evidence. The statistical power at the study-level was determined utilizing the meta-meta package. Data synthesis employed random and fixed effects models at a 95% CI. A meta-regression analysis was conducted to explore potential correlations between the CDC classification of SSIs, trial types, and the observed effect sizes in the studies. RESULTS This investigation revealed a significant reduction in SSI rates due to antimicrobial-coated sutures, evidenced by a relative risk (RR) of 0.68 (95% CI: 0.59-0.76), with a prediction interval of 0.38-1.19. The analysis encompassed 18 studies with 22 meta-analyses, demonstrating a median QUOROM score of 13.6 out of 18 and an AMSTAR score of 9.1 out of 11. The presence of moderate heterogeneity was noted ( Q =106.611, I2 =54.038%), with nonrandomized controlled trials exhibiting an RR of 0.56 (95% CI: 0.39-0.80), and RCTs displaying an RR of 0.71 (95% CI: 0.63-0.81). Subgroup analysis unveiled variable RR reductions for specific surgical procedures. CONCLUSION Antimicrobial-coated sutures offer a promising approach to mitigating SSIs risk. However, their efficacy is optimally realized when employed in conjunction with other robust practices.
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- Adeiza S. Suleiman
- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Rampura Phul, Bathinda, Punjab, India
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj 2310, Bangladesh
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- Corresponding author. Address: Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College Hospital, Kishoreganj (PAHMCH) Senior Research Assistant, NSTU COVID-19 Lab, Noakhali, Bangladesh. Tel.: +91 9871608125. E-mail: (M.A. Islam); Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty Pharmaceutical Science, UDUS. Tel.: +91 9871608125. E-mail: (S.S. Adeiza)
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj 2310, Bangladesh
- COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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Sharker B, Islam MA, Hossain MAA, Ahmad I, Al Mamun A, Ghosh S, Rahman A, Hossain MS, Ashik MA, Hoque MR, Hossain MK, M Al Mamun, Haque MA, Patel H, Prodhan MY, Bhattacharya P, Haque MA. Characterization of lignin and hemicellulose degrading bacteria isolated from cow rumen and forest soil: Unveiling a novel enzymatic model for rice straw deconstruction. Sci Total Environ 2023; 904:166704. [PMID: 37657552 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Application of greener pretreatment technology using robust ligninolytic bacteria for short duration to deconstruct rice straw and enhance bioethanol production is currently lacking. The objective of this study is to characterize three bacterial strains isolated from the milieux of cow rumen and forest soil and explore their capabilities of breaking down lignocellulose - an essential process in bioethanol production. Using biochemical and genomic analyses these strains were identified as Bacillus sp. HSTU-bmb18, Bacillus sp. HSTU-bmb19, and Citrobacter sp. HSTU-bmb20. Genomic analysis of the strains unveiled validated model hemicellulases, multicopper oxidases, and pectate lyases. These enzymes exhibited interactions with distinct lignocellulose substrates, further affirmed by their stability in molecular dynamic simulations. A comprehensive expression of ligninolytic pathways, including β-ketoadipate, phenyl acetate, and benzoate, was observed within the HSTU-bmb20 genome. The strains secreted approximately 75-82 U/mL of cellulase, xylase, pectinase, and lignin peroxidase. FT-IR analysis of the bacterial treated rice straw fibers revealed that the intensity of lignin-related peaks decreased, while cellulose-related peaks sharpened. The values of crystallinity index for the untreated control and the treated rice straw with either HSTU-bmb18, or HSTU-bmb19, or HSTU-bmb20 were recorded to be 34.48, 28.49, 29.36, 31.75, respectively, which are much higher than that of 13.53 noted for those treated with the bacterial consortium. The ratio of fermentable cellulose in rice straw increased by 1.25-, 1.79-, 1.93- and 2.17-fold following treatments with HSTU-bmb18, HSTU-bmb20, HSTU-bmb19, and a mixed consortium of these three strains, respectively. These aggregative results suggested a novel model for rice straw deconstruction utilizing hydrolytic enzymes of the consortium, revealing superior efficacy compared to individual strains, and advancing cost-effective, affordable, and sustainable green technology.
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- Bishal Sharker
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj-2310, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh; COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Prof. Ravindra Nikam College of Pharmacy, Gondur, Dhule, 424002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Carlow University, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Trust University, Barishal, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Trust University, Barishal, Bangladesh
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- Department of Soil Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1349, Bangladesh
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- Materials Science Division, Atomic Energy Centre Dhaka, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh; Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Division of Computer Aided Drug Design, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, 425405, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh.
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Islam MA, Mumin J, Haque MM, Haque MA, Khan A, Bhattacharya P, Haque MA. Monkeypox virus (MPXV): A Brief account of global spread, epidemiology, virology, clinical features, pathogenesis, and therapeutic interventions. Infect Med (Beijing) 2023; 2:262-272. [PMID: 38205182 PMCID: PMC10774656 DOI: 10.1016/j.imj.2023.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The largest monkeypox virus (MPXV) outbreak of the 21st century occurred in 2022, which caused epidemics in many countries. According to WHO, physical contact with infected persons, contaminated surfaces, or affected animals might be a source of this virus transmission. A febrile sickness including few symptoms found in MPX disease. Skin rash, lesions, fever, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches symptoms were observed commonly for this disease. Animal and in vitro, studies have shown that the antiviral medications cidofovir and brincidofovir are effective against MPXV. The first-generation vaccinia virus vaccine was developed in 1960, and it helped to protect against MPXV with its side effects. A second-generation vaccination with limitations was launched in 2000. However, the CDC advised vaccinations for risk groups in endemic countries, including positive patients and hospital employees. The JYNNEOS vaccine, administered in 2 doses, also provides protection from MPX. This article presents concisely the most recent findings regarding epidemiology, genomic transmission, signs and symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions for MPXV, which may be helpful to researchers and practitioners. WHO declared that MPX was no longer a global health emergency due to its declining case rate, and a number of countries have reported new incidences. Further research-based investigations must be carried out based on the 2022 outbreak.
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- Md Aminul Islam
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj 2310, Bangladesh
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang 261061, China
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100019, China
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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Singh S, Upadhyay S, Rani A, Sharma PK, Rawat JM, Rawat B, Prashant, Bhattacharya P. Assessment of pathogen removal efficiency of vertical flow constructed wetland treating septage. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18703. [PMID: 37907513 PMCID: PMC10618516 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45257-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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Septage refers to the semi-liquid waste material that accumulates in septic tanks and other onsite sanitation systems. It is composed of a complex mixture of human excreta, wastewater, and various solid particles. Septage is a potential source of water pollution owing to presence of high organic content, significant pathogen concentrations, and a range of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. The harmful impacts of septage pollution poses significant risks to public health through the contamination of drinking water sources, eutrophication of water bodies and spread of water borne diseases. Conventional septage treatment technologies often face limitations such as high operational costs, energy requirements, and the need for extensive infrastructure. Therefore, with an aim to treat septage through an alternative cost effective and energy-efficient technology, a laboratory-scale constructed wetland (CW) system (0.99 m2) consisting of a sludge drying bed and a vertical flow wetland bed was utilized for the treatment of septage. The sludge drying bed and vertical flow beds were connected in series and filled with a combination of gravel with varying sizes (ranging from 5 to 40 mm) and washed sand. Canna indica plants were cultivated on both beds to facilitate phytoremediation process. The system was operated with intermittent dosing of 30 Ltrs of septage every day for 2 months. The HRT of the system was fixed at 48 h. The average inlet loads of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), and Total Suspended Solids (TSS) were measured as 150 ± 65.7 g m-2 day-1, 713 ± 443.9 g m-2 day-1, and 309 ± 66.3 g m-2 day-1, respectively. After treatment, the final effluent had an average load of 6 g m-2 day-1 for BOD5, 15 g m-2 day-1 for COD, and 51 g m-2 day-1 for TSS, indicating that the CW system achieved an average removal efficiency of 88% for BOD, 87% for COD, and 65% for TSS. The average load of total coliforms and helminthes eggs in the influent was recorded as 4 × 108 Colony-Forming Units (CFU) m-2 day-1 and 3 × 107 eggs m-2 day-1, respectively. However, the CW system demonstrated significant effectiveness in reducing microbial contamination, with an average removal efficiency of 99% for both total coliforms and helminthes eggs. The vertical flow constructed wetland system, equipped with pretreatment by sludge drying bed, has proven to be efficient in treatment of septage.
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- Swati Singh
- Department of Environmental Science, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- School of Agriculture, Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department Environmental Science, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
- KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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Islam MA, Hasan MN, Ahammed T, Anjum A, Majumder A, Siddiqui MNEA, Mukharjee SK, Sultana KF, Sultana S, Jakariya M, Bhattacharya P, Sarkodie SA, Dhama K, Mumin J, Ahmed F. Corrigendum: Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1299521. [PMID: 37905236 PMCID: PMC10613469 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1299521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.985445.].
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Joint Rohingya Response Program, Food for the Hungry, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Banking and Insurance, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Platform of Medical and Dental Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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Suleiman AS, Islam MA, Akter MS, Amin MR, Werkneh AA, Bhattacharya P. A meta-meta-analysis of co-infection, secondary infections, and antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19 patients. J Infect Public Health 2023; 16:1562-1590. [PMID: 37572572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023] Open
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The newly discovered coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has sparked a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, which has caused havoc on medical infrastructures, economies, and cultures around the world. Determining the whole scenario is essential since SARS-CoV-2 variants and sub-variants keep appearing after vaccinations and booster doses. The objective of this secondary meta-analysis is to analysis co-infection, secondary infections, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in COVID-19 patients. This study used five significant databases to conduct a systematic review and an overlap meta-analysis to evaluate the pooled estimates of co-infections and secondary infections. The summary of the meta-analysis showed an overall co-infection effect of 26.19% (95% confidence intervals CI: 21.39-31.01, I2 =98.78, n = 14 meta-analysis) among patients with COVID-19. A coinfection effect of 11.13% (95% CI: 9.7-12.56, I2 =99.14, n = 11 meta-analysis) for bacteria; 9.69% (95% CI: 1.21-7.90, I2 =98.33) for fungal and 3.48% (95% CI: 2.15-4.81, I2 =95.84) for viruses. A secondary infection effect of 19.03% (95% CI: 9.53-28.54, I2 =85.65) was pooled from 2 meta-analyses (Ave: 82 primary studies). This is the first study that compiles the results of all the previous three years meta-analyses into a single source and offers strong proof of co-infections and secondary infections in COVID-19 patients. Early detection of co-infection and AMR is crucial for COVID-19 patients in order to effective treatment.
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- Adeiza Shuaibu Suleiman
- Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj 2310, Bangladesh; COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, P. O. Box 1871, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Islam MA, Marzan AA, Bhattacharya P, Khan A, Haque MA. Bird flu threat: An urgent call to take action to control the global spread. J Infect Public Health 2023; 16:1510-1511. [PMID: 37355407 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023] Open
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- Md Aminul Islam
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj 2310, Bangladesh; COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj 2310, Bangladesh; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Shandong Vocational Animal Science and Veterinary College, Weifang, 261061, China.
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Alam MA, Mukherjee A, Bhattacharya P, Bundschuh J. An appraisal of the principal concerns and controlling factors for Arsenic contamination in Chile. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11168. [PMID: 37429943 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38437-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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Although geogenic Arsenic (As) contamination is well-recognized in northern Chile, it is not restricted to this part of the country, as the geological conditions favoring As release to the human environment exist across the country as well, although not at the same level, based on comparatively fewer studies in central and southern Chile. The present work provides a critical evaluation of As sources, pathways, and controls with reports and case studies from across the country based on an exhaustive bibliographic review of its reported geogenic sources and processes that affect its occurrence, systematization, and critical revision of this information. Arc magmatism and associated geothermal activities, identified as the primary As sources, are present across the Chilean Andes, except for the Pampean Flat Slab and Patagonian Volcanic Gap. Metal sulfide ore zones, extending from the country's far north to the south-central part, are the second most important geogenic As source. While natural leaching of As-rich mineral deposits contaminates the water in contact, associated mining, and metallurgical activities result in additional As release into the human environment through mining waste and tailings. Moreover, crustal thickness has been suggested as a principal controlling factor for As release, whose southward decrease has been correlated with lower As values.
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- Mohammad Ayaz Alam
- Departamento de Ingeniería Geoespacial y Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Enrique Kirberg Baltiansky n° 03, Estación Central, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Engineering, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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Sangkham S, Islam MA, Sarndhong K, Vongruang P, Hasan MN, Tiwari A, Bhattacharya P. Effects of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and meteorological factors on the daily confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bangkok during 2020-2021, Thailand. Case Stud Chem Environ Eng 2023; 8:100410. [PMID: 38620170 PMCID: PMC10286573 DOI: 10.1016/j.cscee.2023.100410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The ongoing global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as COVID-19, has disrupted public health, businesses, and economies worldwide due to its widespread transmission. While previous research has suggested a possible link between environmental factors and increased COVID-19 cases, the evidence regarding this connection remains inconclusive. The purpose of this research is to determine whether or not there is a connection between the presence of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and meteorological conditions and COVID-19 infection rates in Bangkok, Thailand. The study employs a statistical method called Generalized Additive Model (GAM) to find a positive and non-linear association between RH, AH, and R and the number of verified COVID-19 cases. The impacts of the seasons (especially summer) and rainfall on the trajectory of COVID-19 cases were also highlighted, with an adjusted R-square of 0.852 and a deviance explained of 85.60%, both of which were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The study results assist in preventing the future seasonal spread of COVID-19, and public health authorities may use these findings to make informed decisions and assess their policies.
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- Sarawut Sangkham
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
- Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change Research Unit, School of Energy and Environment, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Expert Microbiology Unit, Department of Health Security, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 70701, Kuopio, Finland
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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Islam MA, Hemo MK, Marzan AA, Arman MS, Hasan MN, Haque MA, Bhattacharya P. A short communication of 2022 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh: a continuous public health threat. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2023; 85:3213-3217. [PMID: 37363468 PMCID: PMC10289534 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000000623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Dengue virus infection, a highly prominent health concern, has caused many health complications, positive cases, and deaths in Bangladesh in previous years. However, the prevalence of this infection and fatality rates in 2022 has shattered all prior records. The dengue virus vector, mosquitoes, found a high prevalence of infection due to the weather's favorable conditions for breeding in the months of June and July. While there is presently no particular vaccination for dengue infection, awareness of its epidemiology, pathogenesis, signs, and symptoms may aid in the development of improved diagnostic and treatment strategies. The government should also improve the infrastructure of cities to make prevent mosquito breeding and the spread of dengue infection.
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- Department of Microbiology, COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali
- Advanced Molecular Lab, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj
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- Department of Microbiology, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
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- Department of Microbiology, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Sustainable Development, COVID-19 Research, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kumar R, Sharma P, Sharma PK, Rose PK, Singh RK, Kumar N, Sahoo PK, Maity JP, Ghosh A, Kumar M, Bhattacharya P, Pandey A. Rice husk biochar - A novel engineered bio-based material for transforming groundwater-mediated fluoride cycling in natural environments. J Environ Manage 2023; 343:118222. [PMID: 37235991 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Biochar, a promising carbon-rich and carbon-negative material, can control water pollution, harness the synergy of sustainable development goals, and achieve circular economy. This study examined the performance feasibility of treating fluoride-contaminated surface and groundwater using raw and modified biochar synthesized from agricultural waste rice husk as problem-fixing renewable carbon-neutral material. Physicochemical characterizations of raw/modified biochars were investigated using FESEM-EDAX, FTIR, XRD, BET, CHSN, VSM, pHpzc, Zeta potential, and particle size analysis were analyzed to identify the surface morphology, functional groups, structural, and electrokinetic behavior. In fluoride (F-) cycling, performance feasibility was tested at various governing factors, contact time (0-120 min), initial F- levels (10-50 mg L-1), biochar dose (0.1-0.5 g L-1), pH (2-9), salt strengths (0-50 mM), temperatures (301-328 K), and various co-occurring ions. Results revealed that activated magnetic biochar (AMB) possessed higher adsorption capacity than raw biochar (RB) and activated biochar (AB) at pH 7. The results indicated that maximum F- removal (98.13%) was achieved using AMB at pH 7 for 10 mg L-1. Electrostatic attraction, ion exchange, pore fillings, and surface complexation govern F- removal mechanisms. Pseudo-second-order and Freundlich were the best fit kinetic and isotherm for F- sorption, respectively. Increased biochar dose drives an increase in active sites due to F- level gradient and mass transfer between biochar-fluoride interactions, which reported maximum mass transfer for AMB than RB and AB. Fluoride adsorption using AMB could be described through chemisorption processes at room temperature (301 K), though endothermic sorption follows the physisorption process. Fluoride removal efficiency reduced, from 67.70% to 53.23%, with increased salt concentrations from 0 to 50 mM NaCl solutions, respectively, due to increased hydrodynamic diameter. Biochar was used to treat natural fluoride-contaminated surface and groundwater in real-world problem-solving measures, showed removal efficiency of 91.20% and 95.61%, respectively, for 10 mg L-1 F- contamination, and has been performed multiple times after systematic adsorption-desorption experiments. Lastly, techno-economic analysis was analyzed for biochar synthesis and F- treatment performance costs. Overall, our results revealed worth output and concluded with recommendations for future research on F- adsorption using biochar.
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- Rakesh Kumar
- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar 803116, India.
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- Aryabhatta Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar 800001, India
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- Department of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana 125055, India
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- Aryabhatta Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar 800001, India
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- Aryabhatta Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar 800001, India
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab 151001, India
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- Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751024, India
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- Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research Centre, Phulwarisharif, Patna 801505, Bihar, India; Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna, Bihar 800010, India
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- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India; Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, Mexico.
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India; Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow 226 001, India
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Mahmud FMA, Islam MA, Rubel MH, Mukharjee SK, Kumar M, Bhattacharya P, Ahmed F. Effects of halotolerant rhizobacteria on rice seedlings under salinity stress. Sci Total Environ 2023:163774. [PMID: 37230352 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Avirulent halotolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (HPGPR) located on the roots' periphery can reduce abiotic stressors (such as salinity and drought), enhance plant productivity. Salinity poses a significant challenge for growing agricultural products, like rice, in the coastal regions. It is crucial to enhance production because of limited arable land and the high growth rate of the population. This study targeted to identify HPGPR from legume root nodules and assessed their effects on rice plants experiencing salt stress in coastal regions of Bangladesh. Based on the culture morphology, biochemical, salt, pH, and temperature tolerance traits, sixteen bacteria were isolated from the root nodules of leguminous plants (Common bean, Yardlong bean, Dhaincha, and Shameplant). All the bacterial strains can tolerate 3 % salt concentration, and capable to survive at the highest 45 °C temperature and pH 11 (without isolate 1). Three preeminent bacteria, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (B1), Bacillus subtilis (B2), and Lysinibacillus fusiformis (B3) were specified through morpho-biochemical and molecular (16S rRNA gene sequence) exploration for inoculation. To assess the plant growth-promoting activities, germination tests are applied where bacterial inoculation increased germination in saline and non-saline conditions. Control group (C) showed 89.47 % and bacterial treated groups (C + B1, C + B2, and C + B3) 95 %, 90 %, and 75 % germination after 2 days of inoculation. In (1 % NaCl) saline condition control group revealed 40 % whereas three groups with bacteria showed 60 %, 40 %, and 70 % germination after 3 days, which increased 70 %, 90 %, 85 %, and 95 % respectively after 4 days of inoculation. The consortium of these groups with bacteria also observed to increase the germination rate more than single bacteria. The HPGPR significantly improved plant development metrics such as root length, shoot length, fresh and arid biomass yield, chlorophyll content, etc. Our results suggest that the salt-resistant bacteria (Halophiles) have a great potential role in recuperating plant growth and would be cost-effective as a bio-inoculant in saline conditions to be used as a prospective bio-fertilizer for rice production. These findings indicate that the HPGPR has a substantially promising function in reviving plant development in an eco-friendly manner.
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- F M Ashik Mahmud
- Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh; Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj 2310, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agriculture, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
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- Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Sustainability Cluster, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh.
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Patel KS, Pandey PK, Martín-Ramos P, Corns WT, Varol S, Bhattacharya P, Zhu Y. A review on arsenic in the environment: bio-accumulation, remediation, and disposal. RSC Adv 2023; 13:14914-14929. [PMID: 37200696 PMCID: PMC10186335 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02018e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Arsenic is a widespread serious environmental pollutant as a food chain contaminant and non-threshold carcinogen. Arsenic transfer through the crops-soil-water system and animals is one of the most important pathways of human exposure and a measure of phytoremediation. Exposure occurs primarily from the consumption of contaminated water and foods. Various chemical technologies are utilized for As removal from contaminated water and soil, but they are very costly and difficult for large-scale cleaning of water and soil. In contrast, phytoremediation utilizes green plants to remove As from a contaminated environment. A large number of terrestrial and aquatic weed flora have been identified so far for their hyper metal removal capacity. In the panorama presented herein, the latest state of the art on methods of bioaccumulation, transfer mechanism of As through plants and animals, and remediation that encompass the use of physicochemical and biological processes, i.e., microbes, mosses, lichens, ferns, algae, and macrophytes have been assessed. Since these bioremediation approaches for the clean-up of this contaminant are still at the initial experimental stages, some have not been recognized at full scale. Nonetheless, extensive research on these primitive plants as bio-accumulators can be instrumental in controlling arsenic exposure and rehabilitation and may result in major progress to solve the problem on a worldwide scale.
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- Khageshwar Singh Patel
- Department of Applied Sciences, Amity University Manth (Kharora), State Highway 9 Raipur-493225 CG India
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- Amity University Manth (Kharora), State Highway 9 Raipur-493225 CG India
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, EPS, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), University of Zaragoza Carretera de Cuarte, s/n 22071 Huesca Spain
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- PS Analytical Ltd Arthur House, Unit 11 Crayfields Industrial Estate, Orpington Kent BR5 3HP UK
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- Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty, Geological Engineering Department Çünür Isparta- 32260 Turkey
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Teknikringen 10B SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Environmental Standards Research Group, Research Institute for Material and Chemical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8563 Japan
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Habib MA, Cocciolo S, Haque MA, Raihan MMA, Bhattacharya P, Tompsett A. How to clean a tubewell: the effectiveness of three approaches in reducing coliform bacteria. Sci Total Environ 2023; 872:161932. [PMID: 36796696 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Access to safe drinking water in rural Bangladesh remains a perpetual challenge. Most households are exposed to either arsenic or faecal bacteria in their primary source of drinking water, usually a tubewell. Improving tubewell cleaning and maintenance practices might reduce exposure to faecal contamination at a potentially low cost, but whether current cleaning and maintenance practices are effective remains uncertain, as does the extent to which best practice approaches might improve water quality. We used a randomized experiment to evaluate how effectively three approaches to cleaning a tubewell improved water quality, measured by total coliforms and E. coli. The three approaches comprise the caretaker's usual standard of care and two best-practice approaches. One best-practice approach, disinfecting the well with a weak chlorine solution, consistently improved water quality. However, when caretakers cleaned the wells themselves, they followed few of the steps involved in the best-practice approaches, and water quality declined rather than improved, although the estimated declines are not consistently statistically significant. The results suggest that, while improvements to cleaning and maintenance practices might help reduce exposure to faecal contamination in drinking water in rural Bangladesh, achieving widespread adoption of more effective practices would require significant behavioural change.
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- Md Ahasan Habib
- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; NGO Forum for Public Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden; Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics, Royal Academy of Sciences, Sweden
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Hasan MN, Islam MA, Sangkham S, Werkneh AA, Hossen F, Haque MA, Alam MM, Rahman MA, Mukharjee SK, Chowdhury TA, Sosa-Hernández JE, Jakariya M, Ahmed F, Bhattacharya P, Sarkodie SA. Insight into vaccination and meteorological factors on daily COVID-19 cases and mortality in Bangladesh. Groundw Sustain Dev 2023; 21:100932. [PMID: 36945723 PMCID: PMC9977696 DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
The ongoing COVID-19 contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 has disrupted global public health, businesses, and economies due to widespread infection, with 676.41 million confirmed cases and 6.77 million deaths in 231 countries as of February 07, 2023. To control the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, it is crucial to determine the potential determinants such as meteorological factors and their roles. This study examines how COVID-19 cases and deaths changed over time while assessing meteorological characteristics that could impact these disparities from the onset of the pandemic. We used data spanning two years across all eight administrative divisions, this is the first of its kind--showing a connection between meteorological conditions, vaccination, and COVID-19 incidences in Bangladesh. We further employed several techniques including Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES), Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average with explanatory variables (ARIMAX), and Automatic forecasting time-series model (Prophet). We further analyzed the effects of COVID-19 vaccination on daily cases and deaths. Data on COVID-19 cases collected include eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh spanning March 8, 2020, to January 31, 2023, from available online servers. The meteorological data include rainfall (mm), relative humidity (%), average temperature (°C), surface pressure (kPa), dew point (°C), and maximum wind speed (m/s). The observed wind speed and surface pressure show a significant negative impact on COVID-19 cases (-0.89, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.62 to -0.21) and (-1.31, 95%CI: 2.32 to -0.29), respectively. Similarly, the observed wind speed and surface pressure show a significant negative impact on COVID-19 deaths (-0.87, 95% CI: 1.54 to -0.21) and (-3.11, 95%CI: 4.44 to -1.25), respectively. The impact of meteorological factors is almost similar when vaccination information is included in the model. However, the impact of vaccination in both cases and deaths model is significantly negative (for cases: 1.19, 95%CI: 2.35 to -0.38 and for deaths: 1.55, 95%CI: 2.88 to -0.43). Accordingly, vaccination effectively reduces the number of new COVID-19 cases and fatalities in Bangladesh. Thus, these results could assist future researchers and policymakers in the assessment of pandemics, by making thorough efforts that account for COVID-19 vaccinations and meteorological conditions.
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- Mohammad Nayeem Hasan
- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Joint Rohingya Response Program, Food for the Hungry, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Muang District, 56000, Phayao, Thailand
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, P. O. Box 1871, Mekelle, Ethiopia
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, 5200, Bangladesh
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- Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, The World Bank, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Geography and Environment, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab,Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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Islam MA, Kaifa FH, Chandran D, Bhattacharya M, Chakraborty C, Bhattacharya P, Dhama K. XBB.1.5: A new threatening SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1154296. [PMID: 37143546 PMCID: PMC10152970 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1154296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Amrita School of Agricultural Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, VyasaVihar, Balasore, Odisha, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Chakraborty C, Bhattacharya M, Chopra H, Bhattacharya P, Islam MA, Dhama K. Recently emerged omicron subvariant BF.7 and its R346T mutation in the RBD region reveal increased transmissibility and higher resistance to neutralization antibodies: need to understand more under the current scenario of rising cases in China and fears of driving a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Surg 2023; 109:1037-1040. [PMID: 37097619 PMCID: PMC10132299 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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- Chiranjib Chakraborty
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Amin N, Haque R, Rahman MZ, Rahman MZ, Mahmud ZH, Hasan R, Islam MT, Sarker P, Sarker S, Adnan SD, Akter N, Johnston D, Rahman M, Liu P, Wang Y, Shirin T, Rahman M, Bhattacharya P. Dependency of sanitation infrastructure on the discharge of faecal coliform and SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in wastewater from COVID and non-COVID hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sci Total Environ 2023; 867:161424. [PMID: 36623655 PMCID: PMC9822545 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
The detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in wastewater can be used as an indicator of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in specific catchment areas. We conducted a hospital-based study to explore wastewater management in healthcare facilities and analyzed SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the hospital wastewater in Dhaka city during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak between September 2020-January 2021. We selected three COVID-hospitals, two non-COVID-hospitals, and one non-COVID-hospital with COVID wards, conducted spot-checks of the sanitation systems (i.e., toilets, drainage, and septic-tank), and collected 90 untreated wastewater effluent samples (68 from COVID and 22 from non-COVID hospitals). E. coli was detected using a membrane filtration technique and reported as colony forming unit (CFU). SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected using the iTaq Universal Probes One-Step kit for RT-qPCR amplification of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF1ab and N gene targets and quantified for SARS-CoV-2 genome equivalent copies (GEC) per mL of sample. None of the six hospitals had a primary wastewater treatment facility; two COVID hospitals had functional septic tanks, and the rest of the hospitals had either broken onsite systems or no containment of wastewater. Overall, 100 % of wastewater samples were positive with a high concentration of E. coli (mean = 7.0 log10 CFU/100 mL). Overall, 67 % (60/90) samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2. The highest SARS-CoV-2 concentrations (median: 141 GEC/mL; range: 13-18,214) were detected in wastewater from COVID-hospitals, and in non-COVID-hospitals, the median SARS-CoV-2 concentration was 108 GEC/mL (range: 30-1829). Our results indicate that high concentrations of E. coli and SARS-CoV-2 were discharged through the hospital wastewater (both COVID and non-COVID) without treatment into the ambient water bodies. Although there is no evidence for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via wastewater, this study highlights the significant risk posed by wastewater from health care facilities in Dhaka for the many other diseases that are spread via faecal oral route. Hospitals in low-income settings could function as sentinel sites to monitor outbreaks through wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance systems. Hospitals should aim to adopt the appropriate wastewater treatment technologies to reduce the discharge of pathogens into the environment and mitigate environmental exposures.
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- Nuhu Amin
- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, 235 Jones St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden; WaterAid, Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Bangladesh
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) section, UNICEF, Bangladesh
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) section, UNICEF, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
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Jakariya M, Nahla T, Ahmed S, Ishtiak T, Islam MT, Alam MS, Ali A, Uddin Ruman MS, Saad S, Bhattacharya P, Van der Voorn T, Islam MA, Hossain MS, Amin KA, Saha SK, Rahman I, Adib HI, Mahzabin L, Murshed MF, Ahmed R, Jahan H, Ferdausi M, Barceló D, Sonne C. ICT-based solution for efficient fecal sludge management: An experience from Bangladesh. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15200. [PMID: 37123923 PMCID: PMC10133653 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
Abstract
In Bangladesh, people primarily depend on on-site sanitation facilities (OSSF) with an immense challenge in achieving safe sanitation due to unplanned infrastructure development, improper management of fecal sludge, and inadequate monitoring. The commitment of attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6.2 (ensuring safe sanitation for all) by 2030 requires immediate attention in the management of fecal sludge for low-middle income countries. This paper presented the findings, challenges, and possible ways forward from a study conducted to provide data for Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based fecal sludge management (FSM) at a municipality in the northwest of Bangladesh. A total of 18,808 households and 407 institutions in Saidpur municipality, a non-sewered town in Nilphamari district, were studied to understand the type of containment structures and on-ground desludging practices. The study showed around 10% of containments were connected to the drains illegally, 95% of the people in Saidpur practiced unsafe disposal, and 7% still practiced open defecation. To identify these malpractices, the study also implemented an ICT-based sustainable solution through a web application that enabled the local administrator to have a global look at the sanitation scenario of the municipality. The dashboard was developed to create a total sanitation monitoring system, identify defaulters, allow target-based safe managed sanitation service strategies, and ensure sustainability in FSM. The study highlighted the accessibility of vacuum truck services projecting through a spatial map and identified methods to empty the septic tanks where Vacutag services are unavailable by engaging local pit emptiers. The innovative approach of fecal sludge management will help not only to improve the existing sanitation practices but also raise community awareness to ensure sustainable sanitation system. Altogether, the web system will work as a medium to manage the faecal sludge for the existing co-compost plant where the faeces is converted into organic soil conditioner, creating prospects for a green business mechanism.
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- Md. Jakariya
- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
- Corresponding author.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Osnabrück, Institute of Environmental Systems Research, 49069, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bangladesh
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- WaterAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1213, Bangladesh
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh
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- Water, Environmental and Food Chemistry Unit (ENFOCHEM), Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), C. Jordi Giron 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Aarhus University Department of Environmental Science, Roskilde, Denmark
- Corresponding author.
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Islam MA, Hasan MN, Tiwari A, Raju MAW, Jannat F, Sangkham S, Shammas MI, Sharma P, Bhattacharya P, Kumar M. Correlation of Dengue and Meteorological Factors in Bangladesh: A Public Health Concern. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:5152. [PMID: 36982061 PMCID: PMC10049245 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20065152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Dengue virus (DENV) is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus, a member of the Flaviviridae family (which causes Dengue fever), and an arthropod-transmitted human viral infection. Bangladesh is well known for having some of Asia's most vulnerable Dengue outbreaks, with climate change, its location, and it's dense population serving as the main contributors. For speculation about DENV outbreak characteristics, it is crucial to determine how meteorological factors correlate with the number of cases. This study used five time series models to observe the trend and forecast Dengue cases. Current data-based research has also applied four statistical models to test the relationship between Dengue-positive cases and meteorological parameters. Datasets were used from NASA for meteorological parameters, and daily DENV cases were obtained from the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) open-access websites. During the study period, the mean of DENV cases was 882.26 ± 3993.18, ranging between a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 52,636 daily confirmed cases. The Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between climatic variables and Dengue incidence indicated that no substantial relationship exists between daily Dengue cases and wind speed, temperature, and surface pressure (Spearman's rho; r = -0.007, p > 0.05; r = 0.085, p > 0.05; and r = -0.086, p > 0.05, respectively). Still, a significant relationship exists between daily Dengue cases and dew point, relative humidity, and rainfall (r = 0.158, p < 0.05; r = 0.175, p < 0.05; and r = 0.138, p < 0.05, respectively). Using the ARIMAX and GA models, the relationship for Dengue cases with wind speed is -666.50 [95% CI: -1711.86 to 378.86] and -953.05 [-2403.46 to 497.36], respectively. A similar negative relation between Dengue cases and wind speed was also determined in the GLM model (IRR = 0.98). Dew point and surface pressure also represented a negative correlation in both ARIMAX and GA models, respectively, but the GLM model showed a positive association. Additionally, temperature and relative humidity showed a positive correlation with Dengue cases (105.71 and 57.39, respectively, in the ARIMAX, 633.86, and 200.03 in the GA model). In contrast, both temperature and relative humidity showed negative relation with Dengue cases in the GLM model. In the Poisson regression model, windspeed has a substantial significant negative connection with Dengue cases in all seasons. Temperature and rainfall are significantly and positively associated with Dengue cases in all seasons. The association between meteorological factors and recent outbreak data is the first study where we are aware of the use of maximum time series models in Bangladesh. Taking comprehensive measures against DENV outbreaks in the future can be possible through these findings, which can help fellow researchers and policymakers.
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj 2310, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Health Security, Expert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, North East University, Sylhet 3100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Muang District, Phayao 56000, Thailand
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, P.O. Box 2509, Salalah PC 211, Oman
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- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir 803116, India
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Sustainability Cluster, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India
- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterey, Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
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Patel KS, Pandey PK, Martín-Ramos P, Corns WT, Varol S, Bhattacharya P, Zhu Y. A review on arsenic in the environment: contamination, mobility, sources, and exposure. RSC Adv 2023; 13:8803-8821. [PMID: 36936841 PMCID: PMC10020839 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00789h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023] Open
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Arsenic is one of the regulated hazard materials in the environment and a persistent pollutant creating environmental, agricultural and health issues and posing a serious risk to humans. In the present review, sources and mobility of As in various compartments of the environment (air, water, soil and sediment) around the World are comprehensively investigated, along with measures of health hazards. Multiple atomic spectrometric approaches have been applied for total and speciation analysis of As chemical species. The LoD values are basically under 1 μg L-1, which is sufficient for the analysis of As or its chemical species in environmental samples. Both natural and anthropogenic sources contributed to As in air, while fine particulate matter tends to have higher concentrations of arsenic and results in high concentrations of As up to a maximum of 1660 ng m-3 in urban areas. Sources for As in natural waters (as dissolved or in particulate form) can be attributed to natural deposits, agricultural and industrial effluents, for which the maximum concentration of 2000 μg L-1 was found in groundwater. Sources for As in soil can be the initial contents, fossil fuel burning products, industrial effluents, pesticides, and so on, with a maximum reported concentration up to 4600 mg kg-1. Sources for As in sediments can be attributed to their reservoirs, with a maximum reported concentration up to 2500 mg kg-1. It is notable that some reported concentrations of As in the environment are several times higher than permissible limits. However, many aspects of arsenic environmental chemistry including contamination of the environment, quantification, mobility, removal and health hazards are still unclear.
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- Khageshwar Singh Patel
- Department of Applied Sciences, Amity University Manth (Kharora), State Highway 9 Raipur-493225 CG India
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- Amity University Manth (Kharora), State Highway 9 Raipur-493225 CG India
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, EPS, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), University of Zaragoza Carretera de Cuarte, s/n 22071 Huesca Spain
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- PS Analytical Ltd, Arthur House Unit 11 Cray fields Industrial Estate Orpington Kent BR5 3HP UK
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- Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Suleyman Demirel University Çünür Isparta-32260 Turkey
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Teknikringen 10B SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Environmental Standards Research Group, Research Institute for Material and Chemical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8563 Japan
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Suvvari TK, Ghosh A, Lopinti A, Islam MA, Bhattacharya P. Hematological manifestations of Monkeypox virus (MPOX) and impact of human MPOX disease on blood donation - What we need to know? New Microbes New Infect 2023; 52:101108. [PMID: 36855600 PMCID: PMC9951630 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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- Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Government Medical College, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.,COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
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Islam MA, Shahi S, Marzan AA, Amin MR, Hasan MN, Hoque MN, Ghosh A, Barua A, Khan A, Dhama K, Chakraborty C, Bhattacharya P, Wei DQ. Variant-specific deleterious mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome reveal immune responses and potentials for prophylactic vaccine development. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1090717. [PMID: 36825152 PMCID: PMC9941545 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1090717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by SARS-CoV-2, has had a disastrous effect worldwide during the previous three years due to widespread infections with SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variations. More than 674 million confirmed cases and over 6.7 million deaths have been attributed to successive waves of SARS-CoV-2 infections as of 29th January 2023. Similar to other RNA viruses, SARS-CoV-2 is more susceptible to genetic evolution and spontaneous mutations over time, resulting in the continual emergence of variants with distinct characteristics. Spontaneous mutations of SARS-CoV-2 variants increase its transmissibility, virulence, and disease severity and diminish the efficacy of therapeutics and vaccines, resulting in vaccine-breakthrough infections and re-infection, leading to high mortality and morbidity rates. Materials and methods: In this study, we evaluated 10,531 whole genome sequences of all reported variants globally through a computational approach to assess the spread and emergence of the mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. The available data sources of NextCladeCLI 2.3.0 (https://clades.nextstrain.org/) and NextStrain (https://nextstrain.org/) were searched for tracking SARS-CoV-2 mutations, analysed using the PROVEAN, Polyphen-2, and Predict SNP mutational analysis tools and validated by Machine Learning models. Result: Compared to the Wuhan-Hu-1 reference strain NC 045512.2, genome-wide annotations showed 16,954 mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome. We determined that the Omicron variant had 6,307 mutations (retrieved sequence:1947), including 67.8% unique mutations, more than any other variant evaluated in this study. The spike protein of the Omicron variant harboured 876 mutations, including 443 deleterious mutations. Among these deleterious mutations, 187 were common and 256 were unique non-synonymous mutations. In contrast, after analysing 1,884 sequences of the Delta variant, we discovered 4,468 mutations, of which 66% were unique, and not previously reported in other variants. Mutations affecting spike proteins are mostly found in RBD regions for Omicron, whereas most of the Delta variant mutations drawn to focus on amino acid regions ranging from 911 to 924 in the context of epitope prediction (B cell & T cell) and mutational stability impact analysis protruding that Omicron is more transmissible. Discussion: The pathogenesis of the Omicron variant could be prevented if the deleterious and persistent unique immunosuppressive mutations can be targeted for vaccination or small-molecule inhibitor designing. Thus, our findings will help researchers monitor and track the continuously evolving nature of SARS-CoV-2 strains, the associated genetic variants, and their implications for developing effective control and prophylaxis strategies.
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Bangladesh,COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh,*Correspondence: Md. Aminul Islam, , ; Prosun Bhattacharya,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China,Zhongjing Research and Industrialization Institute of Chinese Medicine, Zhongguancun Scientific Park, Nayang, Henan, China
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,*Correspondence: Md. Aminul Islam, , ; Prosun Bhattacharya,
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China,Zhongjing Research and Industrialization Institute of Chinese Medicine, Zhongguancun Scientific Park, Nayang, Henan, China,Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Islam MA, Rahman MA, Jakariya M, Bahadur NM, Hossen F, Mukharjee SK, Hossain MS, Tasneem A, Haque MA, Sera F, Jahid IK, Ahmed T, Hasan MN, Islam MT, Hossain A, Amin R, Tiwari A, Didar-Ul-Alam M, Dhama K, Bhattacharya P, Ahmed F. A 30-day follow-up study on the prevalence of SARS-COV-2 genetic markers in wastewater from the residence of COVID-19 patient and comparison with clinical positivity. Sci Total Environ 2023; 858:159350. [PMID: 36265620 PMCID: PMC9576909 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Wastewater based epidemiology (WBE) is an important tool to fight against COVID-19 as it provides insights into the health status of the targeted population from a small single house to a large municipality in a cost-effective, rapid, and non-invasive way. The implementation of wastewater based surveillance (WBS) could reduce the burden on the public health system, management of pandemics, help to make informed decisions, and protect public health. In this study, a house with COVID-19 patients was targeted for monitoring the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic markers in wastewater samples (WS) with clinical specimens (CS) for a period of 30 days. RT-qPCR technique was employed to target nonstructural (ORF1ab) and structural-nucleocapsid (N) protein genes of SARS-CoV-2, according to a validated experimental protocol. Physiological, environmental, and biological parameters were also measured following the American Public Health Association (APHA) standard protocols. SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in wastewater peaked when the highest number of COVID-19 cases were clinically diagnosed. Throughout the study period, 7450 to 23,000 gene copies/1000 mL were detected, where we identified 47 % (57/120) positive samples from WS and 35 % (128/360) from CS. When the COVID-19 patient number was the lowest (2), the highest CT value (39.4; i.e., lowest copy number) was identified from WS. On the other hand, when the COVID-19 patients were the highest (6), the lowest CT value (25.2 i.e., highest copy numbers) was obtained from WS. An advance signal of increased SARS-CoV-2 viral load from the COVID-19 patient was found in WS earlier than in the CS. Using customized primer sets in a traditional PCR approach, we confirmed that all SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in both CS and WS were Delta variants (B.1.617.2). To our knowledge, this is the first follow-up study to determine a temporal relationship between COVID-19 patients and their discharge of SARS-CoV-2 RNA genetic markers in wastewater from a single house including all family members for clinical sampling from a developing country (Bangladesh), where a proper sewage system is lacking. The salient findings of the study indicate that monitoring the genetic markers of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater could identify COVID-19 cases, which reduces the burden on the public health system during COVID-19 pandemics.
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- Md Aminul Islam
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh; Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Informatics, Applications, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Health Security, Expert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh 243122, India
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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Chakraborty C, Chatterjee S, Bhattacharya M, Chopra H, Bhattacharya P, Islam MA, Dhama K. The D614G mutation helps to increase the transmissibility and reduce the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 variants through natural selection. Int J Surg 2023; 109:171-174. [PMID: 36799841 PMCID: PMC10389482 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000000155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- Chiranjib Chakraborty
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal
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- Institute for Skeletal Aging and Orthopaedic Surgery, Hallym University-Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, Sweden
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Tiwari A, Adhikari S, Kaya D, Islam MA, Malla B, Sherchan SP, Al-Mustapha AI, Kumar M, Aggarwal S, Bhattacharya P, Bibby K, Halden RU, Bivins A, Haramoto E, Oikarinen S, Heikinheimo A, Pitkänen T. Monkeypox outbreak: Wastewater and environmental surveillance perspective. Sci Total Environ 2023; 856:159166. [PMID: 36202364 PMCID: PMC9534267 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Monkeypox disease (MPXD), a viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), is an emerging zoonotic disease endemic in some countries of Central and Western Africa but seldom reported outside the affected region. Since May 2022, MPXD has been reported at least in 74 countries globally, prompting the World Health Organization to declare the MPXD outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As of July 24, 2022; 92 % (68/74) of the countries with reported MPXD cases had no historical MPXD case reports. From the One Health perspective, the spread of MPXV in the environment poses a risk not only to humans but also to small mammals and may, ultimately, spread to potent novel host populations. Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has been extensively utilized to monitor communicable diseases, particularly during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It helped in monitoring infectious disease caseloads as well as specific viral variants circulating in communities. The detection of MPXV DNA in lesion materials (e.g. skin, vesicle fluid, crusts), skin rashes, and various body fluids, including respiratory and nasal secretions, saliva, urine, feces, and semen of infected individuals, supports the possibility of using WBS as an early proxy for the detection of MPXV infections. WBS of MPXV DNA can be used to monitor MPXV activity/trends in sewerage network areas even before detecting laboratory-confirmed clinical cases within a community. However, several factors affect the detection of MPXV in wastewater including, but not limited to, routes and duration time of virus shedding by infected individuals, infection rates in the relevant affected population, environmental persistence, the processes and analytical sensitivity of the used methods. Further research is needed to identify the key factors that impact the detection of MPXV biomarkers in wastewater and improve the utility of WBS of MPXV as an early warning and monitoring tool for safeguarding human health. In this review, we shortly summarize aspects of the MPXV outbreak relevant to wastewater monitoring and discuss the challenges associated with WBS.
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- Ananda Tiwari
- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Health Security, Expert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland.
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- Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, USA
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh; Advanced Molecular Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Interdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria; Department of Veterinary Services, Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
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- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
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- Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Mines, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755900, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, LA, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Center for River Basin Environment, University of Yamanashi, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8511, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Finnish Food Authority, Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland; Department of Health Security, Expert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
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Islam MA, Adeiza SS, Amin MR, Kaifa FH, Lorenzo JM, Bhattacharya P, Dhama K. A bibliometric study on Marburg virus research with prevention and control strategies. Front Trop Dis 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fitd.2022.1068364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Marburg virus (MARV) is a pathogenic zoonotic RNA virus etiologic for Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe hemorrhagic fever. This is a rare disease, with a high fatality rate, that spreads via infected blood or body fluids or indirectly via fomites (contaminated objects and substances such as clothed, beds, personal protective equipment, or medical equipments). A few vaccines to protect against MARV are undergoing clinical trials, but there is not yet an approved vaccine against this disease. Eventually, prevention and control guidelines should be adhered to rigorously to alleviate this infection. This bibliometric analysis aimed to harness narrative evaluation, emphasizing the significance of quantitative approaches and delineating the most thought-provoking concerns for researchers using VOSviewer software (Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands). “Marburg Virus” OR “MARV” AND “Diseases” search criteria were used for the analysis of articles published between 1962 and 2022. Co-occurrence analysis was carried out, which characterized different thematic clusters. From this analysis, we found that 1688 published articles, and the number of publications increased across that period annually, with a growth rate of 8.78%. It is also conspicuous that the number of publications in the United States reached its acme during this period (i.e., 714 publications, accounting for 42.29% of the total), and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases published the most literature (i.e., 146 papers). Our study found that the three pre-eminent authors of Marburg virus papers were “FELDMANN, HEINZ“ of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States, “BECKER, STEPHAN” of the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, and “GEISBERT, THOMAS W” of the University of Texas Medical Branch, United States. In this study we found that “JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY” has published the most pertinent literature, totaling 88 articles, followed by “The journal of Infectious Diseases”, which published 76 relevant papers, and “VIRUSES”, which published 52 corresponding papers. The most cited paper on the Marburg virus was published in Nature Medicine, with 522 total citations and 29 citations/year. Studies of the changing epidemiology and evolving nature of the virus and its ecological niche are required; breakthrough and implementation of the efficacious vaccine candidate(s), prophylaxis and therapeutic alternatives and supervision strategies, unveiling awareness-raising programs, and developing apposite and timely preparedness, prevention, and proactive control strategies are of utmost importance.
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Dhama K, Chandran D, Chopra H, Islam MA, Emran TB, Rehman MEU, Dey A, Mohapatra RK, SV P, Mohankumar P, Sharma AK, Bhattacharya P. SARS-CoV-2 emerging Omicron subvariants with a special focus on BF.7 and XBB.1.5 recently posing fears of rising cases amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. J Exp Bio & Ag Sci 2022; 10:1215-1221. [DOI: 10.18006/2022.10(6).1215.1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron versions have been the sole one circulating for quite some time. Subvariants BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, and BA.5 of the Omicron emerged over time and through mutation, with BA.1 responsible for the most severe global pandemic between December 2021 and January 2022. Other Omicron subvariants such as BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, BA.2.75.2, XBB.1 appeared recently and could cause a new wave of increased cases amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. There is evidence that certain Omicron subvariants have increased transmissibility, extra spike mutations, and ability to overcome protective effects of COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies through immunological evasion. In recent months, the Omicron BF.7 subvariant has been in the news due to its spread in China and a small number of other countries, raising concerns about a possible rebound in COVID-19 cases. More recently, the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant has captured international attention due to an increase in cases in the United States. As a highly transmissible sublineage of Omicron BA.5, as well as having a shorter incubation time and the potential to reinfect or infect immune population, BF.7 has stronger infection ability. It appears that the regional immunological landscape is affected by the amount and timing of previous Omicron waves, as well as the COVID-19 vaccination coverage, which in turn determines whether the increased immune escape of BF.7 and XBB.1.5 subvariants is sufficient to drive new infection waves. Expanding our understanding of the transmission and efficacy of vaccines, immunotherapeutics, and antiviral drugs against newly emerging Omicron subvariants and lineages, as well as bolstering genomic facilities for tracking their spread and maintaining a constant vigilance, and shedding more light on their evolution and mutational events, would help in the development of effective mitigation strategies. Importantly, reducing the occurrence of mutations and recombination in the virus can be aided by bolstering One health approach and emphasizing its significance in combating zoonosis and reversal zoonosis linked with COVID-19. This article provides a brief overview on Omicron variant, its recently emerging lineages and subvairants with a special focus on BF.7 and XBB.1.5 as much more infectious and highly transmissible variations that may once again threaten a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases globally amid the currently ongoing pandemic, along with presenting salient mitigation measures.
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Tapia J, Mukherjee A, Rodríguez MP, Murray J, Bhattacharya P. Role of tectonics and climate on elevated arsenic in fluvial systems: Insights from surface water and sediments along regional transects of Chile. Environ Pollut 2022; 314:120151. [PMID: 36115482 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Globally, arsenic (As) contamination is widespread in hydrological systems and the link between As enrichment and regional tectonic and climatic factors is still not well understood in orogenic environments. This work provides new insights on the relationship between As, tectonics, and climate by assessing the hydrochemistry of Chile, an active subduction zone with highly diverse natural settings. Selected study sites include fluvial courses along four regional transects connecting the Chilean coast to the Andes Cordillera in the northern, central, and southern areas of the country. The results indicate that As concentrations in surface water and fluvial sediments show a general positive correlation to crustal thickness and they tend to decrease progressively from northern to southern Chile. In contrast, As concentrations are negatively correlated to average annual precipitation which shows a significant increase toward southern Chile. From a regional tectonic perspective, northern Chile presents greater Andes shortening and higher crustal thicknesses, which induces increased crustal contamination and As content at the surface. Extremely low precipitation rates are also tied to local As enrichment and a sediment-starved trench that might favor higher plate coupling and shortening. On the contrary, decreased shortening of the Andes in southern Chile and related lower crustal thickness induces lower crustal contamination, thus acting as an As-poor provenance for surficial sediments and surface water. High precipitation rates further induce dilution of surface water, potential mobilization from the solid phase, and a significant amount of trench sediments that could induce lower plate coupling and lower shortening. At the local scale, a low potential for As mobilization was found in northern Chile where a greater distribution of As-bearing minerals was observed in sediments, mostly as finer particles (<63 μm). The abundance of Fe-oxides potentially acts as a secondary surficial sink of As under the encountered physicochemical conditions.
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- Joseline Tapia
- Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile; Centro de Estudio Del Agua Del Desierto, CEITSAZA, Universidad Católica Del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile; Instituto Milenio de Investigación en Riesgo Volcánico - CKELAR Volcanoes, Chile.
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, West Bengal, India
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- Instituto de Bio y Geociencias Del NOA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina; Institute of the Earth and the Environment of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, France
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen, 10B, SE-114 28, Stockholm, Sweden
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Islam MA, Hasan MN, Ahammed T, Anjum A, Majumder A, Siddiqui MNEA, Mukharjee SK, Sultana KF, Sultana S, Jakariya M, Bhattacharya P, Sarkodie SA, Dhama K, Mumin J, Ahmed F. Association of household fuel with acute respiratory infection (ARI) under-five years children in Bangladesh. Front Public Health 2022; 10:985445. [PMID: 36530721 PMCID: PMC9752885 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.985445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In developing countries, acute respiratory infections (ARIs) cause a significant number of deaths among children. According to Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), about 25% of the deaths in children under-five years are caused by ARI in Bangladesh every year. Low-income families frequently rely on wood, coal, and animal excrement for cooking. However, it is unclear whether using alternative fuels offers a health benefit over solid fuels. To clear this doubt, we conducted a study to investigate the effects of fuel usage on ARI in children. In this study, we used the latest BDHS 2017-18 survey data collected by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and estimated the effects of fuel use on ARI by constructing multivariable logistic regression models. From the analysis, we found that the crude (the only type of fuel in the model) odds ratio (OR) for ARI is 1.69 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06-2.71]. This suggests that children in families using contaminated fuels are 69.3% more likely to experience an ARI episode than children in households using clean fuels. After adjusting for cooking fuel, type of roof material, child's age (months), and sex of the child-the effect of solid fuels is similar to the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) for ARI (OR: 1.69, 95% CI: 1.05-2.72). This implies that an ARI occurrence is 69.2% more likely when compared to the effect of clean fuel. This study found a statistically significant association between solid fuel consumption and the occurrence of ARI in children in households. The correlation between indoor air pollution and clinical parameters of ARI requires further investigation. Our findings will also help other researchers and policymakers to take comprehensive actions by considering fuel type as a risk factor as well as taking proper steps to solve this issue.
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Joint Rohingya Response Program, Food for the Hungry, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Banking and Insurance, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Platform of Medical and Dental Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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Islam MA, Sangkham S, Tiwari A, Vadiati M, Hasan MN, Noor STA, Mumin J, Bhattacharya P, Sherchan SP. Association between Global Monkeypox Cases and Meteorological Factors. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:15638. [PMID: 36497712 PMCID: PMC9740470 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The emergence of an outbreak of Monkeypox disease (MPXD) is caused by a contagious zoonotic Monkeypox virus (MPXV) that has spread globally. Yet, there is no study investigating the effect of climatic changes on MPXV transmission. Thus, studies on the changing epidemiology, evolving nature of the virus, and ecological niche are highly paramount. Determination of the role of potential meteorological drivers including temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed, and surface pressure is beneficial to understand the MPXD outbreak. This study examines the changes in MPXV cases over time while assessing the meteorological characteristics that could impact these disparities from the onset of the global outbreak. To conduct this data-based research, several well-accepted statistical techniques including Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES), Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), Automatic forecasting time-series model (Prophet), and Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average with Explanatory Variables (ARIMAX) were applied to delineate the correlation of the meteorological factors on global daily Monkeypox cases. Data on MPXV cases including affected countries spanning from 6 May 2022, to 9 November 2022, from global databases and meteorological data were used to evaluate the developed models. According to the ARIMAX model, the results showed that temperature, relative humidity, and surface pressure have a positive impact [(51.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): -274.55 to 377.68), (17.32, 95% CI: -83.71 to 118.35) and (23.42, 95% CI: -9.90 to 56.75), respectively] on MPXV cases. In addition, dew/frost point, precipitation, and wind speed show a significant negative impact on MPXD cases. The Prophet model showed a significant correlation with rising MPXD cases, although the trend predicts peak values while the overall trend increases. This underscores the importance of immediate and appropriate preventive measures (timely preparedness and proactive control strategies) with utmost priority against MPXD including awareness-raising programs, the discovery, and formulation of effective vaccine candidate(s), prophylaxis and therapeutic regimes, and management strategies.
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- Md. Aminul Islam
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj 2310, Bangladesh
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Muang District, Phayao 56000, Thailand
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Health Security, Expert Microbiology Research Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, 70701 Kuopio, Finland
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- Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Global Affairs, University of California, Davis, 10 College Park, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
- Joint Rohingya Response Program, Food for the Hungry, Cox’s Bazar 4700, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh
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- Platform of Medical and Dental Society, Dhaka 1214, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 11428, USA
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
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Ligate F, Lucca E, Ijumulana J, Irunde R, Kimambo V, Mtamba J, Ahmad A, Hamisi R, Maity JP, Mtalo F, Bhattacharya P. Geogenic contaminants and groundwater quality around Lake Victoria goldfields in northwestern Tanzania. Chemosphere 2022; 307:135732. [PMID: 35872057 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Geogenic contamination of groundwater is frequently associated with gold mining activities and related to drinking water quality problems worldwide. In Tanzania, elevated levels of trace elements (TEs) have been reported in drinking water sources within the Lake Victoria Basin, posing a serious health risk to communities. The present study aims to assess the groundwater quality with a focus on the concentration levels of geogenic contaminants in groundwater around the Lake Victoria goldfields in Geita and Mara districts. The water samples were collected from community drinking water sources and were analysed for physiochemical parameters (pH, EC, Eh), major ions, and trace elements. The analysed major ions included Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, SO42-, HCO3- and Cl- whereas the trace elements were As, Al, Li, Ba, B, Ti, V, U, Zr, Sr, Si, Mn Mo, Fe, Ni, Zn, Cr, Pb, Cd, and V. The present study revealed that the concentration levels of the major ions were mostly within the World Health Organization (WHO) drinking water standards in the following order of their relative abundance; for cations, Ca2+∼Na+>Mg2+>K+ and for anions was HCO3- > SO42- > NO3-, Cl- > PO43-. Statistical and geochemical modelling software such as 'R Studio', IBM SPSS, geochemical workbench, visual MINTEQ were used to understand the groundwater chemistry and evaluate its suitability for drinking purpose. The concentration of As in groundwater sources varies between below detection limit (bdl) and 300 μg/L, with highest levels in streams followed by shallow wells and boreholes. In approximately 48% of the analysed samples, As concentration exceeded the WHO drinking water guideline and Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) guideline for drinking water value of 10 μg/L. The concentration of the analyzed TEs and mean values of physicochemical parameters were below the guideline limits based on WHO and TBS standards. The Canadian Council of Ministries of the Environment Water Quality Index (CCME WQI) shows that the overall water quality is acceptable with minimum threats of deviation from natural conditions. We recommend further geochemical exploration and the periodic risk assessment of groundwater in mining areas where high levels of As were recorded.
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- Fanuel Ligate
- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Chemistry, Mkwawa University College of Education, University of Dar Es Salaam, 2513, Iringa, Tanzania.
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- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies, The University of Florence, Cascine, Florence, 18 50144, Italy
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Dodoma, Tanzania
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- DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, the Netherlands; SIBELCO Ankerpoort NV, Op de Bos 300, 6223 EP Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708, PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India
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- DAFWAT Research Group, Department of Water Resources Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTHRoyal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden; KWR Water Cycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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Kumar R, Sharma P, Yang W, Sillanpää M, Shang J, Bhattacharya P, Vithanage M, Maity JP. State-of-the-art of research progress on adsorptive removal of fluoride-contaminated water using biochar-based materials: Practical feasibility through reusability and column transport studies. Environ Res 2022; 214:114043. [PMID: 36029838 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fluoride (F-) is one of the essential elements found in soil and water released from geogenic sources and several anthropogenic activities. Fluoride causes fluorosis, dental and skeletal growth problems, teeth mottling, and neurological damage due to prolonged consumption, affecting millions worldwide. Adsorption is an extensively implemented technique in water and wastewater treatment for fluoride, with significant potential due to efficiency, cost-effectiveness, ease of operation, and reusability. This review highlights the current state of knowledge for fluoride adsorption using biochar-based materials and the limitations of biochar for fluoride-contaminated groundwater and industrial wastewater treatment. Biochar materials have shown significant adsorption capacities for fluoride under the influence of low pH, biochar dose, initial concentration, temperature, and co-existing ions. Modified biochar possesses various functional groups (-OH, -CC, -C-O, -CONH, -C-OH, X-OH), in which enhanced hydroxyl (-OH) groups onto the surface plays a significant role in fluoride adsorption via electrostatic attraction and ion exchange. Regeneration and reusability of biochar sorbents need to be performed to a greater extent to improve removal efficiency and reusability in field conditions. Furthermore, the present investigation identifies the limitations of biochar materials in treating fluoride-contaminated drinking groundwater and industrial effluents. The fluoride removal using biochar-based materials at an industrial scale for understanding the practical feasibility is yet to be documented. This review work recommend the feasibility of biochar-based materials in column studies for fluoride remediation in the future.
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- Rakesh Kumar
- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 803116, India
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- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 803116, India.
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- Agronomy College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Mining, Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 17011, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa; Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia; Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia; International Research Centre of Nanotechnology for Himalayan Sustainability (IRCNHS), Shoolini University, Solan, 173212, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Soil and Water Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen, 10B SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, 10250, Sri Lanka; Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751024, India
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Jakariya M, Ahmed F, Islam MA, Al Marzan A, Hasan MN, Hossain M, Ahmed T, Hossain A, Reza HM, Hossen F, Nahla T, Rahman MM, Bahadur NM, Islam MT, Didar-Ul-Alam M, Mow N, Jahan H, Barceló D, Bibby K, Bhattacharya P. Wastewater-based epidemiological surveillance to monitor the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in developing countries with onsite sanitation facilities. Environ Pollut 2022; 311:119679. [PMID: 35753547 PMCID: PMC9225114 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a valuable approach for forecasting disease outbreaks in developed countries with a centralized sewage infrastructure. On the other hand, due to the absence of well-defined and systematic sewage networks, WBE is challenging to implement in developing countries like Bangladesh where most people live in rural areas. Identification of appropriate locations for rural Hotspot Based Sampling (HBS) and urban Drain Based Sampling (DBS) are critical to enable WBE based monitoring system. We investigated the best sampling locations from both urban and rural areas in Bangladesh after evaluating the sanitation infrastructure for forecasting COVID-19 prevalence. A total of 168 wastewater samples were collected from 14 districts of Bangladesh during each of the two peak pandemic seasons. RT-qPCR commercial kits were used to target ORF1ab and N genes. The presence of SARS-CoV-2 genetic materials was found in 98% (165/168) and 95% (160/168) wastewater samples in the first and second round sampling, respectively. Although wastewater effluents from both the marketplace and isolation center drains were found with the highest amount of genetic materials according to the mixed model, quantifiable SARS-CoV-2 RNAs were also identified in the other four sampling sites. Hence, wastewater samples of the marketplace in rural areas and isolation centers in urban areas can be considered the appropriate sampling sites to detect contagion hotspots. This is the first complete study to detect SARS-CoV-2 genetic components in wastewater samples collected from rural and urban areas for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic. The results based on the study revealed a correlation between viral copy numbers in wastewater samples and SARS-CoV-2 positive cases reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) as part of the national surveillance program for COVID-19 prevention. The findings of this study will help in setting strategies and guidelines for the selection of appropriate sampling sites, which will facilitate in development of comprehensive wastewater-based epidemiological systems for surveillance of rural and urban areas of low-income countries with inadequate sewage infrastructure.
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- Md Jakariya
- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh; Advanced Molecular Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
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- Department of Public Health, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- WaterAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1213, Bangladesh; COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh
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- WaterAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1213, Bangladesh
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- WaterAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1213, Bangladesh
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- Water, Environmental and Food Chemistry Unit (ENFOCHEM), Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), C. Jordi Giron 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Islam A, Hossen F, Rahman A, Sultana KF, Hasan MN, Haque A, Sosa-Hernández JE, Oyervides-Muñoz MA, Parra-Saldívar R, Ahmed T, Islam T, Dhama K, Sangkham S, Bahadur NM, Reza HM, Jakariya, Al Marzan A, Bhattacharya P, Sonne C, Ahmed F. An opinion on Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring (WBEM) with Clinical Diagnostic Test (CDT) for detecting high-prevalence areas of community COVID-19 Infections. Curr Opin Environ Sci Health 2022; 31:100396. [PMID: 36320818 PMCID: PMC9612100 DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring (WBEM) is an efficient surveillance tool during the COVID-19 pandemic as it meets all requirements of a complete monitoring system including early warning, tracking the current trend, prevalence of the disease, detection of genetic diversity as well asthe up-surging SARS-CoV-2 new variants with mutations from the wastewater samples. Subsequently, Clinical Diagnostic Test is widely acknowledged as the global gold standard method for disease monitoring, despite several drawbacks such as high diagnosis cost, reporting bias, and the difficulty of tracking asymptomatic patients (silent spreaders of the COVID-19 infection who manifest nosymptoms of the disease). In this current reviewand opinion-based study, we first propose a combined approach) for detecting COVID-19 infection in communities using wastewater and clinical sample testing, which may be feasible and effective as an emerging public health tool for the long-term nationwide surveillance system. The viral concentrations in wastewater samples can be used as indicatorsto monitor ongoing SARS-CoV-2 trends, predict asymptomatic carriers, and detect COVID-19 hotspot areas, while clinical sampleshelp in detecting mostlysymptomaticindividuals for isolating positive cases in communities and validate WBEM protocol for mass vaccination including booster doses for COVID-19.
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- Aminul Islam
- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
- Advanced Molecular Lab, Department of Microbiology, President Abdul Hamid Medical College, Karimganj, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Joint Rohingya Response Program, Food for the Hungry, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
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- Key Lab of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonoses of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
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- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar-243 122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Phayao, Muang District, 56000, Phayao, Thailand
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and TechnologyUniversity, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE 114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, PO Box 358, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- COVID-19 Diagnostic Lab, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
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Sabarathinam C, Mohan Viswanathan P, Senapathi V, Karuppannan S, Samayamanthula DR, Gopalakrishnan G, Alagappan R, Bhattacharya P. SARS-CoV-2 phase I transmission and mutability linked to the interplay of climatic variables: a global observation on the pandemic spread. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:72366-72383. [PMID: 35028838 PMCID: PMC8758228 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17481-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The study aims to determine the impact of global meteorological parameters on SARS-COV-2, including population density and initiation of lockdown in twelve different countries. The daily trend of these parameters and COVID-19 variables from February 15th to April 25th, 2020, were considered. Asian countries show an increasing trend between infection rate and population density. A direct relationship between the time-lapse of the first infected case and the period of suspension of movement controls the transmissivity of COVID-19 in Asian countries. The increase in temperature has led to an increase in COVID-19 spread, while the decrease in humidity is consistent with the trend in daily deaths during the peak of the pandemic in European countries. Countries with 65°F temperature and 5 mm rainfall have a negative impact on COVID-19 spread. Lower oxygen availability in the atmosphere, fine droplets of submicron size together with infectious aerosols, and low wind speed have contributed to the increase in total cases and mortality in Germany and France. The onset of the D614G mutation and subsequent changes to D614 before March, later G614 in mid-March, and S943P, A831V, D839/Y/N/E in April were observed in Asian and European countries. The results of the correlation and factor analysis show that the COVID-19 cases and the climatic factors are significantly correlated with each other. The optimum meteorological conditions for the prevalence of G614 were identified. It was observed that the complex interaction of global meteorological factors and changes in the mutational form of CoV-2 phase I influenced the daily mortality rate along with other comorbid factors. The results of this study could help the public and policymakers to create awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Chidambaram Sabarathinam
- Water Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, P.O. Box 24885, 13109, Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Department of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Malaysia, CDT 250, 98009, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Disaster Management, Alagappa University, Karikudi, 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Applied Geology, School of Applied Natural Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia
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- Water Research Centre, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, P.O. Box 24885, 13109, Kuwait City, Kuwait
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- School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat -Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
- Center for Earth, Environment and Resources, Sun Yat -Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Acharya S, Adamová D, Adler A, Adolfsson J, Aglieri Rinella G, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahmad S, Ahn S, Ahuja I, Akbar Z, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Alam S, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfanda H, Alfaro Molina R, Ali B, Ali Y, Alici A, Alizadehvandchali N, Alkin A, Alme J, Alocco G, Alt T, Altsybeev I, Anaam M, Andrei C, Andreou D, Andronic A, Anguelov V, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Anuj C, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arcelli S, Arnaldi R, Arsene I, Arslandok M, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Aziz S, Azmi M, Badalà A, Baek Y, Bai X, Bailhache R, Bailung Y, Bala R, Balbino A, Baldisseri A, Balis B, Banerjee D, Banoo Z, Barbera R, Barioglio L, Barlou M, Barnaföldi G, Barnby L, Barret V, Bartels C, Barth K, Bartsch E, Baruffaldi F, Bastid N, Basu S, Batigne G, Battistini D, Batyunya B, Bauri D, Bazo Alba J, Bearden I, Beattie C, Becht P, Belikov I, Bell Hechavarria A, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belokurova S, Belyaev V, Bencedi G, Beole S, Bercuci A, Berdnikov Y, Berdnikova A, 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S, Dupieux P, Durkac M, Dzalaiova N, Eder T, Ehlers R, Eikeland V, Eisenhut F, Elia D, Erazmus B, Ercolessi F, Erhardt F, Erokhin A, Ersdal M, Espagnon B, Eulisse G, Evans D, Evdokimov S, Fabbietti L, Faggin M, Faivre J, Fan F, Fan W, Fantoni A, Fasel M, Fecchio P, Feliciello A, Feofilov G, Fernández Téllez A, Ferrero A, Ferretti A, Feuillard V, Figiel J, Filova V, Finogeev D, Fionda F, Fiorenza G, Flor F, Flores A, Foertsch S, Fokin S, Fragiacomo E, Frajna E, Francisco A, Fuchs U, Funicello N, Furget C, Furs A, Gaardhøje J, Gagliardi M, Gago A, Gal A, Galvan C, Ganoti P, Garabatos C, Garcia J, Garcia-Solis E, Garg K, Gargiulo C, Garibli A, Garner K, Gasik P, Gauger E, Gautam A, Gay Ducati M, Germain M, Ghosh S, Giacalone M, Gianotti P, Giubellino P, Giubilato P, Glaenzer A, Glässel P, Glimos E, Goh D, Gonzalez V, González-Trueba L, Gorbunov S, Gorgon M, Görlich L, Gotovac S, Grabski V, Graczykowski L, Greiner L, Grelli A, Grigoras C, Grigoriev V, Grigoryan S, Grosa F, Grosse-Oetringhaus J, Grosso R, Grund D, Guardiano G, Guernane R, Guilbaud M, Gulbrandsen K, Gunji T, Guo W, Gupta A, Gupta R, Guzman S, Gyulai L, Habib M, Hadjidakis C, Haidenbauer J, Hamagaki H, Hamid M, Hannigan R, Haque M, Harlenderova A, Harris J, Harton A, Hasenbichler J, Hassan H, Hatzifotiadou D, Hauer P, Havener L, Heckel S, Hellbär E, Helstrup H, Herman T, Herrera Corral G, Herrmann F, Hetland K, Heybeck B, Hillemanns H, Hills C, Hippolyte B, Hofman B, Hohlweger B, Honermann J, Hong G, Horak D, Hornung S, Horzyk A, Hosokawa R, Hou Y, Hristov P, Hughes C, Huhn P, Huhta L, Hulse C, Humanic T, Hushnud H, Husova L, Hutson A, Hyodo T, Iddon J, Ilkaev R, Ilyas H, Inaba M, Innocenti G, Ippolitov M, Isakov A, Isidori T, Islam M, Ivanov M, Ivanov V, Izucheev V, Jablonski M, Jacak B, Jacazio N, Jacobs P, Jadlovska S, Jadlovsky J, Jaelani S, Jahnke C, Jakubowska M, Jalotra A, Janik M, Janson T, Jercic M, Jevons O, Jimenez A, Jonas F, Jones P, Jowett J, Jung J, Jung M, Junique A, Jusko A, Kabus M, Kaewjai J, Kalinak P, Kalteyer A, Kalweit A, Kamiya Y, Kaplin V, Karasu Uysal A, Karatovic D, Karavichev O, Karavicheva T, Karczmarczyk P, Karpechev E, Kashyap V, Kazantsev A, Kebschull U, Keidel R, Keijdener D, Keil M, Ketzer B, Khan A, Khan S, Khanzadeev A, Kharlov Y, Khatun A, Khuntia A, Kileng B, Kim B, Kim C, Kim D, Kim E, Kim J, Kim J, Kim J, Kim J, Kim M, Kim S, Kim T, Kirsch S, Kisel I, Kiselev S, Kisiel A, Kitowski J, Klay J, Klein J, Klein S, Klein-Bösing C, Kleiner M, Klemenz T, Kluge A, Knospe A, Kobdaj C, Kollegger T, Kondratyev A, Kondratyeva N, Kondratyuk E, Konig J, Konigstorfer S, Konopka P, Kornakov G, Koryciak S, Kotliarov A, Kovalenko O, Kovalenko V, Kowalski M, Králik I, Kravčáková A, Kreis L, Krivda M, Krizek F, Krizkova Gajdosova K, Kroesen M, Krüger M, Krupova D, Kryshen E, Krzewicki M, Kučera V, Kuhn C, Kuijer P, Kumaoka T, Kumar D, Kumar L, Kumar N, Kundu S, Kurashvili P, Kurepin A, Kurepin A, Kuryakin A, Kushpil S, Kvapil J, Kweon M, Kwon J, Kwon Y, La Pointe S, La Rocca P, Lai Y, Lakrathok A, Lamanna M, Langoy R, Larionov P, Laudi E, Lautner L, Lavicka R, Lazareva T, Lea R, Lehrbach J, Lemmon R, León Monzón I, Lesch M, Lesser E, Lettrich M, Lévai P, Li X, Li X, Lien J, Lietava R, Lim B, Lim S, Lindenstruth V, Lindner A, Lippmann C, Liu A, Liu D, Liu J, Lofnes I, Loginov V, Loizides C, Loncar P, Lopez J, Lopez X, López Torres E, Luhder J, Lunardon M, Luparello G, Ma Y, Maevskaya A, Mager M, Mahmoud T, Maire A, Malaev M, Malik N, Malik Q, Malik S, Malinina L, Mal’Kevich D, Mallick D, Mallick N, Mandaglio G, Manko V, Manso F, Manzari V, Mao Y, Margagliotti G, Margotti A, Marín A, Markert C, Marquard M, Martin N, Martinengo P, Martinez J, Martínez M, Martínez García G, Masciocchi S, Masera M, Masoni A, Massacrier L, Mastroserio A, Mathis A, Matonoha O, Matuoka P, Matyja A, Mayer C, Mazuecos A, Mazzaschi F, Mazzilli M, Mdhluli J, Mechler A, Melikyan Y, Menchaca-Rocha A, Meninno E, Menon A, Meres M, Mhlanga S, Miake Y, Micheletti L, Migliorin L, Mihaylov D, Mikhaylov K, Mishra A, Miśkowiec D, Modak A, Mohanty A, Mohanty B, Mohisin Khan M, Molander M, Moravcova Z, Mordasini C, Moreira De Godoy D, Morozov I, Morsch A, Mrnjavac T, Muccifora V, Mudnic E, Mühlheim D, Muhuri S, Mulligan J, Mulliri A, Munhoz M, Munzer R, Murakami H, Murray S, Musa L, Musinsky J, Myrcha J, Naik B, Nair R, Nandi B, Nania R, Nappi E, Nassirpour A, Nath A, Nattrass C, Neagu A, Negru A, Nellen L, Nesbo S, Neskovic G, Nesterov D, Nielsen B, Nielsen E, Nikolaev S, Nikulin S, Nikulin V, Noferini F, Noh S, Nomokonov P, Norman J, Novitzky N, Nowakowski P, Nyanin A, Nystrand J, Ogino M, Ohlson A, Ohnishi A, Okorokov V, Oleniacz J, Oliveira Da Silva A, Oliver M, Onnerstad A, Oppedisano C, Ortiz Velasquez A, Osako T, Oskarsson A, Otwinowski J, Oya M, Oyama K, Pachmayer Y, Padhan S, Pagano D, Paić G, Palasciano A, Panebianco S, Park J, Parkkila J, Pathak S, Patra R, Paul B, Pei H, Peitzmann T, Peng X, Pereira L, Pereira Da Costa H, Peresunko D, Perez G, Perrin S, Pestov Y, Petráček V, Petrov V, Petrovici M, Pezzi R, Piano S, Pikna M, Pillot P, Pinazza O, Pinsky L, Pinto C, Pisano S, Płoskoń M, Planinic M, Pliquett F, Poghosyan M, Polichtchouk B, Politano S, Poljak N, Pop A, Porteboeuf-Houssais S, Porter J, Pozdniakov V, Prasad S, Preghenella R, Prino F, Pruneau C, Pshenichnov I, Puccio M, Qiu S, Quaglia L, Quishpe R, Ragoni S, Rakotozafindrabe A, Ramello L, Rami F, Ramirez S, Rancien T, Raniwala R, Raniwala S, Räsänen S, Rath R, Ravasenga I, Read K, Redelbach A, Redlich K, Rehman A, Reichelt P, Reidt F, Reme-ness H, Rescakova Z, Reygers K, Riabov A, Riabov V, Richert T, Richter M, Riegler W, Riggi F, Ristea C, Rodríguez Cahuantzi M, Røed K, Rogalev R, Rogochaya E, Rogoschinski T, Rohr D, Röhrich D, Rojas P, Rojas Torres S, Rokita P, Ronchetti F, Rosano A, Rosas E, Rossi A, Roy A, Roy P, Roy S, Rubini N, Rueda O, Ruggiano D, Rui R, Rumyantsev B, Russek P, Russo R, Rustamov A, Ryabinkin E, Ryabov Y, Rybicki A, Rytkonen H, Rzesa W, Saarimaki O, Sadek R, Sadovsky S, Saetre J, Šafařík K, Saha S, Saha S, Sahoo B, Sahoo P, Sahoo R, Sahoo S, Sahu D, Sahu P, Saini J, Sakai S, Salvan M, Sambyal S, Saramela T, Sarkar D, Sarkar N, Sarma P, Sarti V, Sas M, Schambach J, Scheid H, Schiaua C, Schicker R, Schmah A, Schmidt C, Schmidt H, Schmidt M, Schmidt M, Schmidt N, Schmier A, Schotter R, Schukraft J, Schwarz K, Schweda K, Scioli G, Scomparin E, Seger J, Sekiguchi Y, Sekihata D, Selyuzhenkov I, Senyukov S, Seo J, Serebryakov D, Šerkšnytė L, Sevcenco A, Shaba T, Shabanov A, Shabetai A, Shahoyan R, Shaikh W, Shangaraev A, Sharma A, Sharma D, Sharma H, Sharma M, Sharma N, Sharma S, Sharma U, Shatat A, Sheibani O, Shigaki K, Shimomura M, Shirinkin S, Shou Q, Sibiriak Y, Siddhanta S, Siemiarczuk T, Silva T, Silvermyr D, Simantathammakul T, Simonetti G, Singh B, Singh R, Singh R, Singh R, Singh V, Singhal V, Sinha T, Sitar B, Sitta M, Skaali T, Skorodumovs G, Slupecki M, Smirnov N, Snellings R, Soncco C, Song J, Songmoolnak A, Soramel F, Sorensen S, Sputowska I, Stachel J, Stan I, Steffanic P, Stiefelmaier S, Stocco D, Storehaug I, Storetvedt M, Stratmann P, Strazzi S, Stylianidis C, Suaide A, Suire C, Sukhanov M, Suljic M, Sultanov R, Sumberia V, Sumowidagdo S, Swain S, Szabo A, Szarka I, Tabassam U, Taghavi S, Taillepied G, Takahashi J, Tambave G, Tang S, Tang Z, Tapia Takaki J, Tapus N, Tarzila M, Tauro A, Tejeda Muñoz G, Telesca A, Terlizzi L, Terrevoli C, Tersimonov G, Thakur S, Thomas D, Tieulent R, Tikhonov A, Timmins A, Tkacik M, Toia A, Topilskaya N, Toppi M, Torales-Acosta F, Tork T, Torres Ramos A, Trifiró A, Triolo A, Tripathy S, Tripathy T, Trogolo S, Trubnikov V, Trzaska W, Trzcinski T, Tumkin A, Turrisi R, Tveter T, Ullaland K, Uras A, Urioni M, Usai G, Vala M, Valle N, Vallero S, van Doremalen L, van Leeuwen M, Vande Vyvre P, Varga D, Varga Z, Varga-Kofarago M, Vasileiou M, Vasiliev A, Vázquez Doce O, Vechernin V, Velure A, Vercellin E, Vergara Limón S, Vermunt L, Vértesi R, Verweij M, Vickovic L, Vilakazi Z, Villalobos Baillie O, Vino G, Vinogradov A, Virgili T, Vislavicius V, Vodopyanov A, Volkel B, Völkl M, Voloshin K, Voloshin S, Volpe G, von Haller B, Vorobyev I, Vozniuk N, Vrláková J, Wagner B, Wang C, Wang D, Weber M, Weelden R, Wegrzynek A, Wenzel S, Wessels J, Weyhmiller S, Wiechula J, Wikne J, Wilk G, Wilkinson J, Willems G, Windelband B, Winn M, Witt W, Wright J, Wu W, Wu Y, Xu R, Yadav A, Yalcin S. First study of the two-body scattering involving charm hadrons. Int J Clin Exp Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.052010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Bhattacharya P, Hussain MI, Mohamedahmed AYY, Faiz N, Peravali R. 562 Midline Versus Off Midline Extraction Site in Laparoscopic Left Sided Colorectal Resections for Colorectal Malignancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Br J Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znac269.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Abstract
Method
To evaluate comparative outcomes of off-midline and midline extraction sites in laparoscopic left sided colorectal resections.
Method
A systematic search of electronic databases and bibliographic reference lists was conducted, and a combination of free text and controlled vocabulary search was adapted to thesaurus headings, search operators and limits in electronic databases were applied. Studies comparing the outcomes of Off Midline and Midline incisions for specimen extraction in laparoscopic left sided colorectal resections were included. Incisional hernias, surgical site infections, operative time, estimated blood loss, anastomotic leak and length of hospital stay were the evaluated outcome parameters.
Results
We identified 5 comparative studies reporting a total of 1187 patients comparing outcomes of off-midline (n=486) and midline (n=701) incisions for specimen extraction in laparoscopic left colorectal resections. The off-midline approach was associated with lower post operative surgical site infection (OR 0.71, P=0.68), anastomotic leak (OR 0.76,P=0.66), and incisional hernia (MD: 0.65,P=0.64) compared to midline approach, however it was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference in operative time (MD: 0.10, P=0.99), intra-operative blood loss (MD 2.31, P=0.91), and post-operative hospital stay (MD : 0.78, P=0.18) between the two groups.
Conclusions
Off-midline extraction site for left sided colorectal resections have no significant difference in rates of post operative surgical site infection and incisional hernias when compared to midline extraction site. No significant difference was found in operative time, intra-operative blood loss, anastomotic leak and post operative hospital stay in this study. Future higher-level research is required to further evaluate the clinical outcomes.
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- P Bhattacharya
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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- The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust , Birmingham , United Kingdom
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Agathokleous E, Barceló D, Aschner M, Azevedo RA, Bhattacharya P, Costantini D, Cutler GC, De Marco A, Docea AO, Dórea JG, Duke SO, Efferth T, Fatta-Kassinos D, Fotopoulos V, Ginebreda A, Guedes RNC, Hayes AW, Iavicoli I, Kalantzi OI, Koike T, Kouretas D, Kumar M, Manautou JE, Moore MN, Paoletti E, Peñuelas J, Picó Y, Reiter RJ, Rezaee R, Rinklebe J, Rocha-Santos T, Sicard P, Sonne C, Teaf C, Tsatsakis A, Vardavas AI, Wang W, Zeng EY, Calabrese EJ. Rethinking Subthreshold Effects in Regulatory Chemical Risk Assessments. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:11095-11099. [PMID: 35878124 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Evgenios Agathokleous
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu China
- Research Center for Global Changes and Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration & Mitigation, School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu China
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- Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC; Barcelona 08034, Spain
- Catalan Institute for Water Research, ICRA-CERCA; Girona 17003, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP); São Paulo CEP 13418-900, Brazil
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- KTH-international Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Stockholm SE-100 44, Sweden
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- Unité Physiologie Moléculaire et Adaptation (PhyMA), UMR 7221 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; CNRS, 7 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Campus, Dalhousie University; Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 5E3, Canada
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- Department of Toxicology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova; Craiova 200349, Romania
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília; Brasília 70919-970, Brazil
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi; Mississippi 38677, United States
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- Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology; Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Nireas-International Water Research Centre, School of Engineering, University of Cyprus; P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology; Lemesos 3603, Cyprus
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- Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, c/Jordi Girona 18-26, Barcelona 08034, Spain
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa;Viçosa, Minas Gerais 36570-900, Brazil
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- Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis & Management, University of South Florida, College of Public Health; Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
- Michigan State University; East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Public Health, Section of Occupational Medicine, University of Naples Federico II; Naples 80131, Italy
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University; Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larisa 41500, Greece
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- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies; Dehradun 248007, India
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- Pharmaceutical Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- European Centre for Environment & Human Health (ECEHH), University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital; Truro TR1 3HD, U.K
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Plymouth, Devon PL1 3DH, U.K
- School of Biological & Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth; Plymouth PL 4 8AA, U.K
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- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council; Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Italy
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- CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB; Bellaterra, Catalonia 08193, Spain
- CREAF; Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia 08193, Spain
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- Environmental and Food Safety Research Group (SAMA-UV), Desertification Research Centre (CIDE), Universitat de València-CSIC-GV; Valencia 46113, Spain
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio; San Antonio, Texas 78229, United States
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- International UNESCO Center for Health-Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences,Mashhad 91779-43335, Iran
- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 91779-43335, Iran
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- University of Wuppertal, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Institute of Foundation Engineering, Water, and Waste-Management, Laboratory of Soil, and Groundwater-Management; Wuppertal 42285, Germany
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- Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro; Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal
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- ARGANS, 260 route du Pin Montard, Biot 06410, France
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- Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC); Roskilde DK-4000, Denmark
- Henan Province Engineering Research Center for Biomass Value-added Products, School of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University; Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- Institute of Science & Public Affairs, Florida State University; Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete; Heraklion 71003, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Medical School, University of Crete; Heraklion 71003, Greece
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Northeast Forestry University; Harbin 150040, China
- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science; Changchun 130102, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University; Guangzhou 511443, China
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts; Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Kumar M, Jiang G, Kumar Thakur A, Chatterjee S, Bhattacharya T, Mohapatra S, Chaminda T, Kumar Tyagi V, Vithanage M, Bhattacharya P, Nghiem LD, Sarkar D, Sonne C, Mahlknecht J. Lead time of early warning by wastewater surveillance for COVID-19: Geographical variations and impacting factors. Chem Eng J 2022; 441:135936. [PMID: 35345777 PMCID: PMC8942437 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.135936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The global data on the temporal tracking of the COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance needs to be comparatively evaluated to generate a proper and precise understanding of the robustness, advantages, and sensitivity of the wastewater-based epidemiological (WBE) approach. We reviewed the current state of knowledge based on several scientific articles pertaining to temporal variations in COVID-19 cases captured via viral RNA predictions in wastewater. This paper primarily focuses on analyzing the WBE-based temporal variation reported globally to check if the reported early warning lead-time generated through environmental surveillance is pragmatic or latent. We have compiled the geographical variations reported as lead time in various WBE reports to strike a precise correlation between COVID-19 cases and genome copies detected through wastewater surveillance, with respect to the sampling dates, separately for WASH and non-WASH countries. We highlighted sampling methods, climatic and weather conditions that significantly affected the concentration of viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in wastewater, and thus the lead time reported from the various climatic zones with diverse WASH situations were different. Our major findings are: i) WBE reports around the world are not comparable, especially in terms of gene copies detected, lag-time gained between monitored RNA peak and outbreak/peak of reported case, as well as per capita RNA concentrations; ii) Varying sanitation facility and climatic conditions that impact virus degradation rate are two major interfering features limiting the comparability of WBE results, and iii) WBE is better applicable to WASH countries having well-connected sewerage system.
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- Manish Kumar
- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
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- School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia
- Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Discipline of Earth Science, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 355, India
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- Encore Insoltech Pvt Ltd, Randesan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 307, India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 835215, India
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- NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
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- Environmental BioTechnology Group (EBiTG), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
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- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
- Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka
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- COVID-19 Research@KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology,SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Technology in Water & Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo 2007, Australia
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ 07030, USA
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- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde DK-4000, Denmark
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- Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Monterey, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Kumar R, Manna C, Padha S, Verma A, Sharma P, Dhar A, Ghosh A, Bhattacharya P. Micro(nano)plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans? Chemosphere 2022; 298:134267. [PMID: 35301996 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are key indicators of the plasticine era, widely spread across different ecosystems. MPs and NPs become global stressors due to their inherent physicochemical characteristics and potential impact on ecosystems and humans. MPs and NPs have been exposed to humans via various pathways, such as tap water, bottled water, seafood, beverages, milk, fish, salts, fruits, and vegetables. This paper highlights MPs and NPs pathways to the food chains and how these plastic particles can cause risks to human health. MPs have been evident in vivo and vitro and have been at health risks, such as respiratory, immune, reproductive, and digestive systems. The present work emphasizes how various MPs and NPs, and associated toxic chemicals, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), impact human health. Polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are common MPs and NPs, reported in human implants via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal exposure, which can cause carcinogenesis, according to Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reports. Inhalation, ingestion, and dermal exposure-response cause genotoxicity, cell division and viability, cytotoxicity, oxidative stress induction, metabolism disruption, DNA damage, inflammation, and immunological responses in humans. Lastly, this review work concluded with current knowledge on potential risks to human health and knowledge gaps with recommendations for further investigation in this field.
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- Rakesh Kumar
- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 803116, India
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- Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700037, India
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- Department of Zoology, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 181143, India
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- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 803116, India
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- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir, Bihar, 803116, India.
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- Department of Zoology, Central University of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 181143, India
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- Mahavir Cancer Sansthan and Research Centre, Phulwarisharif, Patna, 801505, Bihar, India; Bihar Pollution Control Board, Patna, 800010, Bihar, India
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- Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hypertriton Production in p-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:252003. [PMID: 35802430 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.252003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The study of nuclei and antinuclei production has proven to be a powerful tool to investigate the formation mechanism of loosely bound states in high-energy hadronic collisions. The first measurement of the production of _{Λ}^{3}H in p-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV is presented in this Letter. Its production yield measured in the rapidity interval -1<y<0 for the 40% highest-multiplicity p-Pb collisions is dN/dy=[6.3±1.8(stat)±1.2(syst)]×10^{-7}. The measurement is compared with the expectations of statistical hadronization and coalescence models, which describe the nucleosynthesis in hadronic collisions. These two models predict very different yields of the hypertriton in charged particle multiplicity environments relevant to small collision systems such as p-Pb, and therefore the measurement of dN/dy is crucial to distinguish between them. The precision of this measurement leads to the exclusion with a significance larger than 6.9σ of some configurations of the statistical hadronization model, thus constraining the theory behind the production of loosely bound states at hadron colliders.
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Yale University, Connecticut, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- Yale University, Connecticut, USA
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S De
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - A De Caro
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - L De Cilladi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - J de Cuveland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A De Falco
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - D De Gruttola
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - C De Martin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - S De Pasquale
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Deb
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - K R Deja
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - L Dello Stritto
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Delsanto
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - W Deng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Dhankher
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D Di Bari
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Di Mauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R A Diaz
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - T Dietel
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Ding
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - R Divià
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D U Dixit
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Ø Djuvsland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - U Dmitrieva
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Do
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - A Dobrin
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Dönigus
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - O Dordic
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A K Dubey
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Dubla
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - M Dukhishyam
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - T M Eder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - V N Eikeland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Erhardt
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Erokhin
- St. Petersburg State University, Lima, Peru
| | - M R Ersdal
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Espagnon
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Fecchio
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Feofilov
- St. Petersburg State University, Lima, Peru
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Figiel
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - S Filchagin
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Darmstadt, Germany
| | - D Finogeev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F M Fionda
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - G Fiorenza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - P Foka
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - E Frajna
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - A Gal
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
| | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J R A Garcia
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - K Garg
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Garibli
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - K Garner
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - P Gasik
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - E F Gauger
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - P Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S K Ghosh
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - M Giacalone
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P Gianotti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | | | - L H González-Trueba
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S Gorbunov
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
| | - L Görlich
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - L Greiner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - O S Groettvik
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S P Guzman
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Gyulai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M K Habib
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Halimoglu
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - G Hamar
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M Hamid
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M R Haque
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Harlenderova
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | | | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - J A Hasenbichler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H Hassan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | | | | | - S T Heckel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E G Hernandez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Mérida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hills
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - B Hohlweger
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J Honermann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - D Horak
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S Hornung
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
| | - R Hosokawa
- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
| | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hughes
- University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - H Hushnud
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L A Husova
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J P Iddon
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - R Ilkaev
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Isakov
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - V Izucheev
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - M Jablonski
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
| | - B Jacak
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - N Jacazio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - S Jaelani
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | | | - A Jalotra
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jercic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Jevons
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - P G Jones
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Kaplin
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Kar
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | | | - D Karatovic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Karavicheva
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kazantsev
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Hochschule Worms, Zentrum für Technologietransfer und Telekommunikation (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - Z Khabanova
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A M Khan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Y Kharlov
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - A Khatun
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khuntia
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J S Kim
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J P Kitowski
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
| | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Knospe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M K Köhler
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - N Kondratyeva
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S D Koryciak
- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
| | - L Koska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - O Kovalenko
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - L Kreis
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - K Krizkova Gajdosova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - E Kryshen
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - M Krzewicki
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - V Kučera
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A B Kurepin
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kuryakin
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - J Kvapil
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Y Kwon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - Y S Lai
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Tonsberg, Norway
| | - K Lapidus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - T Lazareva
- St. Petersburg State University, Lima, Peru
| | - R Lea
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Lettrich
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P Lévai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - X L Li
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Tonsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - B Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Liu
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - V Loginov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - J A Lopez
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - J R Luhder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | - Y G Ma
- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
| | - A Maevskaya
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mahmoud
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - M Malaev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - L Malinina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | | | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P Malzacher
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - V Manko
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Mareš
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M Marquard
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - N A Martin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - A M Mathis
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A F Mechler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - F Meddi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Rome, Italy
| | - Y Melikyan
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - S Mhlanga
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - L Micheletti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - L C Migliorin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - A N Mishra
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A P Mohanty
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - Z Moravcova
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Mordasini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - D A Moreira De Godoy
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - L A P Moreno
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - I Morozov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - E Mudnic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - D Mühlheim
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - S Murray
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - R Nair
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S V Nesbo
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Nesterov
- St. Petersburg State University, Lima, Peru
| | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Nikulin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - V Nikulin
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | | | - A Nyanin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Ogino
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | | | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - T Osako
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - A Oskarsson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - J Pan
- Wayne State University, Michigan, USA
| | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Pareek
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | | | - S P Pathak
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - R N Patra
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - L G Pereira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - H Pereira Da Costa
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - D Peresunko
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - G M Perez
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - S Perrin
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - Y Pestov
- Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
| | - V Petráček
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R P Pezzi
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - P Pillot
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Pinto
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - M Planinic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - F Pliquett
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M G Poghosyan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | | | - S Politano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Poljak
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Pop
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - J Porter
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
| | - V Pozdniakov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | | | - I Pshenichnov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Qiu
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - S Ragoni
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A Rakotozafindrabe
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - L Ramello
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN Sezione di Torino, Alessandria, Italy
| | - F Rami
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - S A R Ramirez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A G T Ramos
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - R Raniwala
- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jammu, India
| | - S Raniwala
- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jammu, India
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - I Ravasenga
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - K F Read
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- University of Tennessee, Tennessee, USA
| | - A R Redelbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P Reichelt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - F Reidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H A Reme-Ness
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - R Renfordt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - V Riabov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - T Richert
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Riggi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - E Rogochaya
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
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- AGH University of Science and Technolog, Krakow, Poland
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- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Wayne State University, Michigan, USA
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN Sezione di Torino, Alessandria, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
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- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
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- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řežu Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Darmstadt, Germany
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- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
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- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, t, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello' dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica 'M. Merlin', Bari, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
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- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
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- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute-ITEP, Moscow, Russia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
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- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Haque R, Moe CL, Raj SJ, Ong L, Charles K, Ross AG, Shirin T, Raqib R, Sarker P, Rahman M, Rahman MZ, Amin N, Mahmud ZH, Rahman M, Johnston D, Akter N, Khan TA, Hossain MA, Hasan R, Islam MT, Bhattacharya P. Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh: Opportunities and challenges. Curr Opin Environ Sci Health 2022; 27:100334. [PMID: 35434440 PMCID: PMC9004539 DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health crisis of global concern. The progression of the COVID-19 pandemic has been monitored in the first place by testing symptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the respiratory samples. Concurrently, wastewater carries feces, urine, and sputum that potentially contains SARS-CoV-2 intact virus or partially damaged viral genetic materials excreted by infected individuals. This brings significant opportunities for understanding the infection dynamics by environmental surveillance. It has advantages for the country, especially in densely populated areas where individual clinical testing is difficult. However, there are several challenges including: 1) establishing a sampling plan and schedule that is representative of the various catchment populations 2) development and validation of standardized protocols for the laboratory analysis 3) understanding hydraulic flows and virus transport in complex wastewater drainage systems and 4) collaborative efforts from government agencies, NGOs, public health units and academia.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rehnuma Haque
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
- School of Medicine, Stanford University, USA
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- Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA
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- Center for Global Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, USA
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- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK
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- School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Section, UNICEF, Bangladesh
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Section, UNICEF, Bangladesh
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- Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA), Bangladesh
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- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDRB), Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- COVID-19 Research @KTH, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kumar M, Vithanage M, An AK, Weber KA, Bhattacharya P. Geogenic and pathogenic contamination: Issues and innovation in the post-COVID-Anthropocene. J Hazard Mater 2022; 429:127501. [PMID: 35077966 PMCID: PMC8516436 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Manish Kumar
- Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA; Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden; KWR Watercycle Research Institute, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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Acharya S, Adamová D, Adler A, Aglieri Rinella G, Agnello M, Agrawal N, Ahammed Z, Ahmad S, Ahn SU, Ahuja I, Akbar Z, Akindinov A, Al-Turany M, Alam SN, Aleksandrov D, Alessandro B, Alfanda HM, Alfaro Molina R, Ali B, Ali Y, Alici A, Alizadehvandchali N, Alkin A, Alme J, Alt T, Altenkamper L, Altsybeev I, Anaam MN, Andrei C, Andreou D, Andronic A, Angeletti M, Anguelov V, Antinori F, Antonioli P, Anuj C, Apadula N, Aphecetche L, Appelshäuser H, Arcelli S, Arnaldi R, Arsene IC, Arslandok M, Augustinus A, Averbeck R, Aziz S, Azmi MD, Badalà A, Baek YW, Bai X, Bailhache R, Bailung Y, Bala R, Balbino A, Baldisseri A, Balis B, Ball M, Banerjee D, Barbera R, Barioglio L, Barlou M, Barnaföldi GG, Barnby LS, Barret V, Bartels C, Barth K, Bartsch E, Baruffaldi F, Bastid N, Basu S, Batigne G, Batyunya B, Bauri D, Bazo Alba JL, Bearden IG, Beattie C, Belikov I, Bell Hechavarria ADC, Bellini F, Bellwied R, Belokurova S, Belyaev V, Bencedi G, Beole S, Bercuci A, Berdnikov Y, Berdnikova A, Bergmann 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Polarization of Λ and Λ[over ¯] Hyperons along the Beam Direction in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s]_{NN}=5.02 TeV. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 128:172005. [PMID: 35570422 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.172005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The polarization of the Λ and Λ[over ¯] hyperons along the beam (z) direction, P_{z}, has been measured in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV recorded with ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The main contribution to P_{z} comes from elliptic flow-induced vorticity and can be characterized by the second Fourier sine coefficient P_{z,s2}=⟨P_{z}sin(2φ-2Ψ_{2})⟩, where φ is the hyperon azimuthal emission angle and Ψ_{2} is the elliptic flow plane angle. We report the measurement of P_{z,s2} for different collision centralities and in the 30%-50% centrality interval as a function of the hyperon transverse momentum and rapidity. The P_{z,s2} is positive similarly as measured by the STAR Collaboration in Au-Au collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=200 GeV, with somewhat smaller amplitude in the semicentral collisions. This is the first experimental evidence of a nonzero hyperon P_{z} in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC. The comparison of the measured P_{z,s2} with the hydrodynamic model calculations shows sensitivity to the competing contributions from thermal and the recently found shear-induced vorticity, as well as to whether the polarization is acquired at the quark-gluon plasma or the hadronic phase.
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- S Acharya
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
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- Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
- Fudan University, China
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- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
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- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
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- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
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- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
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- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
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- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
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- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | - V Barret
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - C Bartels
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - K Barth
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - E Bartsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - F Baruffaldi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - N Bastid
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - S Basu
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - G Batigne
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - B Batyunya
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - D Bauri
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - J L Bazo Alba
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - I G Bearden
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Beattie
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - I Belikov
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | | | - F Bellini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - R Bellwied
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - S Belokurova
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - V Belyaev
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - G Bencedi
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S Beole
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Bercuci
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - Y Berdnikov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - A Berdnikova
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - L Bergmann
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M G Besoiu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - L Betev
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P P Bhaduri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Bhasin
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - I R Bhat
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - M A Bhat
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | | | - P Bhattacharya
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Bianchi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - N Bianchi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - J Bielčík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - J Bielčíková
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - J Biernat
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A Bilandzic
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Biro
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - S Biswas
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - J T Blair
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - D Blau
- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - M B Blidaru
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Blume
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - G Boca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - F Bock
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - A Bogdanov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Boi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - J Bok
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - L Boldizsár
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - A Bolozdynya
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Bombara
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - P M Bond
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Bonomi
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - H Borel
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - A Borissov
- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
| | - H Bossi
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - E Botta
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - L Bratrud
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P Braun-Munzinger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Bregant
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - M Broz
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G E Bruno
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bariand Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - M D Buckland
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - D Budnikov
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - H Buesching
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Bufalino
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - O Bugnon
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - P Buhler
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - Z Buthelezi
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - J B Butt
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - S A Bysiak
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Cai
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - H Caines
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Caliva
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - E Calvo Villar
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | | | - R S Camacho
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - P Camerini
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - F D M Canedo
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - F Carnesecchi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Caron
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - J Castillo Castellanos
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - E A R Casula
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - F Catalano
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - P Chakraborty
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Chandra
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chapeland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Chartier
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Chattopadhyay
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Chauvin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - T G Chavez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - T Cheng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - C Cheshkov
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - B Cheynis
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | | | - D D Chinellato
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - S Cho
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - P Chochula
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Christakoglou
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - C H Christensen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - P Christiansen
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - T Chujo
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - C Cicalo
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Cifarelli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Cindolo
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - M R Ciupek
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Clai
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - J Cleymans
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | | | - J S Colburn
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - D Colella
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Politecnico di Bariand Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - A Collu
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Colocci
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Concas
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - G Conesa Balbastre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - Z Conesa Del Valle
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Contin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - J G Contreras
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M L Coquet
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - T M Cormier
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Cortese
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN Sezione di Torino, Alessandria, Italy
| | | | - F Costa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Costanza
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - P Crochet
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - R Cruz-Torres
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - E Cuautle
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - P Cui
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - L Cunqueiro
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - A Dainese
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - M C Danisch
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Danu
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - I Das
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - P Das
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Das
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - S Dash
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S De
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - A De Caro
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - L De Cilladi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - J de Cuveland
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A De Falco
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - D De Gruttola
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | | | - C De Martin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - S De Pasquale
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Deb
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | | | - K R Deja
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - L Dello Stritto
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - S Delsanto
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - W Deng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Dhankher
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D Di Bari
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - A Di Mauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R A Diaz
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - T Dietel
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Ding
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - R Divià
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D U Dixit
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - Ø Djuvsland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - U Dmitrieva
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Do
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - A Dobrin
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - B Dönigus
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - O Dordic
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - A K Dubey
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - A Dubla
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Dudi
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - M Dukhishyam
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Dupieux
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - N Dzalaiova
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - T M Eder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - R J Ehlers
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - V N Eikeland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Eisenhut
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Elia
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - B Erazmus
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - F Ercolessi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - F Erhardt
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - A Erokhin
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - M R Ersdal
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Espagnon
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Eulisse
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Evans
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - S Evdokimov
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - L Fabbietti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M Faggin
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - J Faivre
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - F Fan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Fantoni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Fasel
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Fecchio
- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Feofilov
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - A Fernández Téllez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Ferrero
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - A Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - V J G Feuillard
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Figiel
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - S Filchagin
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - D Finogeev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - F M Fionda
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - G Fiorenza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Politecnico di Bariand Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - F Flor
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A N Flores
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - S Foertsch
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - P Foka
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Fokin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - E Frajna
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - U Fuchs
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - N Funicello
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - C Furget
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - A Furs
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - J J Gaardhøje
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - M Gagliardi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A M Gago
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - A Gal
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - C D Galvan
- Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán, Mexico
| | - P Ganoti
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - C Garabatos
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J R A Garcia
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | | | - K Garg
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - C Gargiulo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Garibli
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - K Garner
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - P Gasik
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - E F Gauger
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - A Gautam
- University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
| | - M B Gay Ducati
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
| | - M Germain
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - P Ghosh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S K Ghosh
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - M Giacalone
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - P Gianotti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - P Giubellino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - P Giubilato
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - A M C Glaenzer
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Glässel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D J Q Goh
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - V Gonzalez
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - L H González-Trueba
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S Gorbunov
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Gorgon
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - L Görlich
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - S Gotovac
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - V Grabski
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - L Greiner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Grelli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Grigoras
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Grigoriev
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Grigoryan
- A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) Foundation, Yerevan, Armenia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - O S Groettvik
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - F Grosa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | | | - R Grosso
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G G Guardiano
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - R Guernane
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
| | - M Guilbaud
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - K Gulbrandsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - T Gunji
- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - W Guo
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Gupta
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S P Guzman
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Gyulai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M K Habib
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Hadjidakis
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - G Halimoglu
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - H Hamagaki
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - G Hamar
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M Hamid
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - R Hannigan
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M R Haque
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Harlenderova
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J W Harris
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - A Harton
- Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
| | - J A Hasenbichler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H Hassan
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | | | - P Hauer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - L B Havener
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | | | - S T Heckel
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - E Hellbär
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H Helstrup
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - T Herman
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - E G Hernandez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Herrera Corral
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Mexico City and Mérida, Mexico
| | - F Herrmann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - K F Hetland
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - H Hillemanns
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hills
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - B Hippolyte
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - B Hofman
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Hohlweger
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - J Honermann
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - G H Hong
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - D Horak
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S Hornung
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Horzyk
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | | | - Y Hou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - P Hristov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Hughes
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Huhn
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | | | - H Hushnud
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L A Husova
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - A Hutson
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - D Hutter
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J P Iddon
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - R Ilkaev
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - H Ilyas
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - M Inaba
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - G M Innocenti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Ippolitov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Isakov
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - M S Islam
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - M Ivanov
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - V Ivanov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - V Izucheev
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - M Jablonski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - B Jacak
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - N Jacazio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P M Jacobs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - S Jadlovska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - J Jadlovsky
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - S Jaelani
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Jahnke
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | | | - A Jalotra
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - M A Janik
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T Janson
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jercic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Jevons
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - A A P Jimenez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - F Jonas
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - P G Jones
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - J M Jowett
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - M Jung
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Junique
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Jusko
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - J Kaewjai
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - P Kalinak
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kalweit
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Kaplin
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Kar
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | | | - D Karatovic
- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - O Karavichev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Karavicheva
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - E Karpechev
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kazantsev
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - U Kebschull
- Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universität Frankfurt Institut für Informatik, Fachbereich Informatik und Mathematik, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R Keidel
- Hochschule Worms, Zentrum für Technologietransfer und Telekommunikation (ZTT), Worms, Germany
| | - D L D Keijdener
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M Keil
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Ketzer
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - Z Khabanova
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A M Khan
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - S Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khanzadeev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - Y Kharlov
- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - A Khatun
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - A Khuntia
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - B Kileng
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - B Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - C Kim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - D J Kim
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - E J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J S Kim
- Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - J Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - J Kim
- Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea
| | - M Kim
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Kim
- Department of Physics, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - T Kim
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S Kirsch
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - I Kisel
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S Kiselev
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kisiel
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J P Kitowski
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - J L Klay
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
| | - J Klein
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S Klein
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - C Klein-Bösing
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Kleiner
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - T Klemenz
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Kluge
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A G Knospe
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Kobdaj
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M K Köhler
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - T Kollegger
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Kondratyev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - N Kondratyeva
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - J Konig
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - S A Konigstorfer
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P J Konopka
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Kornakov
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - S D Koryciak
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - L Koska
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kotliarov
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - O Kovalenko
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - V Kovalenko
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - M Kowalski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - I Králik
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Kravčáková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - L Kreis
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Krivda
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - F Krizek
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - K Krizkova Gajdosova
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Kroesen
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Krüger
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - E Kryshen
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - M Krzewicki
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - V Kučera
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - C Kuhn
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - P G Kuijer
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - T Kumaoka
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - D Kumar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - L Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - N Kumar
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Kundu
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - P Kurashvili
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Kurepin
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A B Kurepin
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Kuryakin
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - S Kushpil
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - J Kvapil
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - M J Kweon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - J Y Kwon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - Y Kwon
- Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
| | - S L La Pointe
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - P La Rocca
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - Y S Lai
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Lakrathok
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - M Lamanna
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Langoy
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Tonsberg, Norway
| | - K Lapidus
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - P Larionov
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - E Laudi
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Lautner
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Lavicka
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - T Lazareva
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - R Lea
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - J Lehrbach
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - R C Lemmon
- Nuclear Physics Group, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury, United Kingdom
| | | | - E D Lesser
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - M Lettrich
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - P Lévai
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - X Li
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - X L Li
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Lien
- University of South-Eastern Norway, Tonsberg, Norway
| | - R Lietava
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - B Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - S H Lim
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - V Lindenstruth
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - A Lindner
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - C Lippmann
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Liu
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - D H Liu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Liu
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | - I M Lofnes
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - V Loginov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - C Loizides
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - P Loncar
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - J A Lopez
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - X Lopez
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - E López Torres
- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
| | - J R Luhder
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - M Lunardon
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | | | | | - A Maevskaya
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Mager
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mahmoud
- Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | - A Maire
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - M Malaev
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - N M Malik
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - Q W Malik
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - L Malinina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - D Mal'Kevich
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - N Mallick
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P Malzacher
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Mandaglio
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - V Manko
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - F Manso
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | | | - Y Mao
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - J Mareš
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - G V Margagliotti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - A Margotti
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - A Marín
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - C Markert
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - M Marquard
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - N A Martin
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - P Martinengo
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - M I Martínez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - G Martínez García
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Masciocchi
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - M Masera
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - A Masoni
- INFN, Sezione di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
| | - L Massacrier
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - A Mastroserio
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
| | - A M Mathis
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - O Matonoha
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - A Matyja
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - C Mayer
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - A L Mazuecos
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Mazzaschi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - M Mazzilli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - J E Mdhluli
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - A F Mechler
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - F Meddi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Rome, Italy
| | - Y Melikyan
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Menchaca-Rocha
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - E Meninno
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - A S Menon
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - M Meres
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - S Mhlanga
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - Y Miake
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - L Micheletti
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - L C Migliorin
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - D L Mihaylov
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - K Mikhaylov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - A N Mishra
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - D Miśkowiec
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - A Modak
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | - A P Mohanty
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - B Mohanty
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - M Mohisin Khan
- Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
| | - M A Molander
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - Z Moravcova
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - C Mordasini
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - D A Moreira De Godoy
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
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- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - I Morozov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Morsch
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - T Mrnjavac
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - V Muccifora
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - E Mudnic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - D Mühlheim
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - S Muhuri
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J D Mulligan
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - A Mulliri
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M G Munhoz
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - R H Munzer
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
| | - L Musa
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J Musinsky
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
| | - J W Myrcha
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B Naik
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - R Nair
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - B K Nandi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Nania
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - E Nappi
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A F Nassirpour
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - A Nath
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Nattrass
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - A Neagu
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - L Nellen
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - S V Nesbo
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - G Neskovic
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Nesterov
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - B S Nielsen
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - S Nikolaev
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - S Nikulin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - V Nikulin
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - F Noferini
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - S Noh
- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
| | - P Nomokonov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - J Norman
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
| | | | | | - A Nyanin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Nystrand
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - M Ogino
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - A Ohlson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - V A Okorokov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Oleniacz
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - M H Oliver
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | | | | | - A Ortiz Velasquez
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - T Osako
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - A Oskarsson
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - J Otwinowski
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Oya
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - K Oyama
- Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science, Nagasaki, Japan
| | - Y Pachmayer
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - S Padhan
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - D Pagano
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G Paić
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | | | - J Pan
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - S Panebianco
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - P Pareek
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - J Park
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | | | - S P Pathak
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - R N Patra
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - B Paul
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - H Pei
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - T Peitzmann
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - X Peng
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
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- Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear (CEADEN), Havana, Cuba
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Budker Institute for Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
| | - V Petráček
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - M Petrovici
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Piano
- INFN, Sezione di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - M Pikna
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - O Pinazza
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
| | - L Pinsky
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - C Pinto
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - S Pisano
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - M Płoskoń
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Dipartimento DISAT del Politecnico and Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- Physics department, Faculty of science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - V Pozdniakov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - S K Prasad
- Bose Institute, Department of Physics, Kolkata, India
- Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science (CAPSS), Kolkata, India
| | | | - F Prino
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - C A Pruneau
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - I Pshenichnov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Puccio
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - L Quaglia
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN Sezione di Torino, Alessandria, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - S A R Ramirez
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A G T Ramos
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - T A Rancien
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS-IN2P3, Grenoble, France
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- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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- Physics Department, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
| | - S S Räsänen
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - R Rath
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - I Ravasenga
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - K Redlich
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - A Rehman
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P Reichelt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - Z Rescakova
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - K Reygers
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Riabov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - V Riabov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - T Richert
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - M Richter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - W Riegler
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - F Riggi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Catania, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
| | - C Ristea
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - K Røed
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - R Rogalev
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - E Rogochaya
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - T S Rogoschinski
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - D Rohr
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Röhrich
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - P F Rojas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - P S Rokita
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | - F Ronchetti
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
| | - A Rosano
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - E D Rosas
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - A Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - A Rotondi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - A Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P Roy
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Roy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - N Rubini
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - O V Rueda
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | - R Rui
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - B Rumyantsev
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - P G Russek
- AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
| | - A Rustamov
- National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
| | - E Ryabinkin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - Y Ryabov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - A Rybicki
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - H Rytkonen
- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | - W Rzesa
- Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
| | | | - R Sadek
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - S Sadovsky
- NRC Kurchatov Institute IHEP, Protvino, Russia
| | - J Saetre
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - K Šafařík
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - S K Saha
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Saha
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - B Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - P Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - R Sahoo
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - S Sahoo
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - D Sahu
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - P K Sahu
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - J Saini
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Sakai
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
| | - S Sambyal
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - V Samsonov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - D Sarkar
- Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
| | - N Sarkar
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - P Sarma
- Gauhati University, Department of Physics, Guwahati, India
| | - V M Sarti
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - M H P Sas
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - J Schambach
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - H S Scheid
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - C Schiaua
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - R Schicker
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - A Schmah
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - C Schmidt
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - H R Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
| | - M O Schmidt
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M Schmidt
- Physikalisches Institut, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
| | - N V Schmidt
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
| | - A R Schmier
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - R Schotter
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - J Schukraft
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - Y Schutz
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - K Schwarz
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - K Schweda
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G Scioli
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | | | | | | | | | - I Selyuzhenkov
- NRNU Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - S Senyukov
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France, Strasbourg, France
| | - J J Seo
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - D Serebryakov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - L Šerkšnytė
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - A Sevcenco
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | - T J Shaba
- iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
| | - A Shabanov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - A Shabetai
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - R Shahoyan
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - W Shaikh
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | | | - A Sharma
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - H Sharma
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - M Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - N Sharma
- Physics Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
| | - S Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - U Sharma
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - O Sheibani
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - K Shigaki
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | | | - S Shirinkin
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - Y Sibiriak
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - T Siemiarczuk
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - T F Silva
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | - D Silvermyr
- Lund University Department of Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Division of Particle Physics, Lund, Sweden
| | | | - G Simonetti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - B Singh
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - R Singh
- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Jatni, India
| | - R Singh
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - R Singh
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India
| | - V K Singh
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - V Singhal
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - T Sinha
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - B Sitar
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - M Sitta
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale and INFN Sezione di Torino, Alessandria, Italy
| | - T B Skaali
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Skorodumovs
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Slupecki
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), Helsinki, Finland
| | - N Smirnov
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
| | - R J M Snellings
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - C Soncco
- Sección Física, Departamento de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
| | - J Song
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
| | - A Songmoolnak
- Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
| | - F Soramel
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
| | - S Sorensen
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - I Sputowska
- The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland
| | - J Stachel
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - I Stan
- Institute of Space Science (ISS), Bucharest, Romania
| | | | - S F Stiefelmaier
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - D Stocco
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - I Storehaug
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - M M Storetvedt
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
| | - C P Stylianidis
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A A P Suaide
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
| | | | - C Suire
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - M Sukhanov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Suljic
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - R Sultanov
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Šumbera
- Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Řež u Prahy, Czech Republic
| | - V Sumberia
- Physics Department, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
| | - S Sumowidagdo
- Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - S Swain
- Institute of Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Bhubaneswar, India
| | - A Szabo
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - I Szarka
- Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava, Slovakia
| | - U Tabassam
- COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
| | - S F Taghavi
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - G Taillepied
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - J Takahashi
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
| | - G J Tambave
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Tang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
| | - Z Tang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | | | - M Tarhini
- SUBATECH, IMT Atlantique, Université de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Nantes, France
| | - M G Tarzila
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
| | - A Tauro
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Tejeda Muñoz
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - A Telesca
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - L Terlizzi
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | | | - G Tersimonov
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - S Thakur
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - D Thomas
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | - R Tieulent
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - A Tikhonov
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - A Toia
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - N Topilskaya
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - M Toppi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
| | - T Tork
- Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis, Irène Joliot-Curie, Orsay, France
| | - S R Torres
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - A Trifiró
- Dipartimento di Scienze MIFT, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
| | - S Tripathy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
| | - T Tripathy
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), Mumbai, India
| | - S Trogolo
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Padova, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Padova, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - G Trombetta
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - V Trubnikov
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | | | | | - B A Trzeciak
- Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - A Tumkin
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - R Turrisi
- INFN, Sezione di Padova, Padova, Italy
| | - T S Tveter
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - K Ullaland
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - A Uras
- Université de Lyon, CNRS/IN2P3, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - M Urioni
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
| | - G L Usai
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Cagliari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Cagliari, Italy
| | - M Vala
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - N Valle
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
| | - S Vallero
- INFN, Sezione di Torino, Turin, Italy
| | - N van der Kolk
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - L V R van Doremalen
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - M van Leeuwen
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - P Vande Vyvre
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - D Varga
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - Z Varga
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | | | - A Vargas
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - M Vasileiou
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Athens, Greece
| | - A Vasiliev
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - O Vázquez Doce
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - V Vechernin
- St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| | - E Vercellin
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Turin, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Turin, Italy
| | - S Vergara Limón
- High Energy Physics Group, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
| | - L Vermunt
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - R Vértesi
- Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary
| | - M Verweij
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - L Vickovic
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - Z Vilakazi
- University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
| | - O Villalobos Baillie
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - G Vino
- INFN, Sezione di Bari, Bari, Italy
| | - A Vinogradov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia
| | - T Virgili
- Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" dell'Università, Salerno, Italy
- Gruppo Collegato INFN, Salerno, Italy
| | - V Vislavicius
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - A Vodopyanov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia
| | - B Volkel
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - M A Völkl
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - K Voloshin
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | | | - G Volpe
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica "M. Merlin", Bari, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bari, Italy
| | - B von Haller
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - I Vorobyev
- Physik Department, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - D Voscek
- Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia
| | - N Vozniuk
- Institute for Nuclear Research, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
| | - J Vrláková
- Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
| | - B Wagner
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | | | | | - M Weber
- Stefan Meyer Institut für Subatomare Physik (SMI), Vienna, Austria
| | - R J G V Weelden
- Nikhef, National institute for subatomic physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
| | - A Wegrzynek
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - S C Wenzel
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - J P Wessels
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - J Wiechula
- Institut für Kernphysik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
| | - J Wikne
- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
| | - G Wilk
- National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland
| | - J Wilkinson
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - G A Willems
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Münster, Germany
| | - B Windelband
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - M Winn
- Université Paris-Saclay Centre d'Etudes de Saclay (CEA), IRFU, Départment de Physique Nucléaire (DPhN), Saclay, France
| | - W E Witt
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| | - J R Wright
- The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
| | | | - Y Wu
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - R Xu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A K Yadav
- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Kolkata, India
| | - S Yalcin
- KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey
| | | | | | - S Yang
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - S Yano
- Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
| | - Z Yin
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - H Yokoyama
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - I-K Yoo
- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
| | - J H Yoon
- Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
| | - S Yuan
- Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
| | - A Yuncu
- Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - V Zaccolo
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Trieste, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Trieste, Italy
| | - C Zampolli
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | - H J C Zanoli
- Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP), Utrecht University/Nikhef, Utrecht, Netherlands
| | - N Zardoshti
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
| | | | - P Závada
- Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - N Zaviyalov
- Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia
| | - M Zhalov
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, Russia
| | - B Zhang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | | | - X Zhang
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Zhang
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | | | - Y Zhi
- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, China
| | - N Zhigareva
- NRC «Kurchatov» Institute - ITEP, Moscow, Russia
| | - D Zhou
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - Y Zhou
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - J Zhu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- Research Division and ExtreMe Matter Institute EMMI, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Y Zhu
- Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
| | - A Zichichi
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia dell'Università, Bologna, Italy
- Sezione INFN, Bologna, Italy
| | - G Zinovjev
- Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
| | - N Zurlo
- INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Università di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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