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1. Comparison of tensiomyographic contractile properties of the knee muscles between endurance and power athletes

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Matej Ipavec, Žiga Kukec, and Alan Kacin

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Biophysics, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
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BACKGROUND: Postactivation potentiation (PAP) enhances contractility of skeletal muscle whereas fatigue deteriorates it. Available evidence suggests that the two phenomena may express differently in endurance and power athletes. OBJECTIVE: To compare the patterns of change in knee muscle contractility induced by PAP and fatigue between endurance and power athletes. METHODS: Eleven endurance and ten power athletes (age: 18–33 years) performed isokinetic fatigue and isometric PAP protocols with knee extensors and flexors on computerised dynamometer. Tensiomyography (TMG) of the vastus medialis and semitendinosus muscle medialis was performed before the protocols and during a 10-min recovery. RESULTS: The changes in TMG profile were most pronounced in the vastus medialis of power athletes following the PAP protocol and least pronounced in the semitendinosus of the endurance athletes following the fatigue protocol. The differences between athlete types were most significant for the time-domain TMG parameters of vastus medialis. A significant correlation (r= 0.51–0.73) between the fatigue indices and changes in TMG parameters was observed for the vastus medialis muscle only. CONCLUSIONS: The results show that the TMG patterns of PAP and fatigue in the vastus muscle differ between endurance and power athletes. In this muscle, the changes in TMG parameters are also strongly associated with the degree of fatigue.

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2023
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2. Vitamin D fortification of eggs alone and in combination with milk in women aged 44–65 years: Fortification model and economic evaluation

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Vid Vičič, Ruža Pandel Mikuš, Saša Kugler, Ksenija Geršak, Joško Osredkar, and Andreja Kukec

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Introduction For almost nine decades, the fortification of foods with vitamin D has been proven effective in preventing rickets. This study aims to build and economically evaluate a fortification model based on egg biofortification and milk (including yoghurt) fortification. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out between 1. March and 31. May 2021. Three hundred and nineteen healthy women from the Central Slovenian region aged between 44 and 65 were recruited for the study, with 176 participants included in the final analysis. For the fortification model calculations, the vitamin D contents of unenriched milk (including yoghurt) and eggs were replaced by enriched foods containing vitamin D. The economic evaluation was done using available drug and food supplement prices. Fortification costs were calculated using vitamin D prices provided by suppliers. Results Mean vitamin D intake from food was 2.19±1.34 µg/d. With fortification Model 1 (enriched eggs), it would be: 6.49±4.45 µg/d, and with Model 2 (enriched eggs and milk): 10.53±6.49 µg/d. Without fortification, none of the participants would reach a daily vitamin D intake >10 µg. With fortification Model 1 (egg fortification), 15.3% would reach >10 µg and with Model 2 (egg and milk fortification) 46.2% would reach >10 µg. The economic comparison of the annual cost of 10 µg vitamin D/d/person was EUR 6.17 for prescription drugs, EUR 6.37 for food supplements, EUR 0.09 for direct milk fortification and EUR 0.12 for egg biofortification with vitamin D. Conclusions Egg and milk (including yoghurt) fortification could cost-effectively increase vitamin D intake in the Slovenian population of women between 44 and 65 by almost five-fold, and could significantly lower the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. Additional research and changes to legislation are needed before this can be introduced.

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2023
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3. Metodološki pristop opredelitve napovednih dejavnikov za oceno stopnje alergijske reakcije po piku žuželke

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Andreja Kukec, Mitja Košnik, Simona Perčič, Tanja Carli, and Nika Jutraž

Subjects
General Engineering
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Izhodišča: V svetu so opravili manjše število raziskav, ki opisujejo povezanost med dejavniki tveganja in stopnjo alergijske reakcije po piku žuželke. Metode: V epidemiološko presečno raziskavo, ki je potekala med oktobrom 2019 in majem 2020, smo vključili osebe, ki so bile zaradi pika žuželke v obdobju 2005 – 2015 (n=2100) obravnavane na Univerziteni kliniki Golnik (klinika Golnik). Izdelali smo poseben vprašalnik in ga po navadni pošti vročili osebam ciljne populacije. Iz vrnjenih vprašalnikov smo pripravili dve podatkovni bazi: prva – bolniki, obravnavani zaradi pika ose (n=237), druga – bolniki, obravnavani zaradi pika čebele (n=179). Za analizo povezanosti med opazovanimi pojavi smo uporabili Pearsonov hi-kvadrat test. Rezultati: Ocenjena prevalenca približno enake in blažje alergijske reakcije po ponovnem piku žuželke pri osebah, ki so bile obravnavane zaradi pika čebele, je 95,1 %, pri 4,9 % je bila alergijska reakcija hujša. Pri teh se je kot statistično pomemben dejavnik tveganja za hujšo alergijsko reakcijo po piku žuželke izkazala pozitivna družinska anamneza. Pri osebah, ki so bile obravnavane zaradi pika ose, jih je 94,9 % ob ponovnem piku doživelo blažjo ali približno enako alergijsko reakcijo, 5,3 % pa hujšo. Nakazuje se višja prevalenca hujše alergijske reakcije po ponovnem piku žuželke pri osebah ženskega spola, v starostnih skupinah 21–40 let ter ≥ 61 let. Prevalenca blažje reakcije po ponovnem piku čebele je višja pri osebah, ki se ukvarjajo s čebelarjenjem ali živijo v bližini čebelnjaka. Zaključek: Pri osebah, ki so doživeli pik čebele, je pozitivna družinska anamneza statistično pomemben dejavnik tveganja za hujšo alergijsko reakcijo po ponovnem piku.

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2022
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4. Population pharmacokinetics of cisplatin in small cell lung cancer patients guided with informative priors

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Jurij Aguiar Zdovc, Mihaela Vaupotič, Gregor Marolt, Lea Knez, Renata Režonja Kukec, Tanja Čufer, Tomaž Vovk, and Iztok Grabnar

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Pharmacology, Cancer Research, Lung Neoplasms, Neutropenia, cisplatin, Informativne predprijave, NONMEM, populacijska farmakokinetika, drobnocelični pljučni rak, Prognosis, udc:615, Toxicology, Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, Farmakokinetika, Oncology, Rak (medicina), Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Cisplatin, Etoposide, cisplatin, informative priors, NONMEM, population pharmacokinetics, small cell lung cancer
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Purpose: Cisplatin-etoposide treatment is recommended as a first line in small cell lung cancer patients (SCLC). However, the prognosis is poor and the dosing is not tailored beyond the body surface area, which is related with indeterminate cisplatin exposure-response relationship. We aimed to evaluate cisplatin pharmacokinetics (PK) and the exposure to unbound cisplatin in SCLC patients using the informative priors, and assess the relationship between the cisplatin exposure and probability of neutropenia. Methods: Observational clinical study was performed including 17 cisplatin-treated SCLC patients. External population cisplatin PK models were identified and NONMEM® software and $PRIOR subroutine were used for the model evaluation. The bias and precision of the model-predicted cisplatin concentrations were evaluated. The best models were combined in a final model including several sets of informative priors, which was used to estimate individual cisplatin exposure, analyze the relationship between the exposure and neutropenia and simulate several cisplatin dosing regimens in a virtual patient cohort. Results: The models by Urien with the informative priors best fitted the data. The individual cisplatin exposure ranged between 2430 and 4560 μg*h/L. There was a trend of increasing probability of neutropenia and febrile neutropenia with increasing cisplatin exposure. Approximately 50%, 75% and 90% of patients receiving 60 mg/m2, 70 mg/m2 and 80 mg/m2, respectively, achieved the previously identified exposure threshold of 2860 μg*h/L. Conclusion: We developed a tool to individualize cisplatin dosing based on the estimated probability of neutropenia. The benefit of more intense dosing regimens in SCLC patients should be further assessed. Bibliografija: str. 311-313. Abstract. ARRS ARRS

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2022
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5. Cabinet Reshuffles and Prime-Ministerial Performance in Central and Eastern Europe

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Florian Grotz, Corinna Kroeber, and Marko Kukec

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Public Administration, Sociology and Political Science
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Prime ministers (PMs) significantly contribute to making parliamentary democracy work, but cabinet reshuffles can undermine the PM's ability to perform successfully. New ministers may have less policy expertise, intensify intra-cabinet struggles and hamper the control of government bureaucracy. This article explores the relationship between cabinet reshuffles and prime-ministerial performance in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Building on a data set covering 131 cabinets in 11 CEE countries between 1990 and 2018, we find that frequent cabinet reshuffles decrease prime-ministerial performance. In particular, the reshuffling of ministers belonging to other coalition parties than the PM's unfolds a strong negative effect on prime-ministerial performance, while reshuffles in core portfolios and turnover of ministers from the PM party have less negative consequences. These results have important implications for understanding executive politics and government stability in the dynamic environments of CEE democracies and beyond.

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2022
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6. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physiotherapists and physiotherapy students in Croatia and their association with physical fitness

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Marina Horvat, Tišlar, Gregor, Starc, and Andreja, Kukec

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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Among physiotherapists, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the most common health problem. This study aimed to provide evidence for planning evidence-based health promotion programmes for ensuring and maintaining adequate physical fitness (PF) to decrease WMSDs among physiotherapists which would have started already during the study.A cross-sectional study involved the participation of a total of 100 physiotherapy students and 62 physiotherapists. Observed variables were prevalence of WMSDs in the last 12 months, lasting3 days during physiotherapeutic activities and five PF components: body composition, cardiorespiratory and muscle endurance, muscle strength, and flexibility. A chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used as the main analytical methods.Prevalence of WMSDs in physiotherapists was 63.9% (the most common locations: lower back, shoulders, neck), while in physiotherapy students it was 46.5% (the most common locations: lower back, neck, upper back) (p=0.031). Among the PF components, the results showed statistically significantly worse flexibility among students compared to physiotherapists (about two thirds of students had poor or very poor results of flexibility testing) (p=0.002) in comparison to physiotherapists. A statistically significant positive association between WMSDs and PF was observed only between knee pain and poor cardiorespiratory endurance (OR=4.03 with 95% CI 1.12-14.58; p=0.033).The study showed poor flexibility among students indicating that it is necessary to direct them to perform activities that will increase the extensibility of muscles. The awareness of this problem should be increased. A specific role should be played by staff involved in clinical practice.Pri fizioterapevtih so z delom povezane motnje mišično-skeletnega sistema (ZDPMSM) najpogostejša zdravstvena težava. Namen te študije je bil zagotoviti dokaze za razvoj z dokazi podprtih programov promocije zdravja za zagotavljanje in vzdrževanje ustrezne telesne pripravljenosti (TP) fizioterapevtov za zmanjšanje ZDPMSM z začetkom že v času študija.V presečni študiji je sodelovalo 100 študentov fizioterapije in 62 fizioterapevtov. Opazovane spremenljivke so bile prevalenca ZDPMSM v zadnjih 12 mesecih, ki so trajale3 dni med fizioterapevtskimi aktivnostmi in pet komponent TP: telesna sestava, srčno-dihalna vzdržljivost, mišična vzdržljivost, mišična moč in prožnost. Glavni analitični metodi sta bili test hi-kvadrat in binarna logistična regresija.Prevalenca ZDPMSM je bila v skupini fizioterapevtov 63,9-odstotna (najpogostejše lokacije: spodnji del hrbta, ramena, vrat), v skupini študentov fizioterapije pa 46,5-odstotna (najpogostejše lokacije: spodnji del hrbta, vrat, zgornji del hrbta) (p = 0,031). Med komponentami TP so rezultati pokazali statistično značilno slabšo fleksibilnost študentov v primerjavi s fizioterapevti (približno dve tretjini študentov je imelo slabe ali zelo slabe rezultate testiranja fleksibilnosti) v primerjavi s fizioterapevti (p = 0,002). Statistično značilna pozitivna povezanost med ZDPMSM in TP je bila zaznana le med bolečino v kolenu in slabo srčno-dihalno vzdržljivostjo (RO = 4,03 s 95-odstotnim IZ 1,12–14,58; p = 0,033).Študija je pokazala slabo fleksibilnost študentov, kar kaže, da jih je treba usmerjati v dejavnosti, ki bodo povečale raztegljivost mišic. Ozaveščenost o tem problemu je treba povečati. To posebno vlogo mora imeti osebje, vključeno v klinično prakso.

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2022
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7. Vrednotenje vpliva onesnaženosti zunanjega zraka na zdravje otrok – primer Zagorja ob Savi

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Andreja Kukec, Jerneja Farkaš-Lainščak, and Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj

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Onesnaženost zunanjega zraka predstavlja danes velik javnozdravstveni problem. Ena izmed najbolj ogroženih populacijskih skupin v povezavi z onesnaženostjo zunanjega zraka so otroci. Namen naše raziskave je bil oceniti časovno povezanost med številom obiskov otrok zaradi bolezni dihal in onesnaženostjo zunanjega zraka v občini Zagorje ob Savi. Ekološka študija časovnega trenda je bila izvedena za obdobje od 1. januarja 2006 do 31. decembra 2011. Opazovana populacijska skupina so bili otroci stari od 1 do 11 let s stalnim prebivališčem v občini Zagorje ob Savi, ki so zaradi bolezni dihal obiskali zdravstveni dom. Imisijske podatke smo pridobili iz stalne merilne postaje v občini Zagorje ob Savi. Za oceno povezanosti med opazovanim zdravstvenim izidom, pojasnjevalnimi spremenljivkami in pojasnjevalnimi dejavniki smo uporabili Poissonov regresijski model. Rezultati modela z več onesnaževali kažejo, da je v občini Zagorje ob Savi pozitivna časovna povezanost med številom obiskov in koncentracijo prašnih delcev premera 10 mikrometrov (p

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2022
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9. Linkage Health and Environmental Data: A Case Study on Asthma Prevalence in Children and Adolescents in Slovenia

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Tanja Rejc, Andreja Kukec, Tanja Carli, and Ajda Mlakar

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For the last 10 years there is no data on the prevalence of asthma in Slovenian children. To ensure accurate and high-quality data we will conduct a cross-sectional survey Health Interview (HIS) and Health Examination Survey (HES) design type. Therefore, we first prepared the study protocol. To get the data for the HIS part of the study we developed a new questionnaire. The exposure to outdoor air quality will be evaluated from the National Air Quality network data. In Slovenia the problems with health data should be addressed with the common unified system at the national level.

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2023
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11. Health of the Slovenian population: Where do we stand?

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Zaletel-Kragelj, Lijana, Batista, Kaja, Bertoncelj, Marusa, Brlek, Aljaz, Carli, Tanja, Grasek, Manja, Horvat, Martina, Kebler, Ines, Mavric, Ana, Mozetic, Matija, Opresnik, Denis, Rozic, Mirjam, Strmsek, Anja, Sivec, Nastja, Smarcan, Vesna, Vurzer, Blaz, Zadravec, Kristina, Zaletel, Rok, Kukec, Andreja, and Erzen, Ivan

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Health (social science), disability, Health Policy, Slovenia, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, burden of disease, South East Europe, mortality
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Aim: Aiming at assessing the state of the Slovenian population health according to the latest available data, and comparing it with health in selected countries, the objective was to analyse the burden of disease (BoD) data available in a selected database. Methods: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Global Burden of Disease Study (IHME-GBD) database was used. Causes of all three big IHME-GBD groups: A) communicable, maternal/neonatal conditions, and nutritional deficiencies, B) non-communicable diseases, and C) injuries, in total 18 groups of causes, were observed. Overall mortality, Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), Years of Life Lost (YLLs) and Years Lived with Disability (YLDs) (all per 100.000 population), were used as indicators. Percentage of BoD generated by selected cause, and the ratios of rates in 2019 versus rates in 2014 (reference year) in Slovenia, and the ratios of rates in Slovenia versus rates in Western Europe Region countries (WERC) were analysed. Ratios >1.20 or ˂0.83 were considered as important. Results: When considering mortality, the greatest burden was generated by cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms. In maternal/neonatal conditions, an important decrease in overall (0.68) and premature (0.68) mortality, while in nutritional deficiencies an increase in overall mortality (1.27) were observed. An increase in overall mortality was noticed also in neurological disorders (1.21), diabetes (1.21) and skin diseases (1.24). Mortality rates were higher in Slovenia than in WERC in digestive diseases, substance use, unintentional injuries and self-harm. When considering disability, the greatest burden was generated by musculoskeletal and mental disorders, and unintentional injuries. Disability rates were higher in Slovenia than in WERC in maternal/neonatal conditions, and unintentional and transport injuries. Conclusion: In the observed five-year time span, cardiovascular diseases and neoplasms remained at the forefront. However, their burden didn’t change. Causes with burden expressed by disability, musculoskeletal and mental disorders, and unintentional injuries, which has been neglected in the past due to lack of indicators, proved to be an important problem as well. MPHPs in which a lot has to be done to reach rates in WERC, digestive diseases, substance use, and injuries, were identified. Conflict of interest statement The authors declare no conflict of interest, South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Special Volume No. 1, 2022: The Population's Health: Could South Eastern Europe Do Better?

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2023
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12. Health-related behaviour among managers of Slovenian hospitals and institutes of public health

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Farkas, Jerneja, Lainscak, Mitja, Kukec, Andreja, and Kosnik, Mitja

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Health (social science), healthy lifestyle, health promotion, behavioural risk factors, managers, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Health Policy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, healthcare institutions
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Aim: Behavioural risk factors have a significant impact on health. We aimed to assess health-related behaviour, health status, and use of healthcare services among managers of Slovenian hospitals and institutes of public health. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study which included management (directors, scientific directors, directors’ deputies) of Slovenian hospitals and institutes of public health (63 respondents; 57% women; overall mean age: 51±7 years; response rate: 74%). Data were obtained using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Results: About 35% of respondents were directors. More than half of the respondents were overweight or obese (52%), the majority were not sufficiently physically active (59%) and overloaded with stress (87%). Hypercholesterolemia (36%), spinal disease (17%), and arterial hypertension (16%) were most common chronic diseases. Whilst only few participants visited their general practitioner due their health complaints, blood pressure (76%), cholesterol (51%), and glucose (54%) were measured within last year in most of the respondents. Conclusion: Our findings point to a high prevalence of overweight and obesity as well as workplace-related stress among Slovenian public health managers. Therefore, effective preventive strategies should be focused on stress management along with promotion of healthy behavioural patterns., South Eastern European Journal of Public Health (SEEJPH), Volume II, 2014

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2023
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13. Sensitivity to point-like sources of the ALTO atmospheric particle detector array, designed for $\rm 200\,GeV$--$\rm 50\,TeV$ $γ$-ray astronomy

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Punch, M., Senniappan, M., Becherini, Y., Mezek, G. Kukec, Thoudam, S., Bylund, T., and Ernenwein, J. -P.

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
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In the context of atmospheric shower arrays designed for $γ$-ray astronomy and in the context of the ALTO project, we present: a study of the impact of heavier nuclei in the cosmic-ray background on the estimated $γ$-ray detection performance on the basis of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations, a method to calculate the sensitivity to a point-like source, and finally the required observation times to reach a firm detection on a list of known point-like sources., 16 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in JHEAP (Journal of High-Energy Astrophysics)

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2023
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14. Immigration attitudes among Western and Eastern European MPs: social identity, economic aspects and political ideology

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Kocijan, Bojana and Kukec, Marko

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International relations, media_common.quotation_subject, Immigration, Comparative politics, Economy, Religion, Eastern european, Politics, Immigration policy, Political science, Political economy, Political Science and International Relations, Original Article, Ideology, Survey, Social identity theory, Members of parliament, media_common
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This article calls for greater attention to immigration attitudes of members of national parliaments (MPs) who absent harmonized immigration policy at the EU level remain the chief decision-makers and are thus responsible for swift government reaction to large influx of immigrants as witnessed in summer 2015 and spring 2020. Against this background, attitudes of MPs toward non-EU immigrants can be highly informative for understanding the foundation and direction of future immigration policy reforms. Although knowledge of MPs immigration attitudes is seemingly important, studies interested in this topic remain scarce. To test the relative importance of identity and economic aspects of MPs' immigration attitudes, this study adopts few well-established theoretical approaches from citizen-level research. Our data come from an MP survey that was administered in 11 Western and Eastern European countries in late 2014 as part of the European National Elites and the Crisis project. Our results suggest that social identity (religiosity) along with political ideology rather than economic concerns drive MPs' immigration attitudes. In addition, we find that in Eastern Europe immigration is only a light force behind political competition unlike in Western Europe, while economic left in Eastern Europe is more anti-immigrant than in Western Europe. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41295-021-00254-5.

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2021
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15. Determinants of seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 in hospital staff in the second wave of the pandemic in Slovenia

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Maja Socan, Katarina Prosenc, Andreja Kukec, Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj, Tatjana Remec, and Irena Grmek-Kosnik

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Personnel, Hospital, SARS-CoV-2, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Health Personnel, Immunoglobulin G, Slovenia, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Humans, General Medicine, Antibodies, Viral, Pandemics
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The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) affected a disproportionately high percentage of healthcare workers (HCWs). The aim of the study was to assess the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies in nurses and clinicians working in 2 Slovenian regional hospitals, and to identify the factors associated with seropositivity.The study was designed as a crosssectional study. Clinicians and nurses were invited to participate in November-December 2020. The respondents (813, 65.8%) completed a questionnaire and consented to provide 10 ml of blood for determining the presence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies.The authors observed a seroprevalence rate of 20.4%. The results of the univariate analysis proved that the age of a nurse or clinician was the factor most strongly associated with seropositivity - in fact, the youngest nurses and clinicians were 8.33 times more likely to be seropositive than those in the oldest age group (p = 0.041). Being in contact with a family/household member who was SARS-CoV-2-positive was also a very important factor. In the work-related factors group, being in the contact with a SARS-CoV-2-positive colleague (OR = 2.35, p = 0.026) or being in contact with a COVID-19 patient (OR = 1.96, p = 0.004) correlated with seropositivity. In the primary work location/department group, the only significant association appeared among those working in surgical, ENT or ophthalmology departments. The results of the multivariate analysis further supported the thesis that the age of nurses and clinicians was the factor most strongly associated with seropositivity. The youngest nurses and clinicians were 12.5 times more likely to be seropositive than those in the oldest age group (p = 0.024). Being in contact with a SARS-CoV-2-positive family/household member remained the second most important factor.A significant number of clinicians and nurses working in secondary healthcare were infected in the first 9 months of the pandemic. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2022;35(5):571-84.

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2022

16. Indoor air quality and the associated health risk in primary school buildings in Central Europe – The InAirQ study

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Peter Otorepec, Tamás Szigeti, Anna Kozajda, Bohumil Kotlík, Andrea Di Maggio, Andreja Kukec, Zsófia Csákó, Arianna Dongiovanni, Anja Jutraz, Máté Szabados, Stefano Fraire, and Helena Kazmarová

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Air Pollutants, Schools, Environmental Engineering, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Health risk assessment, Threshold limit value, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, chemistry.chemical_element, Radon, Building and Construction, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Hazard quotient, World health, Europe, Indoor air quality, chemistry, Air Pollution, Indoor, Environmental health, Mass concentration (chemistry), Environmental science, Health risk, Environmental Monitoring, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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The indoor air quality (IAQ) was investigated in sixty-four primary school buildings in five Central European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia). The concentration of volatile organic compounds, aldehydes, PM2.5 mass, carbon dioxide, radon, as well as physical parameters were investigated during the heating period of 2017/2018. Significant differences were identified for the majority of the investigated IAQ parameters across the countries. The median indoor/outdoor ratios varied considerably. A comprehensive evaluation of IAQ in terms of potential health effects and comfort perception was performed. Hazard quotient values were below the threshold value of 1 with one exception. In contrast, 31% of the school buildings were characterized by hazard index values higher than 1. The maximum cumulative ratio approach highlighted that the concern for non-carcinogenic health effects was either low or the health risk was driven by more substances. The median excess lifetime cancer risk values exceeded the acceptable value of 1 × 10-6 in the case of radon and formaldehyde. PM2.5 mass concentration values exceeded the 24 h and annual guideline values set by the World Health Organization in 56 and 85% of the cases, respectively. About 80% of the schools could not manage to comply with the recommended concentration value for carbon dioxide (1000 ppm).

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2021
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17. Prime ministers and party governments in Central and Eastern Europe

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Florian Grotz and Marko Kukec

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021110 strategic, defence & security studies, Politics, Political science, Political economy, 05 social sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Geography, Planning and Development, 050602 political science & public administration, 0211 other engineering and technologies, 02 engineering and technology, Development, Prime (order theory), 0506 political science
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This article is the introduction to a special issue on Prime Ministers (PMs) and party governments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It argues that the political survival of PMs in post-communis...

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2021
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18. Általános iskolák beltéri levegőminősége Közép-Európában : Az InAirQ projekt

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Andreja Kukec, Peter Otorepec, Tamás Szigeti, Stefano Fraire, Bohumil Kotlík, Máté Szabados, Helena Kazmarová, Anna Kozajda, Zsófia Csákó, Andrea Di Maggio, Arianna Dongiovanni, and Anja Jutraz

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A Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ konzorciumvezetőként részt vett az InAirQ elnevezésű nemzetközi projektben, melynek célja, többek között, a beltéri levegőminőség vizsgálata általános iskolákban, illetve olyan akciótervek kidolgozása, melyekkel a beltéri levegő minősége javítható. Egy kampány keretében összesen hatvannégy általános iskola egy-egy osztálytermét vizsgáltuk a Cseh Köztársaságban (n = 12), Magyarországon (n = 16), Olaszországban (n = 12), Lengyelországban (n = 12) és Szlovéniában (n = 12). A bel- és kültéri levegőminőség vizsgálatára irányuló mintavételeket a 2017/2018-as fűtési időszakban végeztük a kiválasztott iskolaépületeknél. A légszennyezők közül meghatároztuk számos aldehid és illékony szerves vegyület, a kisméretű aeroszol részecskék (PM2.5), a szén-dioxid és a radon koncentrációját. A felmérés ideje alatt néhány fizikai paraméter (hőmérséklet, relatív páratartalom) alakulását is nyomon követtük. Jelentős eltéréseket tapasztaltunk számos légszennyező anyag esetén a felmérésben résztvevő országok között. A benzol koncentrációja a vizsgált iskolák 37%-ában meghaladta az Európai Bizottság által, a kültéri környezetre meghatározott éves határértéket (5 μg/m3 ). Azonban a beltéri benzol koncentráció minden esetben a kültéri értékkel közel azonos volt, így kijelenthető, hogy a benzolnak nincs jelentős beltéri forrása. A formaldehid koncentrációja beltéren minden esetben meghaladta a kültéri értéket, azonban egyik esetben sem érte el az Egészségügyi Világszervezet (WHO) által javasolt irányértéket (100 μg/m3 ). A PM2.5 tömegkoncentráció az iskolák 56%-ában meghaladta a WHO által megállapított 24 órás irányértéket (25 μg/m3 ), illetve az iskolák 85%-ában az éves (10 μg/m3 ) irányértéket meghaladó értékeket mértünk. A vizsgált osztálytermekben a szén-dioxid koncentrációja több esetben is magas volt (az átlag meghaladta a 1000 ppm értéket), jelezve az elégtelen szellőztetést. A komfortérzetet befolyásoló paraméterek közül a relatív páratartalom sok esetben nagyon alacsony volt. A radon koncentrációja 100 Bq/m3 körül mozgott, kivéve néhány osztálytermet Magyarországon, Lengyelországban és Szlovéniában.

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2021
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19. Opredelitev napovednih dejavnikov za oceno stopnje alergijske reakcije po piku čebele in ose pri odraslih – sistematični pregled literature

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Simona Perčič, Andreja Kukec, and Mitja Košnik

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čebelji/osji/sršenov/ strup, javnozdravstveni izzivi, napovedni dejavnik, lcsh:R, lcsh:Medicine, alergije
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Izhodišča: Trenutno dosegljivi testi za razlikovanje med asimptomatsko senzibilizacijo in klinično relevantno alergijo za strupe žuželk niso zanesljivi. Namen našega članka je opredeliti: a) možne napovedne dejavnike, ki so jih navedli raziskovalci pregledanih raziskav, in b) napovedne dejavnike, ki igrajo pomembno vlogo pri opredelitvi poteka hude sistemske ali blažje lokalne reakcije pri senzibiliziranih bolnikih za pik ose ali čebele. Metode: Sistematični pregled literature obdobje do 31. 12. 2017 temelji v bibliografski bazi Pub Med. V sistematični pregled smo vključili epidemiološke raziskave, v katerih so raziskovalci proučevali možne napovedne dejavnike za opredelitev odgovora alergičnih bolnikov za strup čebele ali ose s težko sistemsko ali lokalno reakcijo. Rezultati: V sistematični pregled je bilo vključenih 16 izvirnih raziskav. Analiza je osvetlila prevalenco alergijskih bolezni, težko lokalno reakcijo ter sistemsko reakcijo po piku žuželk, kot so osa, sršen in čebela. Nakazujejo se tudi pomembni dejavniki tveganja za razvoj težke alergijske reakcije po piku, ki jih moramo upoštevati pri napovedi izida nadaljnjega zdravljenja. Zaključki: Raziskav na temo napovednih dejavnikov za težko alergijsko reakcijo za pik čebele in ose je malo. Pri nadaljnjem raziskovanju napovednih dejavnikov je treba uporabiti interdisciplinarni pristop, ki bo vključeval strokovnjake s področja klinične in javnozdravstvene medicine.

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2020
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21. Searching for VHE gamma-ray emission associated with IceCube neutrino alerts using FACT, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS

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Konstancja, Satalecka, Acciari, Victor A., Stefano, Ansoldi, Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Axel Arbet Engels, Manuel, Artero, Katsuaki, Asano, Dominik, Baack, Ana, Babic, Andr('(e))s, Baquero, Ulisses Barres de Almeida, Juan Abel Barrio, Ivana, Batkovi('(c)), Josefa Becerra Gonzalez, Wlodek, Bednarek, Lorenzo, Bellizzi, Elisa, Bernardini, Maria-Isabel, Bernardos, Alessio, Berti, Jürgen, Besenrieder, Wrijupan, Bhattacharyya, Ciro, Bigongiari, Adrian, Biland, Oscar, Blanch, Hendrik, Bökenkamp, Giacomo, Bonnoli, Zeljka, Bosnjak, Giovanni, Busetto, Roberto, Carosi, Giovanni, Ceribella, Matteo, Cerruti, Yating, Chai, Ashot, Chilingarian, Stefan, Cikota, Sidika Merve Colak, Eduardo, Colombo, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan, Cortina, Stefano, Covino, Giacomo D( extquotesingle)Amico, Valerio D( extquotesingle)Elia, Paolo Da Vela, Francesco, Dazzi, Alessandro De Angelis, Barbara De Lotto, Manuel, Delfino, Jordi, Delgado, Carlos Delgado Mendez, Davide, Depaoli, Federico Di Pierro, Leonardo Di Venere, Elia Do Souto Espi(~(n))eira, Dijana Dominis Prester, Alice, Donini, Daniela, Dorner, Michele, Doro, Dominik, Elsaesser, Vandad Fallah Ramazani, Alicia, Fattorini, Maria Victoria Fonseca, Lluis, Font, Christian, Fruck, Satoshi, Fukami, Yasushi, Fukazawa, Garc('(i))a L('(o))pez, Ramon J., Markus, Garczarczyk, Sargis, Gasparyan, Markus, Gaug, Giglietto, Nicola, Francesco, Giordano, Pawel, Gliwny, Nikola, Godinovic, David, Green, Jarred Gershon Green, Daniela, Hadasch, Alexander, Hahn, Lea, Heckmann, Javier, Herrera, John, Hoang, Dario, Hrupec, Moritz, Hütten, Tomohiro, Inada, Kazuma, Ishio, Yuki, Iwamura, Irene Jim('(e))nez Mart('(i))nez, Jenni, Jormanainen, L('(e))a, Jouvin, Marie, Karjalainen, Daniel, Kerszberg, Yukiho, Kobayashi, Hidetoshi, Kubo, Junko, Kushida, Alessandra, Lamastra, Damir, Lelas, Francesco, Leone, Elina, Lindfors, Lena, Linhoff, Saverio, Lombardi, Francesco, Longo, Ruben, Lopez-Coto, Marcos, L('(o))pez-Moya, Alicia, L('(o))pez-Oramas, Loporchio, Serena, Bernardo Machado de Oliveira Fraga, Camilla, Maggio, Pratik, Majumdar, Martin, Makariev, Manuela, Mallamaci, Galina, Maneva, Marina, Manganaro, Karl, Mannheim, Laura, Maraschi, Mos(`(e)), Mariotti, Manel, Martinez, Daniel, Mazin, Stefano, Menchiari, Simone, Mender, Sa( (s))a Mi('(c))anovi('(c)), Davide, Miceli, Tjark, Miener, Jose Miguel Miranda, Razmik, Mirzoyan, Edgar, Molina, Abelardo, Moralejo, Daniel, Morcuende, Victoria, Moreno, Elena, Moretti, Takeshi, Nakamori, Lara, Nava, Vitaly, Neustroev, Cosimo, Nigro, Kari, Nilsson, Kyoshi, Nishijima, Koji, Noda, Seiya, Nozaki, Yoshiki, Ohtani, Tomohiko, Oka, Jorge, Otero-Santos, Simona, Paiano, Michele, Palatiello, David, Paneque, Riccardo, Paoletti, Paredes, Josep M., Lovro, Pavleti('(c)), Pablo, Pe(~(n))il, Massimo, Persic, Marine, Pihet, Pier Giorgio Prada Moroni, Elisa, Prandini, Chaitanya, Priyadarshi, Ivica, Puljak, Wolfgang, Rhode, Marc, Rib('(o)), Javier, Rico, Chiara, Righi, Andrea, Rugliancich, Narek, Sahakyan, Takayuki, Saito, Shunsuke, Sakurai, Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Bernd, Schleicher, Kevin, Schmidt, Thomas, Schweizer, Julian, Sitarek, Iva, ( (S))nidari('(c)), Dorota, Sobczy('(n))ska, Alessia, Spolon, Antonio, Stamerra, Jelena Stri( (s))kovi('(c)), Derek, Strom, Marcel, Strzys, Yusuke, Suda, Tihomir, Suri('(c)), Mitsunari, Takahashi, Ryuji, Takeishi, Fabrizio, Tavecchio, Petar, Temnikov, Tomislav, Terzic, Masahiro, Teshima, Luca, Tosti, Stefano, Truzzi, Antonio, Tutone, Santiago, Ubach, Juliane van Scherpenberg, Gaia, Vanzo, Monica VAZQUEZ ACOSTA, Sofia, Ventura, Vassil, Verguilov, Carlo Francesco Vigorito, Vincenzo, Vitale, Ievgen, Vovk, Martin, Will, Carolin, Wunderlich, Tokonatsu, Yamamoto, Darko, Zari('(c)), Matteo, Balbo, Thomas, Bretz, Jens, Buss, Laura, Eisenberger, Dorothee, Hildebrand, Roman, Iotov, Adelina, Kalenski, Dominik, Neise, Maximilian, Noethe, Aleksander, Paravac, Vitalii, Sliusar, Roland, Walter, Rasha, Abbasi, Markus, Ackermann, Jenni, Adams, Juanan, Aguilar, Ahlers, M., Maryon, Ahrens, Cyril Martin Alispach, Antonio Augusto Alves Junior, Najia Moureen Binte Amin, Rui, An, Karen, Andeen, Tyler, Anderson, Gisela, Anton, Carlos, Arguelles, Yosuke, Ashida, Spencer, Axani, Xinhua, Bai, Aswathi Balagopal, V., Anastasia Maria Barbano, Barwick, S. 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S., Kleopas, Shiningayamwe, Rachel, Simoni, Atreyee, Sinha, Helene, Sol, Hugh, Spackman, Andreas, Specovius, Samuel Timothy Spencer, Marion, Spir-Jacob, Lukasz, Stawarz, Riaan, Steenkamp, Christian, Stegmann, Simon, Steinmassl, Constantin, Steppa, Lei, Sun, Tadayuki, Takahashi, Takaaki, Tanaka, Thomas, Tavernier, Andrew, Taylor, Regis, Terrier, Hannes, Thiersen, Charles, Thorpe-Morgan, Martin, Tluczykont, Lenka, Tomankova, Michelle, Tsirou, Naomi, Tsuji, Richard, Tuffs, Yasunobu, Uchiyama, Johann van der Walt, Christopher van Eldik, Carlo van Rensburg, Brian van Soelen, George, Vasileiadis, Johannes, Veh, Christo, Venter, Pascal, Vincent, Jacco, Vink, Völk, Heinrich J., Stefan, Wagner, Jason John Watson, Felix, Werner, Richard, White, Alicja, Wierzcholska, Yu Wun Wong, Hend, Yassin, Anke, Yusafzai, Michael, Zacharias, Roberta, Zanin, Davit, Zargaryan, Andrzej, Zdziarski, Andreas, Zech, Sylvia, Zhu, Andreas, Zmija, Samuel, Zouari, Natalia, Zywucka, The FACT Collaboration, The H.E.S.S. Collaboration, The IceCube Collaboration, The MAGIC Collaboration, The VERITAS Collaboration, and Współautorami artykułu są członkowie Magic Collaboration, IceCube Collaboration, FACT Collaboration, H.E.S.S. Collaboration, VERITAS Collaboration w liczbie 808

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Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Point source, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, FOS: Physical sciences, IACT, Astrophysics, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Telescope, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), law, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, ddc:530, High Energy Physics::Experiment, MAGIC (telescope), Neutrino, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Cherenkov radiation
Abstract

The realtime follow-up of neutrino events is a promising approach to search for astrophysical neutrino sources. It has so far provided compelling evidence for a neutrino point source: the flaring gamma-ray blazar TXS 0506+056 observed in coincidence with the high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A detected by IceCube. The detection of very-high-energy gamma rays (VHE, $\mathrm{E} > 100\,\mathrm{GeV}$) from this source helped establish the coincidence and constrained the modeling of the blazar emission at the time of the IceCube event. The four major imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope arrays (IACTs) - FACT, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS - operate an active follow-up program of target-of-opportunity observations of neutrino alerts sent by IceCube. This program has two main components. One are the observations of known gamma-ray sources around which a cluster of candidate neutrino events has been identified by IceCube (Gamma-ray Follow-Up, GFU). Second one is the follow-up of single high-energy neutrino candidate events of potential astrophysical origin such as IceCube-170922A. GFU has been recently upgraded by IceCube in collaboration with the IACT groups. We present here recent results from the IACT follow-up programs of IceCube neutrino alerts and a description of the upgraded IceCube GFU system., Presented at the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021). See arXiv:2107.06966 for all IceCube contributions. See arXiv:2108.05257 for all H.E.S.S. contributions

Published
2022

22. A deep spectromorphological study of the $γ$-ray emission surrounding the young massive stellar cluster Westerlund 1

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Aharonian, F., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Martins, V. Barbosa, Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., de Lavergne, M. de Bony, Bradascio, F., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Burger-Scheidlin, C., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Cerruti, M., Chand, T., Chandra, S., Chen, A., Chibueze, O., Cristofari, P., Mbarubucyeye, J. Damascene, Djannati-Ataï, A., Ernenwein, J. -P., Feijen, K., de Clairfontaine, G. Fichet, Fontaine, G., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Ghafourizadeh, S., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Goswami, P., Grondin, M. -H., Härer, L. K., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hörbe, M., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Jamrozy, M., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khélifi, B., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Mezek, G. Kukec, Lang, R. G., Stum, S. Le, Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P., Leuschner, F., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meyer, M., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Wilhelmi, E. de Ona, Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Prokhorov, D. A., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Rauth, R., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schüssler, F., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Shapopi, J. N. S., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Steppa, C., Sushch, I., Suzuki, H., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Unbehaun, T., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Vecchi, M., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Yu Wun, Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Blackwell, R., Braiding, C., Burton, M., Cubuk, K., Filipović, M., Tothill, N., and Wong, G.

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), FOS: Physical sciences
Abstract

Young massive stellar clusters are extreme environments and potentially provide the means for efficient particle acceleration. Indeed, they are increasingly considered as being responsible for a significant fraction of cosmic rays (CRs) accelerated within the Milky Way. Westerlund 1, the most massive known young stellar cluster in our Galaxy is a prime candidate for studying this hypothesis. While the very-high-energy $γ$-ray source HESS J1646-458 has been detected in the vicinity of Westerlund 1 in the past, its association could not be firmly identified. We aim to identify the physical processes responsible for the $γ$-ray emission around Westerlund 1 and thus to better understand the role of massive stellar clusters in the acceleration of Galactic CRs. Using 164 hours of data recorded with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), we carried out a deep spectromorphological study of the $γ$-ray emission of HESS J1646-458. We furthermore employed H I and CO observations of the region to infer the presence of gas that could serve as target material for interactions of accelerated CRs. We detected large-scale ($\sim 2^\circ$ diameter) $γ$-ray emission with a complex morphology, exhibiting a shell-like structure and showing no significant variation with $γ$-ray energy. The combined energy spectrum of the emission extends to several tens of TeV, and is uniform across the entire source region. We did not find a clear correlation of the $γ$-ray emission with gas clouds as identified through H I and CO observations. We conclude that, of the known objects within the region, only Westerlund 1 can explain the bulk of the $γ$-ray emission. Several CR acceleration sites and mechanisms are conceivable, and discussed in detail. (abridged), 15 pages, 9 figures. Corresponding authors: L. Mohrmann, S. Ohm, R. Rauth, A. Specovius. v2: corrected affiliation of M. Vecchi (still incorrect in journal version)

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2022
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23. Identification of Indoor Air Quality Factors in Slovenian Schools: National Cross-Sectional Study

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An Galičič, Jan Rožanec, Andreja Kukec, Tanja Carli, Sašo Medved, and Ivan Eržen

Subjects
Process Chemistry and Technology, Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous), Bioengineering, primary school, indoor air quality factors, outdoor air quality factors, questionnaire, cross-sectional study
Abstract

Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools is associated with impacts on pupils’ health and learning performance. We aimed to identify the factors that affect IAQ in primary schools. The following objectives were set: (a) to develop a questionnaire to assess the prevalence of factors in primary schools, (b) to conduct content validity of the questionnaire, and (c) to assess the prevalence of factors that affect the IAQ in Slovenian primary schools. Based on the systematic literature review, we developed a new questionnaire to identify factors that affect the IAQ in primary schools and conducted its validation. The questionnaires were sent to all 454 Slovenian primary schools; the response rate was 78.19%. The results show that the most important outdoor factors were the school’s micro location and the distance from potential sources of pollution, particularly traffic. Among the indoor factors, we did not detect a pronounced dominating factor. Our study shows that the spatial location of schools is key to addressing the problem of IAQ in schools.

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2023
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24. Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum above 2.5×1018 eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Alves Batista, R., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Araújo Ferreira, P. R., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Bakalova, A., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Bister, T., Biteau, J., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Bonneau Arbeletche, L., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caracas, I., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Chinellato, J. A., Choi, K., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Condorelli, A., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Convenga, F., Covault, C. E., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Day, J. A., de Almeida, R. M., de Jesús, J., de Jong, S. J., De Mauro, G., de Mello Neto, J. R. T., De Mitri, I., de Oliveira, J., de Oliveira Franco, D., de Souza, V., De Vito, E., Debatin, J., del Río, M., Deligny, O., Dembinski, H., Dhital, N., Di Giulio, C., Di Matteo, A., Díaz Castro, M. L., Dobrigkeit, C., D’Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., dos Anjos, R. C., Dova, M. T., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Epicoco, I., Erdmann, M., Escobar, C. O., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Feldbusch, F., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Fodran, T., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Galea, C., Galelli, C., García, B., Garcia Vegas, A. L., Gemmeke, H., Gesualdi, F., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Glombitza, J., Gobbi, F., Gollan, F., Golup, G., Gómez Berisso, M., Gómez Vitale, P. F., Gongora, J. P., González, N., Goos, I., Góra, D., Gorgi, A., Gottowik, M., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Guido, E., Hahn, S., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harvey, V. M., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Johnsen, J. A., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemp, J., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Köpke, M., Kukec Mezek, G., Lago, B. L., Lahurd, D., Lang, R. G., Leigui de Oliveira, M. A., Lenok, V., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Lo Presti, D., Lopes, L., López, R., Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Machado Payeras, A., Malacari, M., Mancarella, G., Mandat, D., Manning, B. C., Manshanden, J., Mantsch, P., Marafico, S., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariş, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Martínez Bravo, O., Mastrodicasa, M., Mathes, H. J., Matthews, J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Miramonti, L., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Mostafá, M., Müller, A. L., Muller, M. A., Mulrey, K., Mussa, R., Muzio, M., Namasaka, W. M., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nožka, L., Nucita, A., Núñez, L. A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Panetta, M. P., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., Pȩkala, J., Pelayo, R., Peña-Rodriguez, J., Perez Armand, J., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Pont, B., Pothast, M., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Puyleart, A., Querchfeld, S., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Reininghaus, M., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., Rodrigues de Carvalho, W., Rodriguez Fernandez, G., Rodriguez Rojo, J., Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Salina, G., Sanabria Gomez, J. D., Sánchez, F., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Savina, P., Schäfer, C., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimassek, M., Schimp, M., Schlüter, F., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schulz, A., Sciutto, S. J., Scornavacche, M., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Šmída, R., Sommers, P., Soriano, J. F., Souchard, J., Squartini, R., Stadelmaier, M., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Streich, A., Suárez-Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Tapia, A., Timmermans, C., Tkachenko, O., Tobiska, P., Todero Peixoto, C. J., Tomé, B., Torralba Elipe, G., Travaini, A., Travnicek, P., Trimarelli, C., Trini, M., Tueros, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Vaclavek, L., Vacula, M., Valdés Galicia, J. F., Valiño, I., Valore, L., van Vliet, A., Varela, E., Vargas Cárdenas, B., Vásquez-Ramírez, A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Vergara Quispe, I. D., Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vink, J., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wilczyński, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yushkov, A., Zapparrata, O., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Ziolkowski, M., Zuccarello, F., Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muniz, J., Alves Batista, R., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Araujo Ferreira, P. R., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Bakalova, A., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Bister, T., Biteau, J., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Bohacova, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Bonneau Arbeletche, L., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caracas, I., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Chinellato, J. A., Choi, K., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Conceicao, R., Condorelli, A., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Convenga, F., Covault, C. E., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Day, J. A., De Almeida, R. M., De Jesus, J., De Jong, S. J., De Mauro, G., De Mello Neto, J. R. T., De Mitri, I., De Oliveira, J., De Oliveira Franco, D., De Souza, V., De Vito, E., Debatin, J., Del Rio, M., Deligny, O., Dembinski, H., Dhital, N., Di Giulio, C., Di Matteo, A., Diaz Castro, M. L., Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., Dos Anjos, R. C., Dova, M. T., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Epicoco, I., Erdmann, M., Escobar, C. O., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Feldbusch, F., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filipcic, A., Fodran, T., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Galea, C., Galelli, C., Garcia, B., Garcia Vegas, A. L., Gemmeke, H., Gesualdi, F., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Glombitza, J., Gobbi, F., Gollan, F., Golup, G., Gomez Berisso, M., Gomez Vitale, P. F., Gongora, J. P., Gonzalez, N., Goos, I., Gora, D., Gorgi, A., Gottowik, M., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Guido, E., Hahn, S., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harvey, V. M., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Horandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovsky, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Johnsen, J. A., Jurysek, J., Kaapa, A., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemp, J., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Kopke, M., Kukec Mezek, G., Lago, B. L., Lahurd, D., Lang, R. G., Leigui De Oliveira, M. A., Lenok, V., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Lo Presti, D., Lopes, L., Lopez, R., Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Machado Payeras, A., Malacari, M., Mancarella, G., Mandat, D., Manning, B. C., Manshanden, J., Mantsch, P., Marafico, S., Mariazzi, A. G., Maris, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Martinez Bravo, O., Mastrodicasa, M., Mathes, H. J., Matthews, J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Miramonti, L., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Mostafa, M., Muller, A. L., Muller, M. A., Mulrey, K., Mussa, R., Muzio, M., Namasaka, W. M., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nozka, L., Nucita, A., Nunez, L. A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Panetta, M. P., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., P Copyrightkala, J., Pelayo, R., Pena-Rodriguez, J., Perez Armand, J., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Pont, B., Pothast, M., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Puyleart, A., Querchfeld, S., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Reininghaus, M., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., Rodrigues De Carvalho, W., Rodriguez Fernandez, G., Rodriguez Rojo, J., Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Salina, G., Sanabria Gomez, J. D., Sanchez, F., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Savina, P., Schafer, C., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimassek, M., Schimp, M., Schluter, F., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovanek, P., Schroder, F. G., Schroder, S., Schulz, A., Sciutto, S. J., Scornavacche, M., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Smida, R., Sommers, P., Soriano, J. F., Souchard, J., Squartini, R., Stadelmaier, M., Stanca, D., Stanic, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Streich, A., Suarez-Duran, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijarvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Supik, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Tapia, A., Timmermans, C., Tkachenko, O., Tobiska, P., Todero Peixoto, C. J., Tome, B., Torralba Elipe, G., Travaini, A., Travnicek, P., Trimarelli, C., Trini, M., Tueros, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Vaclavek, L., Vacula, M., Valdes Galicia, J. F., Valino, I., Valore, L., Van Vliet, A., Varela, E., Vargas Cardenas, B., Vasquez-Ramirez, A., Veberic, D., Ventura, C., Vergara Quispe, I. D., Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villasenor, L., Vink, J., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wilczynski, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yushkov, A., Zapparrata, O., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Ziolkowski, M., Zuccarello, F., Aab A., Abreu P., Aglietta M., Albury J.M., Allekotte I., Almela A., Alvarez Castillo J., Alvarez-Muniz J., Alves Batista R., Anastasi G.A., Anchordoqui L., Andrada B., Andringa S., Aramo C., Araujo Ferreira P.R., Asorey H., Assis P., Avila G., Badescu A.M., Bakalova A., Balaceanu A., Barbato F., Barreira Luz R.J., Becker K.H., Bellido J.A., Berat C., Bertaina M.E., Bertou X., Biermann P.L., Bister T., Biteau J., Blanco A., Blazek J., Bleve C., Bohacova M., Boncioli D., Bonifazi C., Bonneau Arbeletche L., Borodai N., Botti A.M., Brack J., Bretz T., Briechle F.L., Buchholz P., Bueno A., Buitink S., Buscemi M., Caballero-Mora K.S., Caccianiga L., Calcagni L., Cancio A., Canfora F., Caracas I., Carceller J.M., Caruso R., Castellina A., Catalani F., Cataldi G., Cazon L., Cerda M., Chinellato J.A., Choi K., Chudoba J., Chytka L., Clay R.W., Cobos Cerutti A.C., Colalillo R., Coleman A., Coluccia M.R., Conceicao R., Condorelli A., Consolati G., Contreras F., Convenga F., Covault C.E., Dasso S., Daumiller K., Dawson B.R., Day J.A., De Almeida R.M., De Jesus J., De Jong S.J., De Mauro G., De Mello Neto J.R.T., De Mitri I., De Oliveira J., De Oliveira Franco D., De Souza V., De Vito E., Debatin J., Del Rio M., Deligny O., Dembinski H., Dhital N., Di Giulio C., Di Matteo A., Diaz Castro M.L., Dobrigkeit C., D'Olivo J.C., Dorosti Q., Dos Anjos R.C., Dova M.T., Ebr J., Engel R., Epicoco I., Erdmann M., Escobar C.O., Etchegoyen A., Falcke H., Farmer J., Farrar G., Fauth A.C., Fazzini N., Feldbusch F., Fenu F., Fick B., Figueira J.M., Filipcic A., Fodran T., Freire M.M., Fujii T., Fuster A., Galea C., Galelli C., Garcia B., Garcia Vegas A.L., Gemmeke H., Gesualdi F., Gherghel-Lascu A., Ghia P.L., Giaccari U., Giammarchi M., Giller M., Glombitza J., Gobbi F., Gollan F., Golup G., Gomez Berisso M., Gomez Vitale P.F., Gongora J.P., Gonzalez N., Goos I., Gora D., Gorgi A., Gottowik M., Grubb T.D., Guarino F., Guedes G.P., Guido E., Hahn S., Halliday R., Hampel M.R., Hansen P., Harari D., Harvey V.M., Haungs A., Hebbeker T., Heck D., Hill G.C., Hojvat C., Horandel J.R., Horvath P., Hrabovsky M., Huege T., Hulsman J., Insolia A., Isar P.G., Johnsen J.A., Jurysek J., Kaapa A., Kampert K.H., Keilhauer B., Kemp J., Klages H.O., Kleifges M., Kleinfeller J., Kopke M., Kukec Mezek G., Lago B.L., Lahurd D., Lang R.G., Leigui De Oliveira M.A., Lenok V., Letessier-Selvon A., Lhenry-Yvon I., Lo Presti D., Lopes L., Lopez R., Lorek R., Luce Q., Lucero A., Machado Payeras A., Malacari M., Mancarella G., Mandat D., Manning B.C., Manshanden J., Mantsch P., Marafico S., Mariazzi A.G., Maris I.C., Marsella G., Martello D., Martinez H., Martinez Bravo O., Mastrodicasa M., Mathes H.J., Matthews J., Matthiae G., Mayotte E., Mazur P.O., Medina-Tanco G., Melo D., Menshikov A., Merenda K.-D., Michal S., Micheletti M.I., Miramonti L., Mockler D., Mollerach S., Montanet F., Morello C., Mostafa M., Muller A.L., Muller M.A., Mulrey K., Mussa R., Muzio M., Namasaka W.M., Nellen L., Nguyen P.H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu M., Niechciol M., Nitz D., Nosek D., Novotny V., NoZka L., Nucita A., Nunez L.A., Palatka M., Pallotta J., Panetta M.P., Papenbreer P., Parente G., Parra A., Pech M., Pedreira F., P Copyrightkala J., Pelayo R., Pena-Rodriguez J., Perez Armand J., Perlin M., Perrone L., Peters C., Petrera S., Pierog T., Pimenta M., Pirronello V., Platino M., Pont B., Pothast M., Privitera P., Prouza M., Puyleart A., Querchfeld S., Rautenberg J., Ravignani D., Reininghaus M., Ridky J., Riehn F., Risse M., Ristori P., Rizi V., Rodrigues De Carvalho W., Rodriguez Fernandez G., Rodriguez Rojo J., Roncoroni M.J., Roth M., Roulet E., Rovero A.C., Ruehl P., Saffi S.J., Saftoiu A., Salamida F., Salazar H., Salina G., Sanabria Gomez J.D., Sanchez F., Santos E.M., Santos E., Sarazin F., Sarmento R., Sarmiento-Cano C., Sato R., Savina P., Schafer C., Scherini V., Schieler H., Schimassek M., Schimp M., Schluter F., Schmidt D., Scholten O., Schovanek P., Schroder F.G., Schroder S., Schulz A., Sciutto S.J., Scornavacche M., Shellard R.C., Sigl G., Silli G., Sima O., Smida R., Sommers P., Soriano J.F., Souchard J., Squartini R., Stadelmaier M., Stanca D., Stanic S., Stasielak J., Stassi P., Streich A., Suarez-Duran M., Sudholz T., Suomijarvi T., Supanitsky A.D., Supik J., Szadkowski Z., Taboada A., Tapia A., Timmermans C., Tkachenko O., Tobiska P., Todero Peixoto C.J., Tome B., Torralba Elipe G., Travaini A., Travnicek P., Trimarelli C., Trini M., Tueros M., Ulrich R., Unger M., Urban M., Vaclavek L., Vacula M., Valdes Galicia J.F., Valino I., Valore L., Van Vliet A., Varela E., Vargas Cardenas B., Vasquez-Ramirez A., Veberic D., Ventura C., Vergara Quispe I.D., Verzi V., Vicha J., Villasenor L., Vink J., Vorobiov S., Wahlberg H., Watson A.A., Weber M., Weindl A., Wiencke L., Wilczynski H., Winchen T., Wirtz M., Wittkowski D., Wundheiler B., Yushkov A., Zapparrata O., Zas E., Zavrtanik D., Zavrtanik M., Zehrer L., Zepeda A., Ziolkowski M., and Zuccarello F.

Subjects
cosmic ray, astroparticle detectors, cosmic ray spectra, Energy Spectrum, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Ultra-high energy cosmic rays, energy spectrum, Cherenkov detectors, UHE Cosmic Rays
Abstract

We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays for energies above 2.5×10^18 eV based on 215,030 events recorded with zenith angles below 60°. A key feature of the work is that the estimates of the energies are independent of assumptions about the unknown hadronic physics or of the primary mass composition. The measurement is the most precise made hitherto with the accumulated exposure being so large that the measurements of the flux are dominated by systematic uncertainties except at energies above 5×10^19 eV. The principal conclusions are(1) The flattening of the spectrum near 5×10^18 eV, the so-called "ankle,"is confirmed.(2) The steepening of the spectrum at around 5×10^19 eV is confirmed.(3) A new feature has been identified in the spectrum: in the region above the ankle the spectral index γ of the particle flux (∝E^-γ) changes from 2.51±0.03 (stat)±0.05 (syst) to 3.05±0.05 (stat)±0.10 (syst) before changing sharply to 5.1±0.3 (stat)±0.1 (syst) above 5×10^19 eV.(4) No evidence for any dependence of the spectrum on declination has been found other than a mild excess from the Southern Hemisphere that is consistent with the anisotropy observed above 8×10^18 eV.

Published
2020

25. Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies in Right Ascension Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Author

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Castillo, J. Alvarez, Alvarez-Mu��iz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Ferreira, P. R. Ara��jo, Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Bakalova, A., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Luz, R. J. Barreira, Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Bister, T., Biteau, J., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boh����ov��, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Arbeletche, L. Bonneau, Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caracas, I., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Cerda, M., Chinellato, J. A., Choi, K., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cerutti, A. C. Cobos, Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Concei����o, R., Condorelli, A., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Convenga, F., Covault, C. E., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Day, J. A., de Almeida, R. M., de Jes��s, J., de Jong, S. J., De Mauro, G., Neto, J. R. T. de Mello, De Mitri, I., de Oliveira, J., Franco, D. de Oliveira, de Souza, V., Debatin, J., del R��o, M., Deligny, O., Dhital, N., Di Matteo, A., Castro, M. L. D��az, Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., Anjos, R. C. dos, Dova, M. T., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Epicoco, I., Erdmann, M., Escobar, C. O., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Feldbusch, F., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filip��i��, A., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Galea, C., Galelli, C., Garc��a, B., Vegas, A. L. Garcia, Gemmeke, H., Gesualdi, F., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Glombitza, J., Gobbi, F., Golup, G., Berisso, M. G��mez, Vitale, P. F. 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A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wilczynski, H., Winchen, T., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yushkov, A., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zehrer, L., Zepeda, A., Ziolkowski, M., Zuccarello, F., Astronomy, Research unit Astroparticle Physics, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), 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), Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), 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), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pierre Auger, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), 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), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Aab A., Abreu P., Aglietta M., Albuquerque I.F.M., Albury J.M., Allekotte I., Almela A., Castillo J.A., Alvarez-Muiz J., Anastasi G.A., Anchordoqui L., Andrada B., Andringa S., Aramo C., Ferreira P.R.A., Asorey H., Assis P., Avila G., Badescu A.M., Bakalova A., Balaceanu A., Barbato F., Luz R.J.B., Becker K.H., Bellido J.A., Berat C., Bertaina M.E., Bertou X., Biermann P.L., Bister T., Biteau J., Blanco A., Blazek J., Bleve C., Bohacova M., Boncioli D., Bonifazi C., Arbeletche L.B., Borodai N., Botti A.M., Brack J., Bretz T., Briechle F.L., Buchholz P., Bueno A., Buitink S., Buscemi M., Caballero-Mora K.S., Caccianiga L., Calcagni L., Cancio A., Canfora F., Caracas I., Carceller J.M., Caruso R., Castellina A., Catalani F., Cataldi G., Cazon L., Cerda M., Chinellato J.A., Choi K., Chudoba J., Chytka L., Clay R.W., Cerutti A.C.C., Colalillo R., Coleman A., Coluccia M.R., Conceica¸o R., Condorelli A., Consolati G., Contreras F., Convenga F., Covault C.E., Dasso S., Daumiller K., Dawson B.R., Day J.A., De Almeida R.M., De Jesus J., De Jong S.J., De Mauro G., De Mello Neto J.R.T., De Mitri I., De Oliveira J., De Oliveira Franco D., De Souza V., Debatin J., Del Rio M., Deligny O., Dhital N., Di Matteo A., Castro M.L.D., Dobrigkeit C., D'Olivo J.C., Dorosti Q., Dos Anjos R.C., Dova M.T., Ebr J., Engel R., Epicoco I., Erdmann M., Escobar C.O., Etchegoyen A., Falcke H., Farmer J., Farrar G., Fauth A.C., Fazzini N., Feldbusch F., Fenu F., Fick B., Figueira J.M., Filipcic A., Freire M.M., Fujii T., Fuster A., Galea C., Galelli C., Garcia B., Vegas A.L.G., Gemmeke H., Gesualdi F., Gherghel-Lascu A., Ghia P.L., Giaccari U., Giammarchi M., Giller M., Glombitza J., Gobbi F., Golup G., Berisso M.G., Vitale P.F.G., Gongora J.P., Gonzalez N., Goos I., Gora D., Gorgi A., Gottowik M., Grubb T.D., Guarino F., Guedes G.P., Guido E., Hahn S., Halliday R., Hampel M.R., Hansen P., Harari D., Harvey V.M., Haungs A., Hebbeker T., Heck D., Hill G.C., Hojvat C., Horandel J.R., Horvath P., Hrabovsky M., Huege T., Hulsman J., Insolia A., Isar P.G., Johnsen J.A., Jurysek J., Kaa¨pa A., Kampert K.H., Keilhauer B., Kemp J., Klages H.O., Kleifges M., Kleinfeller J., Kopke M., Mezek G.K., Awad A.K., Lago B.L., Lahurd D., Lang R.G., Leigui De Oliveira M.A., Lenok V., Letessier-Selvon A., Lhenry-Yvon I., Presti D.L., Lopes L., Lopez R., Casado A.L., Lorek R., Luce Q., Lucero A., Payeras A.M., Malacari M., Mancarella G., Mandat D., Manning B.C., Manshanden J., Mantsch P., Mariazzi A.G., Maris I.C., Marsella G., Martello D., Martinez H., Bravo O.M., Mastrodicasa M., Mathes H.J., Matthews J., Matthiae G., Mayotte E., Mazur P.O., Medina-Tanco G., Melo D., Menshikov A., Merenda K.-D., Michal S., Micheletti M.I., Miramonti L., Mockler D., Mollerach S., Montanet F., Morello C., Morlino G., Mostafa M., Muller A.L., Muller M.A., Muller S., Mussa R., Muzio M., Namasaka W.M., Nellen L., Niculescu-Oglinzanu M., Niechciol M., Nitz D., Nosek D., Novotny V., Nozka L., Nucita A., Nuez L.A., Palatka M., Pallotta J., Panetta M.P., Papenbreer P., Parente G., Parra A., Pech M., Pedreira F., Pkala J., Pelayo R., Pea-Rodriguez J., Pereira L.A.S., Armand J.P., Perlin M., Perrone L., Peters C., Petrera S., Pierog T., Pimenta M., Pirronello V., Platino M., Pont B., Pothast M., Privitera P., Prouza M., Puyleart A., Querchfeld S., Rautenberg J., Ravignani D., Reininghaus M., Ridky J., Riehn F., Risse M., Ristori P., Rizi V., Carvalho W.R.D., Rojo J.R., Roncoroni M.J., Roth M., Roulet E., Rovero A.C., Ruehl P., Saffi S.J., Saftoiu A., Salamida F., Salazar H., Salina G., Gomez J.D.S., Sanchez F., Santos E.M., Santos E., Sarazin F., Sarmento R., Sarmiento-Cano C., Sato R., Savina P., Schafer C., Scherini V., Schieler H., Schimassek M., Schimp M., Schluter F., Schmidt D., Scholten O., Schovanek P., Schroder F.G., Schroder S., Sciutto S.J., Scornavacche M., Shellard R.C., Sigl G., Silli G., Sima O., Smida R., Sommers P., Soriano J.F., Souchard J., Squartini R., Stadelmaier M., Stanca D., Stanic S., Stasielak J., Stassi P., Streich A., Suarez-Duran M., Sudholz T., Suomijarvi T., Supanitsky A.D., Supik J., Szadkowski Z., Taboada A., Taborda O.A., Tapia A., Timmermans C., Tobiska P., Peixoto C.J.T., Tome B., Elipe G.T., Travaini A., Travnicek P., Trimarelli C., Trini M., Tueros M., Ulrich R., Unger M., Urban M., Vaclavek L., Galicia J.F.V., Valio I., Valore L., Van Vliet A., Varela E., Cardenas B.V., Vasquez-Ramirez A., Veberic D., Ventura C., Quispe I.D.V., Verzi V., Vicha J., Villaseor L., Vink J., Vorobiov S., Wahlberg H., Watson A.A., Weber M., Weindl A., Wiencke L., Wilczynski H., Winchen T., Wirtz M., Wittkowski D., Wundheiler B., Yushkov A., Zas E., Zavrtanik D., Zavrtanik M., Zehrer L., Zepeda A., Ziolkowski M., Zuccarello F., Physics, and Elementary Particle Physics

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy, Astrophysics, anisotropy [cosmic radiation], Amplitude, 01 natural sciences, surface [detector], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Right ascension, astro-ph.HE, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), OBSERVATÓRIOS, Galactic Center, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Cosmic Rays, Auger, observatory, Physics::Space Physics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extragalactic cosmic ray, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, cosmic radiation: anisotropy, Galactic center, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics, Pierre auger observatory, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Pierre Auger Observatory, detector: surface, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysics, efficiency [trigger], Galaxy, Dipole, Automatic Keywords, Space and Planetary Science, Experimental High Energy Physics, trigger: efficiency, ddc:520, galaxy, Observatory, Energy (signal processing), anisotropies, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], dipole
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We present measurements of the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension, using data collected by the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory over more than 14 years. We determine the equatorial dipole component, ~d⊥, through a Fourier analysis in right ascension that includes weights for each event so as to account for the main detector-induced systematic effects. For the energies at which the trigger efficiency of the array is small, the “East-West” method is employed. Besides using the data from the array with detectors separated by 1500 m, we also include data from the smaller but denser sub-array of detectors with 750 m separation, which allows us to extend the analysis down to ∼ 0.03 EeV. The most significant equatorial dipole amplitude obtained is that in the cumulative bin above 8 EeV, d⊥ = 6.0 +1.0 −0.9%, which is inconsistent with isotropy at the 6σ level. In the bins below 8 EeV, we obtain 99% CL upper-bounds on d⊥ at the level of 1 to 3 percent. At energies below 1 EeV, even though the amplitudes are not significant, the phases determined in most of the bins are not far from the right ascension of the Galactic center, at αGC = −94◦ , suggesting a predominantly Galactic origin for anisotropies at these energies. The reconstructed dipole phases in the energy bins above 4 EeV point instead to right ascensions that are almost opposite to the Galactic center one, indicative of an extragalactic cosmic ray origin., La lista completa de autores puede verse en el archivo asociado., Instituto de Física La Plata

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2020
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26. A Systematic Review of Vitamin D Status and Dietary Intake in Various Slovenian Populations

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Maša Hribar, Evgen Benedik, Matej Gregorič, Urška Blaznik, Andreja Kukec, Hristo Hristov, Katja Žmitek, and Igor Pravst

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vitamin D deficiency, Slovenia, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, systematic reviews, vitamin D, Review, preskrbljenost z vitaminom D, serumski 25 hidroksi-vitamin D, prehranski vnos, serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, Slovenija, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, dietary intake, sistematični pregledi literature
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Vitamin D (VitD) is involved in calcium and phosphate homeostasis, bone health, and normal functioning of the immune system. VitD status is monitored using serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25(OH)D) as a biomarker. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations below 30 nmol/L indicate VitD deficiency and below 50 nmol/L indicate insufficiency. VitD can be synthesised endogenously in human skin when exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation. In the absence of sufficient UVB-light exposure, VitD intake becomes the main source of VitD, with a recommended daily intake of 20 μg. The aim of this study was to conduct a review and meta-analysis on the abovementioned topics, focusing on scientific studies in various Slovenian populations.We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of published scientific papers, academic theses, or conference contributions reporting serum 25(OH)D status and VitD intake across various Slovenian populations. A search was carried out using Web of Science, Scopus, Medline, and the Slovenian library database.We identified 43 pertinent studies that addressed 25(OH)D status and 16 that addressed VitD intake. Serum 25(OH)D status was generally low across all populations, and notable seasonal variability was observed. VitD intakes were below 5 μg in all studies.A general observation is that various population groups across Slovenia are at high risk of vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency, particularly during wintertime. Regarding vitamin D intake, all included studies reported daily intakes below the recommended level. We also identified key research gaps that need to be addressed to support further public health decision-making.Vitamin D (VitD) je vključen v metabolizem kalcija in fosforja, zdravje kosti in normalno delovanje imunskega sistema, hkrati pa je nezadostna preskrbljenost povezana z različnimi skeletnimi in neskeletnimi obolenji. Splošno uveljavljen biološki kazalnik preskrbljenosti z VitD je serumska koncentracija 25 hidroksi-vitamina D (25(OH)D). Koncentracije 20(OH)D pod 30 nmol/L so definirane kot hudo pomanjkanje, pod 50 nmol/L kot pomanjkanje, optimalna pa je koncentracija nad 75 nmol/L. VitD se endogeno sintetizira v koži ob izpostavitvi ultravijoličnim B (UVB) žarkom. Kadar je izpostavljenost UVB žarkom prenizka, postane vnos s hrano glavni vir VitD. V odsotnosti endogene sinteze je priporočen vnos VitD 20 μg dnevno. Namen raziskave je bil sistematičen pregled znanstvene literature na področju preskrbljenosti s 25(OH)D in prehranskega vnosa VitD pri prebivalcih Slovenije.Izvedli smo sistematičen pregled literature in metaanalizo znanstvenih člankov, zaključnih del in konferenčnih prispevkov, ki so poročali o preskrbljenosti s 25(OH)D in vnosu VitD pri različnih populacijskih skupinah prebivalcev Slovenije. Za iskanje literature smo uporabili podatkovne baze: Web of Science, Medline in Kooperativni online bibliografski sistemi in servisi (COBISS) brez omejevanja leta objave.O preskrbljenosti s 25(OH)D je poročalo 43 znanstvenih prispevkov, medtem ko je o vnosu VitD poročalo 16 znanstvenih prispevkov. Preskrbljenost s 25(OH)D je bila relativno nizka v vseh zajetih populacijah, opaženo je bilo tudi znatno sezonsko nihanje. Vnos VitD je bil v vseh populacijah pod 5 μg.Preskrbljenost s 25(OH)D je nizka, zato so mnogi prebivalci izpostavljeni povečanemu tveganju za (hudo) pomanjkanje, posebno v zimskem obdobju. Prav tako opažamo, da je prehranski vnos VitD precej nižji od priporočenega. Identificirane so bile tudi pomembne vrzeli, ki jih je treba nasloviti za sprejemanje na dokazih temelječih javnozdravstvenih ukrepov, ki bodo učinkoviteje podpirali zdravje prebivalcev Slovenije.

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2021

27. Expected performance of the ALTO particle detector array designed for 200 GeV - 50 TeV gamma-ray astronomy

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Michael Punch, J.-P. Ernenwein, Satyendra Thoudam, Mohanraj Senniappan, Gašper Kukec Mezek, T. Bylund, Yvonne Becherini, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)

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air, Cherenkov counter: water, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Comet, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, GeV, Cherenkov counter: atmosphere, gamma ray: burst, 7. Clean energy, Particle detector, energy: threshold, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, Observatory, muon, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, TeV, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], AGN, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), scintillation counter, Cherenkov radiation, energy: low, Physics, Muon, showers: atmosphere, background, Detector, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, trigger, Gamma-ray astronomy, sensitivity, observatory, gamma ray: VHE, cosmic radiation, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Event (particle physics), performance
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The CoMET is an R$\&$D project aiming to design a very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory sensitive to energies above $\sim$ 200 GeV. The science goals include continuous observation of soft-spectrum VHE gamma-ray sources such as Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and transients like Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). With these objectives, CoMET is designed to have a low energy threshold with a wide field-of-view of about 2 sr, at a high altitude, and combines ALTO particle detectors with CLiC air-Cherenkov detectors. In this contribution, we focus on the ALTO particle detector array performance only. Water Cherenkov detectors are used for the detection of secondary particles in atmospheric air showers while scintillators serve as muon counters. A detailed study is presented through air-shower, detector and trigger simulations, followed by the reconstruction of the event parameters and the extraction of the signal (gamma-rays) from the background (cosmic-rays). We present the sensitivity of the ALTO detectors to a list of astrophysical sources using two SEMLA analysis configurations., 8 pages, 4 figures, Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ONLINE ICRC2021), Berlin (Germany)

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2021
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28. Is PKS 0625-354 another variable TeV active galactic nucleus?

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Halim Ashkar, Fabian Leuschner, Gilles Maurin, Riaan Steenkamp, J. F. Glicenstein, Heike Prokoph, Bruno Khelifi, Floriane Cangemi, Michael Punch, Gianluca Giavitto, Anna Luashvili, Lott Frans, Sumari Hattingh, Martin Tluczykont, Marek Jamrozy, Sabrina Einecke, Takaaki Tanaka, Iryna Lypova, Marion Spir-Jacob, Yvonne Becherini, Helene Sol, Rachel Simoni, Davit Zargaryan, Hannah Dalgleish, Jim Hinton, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Gaëtan Fichet de Clairfontaine, Axel Donath, A. W. Chen, S. Sailer, Dmitry Khangulyan, Charles Thorpe-Morgan, Andreas Zmija, Amid Nayerhoda, M. Lemoine-Goumard, Stefan Klepser, Alessandro Montanari, C. Arcaro, S. J. Fegan, Anu Kundu, B. Rudak, T. Chand, Hend Yassin, Michael Kreter, Paolo Marchegiani, Tadayuki Takahashi, Dmitriy Kostunin, Mathieu Bony, Oguzhan Anguener, Fabian Schüssler, Manuel Meyer, Markus Boettcher, Gavin Rowell, Kathrin Egberts, Maria Haupt, Victor Doroshenko, Emmanuel Moulin, Ira Jung, Brian van Soelen, Sebastian Panny, Mathieu Naurois, E. Kasai, Kirsty Feijen, Samuel Timothy Spencer, Dieter Horns, Vikas Joshi, Thomas Tavernier, Johannes Schaefer, Gerd Puehlhofer, Lei Sun, Constantin Steppa, Jacek Niemiec, Hassan Abdalla, Albert Seyffert, Olaf Reimer, Christian Stegmann, Stefan Wagner, Andreas Zech, Alexandre Marcowith, Regis Terrier, Felix Werner, Yasunobu Uchiyama, K. Nakashima, K. Bernloehr, Carlo Romoli, Hector Rueda Ricarte, Lukasz Stawarz, Frank M. Rieger, Thomas Murach, Kleopas Shiningayamwe, Clemens Hoischen, A. A. Zdziarski, Christopher van Eldik, N. Zywucka, Jaqueline Catalano, L. Mohrmann, Monica Barnard, Rafal Moderski, Heinrich J. Völk, Arnaud Mares, Ullrich Schwanke, Stefan Ohm, Thomas Bylund, Rowan Batzofin, Anita Reimer, Andreas Quirrenbach, Edna Ruiz Velasco, Johann van der Walt, Jhilik Majumdar, Guillem Marti'i-Devesa, R. Konno, Jacques Muller, Dan Parsons, Jean Damascene Mbarubucyeye, Wlodek Kluzniak, Lenka Tomankova, Stefano Gabici, Andrew Taylor, Michael Zacharias, Christo Venter, Sylvia Zhu, P. J. Meintjes, David Berge, M. Hörbe, Michael Backes, Robert Brose, V. Poireau, Jimmy N.S. Shapopi, V. Sahakian, Krzysztof Katarzynski, Brian Reville, Connor Duffy, Laenita Lorraine Oberholzer, Tim Holch, Anton Dmytriiev, M. Fuessling, Manami Sasaki, G. Vasileiadis, Catherine Boisson, Arache Djannati-Ataï, P. Reichherzer, J. Bolmont, Jason John Watson, D. Malyshev, Andrea Santangelo, Naomi Tsuji, Matthieu Renaud, Denys Malyshev, Isak Delberth Davids, G. Lamanna, James Davies, A. Fiasson, Roberta Zanin, Yves Gallant, S. Steinmassl, Sami Caroff, R. J. Tuffs, Gerard Fontaine, B. Bi, Santiago Pita, Hambeleleni Ndiyavala, Hester Schutte, Justine Devin, Mohanraj Senniappan, C. Levy, Mischa Breuhaus, Pauline Chambery, Andreas Specovius, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, Yu Wun Wong, Johannes Veh, Vincent Marandon, Hannes Thiersen, Vardan Baghmanyan, Markus Holler, Q. Remy, Felix Jankowsky, Richard White, Felix Aharonian, Jacco Vink, Alison Mitchell, David Huber, Sabrina Casanova, Louis Du Plessis, Angel Noel, Jonathan Mackey, Anna Barnacka, C. Moore, Victor Barbosa Martins, Dorit Glawion, Carlo van Rensburg, Anne Lemiere, Tomasz Bulik, Malgorzata Curlo, Emma Ona-Wilhelmi, Samuel Zouari, Thomas Lohse, Lente Dreyer, Michal Ostrowski, J.-P. Lenain, Hugh Spackman, Stefan Funk, Alicja Wierzcholska, Ramin Marx, M. Panter, U. Katz, Faical Ait-Benkhali, G. Peron, Garret Cotter, Sébastien Le Stum, Zhiqiu Huang, D. A. Prokhorov, K. Kosack, P. T. O'Brien, Atreyee Sinha, Laura Olivera-Nieto, A. Yusafzai, Nukri Komin, Tom Armstrong, David Sanchez, Werner Hofmann, L. Giunti, Michelle Tsirou, Francois Brun, P. Vincent, Heiko Salzmann, Celine Armand, M.-H. Grondin, German Hermann, and Paul Morris

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Physics, Brightness, Active galactic nucleus, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Viewing angle, Variable (computer science), symbols.namesake, symbols, Spectral energy distribution, Blazar, Doppler effect, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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The majority of the active galactic nuclei (AGN) detected at very-high-energies above 100 GeV belong to the class of blazars with a small angle between the jet-axis and the line-of-sight. Only about 10 percent of the gamma-ray AGN are objects with a larger viewing angle resulting in a smaller Doppler boosting of the emission. Originally, it was believed that gamma-ray emission can only be observed from blazars and those are variable in its brightness. Instead, the last years have shown that non-blazar active galaxies also show a fascinating variability behaviour which provide important new insights into the physical processes responsible for the gamma-ray production and especially for flaring events. Here, we report on the observation of gamma-ray variability of the active galaxy PKS 0625−354 detected with the H.E.S.S. telescopes in November 2018. The classification of PKS 0625−354 is a still matter of debate. The H.E.S.S. measurements were performed as part of a flux observing program and showed in the first night of the observation a detection of the object with > 5σ. A denser observation campaign followed for the next nine nights resulting in a decrease of the gamma-ray flux. Those observations were accompanied with Swift in the X-ray and UV/optical band allowing for the reconstruction of a multi-band broad-band spectral energy distribution. We will discuss the implications of the gamma-ray variability of the object.

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2021
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29. Search for dark matter annihilation towards the inner Milky Way halo with the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey

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Clemens Hoischen, A. A. Zdziarski, Robert Brose, Johann van der Walt, Halim Ashkar, Fabian Leuschner, Stefan Ohm, L. Giunti, Albert Seyffert, Davit Zargaryan, Stefan Klepser, Alessandro Montanari, K. Nakashima, Gaëtan Fichet de Clairfontaine, Sabrina Einecke, Axel Donath, A. W. Chen, Iryna Lypova, K. Bernloehr, Heinrich J. Völk, Yvonne Becherini, Stefano Gabici, Michelle Tsirou, Anna Luashvili, Vikas Joshi, J. Bolmont, Fabian Schüssler, M.-H. Grondin, Emmanuel Moulin, Andreas Specovius, Kleopas Shiningayamwe, Anne Lemiere, B. Rudak, Lott Frans, Michael Punch, Edna Ruiz Velasco, Sylvia Zhu, P. J. Meintjes, David Berge, Michael Backes, Matthieu Renaud, German Hermann, Paul Morris, Kathrin Egberts, Constantin Steppa, Tadayuki Takahashi, Laenita Lorraine Oberholzer, Tim Holch, Lukasz Stawarz, Louis Du Plessis, Naomi Tsuji, V. Poireau, Jimmy N.S. Shapopi, Victor Doroshenko, Yu Wun Wong, Emma Ona-Wilhelmi, Riaan Steenkamp, E. Kasai, G. Lamanna, Ullrich Schwanke, Gerard Fontaine, Jim Hinton, Victor Barbosa Martins, Thomas Lohse, Frank M. Rieger, Hester Schutte, Carlo van Rensburg, Francois Brun, P. Vincent, Heiko Salzmann, Mathieu Bony, Oguzhan Anguener, Kirsty Feijen, S. Sailer, Dmitry Khangulyan, Charles Thorpe-Morgan, Ramin Marx, Dmitriy Kostunin, M. Panter, U. Katz, Jean Damascene Mbarubucyeye, Wlodek Kluzniak, Jaqueline Catalano, R. Konno, Hector Rueda Ricarte, T. Chand, Samuel Zouari, P. T. O'Brien, M. Hörbe, Celine Armand, Andreas Quirrenbach, Guillem Marti'i-Devesa, Faical Ait-Benkhali, Andrew Taylor, G. Vasileiadis, Vincent Marandon, Brian van Soelen, Marek Jamrozy, Hannes Thiersen, Dieter Horns, Hassan Abdalla, Thomas Bylund, Rowan Batzofin, Sébastien Le Stum, Thomas Tavernier, Gilles Maurin, Floriane Cangemi, Helene Sol, Christian Stegmann, Jacques Muller, Vardan Baghmanyan, Johannes Schaefer, J. F. Glicenstein, Anu Kundu, Stefan Wagner, Andreas Zech, Yasunobu Uchiyama, Monica Barnard, L. Mohrmann, Arache Djannati-Ataï, C. Levy, Atreyee Sinha, Bruno Khelifi, Michal Ostrowski, J.-P. Lenain, Hugh Spackman, Michael Zacharias, Regis Terrier, Hannah Dalgleish, P. Reichherzer, Andreas Zmija, Gianluca Giavitto, Jacek Niemiec, M. Lemoine-Goumard, Paolo Marchegiani, Markus Holler, Carlo Romoli, Isak Delberth Davids, Stefan Funk, Alicja Wierzcholska, Olaf Reimer, Q. Remy, Felix Jankowsky, Michael Kreter, Anna Barnacka, Brian Reville, Connor Duffy, A. Fiasson, Roberta Zanin, Thomas Murach, Heike Prokoph, James Davies, Sumari Hattingh, Felix Aharonian, Richard White, Angel Noel, M. Fuessling, R. J. Tuffs, B. Bi, Christo Venter, Takaaki Tanaka, D. Malyshev, Jonathan Mackey, Jacco Vink, Ira Jung, Sebastian Panny, Alison Mitchell, Anita Reimer, David Huber, Sabrina Casanova, Marion Spir-Jacob, Mischa Breuhaus, Pauline Chambery, Gerd Puehlhofer, C. Arcaro, C. Moore, Jhilik Majumdar, Lei Sun, Santiago Pita, Hambeleleni Ndiyavala, S. Steinmassl, Sami Caroff, Anton Dmytriiev, Dorit Glawion, G. Peron, Garret Cotter, Alexandre Marcowith, Felix Werner, Amid Nayerhoda, Manami Sasaki, Tomasz Bulik, Zhiqiu Huang, Malgorzata Curlo, Maria Haupt, Andrea Santangelo, Arnaud Mares, Lente Dreyer, D. A. Prokhorov, K. Kosack, V. Sahakian, Gavin Rowell, Jean-Pierre Ernenwein, N. Zywucka, Denys Malyshev, Markus Boettcher, Yves Gallant, Christopher van Eldik, Rafal Moderski, Johannes Veh, Samuel Timothy Spencer, Mohanraj Senniappan, Rachel Simoni, Dan Parsons, Krzysztof Katarzynski, Catherine Boisson, Justine Devin, Lenka Tomankova, Martin Tluczykont, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Hend Yassin, Manuel Meyer, Mathieu Naurois, Jason John Watson, S. J. Fegan, Nukri Komin, Tom Armstrong, David Sanchez, Werner Hofmann, Laura Olivera-Nieto, and A. Yusafzai

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Physics, Annihilation, WIMP, Milky Way, Weakly interacting massive particles, media_common.quotation_subject, Dark matter, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Halo, Astrophysics, Galaxy, Universe, media_common
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The presence of dark matter (DM) is suggested by a wealth of astrophysical and cosmological measurements. However, its underlying nature is yet unknown. Among the most promising candidates are weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs): particles with mass and coupling strength at the electroweak scale and thermally produced in the early universe have a present relic density consistent with that observed today. WIMP self-annihilation would produce Standard Model particles including gamma-rays, which have been long-time recognized as a prime messenger to indirectly detect dark matter signals. The centre of the Milky Way is predicted as the brightest source of DM annihilations. The H.E.S.S. collaboration is currently performing a survey of the inner region of the Milky Way, the Inner Galaxy Survey (IGS), intended to achieve the best sensitivity to faint and diffuse emissions in a region of several degrees around the Galactic Centre. We analyzed 2014-2020 observations taken with the five-telescope array to search for a DM annihilation signal. With the current dataset of about 550 hours, we found no significant excess and therefore derived strong constraints on the velocity-weighted annihilation cross-section. TeV thermal WIMPs can be probed in different annihilation channels.

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30. Integrated Palliative Care: Triggers for referral to palliative care in ICU patients

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Joanne Droney, Shaman Jhanji, Pascale Gruber, Ivana Kukec, and Yashna Nadkarni

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Icu patients, medicine.medical_specialty, Terminal Care, Palliative care, Referral, Critical Care, business.industry, Pain medicine, Nursing research, Palliative Care, Icu admission, Intensive Care Units, Oncology, Intensive care, Emergency medicine, medicine, Humans, Medical diagnosis, business, Referral and Consultation, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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INTRODUCTION Palliative care within intensive care units (ICU) benefits decision-making, symptom control, and end-of-life care. It has been shown to reduce the length of ICU stay and the use of non-beneficial and unwanted life-sustaining therapies. However, it is often initiated late or not at all. There is increasing evidence to support screening ICU patients using palliative care referral criteria or "triggers". The aim of the project was to assess the need for palliative care referral during ICU admission using "trigger" tools. METHODS Electronic record review of cancer patients who died in or within 30 days of discharge from oncology ICU, between 2016 and 2018. Patients referred to palliative care before or during ICU admission were identified. Three sets of palliative care referral "triggers" were applied: one that is being tested locally and two internationally derived tools. The proportion of patients who met any of these triggers during their final ICU admission was calculated. RESULTS Records of 149 patients were reviewed: median age 65 (range 20-83). Most admissions (89%) were unplanned, with the most common diagnoses being haemato-oncology (31%) and gastrointestinal (16%) cancers. Most (73%) were unknown to palliative care pre-ICU admission; 44% were referred between admission and death. The median time from referral to death was 0 day (range 0-19). On ICU admission, 97-99% warranted referral to palliative care using locally and internationally derived triggers. CONCLUSION All "trigger" tools identified a high proportion of patients who may have warranted a palliative care referral either before or during admission to ICU. The routine use of trigger tools could help streamline referral pathways and underpin the development of an effective consultative model of palliative care within the ICU setting to enhance decision-making about appropriate treatment and patient-centred care.

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2021
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31. Epidemiology and risk factors of self-reported systemic allergic reactions to a Hymenoptera venom in beekeepers worldwide: a protocol for a systematic review of observational studies

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Tanja Carli, Igor Locatelli, Mitja Košnik, and Andreja Kukec

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Cross-Sectional Studies, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Risk Factors, Hypersensitivity, Humans, Self Report, General Medicine, Arthropod Venoms, Systematic Reviews as Topic
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IntroductionSystemic allergic reaction (SAR) to a Hymenoptera venom is a potentially life-threatening disorder. The rate of SAR between beekeepers in comparison with a healthy individual is different. The risk for an SAR is particularly high in beekeepers due to their persistent or seasonal exposure to the stinging Hymenoptera. We aim to provide a critical appraisal and a synthesis of evidence-based data from epidemiological observational studies, focusing on SARs to a Hymenoptera venom and the associated risk factors for SARs in beekeepers worldwide.Methods and analysisSearching will include seven electronic databases for published studies without language restrictions, from inception up to 3 August 2021, and it will be rerun for all electronic databases prior publication. Only epidemiological observational studies in beekeepers will be included. The risk of bias in the included studies will be appraised by using the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Checklist for Analytical Cross-Sectional Studies and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, adapted for cross-sectional studies. For the certainty of evidence, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach will be used. Qualitative synthesis will be presented in a tabulated format with the selected characteristics across primary studies and the main outcome of interest. A meta-analysis is planned to be performed if there will be a sufficient number of homogeneous studies with complete data. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols 2015 statement will guide the reporting of this systematic literature review.Ethics and disseminationNo ethics approval is needed to conduct the systematic literature review since it will be solely based on the published literature. Findings will be disseminated through the relevant conferences, peer-review and open-access journals.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42021260922.

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2022
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32. Signal extraction in atmospheric shower arrays designed for $\rm 200\,GeV-50\,TeV$ $��$-ray astronomy

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Senniappan, M., Becherini, Y., Punch, M., Thoudam, S., Bylund, T., Mezek, G. Kukec, and Ernenwein, J. -P.

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FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
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We present the SEMLA (Signal Extraction using Machine Learning for ALTO) analysis method, developed for the detection of $\rm E>200\,GeV$ $��$ rays in the context of the ALTO wide-field-of-view atmospheric shower array R&D project. The scientific focus of ALTO is extragalactic $��$-ray astronomy, so primarily the detection of soft-spectrum $��$-ray sources such as Active Galactic Nuclei and Gamma Ray Bursts. The current phase of the ALTO R&D project is the optimization of sensitivity for such sources and includes a number of ideas which are tested and evaluated through the analysis of dedicated Monte Carlo simulations and hardware testing. In this context, it is important to clarify how data are analysed and how results are being obtained. SEMLA takes advantage of machine learning and comprises four stages: initial event cleaning (stage A), filtering out of poorly reconstructed $��$-ray events (stage B), followed by $��$-ray signal extraction from proton background events (stage C) and finally reconstructing the energy of the events (stage D). The performance achieved through SEMLA is evaluated in terms of the angular, shower core position, and energy resolution, together with the effective detection area, and background suppression. Our methodology can be easily generalized to any experiment, provided that the signal extraction variables for the specific analysis project are considered., 29 pages, 14 figures, Accepted for publication in JINST

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2021
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33. sj-pdf-2-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 – Supplemental material for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

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Grotz, Florian, Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand, Berz, Jan, Kroeber, Corinna, and Kukec, Marko

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FOS: Political science, 160607 International Relations
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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe by Florian Grotz, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Jan Berz, Corinna Kroeber and Marko Kukec in Comparative Political Studies

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2021
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34. Science verification of the new FlashCam-based camera in the 28m telescope of H.E.S.S

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Pühlhofer, G., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Hermann, G., Hinton, J., Jung-Richardt, I., Leuschner, F., Marandon, V., Mitchell, A., Mohrmann, L., Parsons, D., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Steinmassl, S., Werner, F., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Baghmanyan, V., Barbosa Martins, V., Barnacka, A., Barnard, M., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., Bony Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Bylund, T., Cangemi, F., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Catalano, J., Chambery, P., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Curyło, M., Dalgleish, H., Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J., Davids, I. D., Davies, J., Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Dmytriiev, A., Donath, A., Doroshenko, V., Dreyer, L., Du Plessis, L., Duffy, C., Egberts, K., Einecke, S., Ernenwein, J. -P, Fegan, S., Feijen, K., Fiasson, A., Fichet Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Lott, F., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Gallant, Y. A., Giavitto, G., Giunti, L., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M. -H, Hattingh, S., Haupt, M., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Hoischen, C., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Huber, D., Hörbe, M., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Katz, U., Khangulyan, D., Khélifi, B., Klepser, S., Kluźniak, W., Komin, Nu, Konno, R., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Kreter, M., Kukec Mezek, G., Kundu, A., Lamanna, G., Le Stum, S., Lemière, A., Lemoine-Goumard, M., Lenain, J. -P, Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Mares, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Meyer, M., Moderski, R., Montanari, A., Moore, C., Morris, P., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., Nakashima, K., Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Ndiyavala, H., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., O Brien, P., Oberholzer, L., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Pita, S., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Remy, Q., Renaud, M., Reville, B., Rieger, F., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rueda Ricarte, H., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Johannes Schäfer, Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Schüssler, F., Senniappan, M., Seyffert, A. S., Shapopi, J. N. S., Shiningayamwe, K., Simoni, R., Sinha, A., Sol, H., Spackman, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Spir-Jacob, M., Stawarz, Ł., Steenkamp, R., Stegmann, C., Steppa, C., Sun, L., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Tavernier, T., Taylor, A. M., Terrier, R., Thiersen, J. H. E., Thorpe-Morgan, C., Tluczykont, M., Tomankova, L., Tsirou, M., Tsuji, N., Tuffs, R., Uchiyama, Y., Walt, D. J., Eldik, C., Rensburg, C., Soelen, B., Vasileiadis, G., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vincent, P., Vink, J., Völk, H. J., Wagner, S. J., Watson, J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wong, Y. W., Yassin, H., Yusafzai, A., Zacharias, M., Zanin, R., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zmija, A., Zouari, S., and Żywucka, N.

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Computer science, business.industry, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, FOS: Physical sciences, Cherenkov Telescope Array, law.invention, Telescope, Software, law, Computer graphics (images), ComputingMethodologies_SYMBOLICANDALGEBRAICMANIPULATION, HESS - Abteilung Hinton, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, business, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
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In October 2019 the central 28m telescope of the H.E.S.S. experiment has been upgraded with a new camera. The camera is based on the FlashCam design which has been developed in view of a possible future implementation in the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). We report here on the results of the science verification program that has been performed after commissioning of the new camera, to show that the camera and software pipelines are working up to expectations., Comment: Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2021)

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35. sj-pdf-1-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 – Supplemental material for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

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Grotz, Florian, Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand, Berz, Jan, Kroeber, Corinna, and Kukec, Marko

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FOS: Political science, 160607 International Relations
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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe by Florian Grotz, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Jan Berz, Corinna Kroeber and Marko Kukec in Comparative Political Studies

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36. sj-pdf-2-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 – Supplemental material for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

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Grotz, Florian, Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand, Berz, Jan, Kroeber, Corinna, and Kukec, Marko

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FOS: Political science, 160607 International Relations
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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe by Florian Grotz, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Jan Berz, Corinna Kroeber and Marko Kukec in Comparative Political Studies

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37. sj-pdf-1-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 – Supplemental material for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

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Grotz, Florian, Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand, Berz, Jan, Kroeber, Corinna, and Kukec, Marko

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FOS: Political science, 160607 International Relations
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Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cps-10.1177_0010414021997174 for How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe by Florian Grotz, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Jan Berz, Corinna Kroeber and Marko Kukec in Comparative Political Studies

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38. HIF1A polymorphisms do not modify the risk of epilepsy nor cerebral palsy after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

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Vita Dolžan, Katja Goričar, Eva Kukec, and Zvonka Rener-Primec

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0301 basic medicine, Male, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Encephalopathy, Buccal swab, Drug Resistance, Alpha (ethology), Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Cerebral palsy, 03 medical and health sciences, Epilepsy, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Molecular Biology, business.industry, General Neuroscience, Cerebral Palsy, Infant, Newborn, Drug Resistant Epilepsy, medicine.disease, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, 030104 developmental biology, HIF1A, Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
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Purpose Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) remains the major cause of cerebral palsy and epilepsy in developed countries. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) is the key mediator of oxygen homoeostasis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypoxia-inducible factor 1 subunit alpha (HIF1A) functional polymorphisms are associated with the risk of epilepsy, drug-resistant epilepsy, and cerebral palsy after neonatal HIE. Methods The study included 139 healthy controls and 229 patients with epilepsy and/or cerebral palsy, of which 95 had perinatal HIE. Genomic DNA isolated from buccal swabs or peripheral blood were genotyped for HIF1A rs11549465 and rs11549467 using PCR based methods. Results The investigated HIF1A polymorphisms did not influence the risk of epilepsy and its drug-resistance nor cerebral palsy after neonatal HIE (all p > 0.05). Clinical characteristics of patients were significantly associated with neurological deficits after HIE. Conclusion This study found no statistically significant association of HIF1A rs11549465 and rs11549467 with the development of epilepsy and its drug-resistance, as well as cerebral palsy, after neonatal HIE.

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2020

39. Mapping premature ovarian insufficiency and potential environmental factors: A tool for triggering in-depth research of the problem in Slovenia

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Andreja Kukec, Tanja Rejc, Živa Miriam Geršak, Lucija Perharič, Lijana Zaletel-Kragelj, and Ksenija Gersak

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medicine.medical_specialty, Health (social science), Passive smoking, Population level, Slovenia, Geography, Planning and Development, lcsh:G1-922, Medicine (miscellaneous), Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Premature ovarian insufficiency, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, risk factors, 030212 general & internal medicine, mapping, Active smoking, 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine, population-level research, business.industry, Health Policy, Incidence (epidemiology), Public health, Environmental Exposure, Environmental exposure, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, symbols, Environmental Pollutants, Female, epidemiology, Public Health, business, lcsh:Geography (General), Demography
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Aiming at triggering in-depth research of the problem of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) in Slovenia, we assessed the regional differences in POI incidence emphasising the relationship with social and physical environmental factors at the population level using a mapping approach. The differences in POI incidence between regions were tested by goodness-of-fit chi-square test, while Pearson correlation coefficient was used to assess the ecological relationship between POI incidence and selected environmental indicators. Significant indicators were mapped. The results showed highly significant interregional differences in POI incidence (p

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2020
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41. Food safety knowledge, self-reported practices and attitude of poultry meat handling among Slovenian consumers

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Andreja Kukec, Sonja Smole Možina, Mojca Jevšnik, Peter Raspor, Meta Sterniša, and Sonja Levstek

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Bad habit, business.industry, Distribution (economics), 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, Informal education, Food safety, 040401 food science, Food handling, 0404 agricultural biotechnology, Basic knowledge, Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous), Poultry meat, Business, Marketing, Practical implications, Food Science
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate Slovenian consumers’ knowledge and self-reported practices in poultry meat handling during purchase, transport, and preparation in home kitchens and to assess the awareness of the microbiological risk associated with poultry meat, with an emphasis on Campylobacter. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study of consumers’ food safety knowledge, self-reported practices, and awareness of the microbiological risk was conducted from March to April 2015 at supermarkets in different parts of Slovenia. A convenience sample of 560 consumers was obtained. Gender and age distribution were controlled by 28 interviewers, each of whom distributed 20 questionnaires. The questionnaire included 33 questions divided into four parts. Findings The results revealed consumers awareness of food safety issues. Respondents have some basic knowledge about proper food handling. However, a substantial number of consumers still lacks knowledge of the microbiological risk and has bad habits in domestic poultry meat preparation. Research limitations/implications The research did not reflect a representative sample of Slovenian consumers. Practical implications The results indicate some gaps in consumers’ food safety knowledge and self-reported practices. Current Campylobacter preventive strategies regarding retail poultry meat contamination are not yet sufficiently successful. Originality/value The study provides valuable insight into consumers’ food safety knowledge and self-reported practices in poultry meat handling from shopping to eating. Opportunities for improvement in consumers’ formal and informal education and training should be offered.

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2018
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42. Inferences on mass composition and tests of hadronic interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Aab, A., Abreu, P., AGLIETTA, MARCO, Al Samarai, I., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Arqueros, F., Arsene, N., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Aublin, J., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Brancus, I., Bretz, T., Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caramete, L., Caruso, R., CASTELLINA, ANTONELLA, Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chavez, A. G., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Clay, R. W., Cobos, A., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Collica, L., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. J., Coutu, S., Covault, C. E., Cronin, J., D'Amico, S., Daniel, B., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., de Almeida, R. M., de Jong, S. J., De Mauro, G., de Mello Neto, J. R. T., De Mitri, I., de Oliveira, J., de Souza, V., Debatin, J., Deligny, O., Díaz Castro, M. L., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., dos Anjos, R. C., Dova, M. T., Dundovic, A., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Erdmann, M., Erfani, M., Escobar, C. O., Espadanal, J., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Fratu, O., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Gaior, R., García, B., Garcia-Pinto, D., Gaté, F., Gemmeke, H., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Głas, D., Glaser, C., Golup, G., Gómez Berisso, M., Gómez Vitale, P. F., González, N., GORGI, Alessio, Gorham, P., Grillo, A. F., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harrison, T. A., Harton, J. L., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Heimann, P., Herve, A. E., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Holt, E., Homola, P., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Jandt, I., Johnsen, J. A., Josebachuili, M., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kambeitz, O., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemmerich, N., Kemp, E., Kemp, J., Kieckhafer, R. M., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Krause, R., Krohm, N., Kuempel, D., Kukec Mezek, G., Kunka, N., Kuotb Awad, A., Lago, B. L., LaHurd, D., Lang, R. G., Lauscher, M., Legumina, R., Leigui de Oliveira, M. A., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Link, K., Lo Presti, D., Lopes, L., López, R., López Casado, A., Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Malacari, M., Mallamaci, M., Mandat, D., Mantsch, P., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariș, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Martínez Bravo, O., Masías Meza, J. J., Mathes, H. J., Mathys, S., Matthews, J., Matthews, J. A. J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina, C., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Middendorf, L., Miramonti, L., Mitrica, B., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Mostafá, M., Müller, A. L., Müller, G., Muller, M. A., Müller, S., Mussa, R., Naranjo, I., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Niemietz, L., Niggemann, T., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nožka, L., Núñez, L. A., Ochilo, L., Oikonomou, F., Olinto, A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., Pekala, J., Pelayo, R., Peña-Rodriguez, J., Pereira, L. A. S., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Phuntsok, J., Piegaia, R., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Plum, M., Porowski, C., Prado, R. R., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Quel, E. J., Querchfeld, S., Quinn, S., Ramos-Pollan, R., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., Rodrigues de Carvalho, W., Rodriguez Fernandez, G., Rodriguez Rojo, J., Rogozin, D., Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Saleh, A., Salesa Greus, F., Salina, G., Sánchez, F., Sanchez-Lucas, P., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Schauer, M., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimp, M., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schulz, A., Schumacher, J., Sciutto, S. J., SEGRETO, ALBERTO, Shadkam, A., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Śmiałkowski, A., Šmída, R., Smith, B., Snow, G. R., Sommers, P., Sonntag, S., Squartini, R., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Stolpovskiy, M., Strafella, F., Streich, A., Suarez, F., Suarez Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Swain, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Taborda, O. A., Theodoro, V. M., Timmermans, C., Todero Peixoto, C. J., Tomankova, L., Tomé, B., Torralba Elipe, G., Travnicek, P., Trini, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Valdés Galicia, J. F., Valiño, I., Valore, L., van Aar, G., van Bodegom, P., van den Berg, A. M., van Vliet, A., Varela, E., Vargas Cárdenas, B., Varner, G., Vázquez, R. A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Vergara Quispe, I. D., Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Wainberg, O., Walz, D., Watson, A. 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L., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Heimann, P., Herve, A. E., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Holt, E., Homola, P., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Jandt, I., Johnsen, J. A., Josebachuili, M., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kambeitz, O., Kampert, K. H., Keilhauer, B., Kemmerich, N., Kemp, E., Kemp, J., Kieckhafer, R. M., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Krause, R., Krohm, N., Kuempel, D., Kukec Mezek, G., Kunka, N., Kuotb Awad, A., Lago, B. L., Lahurd, D., Lang, R. G., Lauscher, M., Legumina, R., Leigui De Oliveira, M. A., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Link, K., Lo Presti, D., Lopes, L., López, R., López Casado, A., Lorek, R., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Malacari, M., Mallamaci, M., Mandat, D., Mantsch, P., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariş, I. C., Marsella, G., Martello, D., Martinez, H., Martínez Bravo, O., Masías Meza, J. J., Mathes, H. J., Mathys, S., Matthews, J., Matthews, J. A. J., Matthiae, G., Mayotte, E., Mazur, P. O., Medina, C., Medina-Tanco, G., Melo, D., Menshikov, A., Merenda, K. -D., Michal, S., Micheletti, M. I., Middendorf, L., Miramonti, L., Mitrica, B., Mockler, D., Mollerach, S., Montanet, F., Morello, C., Mostafá, M., Müller, A. L., Müller, G., Muller, M. A., Müller, S., Mussa, R., Naranjo, I., Nellen, L., Nguyen, P. H., Niculescu-Oglinzanu, M., Niechciol, M., Niemietz, L., Niggemann, T., Nitz, D., Nosek, D., Novotny, V., Nožka, L., Núñez, L. A., Ochilo, L., Oikonomou, F., Olinto, A., Palatka, M., Pallotta, J., Papenbreer, P., Parente, G., Parra, A., Paul, T., Pech, M., Pedreira, F., Pȩkala, J., Pelayo, R., Peña-Rodriguez, J., Pereira, L. A. S., Perlin, M., Perrone, L., Peters, C., Petrera, S., Phuntsok, J., Piegaia, R., Pierog, T., Pimenta, M., Pirronello, V., Platino, M., Plum, M., Porowski, C., Prado, R. R., Privitera, P., Prouza, M., Quel, E. J., Querchfeld, S., Quinn, S., Ramos-Pollan, R., Rautenberg, J., Ravignani, D., Ridky, J., Riehn, F., Risse, M., Ristori, P., Rizi, V., Rodrigues De Carvalho, W., Rodriguez Fernandez, G., Rodriguez Rojo, J., Rogozin, D., Roncoroni, M. J., Roth, M., Roulet, E., Rovero, A. C., Ruehl, P., Saffi, S. J., Saftoiu, A., Salamida, F., Salazar, H., Saleh, A., Salesa Greus, F., Salina, G., Sánchez, F., Sanchez-Lucas, P., Santos, E. M., Santos, E., Sarazin, F., Sarmento, R., Sarmiento-Cano, C., Sato, R., Schauer, M., Scherini, V., Schieler, H., Schimp, M., Schmidt, D., Scholten, O., Schovánek, P., Schröder, F. G., Schröder, S., Schulz, A., Schumacher, J., Sciutto, S. J., Segreto, A., Shadkam, A., Shellard, R. C., Sigl, G., Silli, G., Sima, O., Śmiałkowski, A., Šmída, R., Smith, B., Snow, G. R., Sommers, P., Sonntag, S., Squartini, R., Stanca, D., Stanič, S., Stasielak, J., Stassi, P., Stolpovskiy, M., Strafella, F., Streich, A., Suarez, F., Suarez Durán, M., Sudholz, T., Suomijärvi, T., Supanitsky, A. D., Šupík, J., Swain, J., Szadkowski, Z., Taboada, A., Taborda, O. A., Theodoro, V. M., Timmermans, C., Todero Peixoto, C. J., Tomankova, L., Tomé, B., Torralba Elipe, G., Travnicek, P., Trini, M., Ulrich, R., Unger, M., Urban, M., Valdés Galicia, J. F., Valiño, I., Valore, L., Van Aar, G., Van Bodegom, P., Van Den Berg, A. M., Van Vliet, A., Varela, E., Vargas Cárdenas, B., Varner, G., Vázquez, R. A., Veberič, D., Ventura, C., Vergara Quispe, I. D., Verzi, V., Vicha, J., Villaseñor, L., Vorobiov, S., Wahlberg, H., Wainberg, O., Walz, D., Watson, A. A., Weber, M., Weindl, A., Wiencke, L., Wilczyński, H., Wileman, C., Wirtz, M., Wittkowski, D., Wundheiler, B., Yang, L., Yushkov, A., Zas, E., Zavrtanik, D., Zavrtanik, M., Zepeda, A., Zimmermann, B., Ziolkowski, M., Zong, Z., and Zuccarello, F.

Subjects
Hadronic interaction, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), interaction: model, Astronomy, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 01 natural sciences, UHE, Auger, mass spectrum, 98.70.Sa, Observatory, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, observatory, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, fluorescence, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 96.50.S, air, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, water, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, energy dependence, Nuclear physics, Cosmic ray composition, muon, 0103 physical sciences, Calibration, 96.50.sd, High Energy Physics, Cherenkov radiation, Ciencias Exactas, 96.50.sb, Pierre Auger Observatory, Muon, showers: atmosphere, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, ASTROFÍSICA, calibration, Cherenkov counter, electromagnetic, 13. Climate action, Cosmic ray spectra, Experimental High Energy Physics, Mass spectrum, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], statistical
Abstract

We present a new method for probing the hadronic interaction models at ultrahigh energy and extracting details about mass composition. This is done using the time profiles of the signals recorded with the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The profiles arise from a mix of the muon and electromagnetic components of air showers. Using the risetimes of the recorded signals, we define a new parameter, which we use to compare our observations with predictions from simulations. We find, first, inconsistencies between our data and predictions over a greater energy range and with substantially more events than in previous studies. Second, by calibrating the new parameter with fluorescence measurements from observations made at the Auger Observatory, we can infer the depth of shower maximum Xmax for a sample of over 81,000 events extending from 0.3 to over 100 EeV. Above 30 EeV, the sample is nearly 14 times larger than what is currently available from fluorescence measurements and extending the covered energy range by half a decade. The energy dependence of ❬Xmax❭ is compared to simulations and interpreted in terms of the mean of the logarithmic mass. We find good agreement with previous work and extend the measurement of the mean depth of shower maximum to greater energies than before, reducing significantly the statistical uncertainty associated with the inferences about mass composition., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo asociado., Instituto de Física La Plata

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2017
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44. Sick building syndrome among healthcare workers and healthcare associates at observed general hospital in Slovenia

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Mateja Dovjak, Sedina Kalender-Smajlović, and Andreja Kukec

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Response rate (survey), Sick Building Syndrome, business.industry, Health Personnel, Slovenia, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Medicine, Hospitals, General, Work environment, Sick building syndrome, Cross-Sectional Studies, Environmental health, Air Pollution, Indoor, Health care, Lower prevalence, Medicine, Humans, Health risk, General hospital, business, Delivery of Health Care
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Objective The aim of this study was to assess the possible associations between self-perceived sick building syndrome (SBS) symptoms among healthcare workers and healthcare associates and self-perceived parameters of indoor work environment quality. Methods The cross-sectional study was conducted from February to April 2019. Validated standardized evaluation tools (MM 040 NA Hospital 2007 and MM 040 NA Office 2007) were used for estimating the prevalence of SBS among observed populations. Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests for assessing possible associations in SBS symptoms between healthcare workers and associates were used. Results The response rate was 69.8%. The results showed a lower prevalence of six or more SBS symptoms in healthcare associates (6.4%) compared to healthcare workers (12.0%). Healthcare workers perceived the most frequent risk factors for SBS to be poor air quality, an inappropriate level of relative humidity, and inappropriate room temperature, while the least frequently self-perceived risk factors were inappropriate lighting and noise levels. Conclusions This study represents a platform for further analyses - the identification of health risk factors with environmental monitoring.

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2020

45. Monitoring Environmental and Health Impact Data in BIM Models to Assure Healthy Living Environments

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Anja Jutraž, Andreja Kukec, Peter Otorepec, Monika Varkonji Sajn, Jakub Sandak, Ladi Lampič, Katja Malovrh, and Jure Pohleven

Subjects
health impact data, Health impact, 0211 other engineering and technologies, environmental impact data, 02 engineering and technology, Building Information Modeling (BIM), indoor comfort, 11. Sustainability, 021105 building & construction, healthy living environment, Business, InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS, Environmental planning, 021106 design practice & management
Abstract

Health is our wealth and we are rarely aware that the choice of living and working environment affects us. We spend most of our time in indoor environments so the quality of indoor air plays an important role in the maintenance of health and well-being. Moreover, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is emerging technology, which plays an essential role in collaboration among multi-discipline professions, time and cost saving, fabrication and construction as well as facilities management. However, it is not accepted by all planners yet. BIM could also offer a framework to help improving health and well-being of future users of the new building. The main aim of this paper is to monitor environmental and health impact data in BIM models to assure healthy living environments. First, the paper explores which environmental and health parameters could be measured in the indoor environment and which are already present in BIM models. Second, it explores options to expand BIM specifications to support monitoring environmental and health impact data in BIM models to assure healthy living environments.

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2019
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46. Party Leaders in Croatia: Comparing Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanović

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Marko Kukec

Subjects
Croatian, Politics, Political science, Need for power, language, Trait, Opposition (politics), Cognitive complexity, Big Five personality traits, Social psychology, Competence (human resources), language.human_language
Abstract

Ivo Sanader and Zoran Milanovic dominated the Croatian politics in the second decade after independence, both as the leaders of the two major Croatian parties, and as prime ministers. Along the theoretical framework of the edited volume, the chapter rates the personality traits of flexibility, integrity, competence, need for power, self-confidence, and cognitive complexity for Milanovic and Sanader across their four terms as party leaders. Within these terms, they served both as PMs and leaders of the opposition, which allows for tracing their personality traits under different contextual conditions and across time. The analysis identifies flexibility as the trait which characterizes both leaders, while integrity is the crucial distinguishing trait. The final step of the analysis links the personality traits of the leaders with outcomes for their parties, particularly electoral results and party cohesion.

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2019
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47. Observation of a large-scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8 x 10(18) eV

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The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Aab, A., Abreu, P., Aglietta, M., Samarai, I. Al, Albuquerque, I. F. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Arqueros, F., Arsene, N., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Aublin, J., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Billoir, P., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Boncioli, D., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Brancus, I., Thomas Bretz, Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caramete, L., Caruso, R., Castellina, A., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chavez, A. G., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Clay, R. W., Cobos, A., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Collica, L., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. J., Coutu, S., Covault, C. E., Cronin, J., D Amico, S., Daniel, B., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., Almeida, R. M., Jong, S. J., Mauro, G., Mello Neto, J. R. T., Mitri, I., Oliveira, J., Souza, V., Debatin, J., Deligny, O., Di Giulio, C., Di Matteo, A., Díaz Castro, M. L., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., D Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., Dos Anjos, R. C., Dova, M. T., Dundovic, A., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Erdmann, M., Erfani, M., Escobar, C. O., Espadanal, J., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Fratu, O., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Gaior, R., García, B., Garcia-Pinto, D., Gaté, F., Gemmeke, H., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Głas, D., Glaser, C., Golup, G., Gómez Berisso, M., Gómez Vitale, P. F., González, N., Gorgi, A., Gorham, P., Grillo, A. F., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harrison, T. A., Harton, J. L., Haungs, A., Hebbeker, T., Heck, D., Heimann, P., Herve, A. E., Hill, G. C., Hojvat, C., Holt, E., Homola, P., Hörandel, J. R., Horvath, P., Hrabovský, M., Huege, T., Hulsman, J., Insolia, A., Isar, P. G., Jandt, I., Jansen, S., Johnsen, J. A., Josebachuili, M., Jurysek, J., Kääpä, A., Kambeitz, O., Kampert, K. H., Katkov, I., Keilhauer, B., Kemmerich, N., Kemp, E., Kemp, J., Kieckhafer, R. M., Klages, H. O., Kleifges, M., Kleinfeller, J., Krause, R., Krohm, N., Kuempel, D., Kukec Mezek, G., Kunka, N., Kuotb Awad, A., Lahurd, D., Lauscher, M., Legumina, R., Leigui Oliveira, M. A., Letessier-Selvon, A., Lhenry-Yvon, I., Link, K., Lo Presti, D., Lopes, L., López, R., López Casado, A., Luce, Q., Lucero, A., Malacari, M., Mallamaci, M., Mandat, D., Mantsch, P., Mariazzi, A. G., Mariş, I. 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electron, [ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, anisotropy, 01 natural sciences, UHE, ultra high energy cosmic rays, extensive air showers, anisotropy, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cosmic rays, Physics, Pierre Auger Observatory, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, nucleus, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Física, ASTROFÍSICA, Auger, observatory, Dipole, Amplitude, 13. Climate action, cosmic radiation, Atomic nucleus, Experimental High Energy Physics, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Pierre Auger observatory, Large-scale anisotropy, Electrónica, Física nuclear, ddc:500, Electricidad, Right ascension, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Energy (signal processing), dipole
Abstract

Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei arriving from outer space that reach the highest energies observed in nature. Clues to their origin come from studying the distribution of their arrival directions. Using 3 × 10 4 cosmic rays with energies above 8 × 10 18 electron volts, recorded with the Pierre Auger Observatory from a total exposure of 76,800 km2 sr year, we determined the existence of anisotropy in arrival directions. The anisotropy, detected at more than a 5.2σ level of significance, can be described by a dipole with an amplitude of 6.5 +1.3 -0.9 percent toward right ascension αd = 100 ± 10 degrees and declination δd = -24 +12 -13 degrees. That direction indicates an extragalactic origin for these ultrahighenergy particles., La nómina completa de autores puede verse en el archivo asociado a este ítem., Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

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48. An Indication of Anisotropy in Arrival Directions of Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays through Comparison to the Flux Pattern of Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Sources

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Aab, A., Abreu, P., AGLIETTA, MARCO, Albuquerque, I. F. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Arsene, N., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Beatty, J. J., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Brancus, I., Bretz, T., Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Caruso, R., CASTELLINA, ANTONELLA, Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chavez, A. G., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Clay, R. W., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Collica, L., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. J., Coutu, S., Covault, C. E., Cronin, J., D'Amico, S., Daniel, B., Dasso, S., Daumiller, K., Dawson, B. R., de Almeida, R. M., de Jong, S. J., De Mauro, G., de Mello Neto, J. R. T., De Mitri, I., de Oliveira, J., de Souza, V., Debatin, J., Deligny, O., Díaz Castro, M. L., Diogo, F., Dobrigkeit, C., D'Olivo, J. C., Dorosti, Q., dos Anjos, R. C., Dova, M. T., Dundovic, A., Ebr, J., Engel, R., Erdmann, M., Erfani, M., Escobar, C. O., Espadanal, J., Etchegoyen, A., Falcke, H., Farmer, J., Farrar, G., Fauth, A. C., Fazzini, N., Fenu, F., Fick, B., Figueira, J. M., Filipčič, A., Freire, M. M., Fujii, T., Fuster, A., Gaïor, R., García, B., Gaté, F., Gemmeke, H., Gherghel-Lascu, A., Ghia, P. L., Giaccari, U., Giammarchi, M., Giller, M., Głas, D., Glaser, C., Golup, G., Gómez Berisso, M., Gómez Vitale, P. F., González, N., GORGI, Alessio, Grillo, A. F., Grubb, T. D., Guarino, F., Guedes, G. P., Halliday, R., Hampel, M. R., Hansen, P., Harari, D., Harrison, T. 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Abstract

A new analysis of the dataset from the Pierre Auger Observatory provides evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays on an intermediate angular scale, which is indicative of excess arrivals from strong, nearby sources. The data consist of 5514 events above 20 EeV with zenith angles up to 80 deg recorded before 2017 April 30. Sky models have been created for two distinct populations of extragalactic gamma-ray emitters: active galactic nuclei from the second catalog of hard Fermi-LAT sources (2FHL) and starburst galaxies from a sample that was examined with Fermi-LAT. Flux-limited samples, which include all types of galaxies from the Swift-BAT and 2MASS surveys, have been investigated for comparison. The sky model of cosmic-ray density constructed using each catalog has two free parameters, the fraction of events correlating with astrophysical objects and an angular scale characterizing the clustering of cosmic rays around extragalactic sources. A maximum-likelihood ratio test is used to evaluate the best values of these parameters and to quantify the strength of each model by contrast with isotropy. It is found that the starburst model fits the data better than the hypothesis of isotropy with a statistical significance of 4.0 sigma, the highest value of the test statistic being for energies above 39 EeV. The three alternative models are favored against isotropy with 2.7-3.2 sigma significance. The origin of the indicated deviation from isotropy is examined and prospects for more sensitive future studies are discussed., Instituto de Física La Plata

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49. Large-scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies above 4 EeV Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

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Aab, A., Abreu, P., AGLIETTA, MARCO, Albuquerque, I. F. M., Albury, J. M., Allekotte, I., Almela, A., Alvarez Castillo, J., Alvarez-Muñiz, J., Anastasi, G. A., Anchordoqui, L., Andrada, B., Andringa, S., Aramo, C., Asorey, H., Assis, P., Avila, G., Badescu, A. M., Balaceanu, A., Barbato, F., Barreira Luz, R. J., Baur, S., Becker, K. H., Bellido, J. A., Berat, C., Bertaina, M. E., Bertou, X., Biermann, P. L., Biteau, J., Blaess, S. G., Blanco, A., Blazek, J., Bleve, C., Boháčová, M., Bonifazi, C., Borodai, N., Botti, A. M., Brack, J., Bretz, T., Bridgeman, A., Briechle, F. L., Buchholz, P., Bueno, A., Buitink, S., Buscemi, M., Caballero-Mora, K. S., Caccianiga, L., Calcagni, L., Cancio, A., Canfora, F., Carceller, J. M., Caruso, R., CASTELLINA, ANTONELLA, Catalani, F., Cataldi, G., Cazon, L., Chinellato, J. A., Chudoba, J., Chytka, L., Clay, R. W., Cobos Cerutti, A. C., Colalillo, R., Coleman, A., Coluccia, M. R., Conceição, R., Consolati, G., Contreras, F., Cooper, M. 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Astronomy, magnetic field, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Amplitude, astroparticle physics, cosmic rays, Anisotropy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, cosmic ray, astroparticle physics, cosmic rays, Right ascension, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, astro-ph.HE, COSMIC cancer database, ORIGIN, OBSERVATÓRIOS, Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, astroparticle physic, Auger, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, observatory, modulation, Cosmic cancer database, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, large scale anysotropy, splitting, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Cosmic ray, Context (language use), cosmic radiation: anisotropy, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics, cosmic radiation: UHE, Pierre auger observatory, Pierre Auger Observatory, extragalactic origin, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Dipole, Experimental High Energy Physics, Observatory, Astroparticle physics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], large scale anysotropy, extragalactic origin, dipole
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We present a detailed study of the large-scale anisotropies of cosmic rays with energies above 4 EeV measured using the Pierre Auger Observatory. For the energy bins [4,8] EeV and $E\geq 8$ EeV, the most significant signal is a dipolar modulation in right ascension at energies above 8 EeV, as previously reported. In this paper we further scrutinize the highest-energy bin by splitting it into three energy ranges. We find that the amplitude of the dipole increases with energy above 4 EeV. The growth can be fitted with a power law with index $\beta=0.79\pm 0.19$. The directions of the dipoles are consistent with an extragalactic origin of these anisotropies at all the energies considered. Additionally we have estimated the quadrupolar components of the anisotropy: they are not statistically significant. We discuss the results in the context of the predictions from different models for the distribution of ultrahigh-energy sources and cosmic magnetic fields., Comment: Published version, 16 pages, 7 figures, 8 tables

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2018
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50. The history of public health use of fluorides in caries prevention

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Barbara Artnik, Andreja Kukec, Tea Šket, and Rok Kosem

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medicine.medical_specialty, business.product_category, epidemiologija, Population, Dentistry, preventiva kariesa, Review Article, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, caries prevention, 0302 clinical medicine, javno zobozdravstvo, Environmental health, Fluoride toothpaste, Epidemiology, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Water fluoridation, education, education.field_of_study, Toothpaste, fluorides, business.industry, Public health, fluoridi, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 030206 dentistry, Research process, public health dentistry, chemistry, epidemiology, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, business, Fluoride
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The aim of our study was to chronologically analyse various public health measures of fluoride use in caries prevention.We systematically searched the PubMed database on the preventive role of fluorides in public health, published from 1984 to 2014. The search process was divided into four steps, where inclusion and exclusion criteria were defined. Qualitative methodology was used for the article analysis. In the research process, the described forms of F use, diversity of the described F agents, and the observed population group were analysed.In our systematic review, 40 relevant reviews were revealed. Fluorides have been used in many different forms, but only a few studies showed their significant role in public health. Water fluoridation was the most important public health measure. In the recent decades, the number of studies on topical fluorides is constantly rising. The most extensively described topical forms of fluorides are professionally applied fluoride agents and fluoride toothpaste for home-use. The use of fluoride containing toothpaste in caries prevention is a safe and successful public health measure (PHM) if their use is widespread, and it is recommended for all. The results on other topical forms of fluorides are insufficient to be suggested as an important PHM.The role of fluorides in public health prevention has changed in accordance with the knowledge about the fluoride cariostatic mechanism. Previously the most important pre-eruptive effect of fluorides was supplemented by the post eruptive effect. Abundant evidence exists to show the effectiveness of systemic and topical fluorides.Namen naše raziskave je bil kronološko analizirati različne načine javnozdravstvene uporabe fluoridov pri preventivi kariesa.Sistematično smo pregledali pregledne članke v bibliografski bazi PubMed, ki so bili objavljeni v obdobju od leta 1984 do leta 2014. Iskalni proces je potekal v štirih fazah, v katerih smo določili vključitvene in izključitvene kriterije za določitev člankovza končno analizo. Za analizo člankovsmo uporabili kvalitativno metodologijo. V procesu analiziranja smo se osredotočili na razlicne oblike in načine uporabe fluoridov, jih opisali ter opredelili uporabo fluoridov in pomen za populacijo, v kateri so bili uporabljeni.V našem sistematičnem pregledu smo analizirali 40 preglednih člankov. Opisane so številne oblike uporabe fluoridov, vendar le nekatere raziskave poudarjajo javnozdravstveni pomen. Fluoridiranje pitne vode je najpomembnejši javnozdravstveni ukrep. Povecalo se je število raziskav, ki proučujejo topikalne fluoride. Največ raziskav opisuje profesionalne pripravke s fluoridi in kreme za zobe s fluoridi za domačo uporabo. Uporaba kreme za zobe s fluoridi je varen in uspešen javnozdravstveni ukrep v preventivi kariesa, zato ga priporočamo za celotno populacijo. Rezultati o drugih oblikah topikalnih fluoridov so nezadostni, zato jih ni mogoče označiti kot pomembne javnozdravstvene ukrepe.Vloga fluoridov se je spremenila v skladu z znanjem o njihovem delovanju. V preteklosti najpomembnejšemu preeruptivnemu delovanju se je pridružilo razumevanje o posteruptivnem učinku fluoridov. Obstajajo jasni dokazi o učinkovitosti tako sistemskih kot topikalnih fluoridov.

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2017
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