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1. XIXth scientific meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), 7 - 9 February 2018, Department of Earth, Environment and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Author: L Canesi, T Balbi, M Auguste, E Grasselli, L Vergani, I Demori, R Fabbri, M Montagna, and A Voci
Subjects: Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Published: 2018

2. Seasonal changes in functional parameters of the hemolymph of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Author: C Ciacci, R Fabbri, M Betti, P Roch, and L Canesi
Subjects: Mytilus, hemocytes, lysosomal membrane stability, phagocytosis, lysozyme, immune parameters, seasonal variation, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: n bivalves, many functional parameters show seasonal changes in relation to both abiotic (such as temperature and salinity) and biotic factors (such as gonad maturation, food availability). Available data indicate that also immune parameters can show seasonal fluctuations in the marine mussel Mytilus spp.. In this work we report data on hemocyte lysosomal membrane stability (LMS) and phagocytic activity, as well as on soluble lysozyme activity, in the hemolymph of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) collected over a 24 month period in the Adriatic Sea (2006-2007). The results indicate that all the parameters measured show seasonal fluctuations over the year, with lysozyme activity showing the largest changes. Lowest LMS values were observed in early winter and early autumn, whereas maximal values of phagocytic activity were observed in winter and increasing serum lysozyme activities were recorded in autumn. The observed seasonal fluctuations are discussed in relation to both abiotic (temperature) and biotic (changes in endogenous modulators) factors.
Published: 2009

3. Ratios of helicity amplitudes for exclusive ρ0 electroproduction

Author: The HERMES Collaboration, A. Airapetian, N. Akopov, Z. Akopov, E. C. Aschenauer, W. Augustyniak, R. Avakian, A. Avetissian, E. Avetisyan, S. Belostotski, N. Bianchi, H. P. Blok, A. Borissov, J. Bowles, V. Bryzgalov, J. Burns, M. Capiluppi, G. P. Capitani, E. Cisbani, G. Ciullo, M. Contalbrigo, P. F. Dalpiaz, W. Deconinck, R. De Leo, L. De Nardo, E. De Sanctis, M. Diefenthaler, P. Di Nezza, M. Düren, M. Ehrenfried, G. Elbakian, F. Ellinghaus, R. Fabbri, A. Fantoni, L. Felawka, S. Frullani, D. Gabbert, G. Gapienko, V. Gapienko, F. Garibaldi, G. Gavrilov, V. Gharibyan, F. Giordano, S. Gliske, M. Golembiovskaya, C. Hadjidakis, M. Hartig, D. Hasch, G. Hill, A. Hillenbrand, M. Hoek, Y. Holler, I. Hristova, Y. Imazu, A. Ivanilov, H. E. Jackson, H. S. Jo, S. Joosten, R. Kaiser, G. Karyan, T. Keri, E. Kinney, A. Kisselev, N. Kobayashi, V. Korotkov, V. Kozlov, P. Kravchenko, V. G. Krivokhijine, L. Lagamba, R. Lamb, L. Lapikás, I. Lehmann, P. Lenisa, L. A. Linden-Levy, A. López Ruiz, W. Lorenzon, X.-G. Lu, X.-R. Lu, B.-Q. Ma, D. Mahon, N. C. R. Makins, S. I. Manaenkov, L. Manfré, Y. Mao, B. Marianski, A. Martinez de la Ossa, H. Marukyan, C. A. Miller, Y. Miyachi, A. Movsisyan, V. Muccifora, M. Murray, A. Mussgiller, E. Nappi, Y. Naryshkin, A. Nass, M. Negodaev, W.-D. Nowak, L. L. Pappalardo, R. Perez-Benito, N. Pickert, P. E. Reimer, A. R. Reolon, C. Riedl, K. Rith, G. Rosner, A. Rostomyan, J. Rubin, D. Ryckbosch, Y. Salomatin, F. Sanftl, A. Schäfer, G. Schnell, K. P. Schüler, B. Seitz, T.-A. Shibata, V. Shutov, M. Stancari, M. Statera, E. Steffens, J. J. M. Steijger, F. Stinzing, S. Taroian, A. Terkulov, A. Trzcinski, M. Tytgat, A. Vandenbroucke, Y. Van Haarlem, C. Van Hulse, D. Veretennikov, V. Vikhrov, I. Vilardi, S. Wang, S. Yaschenko, S. Yen, W. Yu, B. Zihlmann, and P. Zupranski
Subjects: Systematic Uncertainty, Amplitude Ratio, Total Uncertainty, Helicity Amplitude, ZEUS Collaboration, Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: Abstract Exclusive ρ 0-meson electroproduction is studied in the HERMES experiment, using a 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized electron/positron beam and unpolarized hydrogen and deuterium targets in the kinematic region 0.5 GeV2
Published: 2011
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4. Cryopreservation of Ovarian Tissue in Pediatric Patients

Author: R. Fabbri, R. Vicenti, M. Macciocca, G. Pasquinelli, M. Lima, I. Parazza, V. Magnani, and S. Venturoli
Subjects: Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
Abstract: Cancer treatments improve the survival rate of children and adolescents; however chemo- and radiotherapy result in gonadal damage leading to acute ovarian failure and sterility. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation allows long-term storage of primordial follicles and represents the only possibility of preserving the potential fertility in prepubertal girls. The aim of the present study is to describe our experience in ovarian tissue cryopreservation in 45 pediatric patients. The number of follicles per square millimeter of the overall section area and follicle quality were evaluated histologically. A strong negative correlation was found between age and follicular density in patients both prior to and after chemotherapy (𝑃
Published: 2012
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5. Sarcasm Analysis Using Conversation Context

Author: Debanjan Ghosh, Smaranda Muresan, and Alexander R. Fabbri
Subjects: FOS: Computer and information sciences, Linguistics and Language, Computer science, media_common.quotation_subject, Context (language use), 02 engineering and technology, computer.software_genre, Language and Linguistics, Qualitative analysis, Artificial Intelligence, 020204 information systems, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Conversation, Social media, media_common, Computational model, Computer Science - Computation and Language, Sarcasm, business.industry, lcsh:P98-98.5, Computer Science Applications, Isolation (psychology), 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, Artificial intelligence, lcsh:Computational linguistics. Natural language processing, business, computer, Computation and Language (cs.CL), Natural language processing, Sentence
Abstract: Computational models for sarcasm detection have often relied on the content of utterances in isolation. However, the speaker's sarcastic intent is not always apparent without additional context. Focusing on social media discussions, we investigate three issues: (1) does modeling conversation context help in sarcasm detection; (2) can we identify what part of conversation context triggered the sarcastic reply; and (3) given a sarcastic post that contains multiple sentences, can we identify the specific sentence that is sarcastic. To address the first issue, we investigate several types of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks that can model both the conversation context and the current turn. We show that LSTM networks with sentence-level attention on context and current turn, as well as the conditional LSTM network (Rocktaschel et al. 2016), outperform the LSTM model that reads only the current turn. As conversation context, we consider the prior turn, the succeeding turn or both. Our computational models are tested on two types of social media platforms: Twitter and discussion forums. We discuss several differences between these datasets ranging from their size to the nature of the gold-label annotations. To address the last two issues, we present a qualitative analysis of attention weights produced by the LSTM models (with attention) and discuss the results compared with human performance on the two tasks., Comment: Computational Linguistics (journal)
Published: 2018
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6. An all-endo Approach to Complete Ureteral Duplications Complicated by Ureterocele and/or Vesicoureteral Reflux: Feasibility, Limitations, and Results

Author: A. Calisti, M. L. Perrotta, R. Coletta, C. Olivieri, V. Briganti, L. Oriolo, and R. Fabbri
Subjects: Pediatrics, RJ1-570
Abstract: Purpose. Totally endoscopic management (all-endo) of patients with a duplicated renal system (DS) associated with severe vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) or obstructive ureterocele (UC) is an attractive alternative to traditional open procedures. The authors discuss feasibility and results of an all-endo approach on a consecutive series of patients. Methods. From 1999 to 2009, all patients with a complete DS associated with UC and/or VUR were proposed for primary all-endo approach. UC puncture was performed using a 3 Fr Bugbee electrode. Deflux (dextranomer/hyaluronic acid copolymer) injection was administered for VUR. The need for secondary surgery was evaluated on followup. Results. Of the 62 patients recruited, 46 were treated using a primary all-endo approach and 16 patients received no treatment. Of the 46 treated patients with 56 affected renal units, 32 (97%) UCs collapsed following puncture and 29 (63%) VURs were resolved or downgraded. Secondary VUR occurred in 13 (39%) renal units. Secondary surgery was performed on 23 (41%) renal units. Conclusion. The all-endo approach for VUR in DS is an effective therapeutic option. UC collapse was achieved by puncture in most of the patients; secondary VUR was the main complication in a small group of extravesical UC.
Published: 2011
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7. The Karabo distributed control system

Author: Steffen Hauf, John Wiggins, Gero Flucke, Manuela Kuhn, Daniel Fulla Marsa, Leonce Mekinda, E. Kamil, Sandor Brockhauser, Alessandro Silenzi, Thomas Kluyver, Wajid Ehsan, Yury Kirienko, Cyril Danilevsky, Chen Xu, Valerio Mariani, Valerii Bondar, Gabriele Giovanetti, Hugo Santos, David Hickin, R. Fabbri, Astrid Münnich, Luis Maia, C. Youngman, Anna Padee, Jun Zhu, Steve Aplin, Krzysztof Wrona, Djelloul Boukhelef, Martin Bergemann, Hans Fangohr, Marijan Beg, D. Mamchyk, Thomas Michelat, Andrea Parenti, T. Jarosiewicz, Martin Teichmann, Kerstin Weger, Dmitry Khakhulin, Anna Klimovskaia, Dennis Göries, Sergey Essenov, and Burkhard Heisen
Subjects: 0303 health sciences, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Configuration management, Radiation, Situation awareness, business.industry, Computer science, Interface (computing), Distributed computing, 030303 biophysics, Access control, 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry, 01 natural sciences, 0104 chemical sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Data acquisition, SCADA, Control system, ddc:550, business, Distributed control system, Instrumentation
Abstract: Journal of synchrotron radiation 26(5), 1448 - 1461 (2019). doi:10.1107/S1600577519006696, The Karabo distributed control system has been developed to address the challenging requirements of the European X-ray Free Electron Laser facility, including complex and custom-made hardware, high data rates and volumes, and close integration of data analysis for distributed processing and rapid feedback. Karabo is a pluggable, distributed application management system forming a supervisory control and data acquisition environment as part of a distributed control system. Karabo provides integrated control of hardware, monitoring, data acquisition and data analysis on distributed hardware, allowing rapid control feedback based on complex algorithms. Services exist for access control, data logging, configuration management and situational awareness through alarm indicators. The flexible framework enables quick response to the changing requirements in control and analysis, and provides an efficient environment for development, and a single interface to make all changes immediately available to operators and experimentalists., Published by Wiley-Blackwell, [S.l.]
Published: 2019
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8. On non-autonomous H ∞ control with infinite horizon

Author: R. Fabbri, Fritz Colonius, and Russell Johnson
Subjects: Matrix differential equation, Applied Mathematics, Mathematical analysis, Exact differential equation, Exponential integrator, Algebraic Riccati equation, Linear differential equation, Homogeneous differential equation, Ordinary differential equation, Non-autonomous differential equations, Riccati equation, ddc:510, H∞-control, Analysis, Mathematics
Abstract: We study the linear H∞ control problem in the infinite-horizon case when the coefficients are time varying and bounded. We pass in a standard way from a Riccati equation to a linear Hamiltonian system of ordinary differential equations, which we study using exponential dichotomies and rotation numbers. In particular, we use the dichotomy concept to define the critical attenuation value.
Published: 2018

9. Erratum to: Scaling up strategies of the chronic respiratory disease programme of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (Action Plan B3: Area 5)(Clin Transl Allergy (2016) 6 (29) DOI: 10.1186/s13601-016-0116-9)

Author: Bousquet, J. Farrell, J. Crooks, G. Hellings, P. Bel, E.H. Bewick, M. Chavannes, N.H. De Sousa, J.C. Cruz, A.A. Haahtela, T. Joos, G. Khaltaev, N. Malva, J. Muraro, A. Nogues, M. Palkonen, S. Pedersen, S. Robalo-Cordeiro, C. Samolinski, B. Strandberg, T. Valiulis, A. Yorgancioglu, A. Zuberbier, T. Bedbrook, A. Aberer, W. Adachi, M. Agusti, A. Akdis, C.A. Akdis, M. Ankri, J. Alonso, A. Annesi-Maesano, I. Ansotegui, I.J. Anto, J.M. Arnavielhe, S. Arshad, H. Bai, C. Baiardini, I. Bachert, C. Baigenzhin, A.K. Barbara, C. Bateman, E.D. Beghé, B. Kheder, A.B. Bennoor, K.S. Benson, M. Bergmann, K.C. Bieber, T. Bindslev-Jensen, C. Bjermer, L. Blain, H. Blasi, F. Boner, A.L. Bonini, M. Bonini, S. Bosnic-Anticevitch, S. Boulet, L.P. Bourret, R. Bousquet, P.J. Braido, F. Briggs, A.H. Brightling, C.E. Brozek, J. Buhl, R. Burney, P.G. Bush, A. Caballero-Fonseca, F. Caimmi, D. Calderon, M.A. Calverley, P.M. Camargos, P.A.M. Canonica, G.W. Camuzat, T. Carlsen, K.H. Carr, W. Carriazo, A. Casale, T. Cepeda Sarabia, A.M. Chatzi, L. Chen, Y.Z. Chiron, R. Chkhartishvili, E. Chuchalin, A.G. Chung, K.F. Ciprandi, G. Cirule, I. Cox, L. Costa, D.J. Custovic, A. Dahl, R. Dahlen, S.E. Darsow, U. De Carlo, G. De Blay, F. Dedeu, T. Deleanu, D. De Manuel Keenoy, E. Demoly, P. Denburg, J.A. Devillier, P. Didier, A. Dinh-Xuan, A.T. Djukanovic, R. Dokic, D. Douagui, H. Dray, G. Dubakiene, R. Durham, S.R. Dykewicz, M.S. El-Gamal, Y. Emuzyte, R. Fabbri, L.M. Fletcher, M. Fiocchi, A. Fink Wagner, A. Fonseca, J. Fokkens, W.J. Forastiere, F. Frith, P. Gaga, M. Gamkrelidze, A. Garces, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J. Gemicioǧlu, B. Gereda, J.E. González Diaz, S. Gotua, M. Grisle, I. Grouse, L. Gutter, Z. Guzmán, M.A. Heaney, L.G. Hellquist-Dahl, B. Henderson, D. Hendry, A. Heinrich, J. Heve, D. Horak, F. Hourihane, J.O.B. Howarth, P. Humbert, M. Hyland, M.E. Illario, M. Ivancevich, J.C. Jardim, J.R. Jares, E.J. Jeandel, C. Jenkins, C. Johnston, S.L. Jonquet, O. Julge, K. Jung, K.S. Just, J. Kaidashev, I.P. Khaitov, M.R. Kalayci, O. Kalyoncu, A.F. Keil, T. Keith, P.K. Klimek, L. Koffi N'Goran, B. Kolek, V. Koppelman, G.H. Kowalski, M.L. Kull, I. Kuna, P. Kvedariene, V. Lambrecht, B. Lau, S. Larenas-Linnemann, D. Laune, D. Le, L.T.T. Lieberman, P. Lipworth, B. Li, J. Lodrup Carlsen, K. Louis, R. MacNee, W. Magard, Y. Magnan, A. Mahboub, B. Mair, A. Majer, I. Makela, M.J. Manning, P. Mara, S. Marshall, G.D. Masjedi, M.R. Matignon, P. Maurer, M. Mavale-Manuel, S. Melén, E. Melo-Gomes, E. Meltzer, E.O. Menzies-Gow, A. Merk, H. Michel, J.P. Miculinic, N. Mihaltan, F. Milenkovic, B. Mohammad, G.M.Y. Molimard, M. Momas, I. Montilla-Santana, A. Morais-Almeida, M. Morgan, M. Mösges, R. Mullol, J. Nafti, S. Namazova-Baranova, L. Naclerio, R. Neou, A. Neffen, H. Nekam, K. Niggemann, B. Ninot, G. Nyembue, T.D. O'Hehir, R.E. Ohta, K. Okamoto, Y. Okubo, K. Ouedraogo, S. Paggiaro, P. Pali-Schöll, I. Panzner, P. Papadopoulos, N. Papi, A. Park, H.S. Passalacqua, G. Pavord, I. Pawankar, R. Pengelly, R. Pfaar, O. Picard, R. Pigearias, B. Pin, I. Plavec, D. Poethig, D. Pohl, W. Popov, T.A. Portejoie, F. Potter, P. Postma, D. Price, D. Rabe, K.F. Raciborski, F. Radier Pontal, F. Repka-Ramirez, S. Reitamo, S. Rennard, S. Rodenas, F. Roberts, J. Roca, J. Rodriguez Mañas, L. Rolland, C. Roman Rodriguez, M. Romano, A. Rosado-Pinto, J. Rosario, N. Rosenwasser, L. Rottem, M. Ryan, D. Sanchez-Borges, M. Scadding, G.K. Schunemann, H.J. Serrano, E. Schmid-Grendelmeier, P. Schulz, H. Sheikh, A. Shields, M. Siafakas, N. Sibille, Y. Similowski, T. Simons, F.E.R. Sisul, J.C. Skrindo, I. Smit, H.A. Solé, D. Sooronbaev, T. Spranger, O. Stelmach, R. Sterk, P.J. Sunyer, J. Thijs, C. To, T. Todo-Bom, A. Triggiani, M. Valenta, R. Valero, A.L. Valia, E. Valovirta, E. Van Ganse, E. Van Hage, M. Vandenplas, O. Vasankari, T. Vellas, B. Vestbo, J. Vezzani, G. Vichyanond, P. Viegi, G. Vogelmeier, C. Vontetsianos, T. Wagenmann, M. Wallaert, B. Walker, S. Wang, D.Y. Wahn, U. Wickman, M. Williams, D.M. Williams, S. Wright, J. Yawn, B.P. Yiallouros, P.K. Yusuf, O.M. Zaidi, A. Zar, H.J. Zernotti, M.E. Zhang, L. Zhong, N. Zidarn, M. Mercier, J.
Published: 2017

10. On a criterion of Yakubovich type for the absolute stability of nonautonomous control processes

Author: R. Fabbri, R. Johnson, and S. T. Impram
Subjects: Uniform continuity, Mathematics (miscellaneous), Computer Science::Systems and Control, Bounded function, lcsh:Mathematics, Mathematical analysis, Absolute stabilty, nonautonomous control processes, Circle criterion, Type (model theory), Absolute stability, Control (linguistics), lcsh:QA1-939, Mathematics
Abstract: We generalize a criterion of Yakubovich for the absolute stability of control processes with periodic coefficients to the case when the coefficients are bounded and uniformly continuous functions.
Published: 2003

11. Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs)

Author: Bousquet, J. Addis, A. Adcock, I. Agache, I. Agusti, A. Alonso, A. Annesi-Maesano, I. Anto, J.M. Bachert, C. Baena-Cagnani, C.E. Bai, C. Baigenzhin, A. Barbara, C. Barnes, P.J. Bateman, E.D. Beck, L. Bedbrook, A. Bel, E.H. Benezet, O. Bennoor, K.S. Benson, M. Bernabeu-Wittel, M. Bewick, M. Bindslev-Jensen, C. Blain, H. Blasi, F. Bonini, M. Bonini, S. Boulet, L.P. Bourdin, A. Bourret, R. Bousquet, P.J. Brightling, C.E. Briggs, A. Brozek, J. Buhl, R. Bush, A. Caimmi, D. Calderon, M. Calverley, P. Camargos, P.A. Camuzat, T. Canonica, G.W. Carlsen, K.H. Casale, T.B. Cazzola, M. Cepeda Sarabia, A.M. Cesario, A. Chen, Y.Z. Chkhartishvili, E. Chavannes, N.H. Chiron, R. Chuchalin, A. Chung, K.F. Cox, L. Crooks, G. Crooks, M.G. Cruz, A.A. Custovic, A. Dahl, R. Dahlen, S.E. De Blay, F. Dedeu, T. Deleanu, D. Demoly, P. Devillier, P. Didier, A. Dinh-Xuan, A.T. Djukanovic, R. Dokic, D. Douagui, H. Dubakiene, R. Eglin, S. Elliot, F. Emuzyte, R. Fabbri, L. Fink Wagner, A. Fletcher, M. Fokkens, W.J. Fonseca, J. Franco, A. Frith, P. Furber, A. Gaga, M. Garcés, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J. Gamkrelidze, A. Gonzales-Diaz, S. Gouzi, F. Guzmán, M.A. Haahtela, T. Harrison, D. Hayot, M. Heaney, L.G. Heinrich, J. Hellings, P.W. Hooper, J. Humbert, M. Hyland, M. Iaccarino, G. Jakovenko, D. Jardim, J.R. Jeandel, C. Jenkins, C. Johnston, S.L. Jonquet, O. Joos, G. Jung, K.S. Kalayci, O. Karunanithi, S. Keil, T. Khaltaev, N. Kolek, V. Kowalski, M.L. Kull, I. Kuna, P. Kvedariene, V. Le, L.T. Lodrup Carlsen, K.C. Louis, R. MacNee, W. Mair, A. Majer, I. Manning, P. De Manuel Keenoy, E. Masjedi, M.R. Melen, E. Melo-Gomes, E. Menzies-Gow, A. Mercier, G. Mercier, J. Michel, J.P. Miculinic, N. Mihaltan, F. Milenkovic, B. Molimard, M. Momas, I. Montilla-Santana, A. Morais-Almeida, M. Morgan, M. N'Diaye, M. Nafti, S. Nekam, K. Neou, A. Nicod, L. O'Hehir, R. Ohta, K. Paggiaro, P. Palkonen, S. Palmer, S. Papadopoulos, N.G. Papi, A. Passalacqua, G. Pavord, I. Pigearias, B. Plavec, D. Postma, D.S. Price, D. Rabe, K.F. Radier Ponta, F. Redon, J. Rennard, S. Roberts, J. Robine, J.M. Roca, J. Roche, N. Rodenas, F. Roggeri, A. Rolland, C. Rosado-Pinto, J. Ryan, D. Samolinski, B. Sanchez-Borges, M. Schünemann, H.J. Sheikh, A. Shields, M. Siafakas, N. Sibille, Y. Similowski, T. Small, I. Sola-Morales, O. Sooronbaev, T. Stelmach, R. Sterk, P.J. Stiris, T. Sud, P. Tellier, V. To, T. Todo-Bom, A. Triggiani, M. Valenta, R. Valero, A.L. Valiulis, A. Valovirta, E. Van Ganse, E. Vandenplas, O. Vasankari, T. Vestbo, J. Vezzani, G. Viegi, G. Visier, L. Vogelmeier, C. Vontetsianos, T. Wagstaff, R. Wahn, U. Wallaert, B. Whalley, B. Wickman, M. Williams, D.M. Wilson, N. Yawn, B.P. Yiallouros, P.K. Yorgancioglu, A. Yusuf, O.M. Zar, H.J. Zhong, N. Zidarn, M. Zuberbier, T.
Abstract: The objective of Integrated Care Pathways for Airway Diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) is to launch a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries and regions. AIRWAYS-ICPs has strategic relevance to the European Union Health Strategy and will add value to existing public health knowledge by: 1) proposing a common framework of care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases, which will facilitate comparability and trans-national initiatives; 2) informing cost-effective policy development, strengthening in particular those on smoking and environmental exposure; 3) aiding risk stratification in chronic disease patients, using a common strategy; 4) having a significant impact on the health of citizens in the short term (reduction of morbidity, improvement of education in children and of work in adults) and in the long-term (healthy ageing); 5) proposing a common simulation tool to assist physicians; and 6) ultimately reducing the healthcare burden (emergency visits, avoidable hospitalisations, disability and costs) while improving quality of life. In the longer term, the incidence of disease may be reduced by innovative prevention strategies. AIRWAYSICPs was initiated by Area 5 of the Action Plan B3 of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. All stakeholders are involved (health and social care, patients, and policy makers).
Published: 2014

12. European Spallation Source Technical Design Report

Author: C. Carlile, R. Miyamoto, A. Pahlsson, M. Trojer, J. G. Weisend II, M. -L. Ainalem, K. H. Andersen, K. Batkov, P. Carlsson, D. Ene, B. Heden, K. Hedin, A. J. Jackson, P. Jacobsson, O. Kirstein, G. Lanfranco, Y. Lee, M. Lindroos, J. Malovrh Rebec, G. Trahern, J. Yeck, M. Ålberg, N. Ahlfors, R. Ainsworth, C. Alba-Simionesco, S. Alimov, N. Aliouane, B. Alling, K. Andersson, M. Andersson, N. H. Andersen, D. Anevski, S. Ansell, V. Antonelli, D. Argyriou, L. Arleth, E. Babcock, S. Barbanotti, F. Beckmann, P. M. Bentley, P. Beran, L. Berden, F. Bergstedt, J. Bermejo, M. Berrada, M. Bertelsen, Y. Beßler, T. Bigault, J. Birch, J. O. Birk, J. Bobnar, C. Bohme, A. Bollhalder, P. Boni, H. N. Bordallo, P. Bosland, S. Bousson, W. G. Bouwman, G. Brandl, S. Brault, J. Brinch, R. Brinkmann, H. Brueck, T. Bruckel, J. C. Buffet, M. Bulat, R. Burge, I. Bustinduy, M. Butzek, X. X. Cai, R. Caniello, M. Cardenas, G. Castro, H. Carlsen, L. Celona, Y. Chen, N. Cherkashyna, S. Choroba, B. Cheymol, M. Christensen, N. B. Christensen, E. P. Cippo, A. Class, K. Clausen, U. Clemens, J. F. Clergeau, M. Comunian, C. Cooper-Jensen, J. Correa, G. Croci, G. Cuk, L. Cussen, Y. Dai, H. Danared, D. Dancila, C. Darve, T. Davenne, P. De Vicente, P. P. Deen, M. Dell’Anno Boulton, S. Deledda, C. Densham, R. De Prisco, M. Desmons, G. Devanz, F. M. Dominguez, P. Duchesne, R. Duperrier, P. Duthil, H. Eckerlebe, S. Eckert, H. -J. Eckholt, T. Ekelof, J. Embs, M. Eneroth, R. Engels, C. Engling, M. Eshraqi, R. Fabbri, C. Fazio, J. Fenske, J. Fetzer, U. Filges, U. Fischer, K. G. Fissum, M. Forster, A. France, A. Franciosi, P. Freeman, H. Frielinghaus, C. Frojdh, C. Frost, T. Gahl, S. Gallimore, S. Gammino, N. Gandalfo, R. Georgii, G. Gerbeth, G. Gervasini, B. -E. Ghidersa, A. Ghiglino, L. Giacomelli, O. Gonzalez, G. Gorini, V. Goryashiko, M. Gohran, K. Gajewski, A. Goukassov, D. Graf, F. Grespan, A. Gromov, G. Grosso, U. Greuter, C. Grunzweig, B. Guerard, S. Gysin, K. Habicht, H. Hahn, E. A. L. Hakansson, S. Hall, R. Hall-Wilton, B. R. Hansen, U. B. Hansen, T. Hansson, T. Haraldsen, V. Haramus, C. -H. Hardh, H. Hassan, H. Hassanzadegan, B. C. Hauback, W. Haussler, W. Hees, G. Helgesen, P. Henry, L. Hermansson, A. Hiess, A. Hilger, T. Hofmann, C. Hoglund, L. Hoitzner, A. I. S. Holm, S. Holm, L. Høpfner, C. Horstmann, A. Houben, L. Hultman, M. Imam, A. Ioffe, J. Iversen, S. Iyengar, P. Jacobs, C. L. Jacobsen, H. Jacobsen, J. Jacobsen, A. Jansson, K. Jensch, J. Jensen, M. Jensen, X. J. Jin, A. J. Johansson, R. Jongeling, F. Juranyi, C. Kagi, R. Kampmann, K. Kanaki, N. Kardjilov, S. Kecskes, P. Keller, G. Kemmerling, M. Kenzelmann, A. Khaplanov, C. Kharoua, I. Khokhriakov, K. Kiefer, B. Kildetoft, T. Kittelmann, H. Kleines, K. Klenø, E. B. Klinkby, B. Klosgen, E. B. Knudsen, K. Knudsen, J. Kohlbrecher, M. Konnecke, A. Konobeev, P. Korelis, T. Kottig, L. Kramer, J. Krasna, J. Krebs, Z. Kroflic, V. Krsjak, S. Kynde, B. Laatsch, P. Ladd, E. Laface, B. Lauritzen, R. E. Lechner, K. Lefmann, E. Lehmann, M. Lehmann, F. Leseigneur, K. Lieutenant, L. Lilje, R. Linander, H. Lindblad, B. Lindenau, I. Llamas-Jansa, T. Lofnes, W. Lohstroh, D. Lott, P. Lukas, J. Lundgren, M. Lundin, H. Mo ̈ller, M. Ma ́gan, I. Manke, M. Marko, N. Martin, D. Mascali, A. Matheisen, S. Mattauch, D. McGinnis, M. Meissner, P. Mereu, M. Meshkian, F. Mezei, W. -D. Moeller, J. Molander, S. Molloy, K. Mortensen, J. -F. Moulin, A. Milocco, M. Monkenbusch, M. Morgano, T. Muhlebach, M. Muller, J. L. Munoz, G. Nagy, D. Nekrassov, L. Neri, K. Neuhaus, J. Neuhausen, C. Niedermayer, J. B. Nielsen, S. Nielsen, B. Nilsson, P. Nilsson, E. Noah, E. Nonboel, P. Norby, A. Nordt, G. Nowak, E. Oksanen, G. Olivier, G. Olry, T. Panzner, S. Pape-Møller, C. Pappas, T. Parker, S. Pasini, H. Pedersen, S. Peetermans, J. Persson, B. Petersen, S. Petersson, S. Petersson Arskol, J. Pieper, A. Pietropaolo, J. Pilch, A. Piquet, F. Piscitelli, A. Pisent, E. Platacis, F. Plewinski, J. Plomp, J. Plouin, A. Ponton, S. Pospisil, B. Pottin, H. F. Poulsen, S. O. Poulsen, P. Radahl, P. K. Pranzas, M. Proell, O. Prokhnenko, K. Prokes, E. Rampnoux, E. Rantsiou, N. Rasmussen, O. Rasmussen, K. Rathsman, M. Rebai, T. Reiss, M. Rescic, D. Reschke, C. Rethfeldt, M. Reungoat, D. Reynet, D. Richter, M. Rieth, T. H. Rod, D. M. Rodriguez, I. Rodriguez, K. Rolfs, M. Rouijaa, R. Ruber, U. Rucker, C. Ruegg, H. Rønnow, M. Russina, A. Ryberg, P. Sabbagh, A. Sadeghzadeh, M. Sales, Z. Salhi, R. Santiago-Kern, J. Saroun, T. Satogata, F. Saxild, J. Schaffran, J. Schefer, J. Scherzinger, M. Schild, B. Schillinger, H. Schlarb, P. Schmakat, A. Schreyer, W. Schroeder, P. Schurtenberger, C. Schulz, M. Schulz, W. Schweika, M. Seifert, G. Severin, R. Seviour, M. Sharp, T. Shea, P. Sievers, L. Silvi, G. G. Simeoni, W. Singer, P. Sittner, R. Sjoholm, N. Skar-Gislinge, S. Skelboe, F. Sordo, J. Stahn, P. Staron, I. Stefanescu, F. Stefani, W. -D. Stein, R. Steitz, H. Stelzer, A. Steuwer, M. St ̈ormer, M. Strobl, P. Stronciwilk, P. Strunz, A. Sukhanova, I. Sutton, K. Svedin, H. Svensson, A. Takibayev, V. Talanov, M. Tardocchi, L. Tchelidze, M. Telling, S. Terron, K. Theodor, J. -P. Thermeau, H. D. Thomsen, K. Thomsen, A. Tibbelin, C. Tiemann, M. Trapp, N. Tsapatsaris, L. Udby, A. Ushakov, P. Van Esch, L. Van Eijck, S. Van Waasen, A. A. Van Well, C. Vasi, E. Vassallo, C. Vettier, A. Vickery, N. Violini, M. Vitorovic, R. Vivanco, E. Vogel, J. Voigt, L. Von Moos, H. P. Wacklin, X. Wang, X. L. Wang, T. Weber, R. Wedberg, S. Weichselbaumer, B. Weinhorst, H. Weise, A. Weisenburger, P. K. Willendrup, R. Willumeit, T. Wilpert, A. Wischnewski, M. Wohlmuther, J. Wolters, R. A. Yogi, L. Zanini, K. Zagar, K. Zeitelhack, C. Zendler, R. Zeng, V. Ziemann, M. Zoppi, and A. Zugazaga
Published: 2013
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13. Electromagnetic response of a highly granular hadronic calorimeter

Author: The CALICE collaboration, C Adloff, J Blaha, J -J Blaising, C Drancourt, A Espargilière, R Gaglione, N Geffroy, Y Karyotakis, J Prast, G Vouters, K Francis, J Repond, J Smith, L Xia, E Baldolemar, J Li, S T Park, M Sosebee, A P White, J Yu, Y Mikami, N K Watson, T Goto, G Mavromanolakis, M A Thomson, D R Ward, W Yan, D Benchekroun, A Hoummada, Y Khoulaki, M Benyamna, C Cârloganu, F Fehr, P Gay, S Manen, L Royer, G C Blazey, A Dyshkant, J G R Lima, V Zutshi, J -Y Hostachy, L Morin, U Cornett, D David, R Fabbri, G Falley, K Gadow, E Garutti, P Göttlicher, C Günter, S Karstensen, F Krivan, A -I Lucaci-Timoce, S Lu, B Lutz, I Marchesini, N Meyer, S Morozov, V Morgunov, M Reinecke, F Sefkow, P Smirnov, M Terwort, A Vargas-Trevino, N Wattimena, O Wendt, N Feege, J Haller, S Richter, J Samson, P Eckert, A Kaplan, H -Ch Schultz-Coulon, W Shen, R Stamen, A Tadday, B Bilki, E Norbeck, Y Onel, G W Wilson, K Kawagoe, S Uozumi, J A Ballin, P D Dauncey, A -M Magnan, H S Yilmaz, O Zorba, V Bartsch, M Postranecky, M Warren, M Wing, F Salvatore, E Calvo Alamillo, M -C Fouz, J Puerta-Pelayo, V Balagura, B Bobchenko, M Chadeeva, M Danilov, A Epifantsev, O Markin, R Mizuk, E Novikov, V Rusinov, E Tarkovsky, V Kozlov, Y Soloviev, P Buzhan, B Dolgoshein, A Ilyin, V Kantserov, V Kaplin, A Karakash, E Popova, S Smirnov, A Frey, C Kiesling, K Seidel, F Simon, C Soldner, L Weuste, J Bonis, B Bouquet, S Callier, P Cornebise, Ph Doublet, F Dulucq, M Faucci Giannelli, J Fleury, G Guilhem, H Li, G Martin-Chassard, F Richard, Ch de la Taille, R Pöschl, L Raux, N Seguin-Moreau, F Wicek, M Anduze, V Boudry, J-C Brient, D Jeans, P Mora de Freitas, G Musat, M Reinhard, M Ruan, H Videau, B Bulanek, J Zacek, J Cvach, P Gallus, M Havranek, M Janata, J Kvasnicka, D Lednicky, M Marcisovsky, I Polak, J Popule, L Tomasek, M Tomasek, P Ruzicka, P Sicho, J Smolik, V Vrba, J Zalesak, B Belhorma, H Ghazlane, K Kotera, M Nishiyama, T Takeshita, S Tozuka, T Buanes, G Eigen, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CALICE, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Materials science, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, International Linear Collider, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Scintillator, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Optics, Silicon photomultiplier, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Calorimeter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, Beam (structure)
Abstract: The CALICE collaboration is studying the design of high performance electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters for future International Linear Collider detectors. For the hadronic calorimeter, one option is a highly granular sampling calorimeter with steel as absorber and scintillator layers as active material. High granularity is obtained by segmenting the scintillator into small tiles individually read out via silicon photo-multipliers (SiPM). A prototype has been built, consisting of thirty-eight sensitive layers, segmented into about eight thousand channels. In 2007 the prototype was exposed to positrons and hadrons using the CERN SPS beam, covering a wide range of beam energies and incidence angles. The challenge of cell equalization and calibration of such a large number of channels is best validated using electromagnetic processes. The response of the prototype steel-scintillator calorimeter, including linearity and uniformity, to electrons is investigated and described.
Published: 2011
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14. Exposition biomarkers to organophosphorus pesticides in Tigriopus fulvus Fischer (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

Author: Elisabetta Giacco, Carla Falugi, G. Gallo, Luigi Pane, C. Agrone, M. G. Aluigi, and R. Fabbri
Subjects: Copepods, Tigriopus fulvus, biomarkers, acetylcholinesterase, glutathione-S-transferase, biology, Aché, Biochemistry (medical), Tigriopus fulvus, Plant Science, Pharmacology, biology.organism_classification, Acetylcholinesterase, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Acute toxicity, language.human_language, Toxicology, chemistry.chemical_compound, Glutathione S-transferase, chemistry, lcsh:Biology (General), biology.protein, language, Malathion, Chronic toxicity, Harpacticoida, lcsh:QH301-705.5
Abstract: The effects of the organophosphorus pesticide Malathion, Pestanal® on the activity of the enzymes Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and Glutathione-S-transferase and on survival were evaluated in Tigriopus fulvus. The mortality of the organisms after 96 hours (acute toxicity) and after 7 days (chronic toxicity) of treatment was evaluated. LC50 was not calculable after 24 hours of exposition; after 48, 72 and 96 hours it resulted 905.72, 552.78, and 248.94 μg I-1 respectively. After 7 days the NOEC value was 25 μg I-1. The LOEC value for the inhibition of AChE was 25 μg I-1 and for the stimulation of GST was 12.5 μg I-1.
Published: 2011

15. Study of the interactions of pions in the CALICE silicon-tungsten calorimeter prototype

Author: The CALICE collaboration, C Adloff, Y Karyotakis, J Repond, J Yu, G Eigen, Y Mikami, N K Watson, J A Wilson, T Goto, G Mavromanolakis, M A Thomson, D R Ward, W Yan, D Benchekroun, A Hoummada, Y Khoulaki, J Apostolakis, A Ribon, V Uzhinskiy, M Benyamna, C Cârloganu, F Fehr, P Gay, G C Blazey, D Chakraborty, A Dyshkant, K Francis, D Hedin, J G Lima, V Zutshi, J -Y Hostachy, K Krastev, L Morin, N D'Ascenzo, U Cornett, D David, R Fabbri, G Falley, K Gadow, E Garutti, P Göttlicher, T Jung, S Karstensen, A -I Lucaci-Timoce, B Lutz, N Meyer, V Morgunov, M Reinecke, F Sefkow, P Smirnov, A Vargas-Trevino, N Wattimena, O Wendt, N Feege, M Groll, J Haller, R -D Heuer, S Morozov, S Richter, J Samson, A Kaplan, H -Ch Schultz-Coulon, W Shen, A Tadday, B Bilki, E Norbeck, Y Onel, E J Kim, G Kim, D-W Kim, K Lee, S C Lee, K Kawagoe, Y Tamura, P D Dauncey, A -M Magnan, H Yilmaz, O Zorba, V Bartsch, M Postranecky, M Warren, M Wing, M G Green, F Salvatore, M Bedjidian, R Kieffer, I Laktineh, M -C Fouz, D S Bailey, R J Barlow, M Kelly, R J Thompson, M Danilov, E Tarkovsky, N Baranova, D Karmanov, M Korolev, M Merkin, A Voronin, A Frey, S Lu, K Seidel, F Simon, C Soldner, L Weuste, J Bonis, B Bouquet, S Callier, P Cornebise, Ph Doublet, M Faucci Giannelli, J Fleury, H Li, G Martin-Chassard, F Richard, Ch de la Taille, R Poeschl, L Raux, N Seguin-Moreau, F Wicek, M Anduze, V Boudry, J-C Brient, G Gaycken, D Jeans, P Mora de Freitas, G Musat, M Reinhard, A Rougé, M Ruan, J-Ch Vanel, H Videau, K-H Park, J Zacek, J Cvach, P Gallus, M Havranek, M Janata, M Marcisovsky, I Polak, J Popule, L Tomasek, M Tomasek, P Ruzicka, P Sicho, J Smolik, V Vrba, J Zalesak, B Belhorma, M Belmir, S W Nam, I H Park, J Yang, J -S Chai, J -T Kim, G -B Kim, J Kang, Y -J Kwon, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CALICE, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Monte Carlo method, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], CALICE, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], ddc:610, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Calorimeter (particle physics), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Detector, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: A prototype silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter for an ILC detector was tested in 2007 at the CERN SPS test beam. Data were collected with electron and hadron beams in the energy range 8 to 80 GeV. The analysis described here focuses on the interactions of pions in the calorimeter. One of the main objectives of the CALICE program is to validate the Monte Carlo tools available for the design of a full-sized detector. The interactions of pions in the Si-W calorimeter are therefore confronted with the predictions of various physical models implemented in the GEANT4 simulation framework. A prototype silicon-tungsten electromagnetic calorimeter for an ILC detector was tested in 2007 at the CERN SPS test beam. Data were collected with electron and hadron beams in the energy range 8 to 80 GeV. The analysis described here focuses on the interactions of pions in the calorimeter. One of the main objectives of the CALICE program is to validate the Monte Carlo tools available for the design of a full-sized detector. The interactions of pions in the Si-W calorimeter are therefore confronted with the predictions of various physical models implemented in the GEANT4 simulation framework.
Published: 2010
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16. Construction and Commissioning of the CALICE Analog Hadron Calorimeter Prototype

Author: The CALICE collaboration, C Adloff, Y Karyotakis, J Repond, A Brandt, H Brown, K De, C Medina, J Smith, J Li, M Sosebee, A White, J Yu, T Buanes, G Eigen, Y Mikami, O Miller, N K Watson, J A Wilson, T Goto, G Mavromanolakis, M A Thomson, D R Ward, W Yan, D Benchekroun, A Hoummada, Y Khoulaki, M Oreglia, M Benyamna, C Cârloganu, P Gay, J Ha, G C Blazey, D Chakraborty, A Dyshkant, K Francis, D Hedin, G Lima, V Zutshi, V A Babkin, S N Bazylev, Yu I Fedotov, V M Slepnev, I A Tiapkin, S V Volgin, J -Y Hostachy, L Morin, N D'Ascenzo, U Cornett, D David, R Fabbri, G Falley, N Feege, K Gadow, E Garutti, P Göttlicher, T Jung, S Karstensen, V Korbel, A -I Lucaci-Timoce, B Lutz, N Meyer, V Morgunov, M Reinecke, S Schätzel, S Schmidt, F Sefkow, P Smirnov, A Vargas-Trevino, N Wattimena, O Wendt, M Groll, R -D Heuer, S Richter, J Samson, A Kaplan, H -Ch Schultz-Coulon, W Shen, A Tadday, B Bilki, E Norbeck, Y Onel, E J Kim, G Kim, D-W Kim, K Lee, S C Lee, K Kawagoe, Y Tamura, J A Ballin, P D Dauncey, A -M Magnan, H Yilmaz, O Zorba, V Bartsch, M Postranecky, M Warren, M Wing, M Faucci Giannelli, M G Green, F Salvatore, R Kieffer, I Laktineh, M C Fouz, D S Bailey, R J Barlow, R J Thompson, M Batouritski, O Dvornikov, Yu Shulhevich, N Shumeiko, A Solin, P Starovoitov, V Tchekhovski, A Terletski, B Bobchenko, M Chadeeva, M Danilov, O Markin, R Mizuk, E Novikov, V Rusinov, E Tarkovsky, V Andreev, N Kirikova, A Komar, V Kozlov, Y Soloviev, A Terkulov, P Buzhan, B Dolgoshein, A Ilyin, V Kantserov, V Kaplin, A Karakash, E Popova, S Smirnov, N Baranova, E Boos, L Gladilin, D Karmanov, M Korolev, M Merkin, A Savin, A Voronin, A Topkar, A Frey, C Kiesling, S Lu, K Prothmann, K Seidel, F Simon, C Soldner, L Weuste, B Bouquet, S Callier, P Cornebise, F Dulucq, J Fleury, H Li, G Martin-Chassard, F Richard, Ch de la Taille, R Poeschl, L Raux, M Ruan, N Seguin-Moreau, F Wicek, M Anduze, V Boudry, J-C Brient, G Gaycken, R Cornat, D Jeans, P Mora de Freitas, G Musat, M Reinhard, A Rougé, J-Ch Vanel, H Videau, K-H Park, J Zacek, J Cvach, P Gallus, M Havranek, M Janata, J Kvasnicka, M Marcisovsky, I Polak, J Popule, L Tomasek, M Tomasek, P Ruzicka, P Sicho, J Smolik, V Vrba, J Zalesak, Yu Arestov, V Ammosov, B Chuiko, V Gapienko, Y Gilitski, V Koreshev, A Semak, Yu Sviridov, V Zaets, B Belhorma, M Belmir, A Baird, R N Halsall, S W Nam, I H Park, J Yang, J -S Chai, J -T Kim, G -B Kim, Y Kim, J Kang, Y -J Kwon, I Kim, T Lee, J Park, J Sung, S Itoh, K Kotera, M Nishiyama, T Takeshita, S Weber, C Zeitnitz, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire - Clermont-Ferrand (LPC), Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand 2 (UBP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), CALICE, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP/Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
Subjects: Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Scintillator, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Silicon photomultiplier, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], CALICE, ddc:610, Fermilab, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Physics, Large Hadron Collider, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, DESY, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business
Abstract: An analog hadron calorimeter (AHCAL) prototype of 5.3 nuclear interaction lengths thickness has been constructed by members of the CALICE Collaboration. The AHCAL prototype consists of a 38-layer sandwich structure of steel plates and highly-segmented scintillator tiles that are read out by wavelength-shifting fibers coupled to SiPMs. The signal is amplified and shaped with a custom-designed ASIC. A calibration/monitoring system based on LED light was developed to monitor the SiPM gain and to measure the full SiPM response curve in order to correct for non-linearity. Ultimately, the physics goals are the study of hadron shower shapes and testing the concept of particle flow. The technical goal consists of measuring the performance and reliability of 7608 SiPMs. The AHCAL was commissioned in test beams at DESY and CERN. The entire prototype was completed in 2007 and recorded hadron showers, electron showers and muons at different energies and incident angles in test beams at CERN and Fermilab., Comment: 36 pages, 32 figures
Published: 2010
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17. Measurement of Azimuthal Asymmetries With Respect To Both Beam Charge and Transverse Target Polarization in Exclusive Electroproduction of Real Photons

Author: HERMES collaboration, A Airapetian, N Akopov, Z Akopov, A Andrus, E.C Aschenauer, W Augustyniak, R Avakian, A Avetissian, E Avetisyan, L Barion, S Belostotski, N Bianchi, H.P Blok, H Böttcher, C Bonomo, A Borissov, A Brüll, V Bryzgalov, J Burns, M Capiluppi, G.P Capitani, E Cisbani, G Ciullo, M Contalbrigo, P.F Dalpiaz, W Deconinck, R. De Leo, M Demey, L. De Nardo, E. De Sanctis, M Diefenthaler, P. Di Nezza, J Dreschler, M Düren, M Ehrenfried, G Elbakian, F Ellinghaus, U Elschenbroich, R Fabbri, A Fantoni, L Felawka, S Frullani, A Funel, D Gabbert, G Gapienko, V Gapienko, F Garibaldi, G Gavrilov, V Gharibyan, F Giordano, S Gliske, H Guler, C Hadjidakis, D Hasch, T Hasegawa, G Hill, A Hillenbrand, M Hoek, Y Holler, I Hristova, G Iarygin, Y Imazu, A Ivanilov, A Izotov, H.E Jackson, A Jgoun, S Joosten, R Kaiser, T Keri, E Kinney, A Kisselev, M Kopytin, V Korotkov, V Kozlov, P Kravchenko, V.G Krivokhijine, L Lagamba, R Lamb, L Lapikás, I Lehmann, P Lenisa, L.A Linden-Levy, W Lorenzon, S Lu, X Lu, B.-Q Ma, D Mahon, B Maiheu, N.C.R Makins, Y Mao, B Marianski, H Marukyan, C.A Miller, Y Miyachi, V Muccifora, M Murray, A Mussgiller, A Nagaitsev, E Nappi, Y Naryshkin, A Nass, M Negodaev, W.-D Nowak, A Osborne, L.L Pappalardo, R Perez-Benito, N Pickert, M Raithel, P.E Reimer, A Reischl, A.R Reolon, C Riedl, K Rith, S.E Rock, G Rosner, A Rostomyan, L Rubacek, J Rubin, A.L Ruiz, D Ryckbosch, Y Salomatin, I Sanjiev, A Schäfer, G Schnell, K.P Schüler, B Seitz, C Shearer, T.-A Shibata, V Shutov, M Stancari, M Statera, E Steffens, J.J.M Steijger, H Stenzel, J Stewart, F Stinzing, P Tait, S Taroian, A Terkulov, A Trzcinski, M Tytgat, A Vandenbroucke, P.B. van der Nat, G. van der Steenhoven, Y. Van Haarlem, C. Van Hulse, M Varanda, D Veretennikov, V Vikhrov, I Vilardi, C Vogel, S Wang, S Yaschenko, H Ye, Z Ye, S Yen, W Yu, D Zeiler, B Zihlmann, P Zupranski, (Astro)-Particles Physics, and Student Lab and Education
Subjects: Quark, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Lepton-Nucleon Scattering, Compton scattering, FOS: Physical sciences, Parton, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, NO, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Transverse plane, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Nucleon, Nuclear Experiment, media_common
Abstract: Azimuthal asymmetries in exclusive electroproduction of real photons are measured for the first time with respect to transverse target polarisation, providing new constraints on Generalized Parton Distributions. From the same data set on a hydrogen target, new results for the beam-charge asymmetry are also extracted with better precision than those previously reported. By comparing model calculations with measured asymmetries attributed to the interference between the deeply virtual Compton scattering and Bethe-Heitler processes, a model-dependent constraint is obtained on the total angular momenta carried by up and down quarks in the nucleon., 24 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables; 1 figure,3 references added, slight text change
Published: 2008
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18. BaR-SPOrt experiment: measuring the CMBP E-mode power spectrum from Dome C

Author: M. Baralis, S. Cecchini, E. Carretti, Massimo Gervasi, M. V. Sazhin, Giuseppe Virone, L. P. L. Colombo, C. Sbarra, Jader Monari, M. De Petris, M. Ramponi, Stefano Cortiglioni, Sergio Poppi, Luciano Casarini, Gianni Bernardi, P. de Bernardis, Silvia Masi, O. A. Peverini, V. Natale, M. Poloni, G. Sironi, Silvio A. Bonometto, R. Fabbri, Renzo Nesti, A. Boscaleri, G. Ventura, R. Tascone, Luciano Nicastro, Claudio Macculi, M. Zannoni, E. N. Vinyajkin, Carretti, E, Cortiglioni, S, Bernardi, G, Casarini, L, Cecchini, S, Macculi, C, Ramponi, M, Sbarra, C, Ventura, G, Monari, J, Poloni, M, Poppi, S, Baralis, M, Peverini, O, Tascone, R, Virone, G, Zannoni, M, Bonometto, S, Colombo, L, Gervasi, M, Sironi, G, Fabbri, R, Natale, V, Nesti, R, Nicastro, L, de Bernardis, P, Masi, S, de Petris, M, Boscaleri, A, Sazhin, M, and Vinyajkin, E
Subjects: Physics, Current configuration, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, General Engineering, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Low frequency, Polarization (waves), Dust emissions, Cosmology, Synchrotron emission, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Cosmic Microwave Background, POLARIZATION, CMB, COSMOLOGY, Multipole expansion, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common
Abstract: The BaR-SPOrt experiment is designed to measure the E -mode power spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization (CMBP) in the multipole range 50 l < 1000. In the current configuration at 32 GHz it can explore up to l = 400. Recent low frequency observations of the target region show that the synchrotron emission should not contamine the CMBP already at 32 GHz. A 6-month observation of a 6° × 6° sky area during the polar night, in ideal environmental conditions, will allow the Italian-French collaboration to both measure the E –mode power spectrum with appropriate sensitivity and perform important tests of the anomalous dust emission. The BaR-SPOrt 32 GHz instrument, now under test and ready for operations by Spring 2005, is proposed for 1–2 years Winter operations at Dome C.
Published: 2005

19. The Sky Polarisation Observatory (SPOrt) Program

Author: M. Zannoni, M. Tucci, G. Boella, S. Cecchini, R. Tascone, M. Orsini, G. Sironi, Luciano Nicastro, Sergio Poppi, Claudio Macculi, Stefano Cortiglioni, S. Bonometto, R. Fabbri, U. Pisani, Alessandro Orfei, M. Gervasi, Jader Monari, E. Carretti, Carretti, E, Cortiglioni, S, Tucci, M, Cecchini, S, Macculi, C, Orsini, M, Monari, J, Orfei, A, Poppi, S, Bonometto, S, Boella, G, Gervasi, M, Sironi, G, Zannoni, M, Fabbri, R, Nicastro, L, Tascone, R, and Pisani, U
Subjects: Physics, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Observatory, Sky, media_common.quotation_subject, Polarimetry, Astronomy, CMB, media_common, Remote sensing, Cosmology
Abstract: The main goal of the Sky Polarization Observatory (SPOrt) Program is the measurement of the sky linear polarized emission in the 22-90 GHz frequency range. SPOrt payload will be accommodated on the International Space Station in 2003-2004 for a period of 18 months. The instrument configuration is presented together with most relevant ground activities in support to its realization. In particular, the development of hardware solutions for high sensitive polarimetric measurements, such as those requested by Galactic polarized emission and Cosmic Microwave Background observations, has been addressed by the SPOrt team to match the experiment requirements.
Published: 2005

20. The Sky Polarization Observatory

Author: R. Fabbri, Silvio A. Bonometto, V.A. Razin, M. V. Sazhin, M. Ramponi, L. P. L. Colombo, M. Baralis, Oscar Antonio Peverini, R. Tascone, Kin-Wang Ng, Luciano Nicastro, V. Natale, Claudio Macculi, Luciano Casarini, C. Sbarra, Gianni Bernardi, Mario Zannoni, M. Poloni, B. Negri, G. Sironi, E. Carretti, Sergio Poppi, S. Cecchini, Jader Monari, Alessandro Orfei, Massimo Gervasi, Giuseppe Virone, I. A. Strukov, Stefano Cortiglioni, G. Boella, E. N. Vinyajkin, Cortiglioni, S, Bernardi, G, Carretti, E, Casarini, L, Cecchini, S, Macculi, C, Ramponi, M, Sbarra, C, Monari, J, Orfei, A, Poloni, M, Poppi, S, Boella, G, Bonometto, S, Colombo, L, Gervasi, M, Sironi, G, Zannoni, M, Baralis, M, Peverini, O, Tascone, R, Virone, G, Fabbri, R, Natale, V, Nicastro, L, Ng, K, Vinyajkin, E, Razin, V, Sazhin, M, Strukov, I, and Negri, B
Subjects: ANGULAR POWER SPECTRUM, SCANNING STRATEGY, media_common.quotation_subject, Cosmic microwave background, Polarimetry, Cosmic background radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, symbols.namesake, Observatory, Observational cosmology, Stokes parameters, Cosmic microwave background, Polarization, Cosmology: observations, Instrumentation, media_common, Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, GALACTIC SYNCHROTRON, Polarization (waves), Space and Planetary Science, Sky, PROBE WMAP OBSERVATIONS, symbols, MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POLARIZATION
Abstract: SPOrt is an ASI-funded experiment specifically designed to measure the sky polarization at 22, 32 and 90 GHz, which was selected in 1997 by ESA to be flown on the International Space Station. Starting in 2006 and for at least 18 months, it will be taking direct and simultaneous measurements of the Stokes parameters Q and U at 660 sky pixels, with FWHM=7 degrees. Due to development efforts over the past few years, the design specifications have been significantly improved with respect to the first proposal. Here we present an up-to-date description of the instrument, which now warrants a pixel sensitivity of 1.7 microK for the polarization of the cosmic background radiation, assuming two years of observations. We discuss SPOrt scientific goals in the light of WMAP results, in particular in connection with the emerging double-reionization cosmological scenario., 53 pages, 22 figures, 1 reference replaced
Published: 2004
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21. Flavor decomposition of the sea-quark helicity distributions in the nucleon from semiinclusive deep inelastic scattering

Author: P. Zupranski, N. Meyners, G. Rosner, A. Airapetian, A. Borissov, Hidekazu Tanaka, A. Nagaitsev, A. Tkabladze, M. Negodaev, M. Contalbrigo, B. Hommez, Salvatore Frullani, P. E. Reimer, R. Seidl, C. Shearer, V. A. Korotkov, M. Bouwhuis, Martin Raithel, E. C. Aschenauer, V. Shutov, A. Hillenbrand, G. Graw, M. Henoch, V. A. Kozlov, I. Sanjiev, H. Ohsuga, Michel Vetterli, B. D. Fox, B. Zihlmann, H. C. Chiang, S. Belostotski, J. Volmer, H. P. Blok, Erika Garutti, H. Böttcher, A. Ivanilov, B. Seitz, M. Statera, V. A. Gapienko, G. Orlandi, V. Bryzgalov, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Naomi C R Makins, G. Schnell, P. F. Dalpiaz, M. Stancari, D. Gaskell, N. Akopov, K. Königsmann, V. Baturin, U. Elschenbroich, L. Felawka, M. Amarian, A. Fechtchenko, Ralf Hertenberger, E. De Sanctis, V. Gharibyan, Franco Garibaldi, G. Iarygin, G. Elbakian, K. P. Schüler, Y. Holler, S. Bernreuther, Andrey V. Izotov, A. Elalaoui-Moulay, Frank Ellinghaus, P. B. van der Nat, E. R. Kinney, P. Bailey, P. Tait, G. P. Capitani, A. Schwind, Dirk Ryckbosch, Valeria Muccifora, W.H.A. Hesselink, H. Marukyan, E. Avetissian, Nicola Bianchi, O. Mikloukho, A. Rostomyan, A. R. Reolon, Y. Naryshkin, J. Franz, Michael Tytgat, S. Potashov, O. Grebeniouk, H. Zohrabian, U. Stosslein, L. Lagamba, M. C. Simani, A. Avetissian, Z. Akopov, F. Masoli, J. Visser, M. Vogt, V. Vikhrov, Manuella Vincter, J. Lu, S. Taroian, S. Yen, G. V. Ybeles Smit, C. A. Miller, L. G. Greeniaus, C. Weiskopf, A. Andrus, Katerina Lipka, H. E. Jackson, Ralf Kaiser, J. Seele, B. Krauss, V. G. Krivokhijine, P. Di Nezza, Alessandra Fantoni, J. Ely, A. Reischl, Y. Miyachi, L. Rubacek, M. Hoek, A. Jgoun, C. Scarlett, K. Hafidi, E. Steffens, P. Liebing, C. Baumgarten, G. Gapienko, G. Gavrilov, P. Lenisa, G. Ciullo, C. Vogel, C. Riedl, R. Fabbri, T. A. Shibata, K. Oganessyan, J. Wendland, Christian Schill, R.O. Avakian, A. Trzcinski, Adel Terkulov, B. Tchuiko, M. Kopytin, D. Hasch, A. Nass, D. Reggiani, V. Mexner, L. Lapikás, E. Devitsin, J. Stewart, V. V. Ammosov, A. Brüll, J. Wilbert, Y. Gärber, D. H. Potterveld, Y. Salomatin, Arne Vandenbroucke, R. Shanidze, M. Hartig, A. Laziev, W. Augustyniak, N. Pickert, M. Ehrenfried, K. Garrow, R. De Leo, B. Marianski, Jeffrey Brack, W.-D. Nowak, Eugenio Nappi, A. Kisselev, B. Maiheu, M. Beckmann, K. Sinram, L. De Nardo, J. J. M. Steijger, Michael Düren, G. van der Steenhoven, T. Lindemann, Klaus Rith, D. Heesbeen, I.A. Savin, Andreas Schäfer, (Astro)-Particles Physics, Photo Conversion Materials, and Student Lab and Education
Subjects: Quark, Particle physics, Meson, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Nuclear Theory, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, 13.60.–r, Inelastic scattering, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Pion, 13.88.+e, Nuclear Experiment, 14.20.Dh, 14.65.–q, QC, Physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Quark model, Deep inelastic scattering, Baryon, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: Double-spin asymmetries of semi-inclusive cross sections for the production of identified pions and kaons have been measured in deep-inelastic scattering of polarized positrons on a polarized deuterium target. Five helicity distributions including those for three sea quark flavors were extracted from these data together with re-analyzed previous data for identified pions from a hydrogen target. These distributions are consistent with zero for all three sea flavors. A recently predicted flavor asymmetry in the polarization of the light quark sea appears to be disfavored by the data., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures
Published: 2004
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22. A New approach for a Galactic Synchrotron Polarized Emission Template in the Microwave Range

Author: Stefano Cortiglioni, Gianni Bernardi, Sergio Poppi, C. Sbarra, Ettore Carretti, and R. Fabbri
Subjects: Physics, 3D optical data storage, Brewster's angle, business.industry, Cosmic microwave background, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radiation, Polarization (waves), Synchrotron, law.invention, Starlight, symbols.namesake, Optics, Space and Planetary Science, law, Faraday effect, symbols, business
Abstract: We present a new approach in modelling the polarized Galactic synchrotron emission in the microwave range (20-100 GHz), where this radiation is expected to play the leading role in contaminating the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data. Our method is based on real surveys and aims at providing the real spatial distributions of both polarized intensity and polarization angles. Its main features are the modelling of a polarization horizon to determine the polarized intensity and the use of starlight optical data to model the polarization angle pattern. Our results are consistent with several existing data, and our template is virtually free from Faraday rotation effects as required at frequencies in the cosmological window., 12 pages with 15 figures, submitted to MNRAS
Published: 2003

23. Quark fragmentation to π±, π0, K±, p and p_bar in the nuclear environment

Author: R. Fabbri, Katerina Lipka, A. Fechtchenko, T. A. Shibata, M. Statera, K. P. Schüler, R.O. Avakian, E. Nappi, Dirk Ryckbosch, C. Shearer, C. Vogel, B. Seitz, E. Devitsin, O. Mikloukho, A. R. Reolon, J. Seele, S. Bernreuther, J. Wilbert, L. Lapikás, U. Elschenbroich, P. B. van der Nat, Adel Terkulov, Arne Vandenbroucke, H. E. Jackson, V. G. Krivokhijine, G. Gapienko, S. Belostotski, V. Bryzgalov, Y. Salomatin, W. Augustyniak, A. Tkabladze, F. Garibaldi, C. Baumgarten, Ralf Hertenberger, E. Avetissian, H. C. Chiang, B. D. Fox, Y. Holler, V. A. Korotkov, K. Sinram, L. De Nardo, G. Schnell, M. C. Simani, M. Stancari, M. Contalbrigo, V. Vikhrov, W.H.A. Hesselink, S. Potashov, P. E. Reimer, H. Zohrabian, Martin Raithel, Manuella Vincter, E. C. Aschenauer, V. Shutov, M. Henoch, Jeffrey Brack, H. Tanaka, K. Königsmann, B. Krauss, M. Hoek, V. Baturin, I. Sanjiev, A. Airapetian, Hasko Stenzel, C. Scarlett, V. Gharibyan, G. Graw, M. Ehrenfried, Naomi C R Makins, D. Gaskell, R. De Leo, P. Liebing, K. Hafidi, G. Elbakian, A. Borissov, L. Rubacek, M. Vogt, B. Tchuiko, M. Kopytin, J. Lu, A. Nass, B. Hommez, S. Yen, A. Elalaoui-Moulay, Frank Ellinghaus, E. R. Kinney, G. V. Ybeles Smit, R. Seidl, E. Garutti, A. Hillenbrand, V. Mexner, A. Schwind, Ralf Kaiser, Y. Naryshkin, B. Marianski, Andrey V. Izotov, E. De Sanctis, M. Bouwhuis, H. Ohsuga, H. Böttcher, E. Steffens, J. Stewart, A. Brüll, G. Gavrilov, D. Hasch, Y. Miyachi, J. Wendland, K. Oganessyan, A. Laziev, W.-D. Nowak, Michael Tytgat, A. Ivanilov, L. Felawka, V. Gapienko, B. Maiheu, P. Tait, D. H. Potterveld, M. Amarian, C. A. Miller, K. Garrow, J. Ely, A. Rostomyan, A. Avetissian, A. Kisselev, L. Lagamba, A. Fantoni, A. Reischl, S. Taroian, N. Bianchi, A. Nagaitsev, J. J. M. Steijger, Michael Düren, P. Di Nezza, G. Iarygin, Michel Vetterli, G. Ciullo, Christian Schill, H. Marukyan, J. Franz, B. Zihlmann, R. Shanidze, V. Kozlov, S. Frullani, N. Pickert, N. Akopov, O. Grebeniouk, P. F. Dalpiaz, G.P. Capitani, H. P. Blok, P. Zupranski, Wolfgang Lorenzon, V. V. Ammosov, J. Volmer, F. Masoli, N. Meyners, G. Rosner, U. Stosslein, Z. Akopov, G. van der Steenhoven, T. Lindemann, L. G. Greeniaus, C. Weiskopf, A. Borysenko, Klaus Rith, D. Heesbeen, I.A. Savin, Andreas Schäfer, P. Lenisa, A. Trzcinski, D. Reggiani, V. Muccifora, M. Hartig, M. Negodaev, P. Bailey, I. M. Gregor, A. Jgoun, C. Riedl, M. Beckmann, and A. Andrus
Subjects: HERMES experiment, Quark, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Meson, Nuclear Theory, Hadron, chemistry.chemical_element, 13.87.Fh, 13.60.-r, 14.20.-c, 14.40.-n, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, Multiplicity (chemistry), Nuclear Experiment, 010306 general physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Krypton, Baryon, Deuterium, chemistry, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Atomic physics
Abstract: The influence of the nuclear medium on lepto-production of hadrons was studied in the HERMES experiment at DESY in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of 27.6 GeV positrons off deuterium, nitrogen and krypton targets. The differential multiplicity for krypton relative to that of deuterium has been measured for the first time for various identified hadrons (π+, π−, π0, K+, K−, p and p ) as a function of the virtual photon energy ν, the fraction z of this energy transferred to the hadron, and the hadron transverse momentum squared pt2. The multiplicity ratio is strongly reduced in the nuclear medium at low ν and high z, with significant differences among the various hadrons. The distribution of the hadron transverse momentum is broadened towards high pt2 in the nuclear medium, in a manner resembling the Cronin effect previously observed in collisions of heavy ions and protons with nuclei.
Published: 2003

24. BaR-SPOrt: Balloon-Borne Radiometers for Sky Polarization Observations

Author: S. Cecchini, R. Fabbri, Sergio Poppi, S. Bonometto, A. Boscaleri, O. A. Peverini, G. Ventura, Natale, Gianni Bernardi, R. Tascone, E. N. Vinyajkin, Luciano Nicastro, Enzo Pascale, M. Baralis, Claudio Macculi, E. Carretti, G. Boella, M. V. Sazhin, C. Sbarra, Jader Monari, Renzo Nesti, M. De Petris, G. Sironi, Silvia Masi, M. Tucci, R. Di Raffaele, M. Gervasi, M. Zannoni, P. de Bernardis, Stefano Cortiglioni, Sbarra, C, Cortiglioni, S, Bernardi, G, Carretti, E, Cecchini, S, Macculi, C, Ventura, G, Baralis, M, Peverini, O, Tascone, R, Boella, G, Bonometto, S, Gervasi, M, Sironi, G, Tucci, M, Zannoni, M, Natale, V, Nesti, R, Fabbri, R, Monari, J, Poppi, S, Nicastro, L, di Raffaele, R, Boscaleri, A, Pascale, E, de Bernardis, P, de Petris, M, Masi, S, Sazhin, M, and Vinyajkin, E
Subjects: Physics, Radiometer, Astronomy, media_common.quotation_subject, Polarization (waves), Balloon, Cosmology, Astrophysic, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Sky, Polarization, Cosmic Microwave Background, Remote sensing, media_common
Abstract: BaR-SPOrt, funded by ASI (Italian Space Agency), is a 32 (90) GHz balloon-borne correlation polarimeter for direct measurements of the Q and U Stokes parameters, with an angular resolution of 0.6° (0.2°). Aim of the experiment is the detection of the polarized emission of the diffuse Galactic Background and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The most likely launch site is Antarctica (2 to 4-week flight). Kiruna (Sweden, 1-week flight) and Svalbard (Norway, > 1-week flight) are possible launch site to observe the Northern sky
Published: 2003

25. SPOrt: An experiment aimed at measuring the large scale cosmic microwave background polarization

Author: V.A. Razin, Riccardo Tascone, M. V. Sazhin, M. Tucci, R. Fabbri, C. Sbarra, Mario Zannoni, Silvio A. Bonometto, A. Orfei, Ettore Carretti, Kin-Wang Ng, S. Cecchini, M. Poloni, G. Sironi, Sergio Poppi, M. Baralis, Jader Monari, Oscar Antonio Peverini, Luciano Nicastro, Claudio Macculi, G. Boella, Massimo Gervasi, Giuseppe Virone, Gianni Bernardi, I. A. Strukov, Stefano Cortiglioni, E. N. Vinyajkin, Fineschi S., Carretti, E, Cortiglioni, S, Bernardi, G, Cecchini, S, Macculi, C, Sbarra, C, Monari, J, Orfei, A, Poloni, M, Poppi, S, Boella, G, Bonometto, S, Gervasi, M, Sironi, G, Zannoni, M, Tucci, M, Baralis, M, Peverini, O, Tascone, R, Virone, G, Fabbri, R, Nicastro, L, Ng, K, Razin, V, Vinyajkin, E, Sazhin, M, and Strukov, I
Subjects: DEVICES, media_common.quotation_subject, COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS, Cosmic microwave background, Phase (waves), UNIVERSE, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Signal, GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES, FIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA, Optics, Observatory, GHZ, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, Physics, ANISOTROPY, Radiometer, business.industry, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), DEGREE ANGULAR SCALES, RESOLUTION, Sky, RADIATION, business, EMISSION, Microwave
Abstract: SPOrt (Sky Polarization Observatory) is a space experiment to be flown on the International Space Station during Early Utilization Phase aimed at measuring the microwave polarized emission with FWHM = 7deg, in the frequency range 22-90 GHz. The Galactic polarized emission can be observed at the lower frequencies and the polarization of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at 90 GHz, where contaminants are expected to be less important. The extremely low level of the CMB Polarization signal (< 1 uK) calls for intrinsically stable radiometers. The SPOrt instrument is expressly devoted to CMB polarization measurements and the whole design has been optimized for minimizing instrumental polarization effects. In this contribution we present the receiver architecture based on correlation techniques, the analysis showing its intrinsic stability and the custom hardware development carried out to detect such a low signal., 9 pages, 5 figures, conference proceeding, to appear in "Polarimetry in Astronomy", SPIE Symposium on 'Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation', Waikoloa, August 22-28 2002
Published: 2003

26. Evidence for Quark-Hadron Duality in the Proton Spin Asymmetry $A_1$

Author: Michel Vetterli, N. Akopov, F. Menden, B. Hommez, Klaus Rith, D. Heesbeen, L. G. Greeniaus, E. De Sanctis, U. Stosslein, Franco Garibaldi, C. A. Miller, S. Yen, C. Weiskopf, L. Lagamba, A. Jgoun, B. D. Fox, B. Zihlmann, Z. Akopov, J. Ely, Ralf Kaiser, G. Schnell, A. Rostomyan, A. R. Reolon, A. Avetissian, G. M. Urciuoli, J. Stewart, E. Steffens, E. Kotik, A. Brüll, G. Hofman, W. Haeberli, G. Gavrilov, V. V. Ammosov, F. Masoli, J. Visser, F. Sato, A. Reischl, K. Negodaeva, A. Fechtchenko, G. S. Kyle, I.A. Savin, K. Sinram, H. J. Bulten, L. De Nardo, B. Tipton, K. P. Schüler, U. Elschenbroich, M. Amarian, R. Van de Vyver, G. Ciullo, H. P. Blok, S. Yoneyama, Evaristo Cisbani, Valeria Muccifora, V. Gharibyan, L. Felawka, G. Iarygin, Christian Schill, S. Brauksiepe, B. Krauss, E. Avetissian, Nicola Bianchi, O. Mikloukho, Wolfgang Lorenzon, S. Potashov, H. Zohrabian, C. Scarlett, P. Bailey, H. Marukyan, G. P. Capitani, G.R. Court, Axel Maas, Andreas Schäfer, Eugenio Nappi, J. Franz, Andrey V. Izotov, A. Airapetian, P. Kitching, G. van der Steenhoven, J. Wendland, Michael Tytgat, P.W. Green, D. H. Potterveld, M. Bouwhuis, H. Böttcher, P. Di Nezza, F.H. Heinsius, Frank Ellinghaus, S. Taroian, V. Mexner, T. Lindemann, E. R. Kinney, V. Rappoport, P. Liebing, T. Wise, V. A. Korotkov, A. Schwind, R. Shanidze, S. Podiatchev, F. Schmidt, Martin Raithel, R. J. Holt, Y. Naryshkin, M. Beckmann, J. F. J. van den Brand, E. C. Aschenauer, V. Shutov, O. Grebeniouk, M. Stancari, Salvatore Frullani, J. J. M. Steijger, I. Sanjiev, P. F. Dalpiaz, K. Königsmann, Michael Düren, G. Orlandi, Naomi C R Makins, V. Baturin, S. Tessarin, P. Lenisa, J. Seibert, V. A. Kozlov, B. W. Filippone, D. Reggiani, J. Volmer, G. Elbakian, S. Belostotski, S. Bernreuther, Adel Terkulov, Yasuhiro Sakemi, M. Ehrenfried, R. De Leo, Erika Garutti, Y. Holler, V. Vikhrov, M. C. Simani, Manuella Vincter, Y. Gärber, P.K.A. de Witt Huberts, M. Hartig, E. Thomas, H. Avakian, Ralf Hertenberger, W.H.A. Hesselink, A. Gute, Dirk Ryckbosch, Othmane Bouhali, P. E. Reimer, M. Henoch, K. Suetsugu, R. Fabbri, T. A. Shibata, R.O. Avakian, H. E. Jackson, V. G. Krivokhijine, E. Devitsin, C. Baumgarten, N. Meyners, A. Borissov, K. Hafidi, V. A. Gapienko, H. Kolster, Alessandra Fantoni, G. Graw, M. Kopytin, A. Nass, Peter Jung, B. Seitz, D. Hasch, A. Laziev, K. Oganessyan, J. Wilbert, W.-D. Nowak, I. Brunn, A. Kisselev, H. Fischer, Jeffrey Brack, A. Nagaitsev, (Astro)-Particles Physics, and Photo Conversion Materials
Subjects: Quark, Particle physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Hadron, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Inelastic scattering, 01 natural sciences, Asymmetry, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Nuclear physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Q(2)-DEPENDENCE, 0103 physical sciences, Proton spin crisis, SCATTERING, 010306 general physics, Nuclear Experiment, media_common, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, SUM, CONSTRAINTS, Deep inelastic scattering, 3. Good health, Baryon, POLARIMETER, NEUTRON, High Energy Physics::Experiment, POLARIZED HYDROGEN, Nucleon, RESONANCES, BEHAVIOR
Abstract: Spin-dependent lepton-nucleon scattering data have been used to investigate the validity of the concept of quark-hadron duality for the spin asymmetry $A_1$. Longitudinally polarised positrons were scattered off a longitudinally polarised hydrogen target for values of $Q^2$ between 1.2 and 12 GeV$^2$ and values of $W^2$ between 1 and 4 GeV$^2$. The average double-spin asymmetry in the nucleon resonance region is found to agree with that measured in deep-inelastic scattering at the same values of the Bjorken scaling variable $x$. This finding implies that the description of $A_1$ in terms of quark degrees of freedom is valid also in the nucleon resonance region for values of $Q^2$ above 1.6 GeV$^2$., 5 pages, 1 eps figure, table added, new references added, in print in Phys. Rev. Lett
Published: 2002
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27. The power-law behaviours of angular spectra of polarized Galactic synchrotron

Author: V. Natale, R. Fabbri, C. Sbarra, Ettore Carretti, Stefano Cortiglioni, M. Tucci, and M. Bruscoli
Subjects: Physics, Range (particle radiation), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Power law, Synchrotron, Spectral line, Power (physics), law.invention, Space and Planetary Science, law, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We study the angular power spectra of polarized Galactic synchrotron in the range 10~0.05., Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures, accepted to New Astronomy
Published: 2002

28. Measurement of the Beam-Spin Azimuthal Asymmetry associated with Deep Virtual Compton Scattering

Author: J. Wilbert, D. De Schepper, S. Potashov, H. Zohrabian, W.-D. Nowak, G. S. Kyle, J. Stewart, I. Brunn, A. Kisselev, H. Fischer, L. Felawka, G. Graw, V. A. Korotkov, P. Lenisa, J. Seibert, H. Kolster, K. McIlhany, I.A. Savin, K. Königsmann, V. Baturin, B. D. Fox, W. Haeberli, B. Seitz, Yasuhiro Sakemi, E. Thomas, G. Schnell, H. J. Bulten, G. Ciullo, K. Sinram, P. Di Nezza, L. De Nardo, G. M. Urciuoli, B. W. Filippone, D. Reggiani, G.R. Court, Andreas Schäfer, Christian Schill, G. Elbakian, W. Brückner, B. Hommez, S. Bernreuther, H. Avakian, Othmane Bouhali, K. Negodaeva, M. McAndrew, M. Amarian, G. P. Capitani, P. Liebing, S. Brauksiepe, R. Van de Vyver, R. J. Holt, Michael Tytgat, F. Masoli, J. Visser, Klaus Rith, D. Heesbeen, M. Ruh, N. Meyners, V. Gharibyan, P. Chumney, E. Kotik, Evaristo Cisbani, S. Taroian, U. Stosslein, Salvatore Frullani, A. Rostomyan, R. Fabbri, T. A. Shibata, L. Lagamba, M. Hartig, A. R. Reolon, R.O. Avakian, Z. Akopov, P. F. Dalpiaz, G. van der Steenhoven, A. Avetissian, A. Golendukhin, T. Lindemann, Andrey V. Izotov, A. Airapetian, G. Iarygin, O. Grebeniouk, E. Devitsin, Axel Maas, A. Borissov, J. Wendland, A. Brüll, M. Bouwhuis, Dirk Ryckbosch, B. Tipton, H. Böttcher, D. H. Potterveld, S. F. Pate, H. Marukyan, F. Meissner, Jeffrey Brack, E. De Sanctis, Franco Garibaldi, G. Hofman, C. A. Miller, R. P. Redwine, J. van Hunen, Martin Raithel, Ralf Hertenberger, J. Franz, K. Oganessyan, L. G. Greeniaus, C. Weiskopf, J. Ely, Thomas O'Neill, K. Hafidi, Eugenio Nappi, A. Schwind, V. Vikhrov, V. Rappoport, J. Kanesaka, Manuella Vincter, W.H.A. Hesselink, Ross Milner, K. P. Schüler, F. Sato, E. C. Aschenauer, D. Hasch, V. Shutov, J. J. M. Steijger, G. Rakness, T. Wise, A. Laziev, Y. Holler, V. A. Kozlov, S. Yoneyama, N. Koch, F. Schmidt, A. Nagaitsev, Wolfgang Lorenzon, Michel Vetterli, M. Beckmann, J. F. J. van den Brand, B. Bains, M. C. Simani, Erika Garutti, N. Akopov, P.K.A. de Witt Huberts, Valeria Muccifora, A. Gute, Alessandra Fantoni, I. Sanjiev, E. Avetissian, Nicola Bianchi, O. Mikloukho, A. Nass, Peter Jung, M. Düren, R. Mussa, Naomi C R Makins, S. Tessarin, M. Ehrenfried, R. De Leo, F. Menden, Adel Terkulov, S. Yen, Ralf Kaiser, Y. Gärber, E. Steffens, G. Gavrilov, A. Simon, B. R. Owen, A. Fechtchenko, A. Jgoun, M. Henoch, K. Suetsugu, Hiroaki Kobayashi, P. Bailey, P.W. Green, H. E. Jackson, V. G. Krivokhijine, C. Baumgarten, P. Kitching, D. Robinson, B. Krauss, C. Scarlett, F.H. Heinsius, Frank Ellinghaus, E. R. Kinney, Y. Naryshkin, S. Belostotski, (Astro)-Particles Physics, and Photo Conversion Materials
Subjects: HERMES experiment, Particle physics, Photon, media_common.quotation_subject, interference, General Physics and Astronomy, HERMES, dependence [helicity], Asymmetry, High Energy Physics - Experiment, 24.85.+p, Nuclear physics, 13.60.Fz, ddc:550, deep inelastic scattering [positron p], 26.7 GeV, Nuclear Experiment, NUCLEON, media_common, Physics, longitudinal [polarization], Scattering, ELECTROPRODUCTION, 14.20.Dh, Compton scattering, DESY, HERA, Bethe-Heitler [approximation], DESY HERA Stor, asymmetry [angular distribution], off-shell [Compton scattering], analyzing power, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, polarized beam [positron], electroproduction [photon], Beam (structure), experimental results
Abstract: The beam-spin asymmetry in hard electroproduction of photons has been measured for the first time. The data have been accumulated by the HERMES experiment at DESY using the HERA 27.6 GeV longitudinally polarized positron beam and an unpolarized hydrogen gas target. The asymmetry in the azimuthal distribution of the produced photons in the angle phi relative to the lepton scattering plane was determined with respect to the helicity state of the incoming positron beam. The beam-spin analyzing power in the sin(phi) moment was measured to be -0.23 +/- 0.04(stat) +/- 0.03(syst) in the missing-mass range below 1.7 GeV. The observed asymmetry is attributed to the interference of the Bethe-Heitler and deeply-virtual Compton scattering processes., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, revised experimental description
Published: 2001
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29. The angular power spectra of polarized Galactic synchrotron

Author: E. Pierpaoli, R. Fabbri, Ettore Carretti, S. Cecchini, M. Orsini, and M. Tucci
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Parity (physics), Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Galactic plane, Polarization (waves), Power law, Synchrotron, Spectral line, law.invention, Synchrotron emission, Space and Planetary Science, law, Instrumentation, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We derive the angular power spectra of intensity and polarization of Galactic synchrotron emission in the range 36 < l < 10^3 from the Parkes survey mapping the southern Galactic plane at 2.4 GHz. The polarization spectra of both electric and magnetic parity up to l \simeq 10^3 are approximated very well by power laws with slope coefficients \simeq 1.4, quite different from the CMB spectra. We show that no problem should arise from Galactic synchrotron for measurements of CMB polarization in the cosmological window., 15 pages with 6 eps figures. Accepted for publication in New Astronomy
Published: 2000

30. The SPOrt Project: Cosmological and Astrophysical Goals

Author: G. Sironi, M. V. Sazhin, S. Cecchini, Kin-Wang Ng, A. Orfei, I. A. Strukov, Stefano Cortiglioni, Ettore Carretti, Riccardo Tascone, Jader Monari, R. Fabbri, M. Orsini, G. Boella, L. Popa, U. Pisani, and Luciano Nicastro
Subjects: Physics, COSMIC cancer database, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Synchrotron radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radiation, Astrophysics, Galaxy, Sky, International Space Station, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Cosmic dust, media_common
Abstract: We present the cosmological and astrophysical objectives of the SPOrt mission, which is scheduled for flying on the International Space Station (ISS) in the year 2002 with the purpose of measuring the diffuse sky polarized radiation in the microwave region. We discuss the problem of disentangling the cosmic background polarized signal from the Galactic foregrounds., 10 pages; 5 PS figures; requires aipproc2.cls, aipproc2.sty, epsfc.tex; to appear in Proc. of ``3K Cosmology'', Rome 5-10 Oct. 1998
Published: 1999

31. Genus statistics on CMB polarization maps and cosmological parameters degeneracy

Author: P. Stefanescu, R. Fabbri, and L. Popa
Subjects: Physics, Spectral index, COSMIC cancer database, Scattering, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Cosmic microwave background, FOS: Physical sciences, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Redshift, Space and Planetary Science, Statistics, Instrumentation, Reionization
Abstract: We applay the genus statistics to simulated CMB polarization maps, constructed from the secondary-ionization cosmological models in experimental situations comparable to those of forthcoming space experiments. We find that both the cosmic baryon density and the spectral index of density perturbations are strongly anicorrelated to the reionization redshift. Using the Fisher matrix approach we show that the accuracy on the spectral index and optical depth to the last scattering are improved in the case of genus statistics when comparing with the accuracy obtained from the standard power spectrum statistics., 22 pages in LaTex format, 4 figures in a single ps file Accepted at New Astronomy
Published: 1998

32. Channeling effects in high energy ion implantation: Si(N)

Author: R. Fabbri, Giovanna Brusatin, Marina Berti, Alberto Gasparotto, and Alberto Carnera
Subjects: Diffraction, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Range (particle radiation), High energy, Materials science, chemistry.chemical_element, Fluence, Ion fluence, Nitrogen, Ion implantation, chemistry, Double crystal, Atomic physics, Instrumentation
Abstract: Nitrogen implantation in Si single crystals in the 600-–1400 keV energy range in random, 〈100〉 and 〈110〉 alignment conditions was performed. The 6×10 13 -2×10 16 fluence range was investigated. Double crystal diffraction (DCD) and RBS-channeling analysis were performed in order to extract the damage profiles and the damage production rate as a function of the implanted ion fluence. A strong dependence of the damage on the implantation geometry has been observed and discussed.
Published: 1993

33. Rotation number for non-autonomous linear Hamiltonian systems I: Basic properties.

Author: R. Fabbri, R. Johnson, and C. Nez
Subjects: HAMILTONIAN systems, DIFFERENTIABLE dynamical systems, GEOMETRIC function theory, EXPONENTIAL functions
Abstract: This paper concerns the rotation number for a random family of linear non-autonomous Hamiltonian systems. Several definitions corresponding to its analytic and geometrical approaches are presented, and some of its main properties are studied, as its continuity and its relation with the presence of exponential dichotomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2003

34. On Voronoi Diagrams and Medial Axes.

Author: R. Fabbri, L.F. Estrozi, and L. Da F. Costa
Published: 2002

35. Large-Scale Anisotropies of the Cosmic Background Radiation in Generalized Inflationary Cosmologies

Author: R. Fabbri, Francesco Lucchin, and Sabino Matarrese
Subjects: Big Bang, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, media_common.quotation_subject, Scalar (mathematics), Cosmic microwave background, Cosmic background radiation, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Universe, Cosmology, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Quantum electrodynamics, Tensor, Background radiation, media_common
Abstract: We calculate the dipole and quadropole moments, ( ΔT / T ) l l =1, 2, of the cosmic background radiation anisotropy due to scalar and tensor waves with power-law spectra, produced by quantum processes during a “generalized” inflationary era of the early universe. The observational bounds on ( ΔT / T ) l are used to give constraints on the parameters of the cosmological models.
Published: 1986

36. Caractéristiques qualitatives de la viande chez des porcs de race pure ou hybrides

Author: R. Fabbri, M. Manfredini, P. Semprini, and Revues Inra, Import
Subjects: lcsh:QH426-470, Anthropology, food and beverages, [SDV.GEN.GA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, General Medicine, Biology, Meeting Report, Full article, lcsh:Genetics, Genetics, Genetics(clinical), Animal Science and Zoology, lcsh:Animal culture, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, lcsh:SF1-1100
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37. SummEval: Re-evaluating Summarization Evaluation

Author: Alexander R. Fabbri, Wojciech Kryściński, Bryan McCann, Caiming Xiong, Richard Socher, and Dragomir Radev
Subjects: Computational linguistics. Natural language processing, P98-98.5
Abstract: AbstractThe scarcity of comprehensive up-to-date studies on evaluation metrics for text summarization and the lack of consensus regarding evaluation protocols continue to inhibit progress. We address the existing shortcomings of summarization evaluation methods along five dimensions: 1) we re-evaluate 14 automatic evaluation metrics in a comprehensive and consistent fashion using neural summarization model outputs along with expert and crowd-sourced human annotations; 2) we consistently benchmark 23 recent summarization models using the aforementioned automatic evaluation metrics; 3) we assemble the largest collection of summaries generated by models trained on the CNN/DailyMail news dataset and share it in a unified format; 4) we implement and share a toolkit that provides an extensible and unified API for evaluating summarization models across a broad range of automatic metrics; and 5) we assemble and share the largest and most diverse, in terms of model types, collection of human judgments of model-generated summaries on the CNN/Daily Mail dataset annotated by both expert judges and crowd-source workers. We hope that this work will help promote a more complete evaluation protocol for text summarization as well as advance research in developing evaluation metrics that better correlate with human judgments.
Published: 2021
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38. Analyses of rare collection samples as conservation tool for the last known Italian population of Graphoderus bilineatus (Insecta: Coleoptera)

Author: E. Boscari, B. Koese, M. Palazzini Cerquetella, R. Fabbri, and A. Grapputo
Subjects: conservation, dytiscidae, mt dna, haplotype diversity, coi, Zoology, QL1-991
Abstract: Graphoderus bilineatus is a predacious diving beetle, widely distributed across Europe. Its poor dispersal ability and the fragmentation and deterioration of its habitats have been indicated as the major causes of decline. In several western European countries, the species is extinct, justifying its inclusion as “vulnerable” in the IUCN red list. Aiming for the conservation of the last known population of G. bilineatus in the northern Italian region of Emilia Romagna, at the lake Pratignano, we surveyed its genetic diversity at the mitochondrial COI gene and compared it to that of other European populations. Two fixed COI haplotypes were found in the Italian and Austrian populations, respectively. Both haplotypes were unique among the European populations surveyed, suggesting these populations suffered a bottleneck and geographic isolation. Populations in western Europe showed lower genetic diversity and higher degree of differentiation than eastern populations. The uniqueness of Pratignano haplotype makes it difficult to choose a source population from which to transfer animals for a possible restocking. Selection of the source population should be based mainly on ecological considerations, but at the same time ensuring a good genetic diversity to maximize the adaptive potential.
Published: 2020
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39. miR-9-5p as a Regulator of the Androgen Receptor Pathway in Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Author: Roberta Maltoni, William C. Cho, Erika Bandini, Ivan Vannini, Silvana Hrelia, Francesco Limarzi, Meropi Plousiou, Muller Fabbri, Francesco Fabbri, Maria Maddalena Tumedei, Tania Rossi, Francesca Fanini, and Bandini E, Fanini F, Vannini I, Rossi T, Plousiou M, Tumedei MM, Limarzi F, Maltoni R, Fabbri F, Hrelia S, Cho WCS, Fabbri M
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, medicine.drug_class, Regulator, Cell and Developmental Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, androgen receptor, microRNA, medicine, cancer, Receptor, lcsh:QH301-705.5, Estrogen Receptor Status, breast, Original Research, business.industry, Cancer, Cell Biology, Androgen, medicine.disease, miR-9-5p, microRNAs, Androgen receptor, 030104 developmental biology, lcsh:Biology (General), 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Cancer research, business, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Breast cancer (BC) is the most diagnosed carcinoma and the leading cause of cancer death in female over 100 countries. Thanks to the advance in therapeutic strategies, patients' survival has improved. However, the lack of response to treatments and drug resistance are still a main concern, demanding for new therapeutic approaches, in particular for the advanced stages of the disease. Androgen receptor (AR) is gaining increasing interest as a fourth targetable receptor in BC, however, its regulation in BC cells is still poorly understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression post-transcriptionally. Here, we identified miR-9-5p as an inhibitor of AR expression, we validated the inverse correlation between miR-9-5p and AR in primary BC samples and we further identified a feedback loop in which androgen agonists of AR up-regulate miR-9-5p. We also provided evidence that miR-9-5p elicits anti-proliferative effects in BC cell lines regardless of their estrogen receptor status. Finally, we showed that miR-9-5p can revert AR-downstream signaling even in presence of AR-agonists, highlighting the role of this miR in the hormonal response of BC. In conclusion, this study supports the role of miR-9-5p as an anti-proliferative miR in BC and as a central modulator of AR-signaling response to circulating androgens in BC.
Published: 2020
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40. Exposition biomarkers to organophosphorus pesticides in Tigriopus fulvus Fischer (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

Author: C. Agrone, M.G. Aluigi, R. Fabbri, C. Falugi, G. Gallo, E. Giacco, and L. Pane
Subjects: Copepods, Tigriopus fulvus, biomarkers, acetylcholinesterase, glutathione-S-transferase, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: The effects of the organophosphorus pesticide Malathion, Pestanal® on the activity of the enzymes Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and Glutathione-S-transferase and on survival were evaluated in Tigriopus fulvus. The mortality of the organisms after 96 hours (acute toxicity) and after 7 days (chronic toxicity) of treatment was evaluated. LC50 was not calculable after 24 hours of exposition; after 48, 72 and 96 hours it resulted 905.72, 552.78, and 248.94 μg I-1 respectively. After 7 days the NOEC value was 25 μg I-1. The LOEC value for the inhibition of AChE was 25 μg I-1 and for the stimulation of GST was 12.5 μg I-1.
Published: 2011
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41. Can Endocrine disrupters interfere with Ca2+ homeostasis in invertebrate cells?

Author: L. Canesi, B. Marchi, G. Mancinelli, R. Fabbri, F. Caprì, F. Dondero, A. Viarengo, and G. Gallo
Subjects: EDs, Mytilus, Cytosolic [Ca2+], Ca2+ -ATPases, Hemocytes, Gills, Digestive gland, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: A wide range of environmental chemicals have been shown to alter the endocrine system of both wildlife and humans. There is increasing evidence that many of these endocrine disruptors (EDs), in particular estrogenic chemicals, can rapidly affect cellular homeostasis and signaling in mammalian Ca2+ systems. In this work, in vitro and in vivo data are summarised on the effects of different compounds known or suspected as EDs on homeostasis in Ca2+ marine invertebrate, the blue mussel Mytilus spp. Both synthetic estrogens and different EDs (DES, BPA, NP, PCB congeners, etc.) rapidly increased sytosolic [Ca2+] in mussel hemosytes, as evaluated by FURA2 single cell fluorescence microscopy. The observed [Ca2+] increase was unaffected by the antiestrogen Tamoxifen and was due to either increased influx or release from Ca2+ intracellular stores, depending on the compound. Moreover, different ED,s including the brominated flame retardant TBBPA (tetrabromo bisphenol A) induced a dose-dependent inhibition of the plasma membrane Ca2+ -ATPase (PMCA) activity from mussel gills in vitro, this supporting a direct effect on membrane pumps. The in vitro effects of EDs were observed at concentrations generally higher than those of E2. However, in vivo, mussel exposure to environmetal concentrations of Bisphenol A (BPA) and of the polybrominated diphenyl ether TBDE-47 resulted in large inhibition of PMCA activity in the digestive gland. The results indicate that, in invertebrate like in mammalian systems, interference with Ca2+ homeostasis may represent a significant mode of action of a variety of EDs.
Published: 2010
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42. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits doxorubicin-induced inflammation on human ovarian tissue

Author: Marie-Pierre Piccinni, Maria Macciocca, Giacomo Caprara, Roberto Paradisi, Alessio Papi, Rossella Vicenti, Renato Seracchioli, P Terzano, Raffaella Fabbri, and R Fabbri , M Macciocca , R Vicenti , G Caprara , M P Piccinni , R Paradisi , P Terzano , A Papi , R Seracchioli
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, MMP2, Anthracycline, Cell Survival, medicine.medical_treatment, Biophysics, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Inflammation, Protective Agents, Biochemistry, doxorubicin, Catechin, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Western blot, medicine, polycyclic compounds, Humans, Doxorubicin, Molecular Biology, Research Articles, Chemotherapy, TUNEL assay, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Ovary, human ovarian tissue, Cell Biology, 030104 developmental biology, inflammation, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Cancer research, Metalloproteases, Cytokines, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Female, epigallocatechin-3-gallate, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug, Research Article
Abstract: Chemotherapy protocol can destroy the reproductive potential of young cancer patients. Doxorubicin (DOX) is a potent anthracycline commonly used in the treatment of numerous malignancies. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the ovarian toxicity of DOX via inflammation and the possible protective effect of the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). Ovarian tissue of three patients was cultured with 1 µg/ml DOX and/or 10 µg/ml EGCG for 24 and 48 h. Levels of inflammatory factors were determined by quantitative Real-Time PCR, western blot, zimography, and multiplex bead-based immunoassay. Morphological evaluation, damaged follicle count and TUNEL assay were also performed. DOX influenced inflammatory responses by inducing a significant increase in the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and cyclooxigenase-2 (COX-2), of inflammatory interleukins (IL), such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-8 (IL-8), and the inflammatory proteins mediators metalloproteinase-2 and metalloproteinase-9 (MMP2 and MMP9). IL-8 secretion in the culture supernatants and MMP9 activity also significantly raised after DOX treatment. Moreover, a histological evaluation of the ovarian tissue showed morphological damage to follicles and stroma after DOX exposure. EGCG significantly reduced DOX-induced inflammatory responses and improved the preservation of follicles. DOX-induced inflammation could be responsible for the ovarian function impairment of chemotherapy. EGCG could have a protective role in reducing DOX-mediated inflammatory responses in human ovarian tissue.
Published: 2019

43. Is tongue an adequate sample for detection of canine adenovirus type 1 in free-ranging wolf (canis lupus)?

Author: Balboni A, Musto C, Kaehler E, Caniglia R, Fabbri E, Carra E, Berzi D, Cotti C, Battilani M, Delogu M, and Balboni A, Musto C, Kaehler E, Caniglia R, Fabbri E, Carra E, Berzi D, Cotti C, Battilani M, Delogu M
Subjects: Diagnosis, molecular biology, tongue, canine adenovirus type 1, wolf
Published: 2018

44. Ecological Sustainability of an Organic Four-Year Vegetable Rotation System: Carabids and Other Soil Arthropods as Bioindicators

Author: Gabriele Campanelli, Fabio Sgolastra, Giovanni Burgio, Laura Depalo, Fabio Ramilli, Fabrizio Leteo, Roberto Fabbri, G. Burgio, G. Campanelli, F. Leteo, F. Ramilli, L. Depalo, R. Fabbri, and F. Sgolastra
Subjects: chemistry.chemical_classification, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Agroforestry, organic cultivation, Fauna, vegetable rotation, Coleoptera Carabidae, Biodiversity, soil arthropod, Development, Biology, Agronomy, chemistry, Sustainability, Rotation system, Organic farming, Organic matter, Species richness, Agronomy and Crop Science, Bioindicator, biodiversity
Abstract: A four-year investigation comparing organic and conventional horticultural vegetable rotation systems was carried out in Central Italy using soil arthropods as bioindicators. The indexes of biodiversity showed, in general, higher values on organic in comparison with conventional management, but the differences were strongly affected by the crops. An index specifically designed to select the Carabid species, which benefit from organic versus conventional, was calculated in order to understand faunistic data on this group. Our data demonstrated that the spray intensity adversely affects the Carabid species richness, as proved by the lowest diversity values recorded in the conventional plots. The experiment, planned by following a “system approach research,” was suitable to understand the ecological sustainability in organic farming in comparison with conventional. The better conservation of arthropod fauna in the organic seems to be coherent also with the enhancement of organic matter in this system. For this reason, a holistic effect of the organic system can provide a reasonable interpretation of the better conservation of the living component and, in particular, of Carabid beetle biodiversity, during the four-year period.
Published: 2015

45. Interactive effects of n-TiO2 and 2,3,7,8-TCDD on the marine bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis

Author: Anton Kočan, Vittoria Scarcelli, Marco Nigro, Lucia Rocco, Caterina Ciacci, Patrizia Guidi, Claudia Faleri, Simonetta Corsolini, Ilaria Corsi, Michela Mariottini, Antonio Marcomini, Giada Frenzilli, Laura Canesi, Silvano Focardi, Karla Pozo-Gallardo, Camilla Della Torre, Teresa Balbi, Arianna Smerilli, Margherita Bernardeschi, Rita Fabbri, L., Canesi, G., Frenzilli, T., Balbi, M., Bernardeschi, C., Ciacci, S., Corsolini, C., Della Torre, R., Fabbri, C., Faleri, S., Focardi, P., Guidi, A., Kocan, A., Marcomini, M., Mariottini, M., Nigro, K., Pozo Gallardo, Rocco, Lucia, V., Scarcelli, A., Smerilli, and I., Corsi
Subjects: Gills, Gill, Biomarker, Dioxin, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Nanoparticles, Titanium dioxide, Hemocytes, Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, DNA damage, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Mytilus galloprovinciali, Aquatic Science, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Nanoparticles Titanium dioxide Mytilus galloprovincialis Biomarker Dioxin, Nanoparticle, Phagocytosis, In vivo, medicine, Animals, Drug Interactions, 14. Life underwater, Mytilus, Titanium, Ecology, Mussel, biology.organism_classification, In vitro, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique, Biochemistry, 13. Climate action, Efflux, Lysosomes, Biomarkers, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Genotoxicity, DNA Damage
Abstract: Despite the growing concern over the potential biological impact of nanoparticles (NPs) in the aquatic environment, little is known about their interactions with other pollutants. The bivalve Mytilus sp, largely utilized as a sentinel for marine contamination, has been shown to represent a significant target for different types of NP, including n-TiO2, one of the most widespread in use. In this work, the possible interactive effects of n-TiO2 and 2,3,7,8-TCDD, chosen as models of NP and organic contaminant, respectively, were investigated in Mytilus galloprovincialis. In vitro experiments with n-TiO2 and TCDD, alone and in combination, were carried out in different conditions (concentrations and times of exposure), depending on the target (hemocytes, gill cells and biopsies) and the endpoint measured. Mussels were also exposed in vivo to n-TiO2 (100μgL-1) or to TCDD (0.25μgL-1), alone and in combination, for 96h. A wide range of biomarkers, from molecular to tissue level, were measured: lysosomal membrane stability and phagocytosis in hemocytes, ATP-binding cassette efflux transporters in gills (gene transcription and efflux activity), several biomarkers of genotoxicity in gill and digestive cells (DNA damage, random amplified polymorphic DNA-RAPD changes), lysosomal biomarkers and transcription of selected genes in the digestive gland. The results demonstrate that n-TiO2 and TCDD can exert synergistic or antagonistic effects, depending on experimental condition, cell/tissue and type of measured response. Some of these interactions may result from a significant increase in TCDD accumulation in whole mussel organisms in the presence of n-TiO2, indicating a Trojan horse effect. The results represent the most extensive data obtained so far on the sub-lethal effects of NPs and organic contaminants in aquatic organisms. Moreover, these data extend the knowledge on the molecular and cellular targets of NPs in bivalves. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Published: 2014

46. Polycystic ovary syndrome and cardiovascular risk in young patients treated with drospirenone-ethinylestradiol or contraceptive vaginal ring. A prospective, randomized, pilot study

Author: Fabio Facchinetti, Stefano Venturoli, Raffaella Fabbri, Nicola Persico, Fulvia Mancini, Paolo Busacchi, Cesare Battaglia, C. Battaglia, F Mancini, R Fabbri, N. Persico, P Busacchi, F.Facchinetti, and S Venturoli.
Subjects: Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, insulin, Ambulatory blood pressure, Brachial Artery, Blood Pressure, Pilot Projects, Vaginal ring, Ethinyl Estradiol, Gastroenterology, Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena, Young Adult, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Ethinylestradiol, medicine, PCOS, Humans, Insulin, hirsutism, Ultrasonography, Gynecology, business.industry, Ovary, Contraceptive Devices, Female, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Drospirenone, contraception, drospirenone, medicine.disease, Polycystic ovary, Contraception, Reproductive Medicine, Cardiovascular Diseases, Regional Blood Flow, Hormonal contraception, Homeostatic model assessment, Androstenes, Female, business, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, medicine.drug
Abstract: Objective To compare the effects of a pill containing drospirenone with those of a combined contraceptive vaginal ring on the lipid and carbohydrate metabolism and on the surrogate markers of arterial function. Setting Bologna University School of Medicine. Patient(s) Thirty-seven women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were randomly submitted to drospirenone + ethinylestradiol (group I; n=19) or combined contraceptive vaginal ring (group II; n=18) therapy. The duration of the study was 6 months. Intervention(s) The effect of treatments was assessed after 6 months of therapy. Main Outcome Measure(s) Utero-ovarian ultrasound analysis and color Doppler evaluation of uterine and stromal ovarian arteries. In addition, analysis of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilatation and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed. Fasting blood samples were drawn for testing biochemical and hormonal parameters and nitrites/nitrates. Result(s) Both treatments improved hirsutism, hyperandrogenemia, and ultrasound and color Doppler ovarian parameters. Both drospirenone + ethinylestradiol or contraceptive vaginal ring induced a slight but significant increase of diurnal and 24-hour blood pressure. Although both therapies worsened the lipid profile, the oral pill administration was associated with a more evident increase of circulating triglycerides. The 6-month treatment with the vaginal ring significantly improved the area under the curve for glucose, insulin, and C-peptide, whereas the drospirenone + ethinylestradiol pill induced an increase in the insulinogenic index and homeostatic model assessment estimate for insulin resistance values. Conclusion(s) Vaginal hormonal contraception appears to be preferable to oral ethinylestradiol + drospirenone administration in hyperinsulinemic patients with PCOS.
Published: 2010

47. EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT SUCROSE CONCENTRATIONS ON THE ULTRASTRUCTURE OF CRYOPRESERVED HUMAN OOCYTES

Author: FABBRI, RAFFAELLA, PASQUINELLI, GIANANDREA, MAGNANI, VALENTINA, VENTUROLI, STEFANO, D. Keane, L. Parmegiani, R. Fabbri, G. Pasquinelli, D. Keane, V. Magnani, L. Parmegiani, and S. Venturoli.
Subjects: cryopreservation of human oocyte, ultrastructural analysis, sucrose concentration
Published: 2007

48. PEDIATRIC OUTCOME OF CHILDRENS BORN FROM CRYOPRESERVED OOCYTES, EMBRYOS OR SEMEN

Author: PORCU, ELEONORA, E. Contro, DAMIANO, GIUSEPPE, D. Caracciolo, P. M. Ciotti, FABBRI, RAFFAELLA, PARADISI, ROBERTO, VENTUROLI, STEFANO, E. Porcu, E. Contro, G. Damiano, D. Caracciolo, P.M. Ciotti, R. Fabbri, R. Paradisi, and S. Venturoli
Subjects: animal structures, Blastocyst, embryonic structures, Frozen-thawed embryo, Embryo Transfer
Abstract: Criobiology in Human Reproduction is an emerging field aiming to store gametes and embryos for future use. In this work, we considered the embryo freezing-thawing process and its impact of embryo survival, implantation potential, developmental alterations, chromosomal alterations and long term effects. In addition, an overview of the effects of oocyte and sperm cryopreservation on embryonic survival and IVF outcome are considered.
Published: 2004

49. Human Aging and Longevity Are Characterized by High Levels of Mitokines

Author: Aurelia Santoro, Maria Conte, Daniela Mari, Daniela Monti, Marco Sandri, Stefano Salvioli, Federica Sevini, Cristina Fabbri, Rita Ostan, Giulia Guidarelli, Miriam Capri, Claudio Franceschi, Giovanni Vitale, and Conte M, Ostan R, Fabbri C, Santoro A, Guidarelli G, Vitale G, Mari D, Sevini F, Capri M, Sandri M, Monti D, Franceschi C, Salvioli S
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Down syndrome, Aging, FGF21, Growth Differentiation Factor 15, media_common.quotation_subject, Longevity, Mitochondrion, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, Humanin, media_common, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, FGF21, Humanin, GDF15, Centenarians, Mortality, Hormesis, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Accelerated aging, 3. Good health, Mitochondria, Fibroblast Growth Factors, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Unfolded Protein Response, Female, GDF15, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Down Syndrome, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Biomarkers
Abstract: Mitochondrial stress elicits the production of stress response molecules indicated as mitokines, including fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), and humanin (HN). Many diseases are characterized by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction with alterations of mitokine secretion. It is still controversial whether healthy aging and extreme longevity are accompanied by an altered production of mitokines. We analyzed FGF21, HN, and GDF15 plasma levels in 693 subjects aged from 21 to 113 years, and the association of these mitokines with parameters of health status. FGF21, HN, and GDF15 resulted increased in old age, with the highest levels found in centenarians. These molecules are associated with worsened parameters (such as handgrip strength, insulin sensitivity, triglycerides), particularly in 70-year-old persons, and their levels are inversely correlated with survival in the oldest subjects. Considering the positive biological effect of these molecules, our results can be interpreted in the framework of the hormetic paradigm as an attempt of the cells/tissues to cope with a stress that can have beneficial or detrimental effects depending on its intensity. Finally, persons with Down Syndrome (characterized by accelerated aging) have higher levels of GDF15 and HN with respect to their siblings, suggesting that these molecules, especially GDF15, could be considered markers of biological age.
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50. Author Correction: Graphene oxide electrodes enable electrical stimulation of distinct calcium signalling in brain astrocytes.

Author: Fabbri R, Scidà A, Saracino E, Conte G, Kovtun A, Candini A, Kirdajova D, Spennato D, Marchetti V, Lazzarini C, Konstantoulaki A, Dambruoso P, Caprini M, Muccini M, Ursino M, Anderova M, Treossi E, Zamboni R, Palermo V, and Benfenati V
Published: 2024
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