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2. Suicidal Attempt among Psychiatry Patients Presented to the Department of Emergency of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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Prerna Jha, Sandip Subedi, Sreya Paudyal, and Prem Prasad Panta
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General Medicine - Abstract
Introduction: More than 700, 000 people die due to suicide every year. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds. A total of 77% of global suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. There is an increasing number of suicide all over the world. There is limited data regarding this issue. The available data are based on police reports or on specific populations. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of suicidal attempts among psychiatry patients presented to the Department of Emergency of a tertiary care centre. Methods: A Descriptive cross-sectional study was done in a tertiary care centre from January 2019 to July 2020 after taking Ethical approval from the same institute. Beck Suicide Intent Scale, MINI-7, IPDE and PLESS were used to assess suicidal intent, psychiatric comorbidities, personality disorder and life stress event scores respectively. Bronfenbrenner’s Social Ecological Model was used to access various stressors. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. Results: The Prevalence of suicidal attempts among psychiatry patients in the emergency department was 265 (24.50%), (21.66-26.74, 95% Confidence Interval). The majority were females 135 (51%). The majority attempted at home 238 (89.81%). Poisoning was the most common mode of attempting suicide. Conclusions: The Prevalence of suicidal attempts among psychiatry patients was higher than in the other studies done in similar settings.
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3. Patient Satisfaction with the Health Services Provided by the Hospital in Inpatient Units in a Tertiary-Level Hospital in Nepal
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Krishna Kumari Paudel Subedi, Prem Prasad Panta, and Sabita Thakuri
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General Medicine - Abstract
Background: As the patients are an important stakeholder in the hospital, patient satisfaction is the indicator of the overall success of the hospital. It measures two parameters at once; that is, to what extent customers are satisfied and the success level of service providers. So it is crucial to measure patient satisfaction levels in order to adopt a continuous improvement strategy. The main objective of this study is to identify the level of hospital service provided by doctors nurses and other concerned sectors in the tertiary level private hospital. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used. Similarly, as a measuring tool a structured survey questionnaire was employed.183 discharged patients were selected for the study by using a convenience sampling technique. Result: The patient satisfaction level was nearly very good in all domains. The majority of patients (43.6%) reported that the hospital service was very good and followed by 28.6% stated that the service was good and 27.9% told that the service was very extremely good. It indicated that the hospital services were very good. Analysis reveals that patient satisfaction varied according to educational status (among different levels of education) and occupation. On the contrary, patient satisfaction was not varied according to age, sex, marital status, literacy status, type of family, and address. Conclusion: Assessment of patient satisfaction has long been a declared topic in both nursing and medical professional and research areas. This study shows that overall satisfaction of patient satisfaction was very good. However, there were spaces for improvement as well. Key words: patient satisfaction level, hospital services, measurement
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4. Quantitatively controlled electrophoretic deposition of nanocrystal films from non-aqueous suspensions
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Krishna R. Panta, Christine A. Orme, and Bret N. Flanders
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Biomaterials ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials - Published
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5. PREVALENCE OF REFRACTIVE ERROR IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF SUNSARI DISTRICT AND BIRATNAGAR, NEPAL
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Pankaj Ray Adhikari, Grishma Shree Chudal, Rajiv Ranjan Karn, Sudhir Kumar Thakur, Rakshya Panta Sitoula, and Sanjay Kumar Singh
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Background: Uncorrected refractive error is the leading cause of visual impairment. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of refractive error among school-going children of Sunsari district and Biratnagar metropolitan city, Nepal. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from August 2018 to January 2020. Comprehensive eye examination was performed by an experienced optometrist and ophthalmic assistant trained in Paediatric eye care. Data was entered in software, transferred to Microsoft Excel, and analyzed by using SPSS version-20. Results: During this period a total of 186215 students were enrolled. Primary screening was done for 124993 (67%) students and Secondary screening was done for 14355(11.5%) children. The overall prevalence of refractive error was 7439 (5.9%) found mostly in male 3897 (52.4%) of 11 to 15 years of age group 4554 (61.2%) (P=0.00). The prevalence of refractive error at schools of Biratnagar was 3156 (7.9%), Dharan was 1680 (8.5%) and Itahari was 1538 (6.0%). It was mostly found in private school going children of urban areas (5.4%) (P=0.00). Myopia (53%) was the most common type of refractive error (P=0.00). Conclusions: The prevalence of refractive error was high in private school of urban area. There is a need to conduct school screening program in both urban and rural areas to rule out the refractive error and other ocular morbidities on time for better quality of life.
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- 2023
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6. Rabdomiosarcoma Infantil: Hallazgos clínicos – patológicos
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Michell Estefanía Franco Ortega, Silvia Alexandra Aguabi Cejido, Antonio Joaquín Medina Guevara, Olivia Nathaly Araujo Pozo, and Gabriela Mishelle Gómez Panta
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General Medicine - Abstract
El rabdomiosarcoma (RMS) es el sarcoma de tejido blando más común en niños y representa una neoplasia de alto grado de células esqueléticas similares a mioblastos. Décadas de investigación clínica, han mejorado gradualmente nuestra comprensión de la fisiopatología del RMS y han ayudado a optimizar la atención clínica. Los dos subtipos principales de RMS, originalmente caracterizados sobre la base de características microscópicas de luz, están impulsados por mecanismos moleculares fundamentalmente diferentes y plantean distintos desafíos clínicos. La terapia curativa depende del control del tumor primario, que puede surgir en muchos sitios anatómicos distintos, así como del control de la enfermedad diseminada que se sabe o se supone que está presente en todos los casos. La estratificación de riesgo sofisticada para niños con RMS incorpora varias características clínicas, patológicas y moleculares, y esa información se utiliza para guiar la aplicación de una terapia multifacética. Históricamente, dicha terapia ha incluido quimioterapia citotóxica, así como cirugía, radiación ionizante o ambas. En este artículo, se describe información relevante sobre el RMS, los elementos de la atención clínica, incluidos los diagnósticos, la atención basada en el riesgo de la enfermedad recién diagnosticada y recidivante, para de aquella manera, tener información más actualizada sobre esta neoplasia pediátrica.
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7. METHODOLOGY FOR SIZING DRAINAGE CHANNELS WITH HDPE GEOCELLS FOR WIND AND PHOTOVOLTAIC FARMS
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Wladimir Caressato Junior, Carlos Antônio Centurión Panta, and Gustavo Segundo Fierro Rojas
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8. Aplicación de metodología para el desarrollo de habilidades en la resolución de problemas matemáticos en estudiantes de nivel básico superior
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Lenin Abel Panta Bailón and José Wilfrido Pisco Román
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Uno de los principales problemas detectados en las aulas de clase es la resolución de problemas matemáticos. Las matemáticas son consideradas como un aporte importante para el desarrollo de la inteligencia del ser humano. En el siguiente artículo se trata sobre cómo crear habilidades para la resolución de problemas matemáticos a través de la aplicación de metodologías. El objetivo de este trabajo es abordar temas sobre las metodologías necesarias para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las matemáticas. La realización de este estudio, se fundamentó en la aplicación de una metodología cualitativa y cuantitativa, para la obtención se datos se utilizando un cuestionario aplicado a los estudiantes de nivel superior básico superior de la escuela Magdalena Dávalos #32 Tosagua, Manabí, Ecuador. De esta manera se pudo concluir que la comunicación del docente-estudiante mediante la explicación de los temas que se cumplen mediante el currículo escolar es importante y un referente para la enseñanza del mismo. Así mismo se recomienda la utilización de juegos didácticos, tecnología y juegos de destrezas como metodología para fomentar su aprendizaje.
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9. Efecto de bacterias promotoras del crecimiento vegetal (Medicago sativa L.) en dos tipos de suelo, cobre y composta
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Mario Francisco Santoyo de la Cruz, Abdul Khalil Gardezi, Guillermo Carrillo Castañeda, Héctor Manuel Ortega Escobar, Oscar Raúl Mancilla Villa, Juan Enrique Rubiños Panta, José Abel López Buenfil, Mario Ulises Larque Saavedra, Gabriel Haro Aguilar, and Cristian Alejandro Ali Gamboa
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
Las rizobacterias promotoras del crecimiento vegetal interactúan con distintos tratamientos o metales presentes en suelos enriquecidos con composta, que mejoran las condiciones del suelo y benefician al crecimiento de la planta. El objetivo fue analizar el desarrollo de Medicago sativa con rizobacterias en condiciones de estrés. Se germinaron semillas de alfalfa de dos variedades (Victoria y Aragón), inoculadas con dos rizobacterias; se trasplantaron en invernadero y se adicionó sulfato de cobre, composta, en dos tipos de suelo (regado con aguas residuales y aguas de pozo). El suelo residual presentó significancia en el número de hojas y altura de la planta, la variedad Victoria en el número de hojas, la cepa M40 en el diámetro del tallo y la composta con 37 g en longitud de raíz. El uso de rizobacterias asociadas a la raíz en combinación con composta y metales pesados permite desarrollar tecnologías con beneficios para la Medicago sativa.
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10. Thoraco-lumbar Burst Fractures among Patients Admitted to Spine Unit of the Department of Orthopedics of a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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Samaj Gautam, Krishna Prasad Paudel, and Sunil Panta
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General Medicine - Abstract
Introduction: Burst fractures are the most common fractures in the thoracolumbar junction. Unstable burst fractures are mostly associated with neural injury. Early neurological and mechanical stabilisation are the goals of treatment. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of thoracolumbar burst fractures among patients admitted to the spine unit of the Department of Orthopedics of a tertiary care centre. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was done in a tertiary care centre from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 after receiving ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 079/80-11/BHG). Demographic details, mode of injury, morphology, neurological level, and neurological grade using the American Association of Spinal injury, Visual analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Index and kyphotic angle were recorded. A convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 90% Confidence Interval were calculated. Results: Among 85 patients, the thoracolumbar burst fractures was found in 30 (35.25%) (26.73-43.77, 90% Confidence Interval). The mean age of patients was 39.73±13.91 years. Conclusions: The prevalence of thoracolumbar burst fracture was similar to other studies done in similar settings.
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11. Residual Lung Parenchymal CT Changes in COVID-19 Patients and its Association with Common Predictors
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Rajive Raj Shahi, Bibek Karki, Lee Budhathoki, Shavana RL Rana, Sujata Panta Panta, Bikalp Thapa, Ranju Shrestha Shrestha, and Parag Karki
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Introduction: Chest computed tomography (CT) is used for the screening and diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. The aim of the study is to study the prevalence of residual lung parenchymal CT changes in COVID-19 patients and its association with common predictors. Methods: Longitudinal study conducted at Shree Birendra Hospital in which diagnosed COVID-19 patients with initial CT scan showing COVID-19 related changes were retrospectively enrolled after ethics approval. The study period was from 15 February 2020 to 15 November 2021. Chest CT changes were evaluated and CT scan severity score (CT SS) assigned. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analysed in SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 16. Results: Males were more common (72.6%) among the 62 enrolled participants with the mean age 53.63 ± 15.05 years. Median interval between two scans was 137 days. Residual lung parenchymal CT changes were seen in 43 (69.4%) participants. Hypertension (25, 40.3%) and GGO (55, 88.7%) were the most common comorbidity and CT features respectively. The mean initial and final CT SS was 10.84 ± 5.87 and 3.55 ± 4.58 respectively (Total score 25, p = 0.001). Age was significantly associated with severity of CT score (p = 0.04). Conclusions: A large percentage of COVID-19 patients have chest CT changes after three months of initial chest CT scan. CT SS reduced significantly in the second scan. Similar studies with long term serial CT follow up of patients is recommended to be carried out in future.
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12. La lectoescritura como elemento fundamental en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje de los estudiantes de Básica Media
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José Pisco-Román, Abel Bailón-Panta, and Digna Macias-Figueroa
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Las transformaciones actuales han generado dentro del sistema educativo la necesidad de la elaboración y aplicación de nuevas estrategias destinadas a motivar el interés por la lectura y escritura en los estudiantes desde temprana edad, y con ello obtener un aprendizaje significativo que les permita adaptarse integralmente a la sociedad. El presente estudio se realizó con la finalidad de analizar la lectoescritura como elemento fundamental en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje de los estudiantes de Básica Media de la Unidad Educativa José Alejandro Bermúdez del cantón Tosagua en la provincia de Manabí. El estudio se basa en un enfoque cuantitativo con un alcance descriptivo; asimismo, se utilizaron técnicas como la encuesta, la observación y la revisión documental bibliográfica, cuyos datos permitieron el análisis y procesamiento de información. La recolección de información se obtuvo directamente del entorno mediante la ejecución de una entrevista a 10 docentes del colegio y la aplicación de un cuestionario a 30 estudiantes. Se concluyo que la lectoescritura debe ser fundamental para el aprendizaje de los estudiantes desde el principio de la escolaridad, debido a que leer y escribir correctamente es la base de cualquier actividad o trabajo. El uso de las habilidades de lectoescritura en actividades académicas aumenta significativamente el desarrollo de la expresión oral de los estudiantes, les da confianza y les permite interactuar más en las actividades escolares. Durante el diagnóstico, se encontró las mayores dificultades se manifestaron en la comprensión lectora, sin embargo, cuando comenzaron a enfatizar la lectura y su importancia, los estudiantes comenzaron a expresar sus ideas y pensamientos de forma más clara y precisa.
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13. Spondylolysis among Patients Without Low Back Pain in a Diagnostic Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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Bishwanath Sharma, Om Biju Panta, Bikash Raj Thapa, and Suresh Thapa
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General Medicine - Abstract
Introduction: Spondylolysis can either be asymptomatic or can cause significant low back pain. It is sometimes associated with the translation of one vertebra over another and is termed spondylolisthesis. The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of spondylolysis among patients without low back pain in a diagnostic centre. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a referral diagnostic centre from 15 December 2018 to 14 December 2021 . Ethical approval was obtained from the Nepal Health Research Council (Reference number: 2903). Images of a computed tomography scan of the abdomen performed for other abdominal causes and without low back pain were reconstructed in the sagittal and coronal plane and evaluated for the presence of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in the lumbar spine. Demographic data were taken from the hospital records. Convenience sampling method was used. Point estimate and 95% Confidence Interval were calculated. Results: Among 768 patients without low back pain, spondylolysis was found in 59 (7.68%) (5.80-9.56, 95% Confidence Interval). Spondylolisthesis was found in only 16 (27.1%) individuals with spondylolysis. The majority of spondylolysis cases were encountered in L5 level in 54 (91.53%). The mean age of patients with spondylolysis was 41.9±14.46 years. Male to female ratio was 1:1.18. Conclusions: The prevalence of spondylolysis in our study was found to be similar to other studies done in similar settings.
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14. IterLUNet: Deep Learning Architecture for Pixel-Wise Crack Detection in Levee Systems
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Manisha Panta, Md Tamjidul Hoque, Mahdi Abdelguerfi, and Maik C. Flanagin
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General Computer Science ,General Engineering ,General Materials Science ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Published
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15. Prevalence of Refractive Error among Children of Koshi Rural Municipality of Sunsari District: Door-to-Door Screening
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Sanjay Yadav, Rajiv Ranjan Karn, Sudhir Kumar Thakur, and Rakshya Panta Sitoula
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General Medicine - Abstract
Background: Uncorrected refractive error is the commonest cause of preventable visual impairment and disability among children. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of refractive error among children in the Koshi Rural Municipality of Sunsari district. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted from 1 November to 31 December 2020 involved children between the ages of 4 - 18 years from Koshi Rural Municipality. The variables recorded included gender, age, religion, school type, visual acuity, and types of refractive error. Ethical approval was taken from the rural municipality and institutional review committee of Biratnagar Eye Hospital. Results: A total of 7830 children were screened in the door-to-door campaign. The majority (n = 5508, 72%) were Hindu and 2232 (28%) were Muslims. Only 6575 (84%) children were enrolled in school. Among them 3130 (40%) were going to government schools, 2105(26.9%) were going to private schools and 1340 (17.1%) children were going to a Madrassa (Muslim school) for education. The prevalence of refractive errors among children of Koshi Rural Municipality was 131 (1.7%) (95% CI: 1.4 - 2.0). Hypermetropia was seen in 69 (53%) children, followed by Myopia 60 (46%). Conclusion: The prevalence of uncorrected refractive error among children of Koshi Rural Municipality was low. However, the prevalence of refractive error was high among Muslim children.
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16. Mathematical Analysis of Hemodynamic Parameters of Blood Flow in an Artery
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Jeevan Kafle, Kamal Panta, Pushpa Nidhi Gautam, and Chudamani Pokharel
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General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
In blood rheology we study volume flow rate, blood pressure, velocity, viscosity and shear stress of blood. Cross-sectional area plays an important role for smooth flow of the blood. But some other parameter like composition of blood, length of vessel also affects in the flow rate and pressure of blood. Velocity and volume flow rate are derived by using Poiseuille’s equation.This work presents a mathematical model of blood flow that was created using the N-S equations and computer simulation. Graphs are used to analyze the results.
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17. An Overview of Legal Provisions regarding Legal Literacy in Nepal
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Binita Devi Panta
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This paper analyzes the legal provisions pertaining to legal literacy in Nepal. In order to practice existing laws and retain the rule of law in the state, basic understanding of law among people is crucial. In the context of Nepal, the rights and obligations granted by the constitution are still unrealized by its people. Moreover, people are intimidated and alienated from law knowingly or ignorantly. In the same way, access to justice for the ordinary populace seems unachievable. Similarly, service deliveries trends of state are often being experienced partial and discriminatory. Lack of legal knowledge could be the significant reason behind all these challenges. Thus, the researcher argues that, until and unless the state makes a specific provision regarding legal literacy and executes them practically, the attainment of rule of law is unthinkable. In this paper, the existing constitution and its legal provisions, programs and policies related to legal practice and legal literacy have been examined to ascertain the state’s attempt regarding legal literacy. The researcher concludes that legal awareness is an indispensable part of rule of law, which contributes to developing the self-realization among individuals and further enables them to participate in the governance process.
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18. Development Defect: A Case Study on Destroying Indigeneity of Majhi Community
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Saroj Raj Panta
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Majhis have coped with marginal resources in the Neoliberal economic context and are facing many problems. This article focuses on the Majhi people and their livelihood transformation from traditional occupation. The main objectives of this study are to explore the present condition of the Majhi people in Baglung and how they got into their traditional profession. This study adopts qualitative data based on observations, case studies, and in-depth interviews through primary and secondary sources of literature review. Majhi people have coped with marginal resources in the Neoliberal economic context and facing many problems. They usually change their traditional occupations to boating, selling firewood, gold mining, and fishing. There are forced to change their livelihoods due to globalization. Modern means of transportation and limited income are insufficient to fulfill their basic needs. They face social, economic, and physical difficulties in their daily lives. Globalization and modern modes of transportation present them with more challenges and fewer opportunities because of the construction of the Pokhara-Baglung highway. Majhi people have not been able to easily grasp opportunities for political, social, and educational changes due to a lack of education after abandoning their traditional occupation and living place due to the construction of Pokhara- Baglung highway. This paper will be valuable for policy maker and, future researchers, and academia as well.
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19. Relation of Antral Follicular Count and Follicular Stimulating Hormone with Anti-Mullerian Hormone in Determining Ovarian Reserve in Infertile Women Presenting in a Tertiary Health Centre of Nepal
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Bhuwan Prasad Ojha, Asmita Ghimire, Padam Raj Panta, and Neebha Ojha
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General Medicine - Abstract
Introduction: Infertility is a disorder of the reproductive system defined by failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Globally, about 10-15% married couples are sub-fertile. 20-40% of female factors for infertility include ovarian cause. Ovarian reserve refers to the size of resting primordial follicle in the ovaries which determines the capacity of the ovary to provide egg cells for fertilization resulting in a successful pregnancy. Ovarian reserve is one of the most reliable investigations to determine ovarian regression, which regresses with age. Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Estradiol (E2), Antral Follicular Count (AFC) and Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) are investigations to determine ovarian reserve. Objective: To determine the correlation of antral follicular count and follicular stimulating hormone with anti-mullerian hormone in determining ovarian reserve among infertile women attending infertility clinic of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH). Methodology: This was a prospective, hospital based study conducted among 78 patients attending infertility clinic in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at TUTH, Kathmandu from 14th April 2017 to 13th April 2018. After taking history and examination, routine infertility investigation was sent. On the Day 2 or Day 3 of the cycle, serum FSH and AMH were sent. On the 3-5 day of the cycle, trans-vaginal scan was done for antral follicular count. Follicular monitoring was done every alternate day from day 9 of natural cycle till the follicle became 18 to 22 mm. If no follicle developed even after day 20 of menstruation, monitoring was stopped and development of follicle or failure was noted. This monitoring was done in single cycle. Early follicular phase serum FSH, AMH and AFC were correlated in relation to follicular development. Result: Among 78 patients included, mean age was 27.6 ± 3.14 years. The mean FSH, AMH and total AFC were 6.46 ± 1.90 IU/ml, 5.01 ± 3.46 ng/ml and 15.88 ± 5.21 respectively. A strong positive linear correlation between AFC and AMH (p
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20. Factors Associated With Utilization Of Adolescent-Friendly Health Services In Sunsari District Of Nepal
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Usha Panta
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General Energy - Abstract
Objectives: Adolescent friendly health services are the tailored health services for adolescents in a friendly environment where adolescents can easily and comfortably access and enjoy sexual and reproductive health services. Utilization of such services helps to address sexual and reproductive health problems faced by adolescents and the status of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Nepal is alarming. However, limited studies have been conducted on utilization of Adolescent Friendly Health Services and its associated factors among school adolescents. Thus, this study was carried out to assess the factors associated with utilization of adolescent friendly health services in Sunsari district of Nepal. Methods: This study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study carried out among 502 secondary school adolescents of grade 9 and 10 studying either in public or private schools of Inaruwa Municipality Sunsari District, Nepal. Single stage cluster sampling was followed in this study. Data was collected through administration of pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire during the period of January to March, 2022. Results : Regarding socio-demographic characteristics, majority of the participants were female (56.2%) compared to male (43.8%). Mean age of the participants was 15 years with standard deviation of 1.359 years and most (92.8%) of them followed Hinduism. More than half of the participants (54.0%) belonged to Madhesi ethnicity and most (61.0%) of them were from nuclear family. Likewise, majority (90.6%) of the adolescents were unmarried whereas 5.6 % were in relationship. More than three-fourth of the participants (79.5%) were staying with their parents. Most participants (53.2%) reported having very close relationship with their family. Similarly, majority (70.9%) of the adolescents had not seen the logo of adolescent friendly health services but three fourth (75.5%) of them had heard about adolescent friendly health services. Only 38.5% of participants were known about the availability of adolescent friendly health institution in their locality and more than three fourth (79.9%) of participants said that the time required to reach health facility was less than 30 minutes. Less than one fourth (24.1%) of the participants had felt needs for sexual and reproductive health services. The utilization of adolescent friendly health services among adolescents was low i.e., 14.5% (CI: 0.115-0.176) and more than half (54.8%) of them had used counselling services. Regards of preference, 44.4% of the participants stated that they preferred private health facilities and most of them (79.3%) preferred the health facility nearby their residence. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study, different intervention programs could be conducted to increase the awareness about adolescent friendly health services among adolescents which may increase its utilization.
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21. Evaluación de la eficacia en la colecta de plaquetas por un separador celular
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Mirtha Giovana Contreras-Aliano, Yolanda Josefina Huayta-Franco, Javier Chumpitaz Panta, and Javier Rafael Caro-Zamora
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General Medicine - Abstract
La aféresis es el procedimiento más utilizado para la obtención de concentrados plaquetarios de alto rendimiento, calidad y para mejorar las terapias transfusionales en pacientes trombocitopénicos, oncohematológicos,cirugias e incluso, en pacientes con factores clínicos adversos a la refractariedad. Objetivo. Determinar la eficacia de un separador celular en la colecta de plaquetas en un Instituto Nacional de Salud de Lima. Material y métodos. Estudio descriptivo; la muestra fue de 80 concentrados plaquetarios, obtenidos por plaquetoaferesis y utilizando el equipo de separador celular americano. La colecta de plaquetas se realizó en un servicio de Hemoterapia y Banco de Sangre de una institución de salud de Lima, durante los meses de febrero a julio de 2018. La eficacia se realizó evaluando el rendimiento, la eficiencia y el cumplimiento de estándares de calidad aprobados. Uno de los parámetros utilizados fue el recuento de plaquetas y leucocitos residuales, procesados en el analizador hematológico. Resultados. Las evaluaciones fueron: concentración promedio de plaquetas por concentrado plaquetario (rendimiento)= 3,4 x 1011 plaquetas /ml, recuento de leucocitos residuales = 0,07 x 10 6 leucocitos/ml, volumen promedio de sangre procesado = 2480 ml, volumen final promedio = 217,5 ml, eficiencia en la colecta = 56,9 a 63,9 %, el tiempo medio por procedimiento de colecta = 72 minutos. Conclusiones. Los concentrados plaquetarios obtenidos con el procedimiento de plaquetoaferesis cumplen con los estándares de calidad nacional e internacionales, por lo que, se concluye que este procedimiento es eficaz en la colecta de productos de alta calidad que logran la eficacia en la transfusión.
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22. Diversity of Foliose Lichens in Nepal
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Kalyan Panta
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General Medicine - Abstract
Though lichen is an important biological entity, it has been overlooked in biodiversity assessment, research and priorities. To minimize this gap with the available resources and facilities, an initiation has been taken to enumerate the available lichen species in the premises of Prithvi Narayan Campus (PNC), Pokhara, Nepal. A survey has been conducted to explore mostly the foliose lichens diversity in 2022 and resulted 17 confirmed species belonging to 12 genera from 5 families. The Parmeliaceae and Physciaceae are found to be dominated families. Though the findings of this study are based on the morphological features, using available laboratory facilities at PNC, further in-depth survey and advanced identification methodologies are recommended.
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23. The Failure of Sn-Bi-Based Solder Joints Due to Current Stressing
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Faramarz Hadian, Sitaram Panta, Javier Flores, and Eric J. Cotts
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Materials Chemistry ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials - Published
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24. LOGÍSTICA REVERSA DAS EMBALAGENS DE AGROTÓXICOS NO MUNICÍPIO DE FRUTAL/MG NO CONTEXTO NACIONAL
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Airan Miguel Santos Panta, Rodrigo Lima Gallotti, Marcos Luciano Alves Barroso, and Carla Virginia Ferreira
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General Medicine - Abstract
A atividade agrícola gera subprodutos diversos, dentre os quais destacam-se as embalagens de agrotóxicos, que se caracterizam por serem elementos perigosos no que se refere à poluição/contaminação ambiental. Para esse tipo de resíduo a Lei nº 7.802/1989 (Lei dos agrotóxicos) e a Lei nº 12.305/2010 (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos), determinam que seja realizada a logística reversa, de modo que estes retornem em segurança para o fabricante. Neste sentido, esta pesquisa tem por objetivos: Diagnosticar a situação atual da logística reversa das embalagens de agrotóxicos e analisar os dados do comércio de agrotóxicos e do recolhimento de embalagens pelo estudo de caso da Cidade de Frutal/MG durante os anos de 2019 e 2020. Para tal, foi realizado um estudo in loco no Associação de Revendedores Agrícolas de Frutal (ARAFRUTAL), bem como foram obtidos dados do Sistema de Controle do Comércio de Agrotóxicos (SICCA) do Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária (IMA), realizando o mapeamento e tratamento de dados para analisar o comportamento mensal e anual do posto de coleta de embalagens vazias de agrotóxicos vinculado ao sistema nacional de coleta de embalagens do Instituto Nacional de Processamento de Embalagens Vazias (inpEV). Verificou-se que as embalagens de 1 kg, 5 kg, 1 l, 5 l, 10 l e 20 l são as embalagens mais vendidas. Em 2020, no Munícipio de Frutal foram comercializadas 635.000 unidades de agrotóxicos, sendo, 231.607 l e 651.580 kg de produtos, que representa respectivamente 58,46% e 37,17% a mais que o demandado no ano de 2019. A logística reversa realizada das embalagens foi de plásticos e papéis. Dos plásticos: 34.990 kg em 2019 e 35.615 kg em 2020. No ano de 2020, o posto de coleta recebeu 20,51% menos material que o ano de 2019, observando desse modo que a devolução das embalagens, apresentou baixos índices. Logo, observou-se que o consumo dos produtos aumentou, mas, a devolução das embalagens reduziu. Neste viés, faz-se necessário a conscientização da importância dessa prática junto aos agricultores, incentivando as devoluções das embalagens.
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25. Measurement of lepton mass squared moments in <math><mi>B</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mi>X</mi><mi>c</mi></msub><mo>ℓ</mo><msub><mover><mi>ν</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover><mo>ℓ</mo></msub></math> decays with the Belle II experiment
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Abudinén, F., Adamczyk, K., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Babu, V., Bacher, S., Bae, H., Baehr, S., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Červenkov, D., Chang, M. -C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Chen, Y. -T., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cremaldi, L. M., Cunliffe, S., Czank, T., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Duell, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fiore, S., Flood, K., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Garg, R., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Grace, P., Gradl, W., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hadjivasiliou, C., Halder, S., Hara, T., Hartbrich, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Hedges, M. T., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kakuno, H., Kaleta, M., Kaliyar, A. B., Kandra, J., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Ketter, C., Kichimi, H., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, M., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kurz, S., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lai, Y. -T., La Licata, C., Lalwani, K., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Lee, S. C., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Li, S. X., Li, Y. B., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., McKenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moon, H., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mueller, F., Murphy, C., Nakamura, I., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Naruki, M., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Niebuhr, C., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Ogawa, K., Ogawa, S., Onishchuk, Y., Ono, H., Oskin, P., Ozaki, H., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Pang, T., Panta, A., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Passeri, A., Pathak, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Popov, V., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rados, P., Raiz, S., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Rizzuto, L. B., Robertson, S. H., Rodríguez Pérez, D., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Rozanska, M., Russo, G., Sahoo, D., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shebalin, V., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Tabata, M., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanaka, S., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uehara, S., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Vossen, A., Waheed, E., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Windel, H., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Abudinén, F., Adamczyk, K., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Babu, V., Bacher, S., Bae, H., Baehr, S., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Červenkov, D., Chang, M. -C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Chen, Y. -T., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cremaldi, L. M., Cunliffe, S., Czank, T., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Duell, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fiore, S., Flood, K., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Garg, R., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Grace, P., Gradl, W., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hadjivasiliou, C., Halder, S., Hara, T., Hartbrich, O., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Hedges, M. T., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kakuno, H., Kaleta, M., Kaliyar, A. B., Kandra, J., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Ketter, C., Kichimi, H., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, M., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kurz, S., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lai, Y. -T., La Licata, C., Lalwani, K., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Lee, S. C., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Li, S. X., Li, Y. B., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moon, H., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mueller, F., Murphy, C., Nakamura, I., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Naruki, M., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Niebuhr, C., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Nishimura, K., Ogawa, K., Ogawa, S., Onishchuk, Y., Ono, H., Oskin, P., Ozaki, H., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Pang, T., Panta, A., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Passeri, A., Pathak, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Popov, V., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rados, P., Raiz, S., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Rizzuto, L. B., Robertson, S. H., Rodríguez Pérez, D., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Rozanska, M., Russo, G., Sahoo, D., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shebalin, V., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Tabata, M., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanaka, S., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uehara, S., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Vossen, A., Waheed, E., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Windel, H., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, R.
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We present measurements of the first to fourth moments of the lepton mass squared q2 of B→Xcℓν¯ℓ decays for ℓ=e, μ and with Xc a hadronic system containing a charm quark. These results use a sample of electron-positron collisions at the ϒ(4S) resonance corresponding to 62.8 fb−1 of integrated luminosity and collected by the Belle II 2 experiment in 2019 and 2020. To identify the Xc system and reconstruct q2, one of the B mesons from an ϒ(4S)→BB¯ decay is fully reconstructed in a hadronic decay mode using a multivariate B tagging algorithm. We report raw and central moments for q2>1.5 GeV2/c4 up to q2>8.5 GeV2/c4, probing up to 77% of the accessible B→Xcℓν¯ℓ phase space. This is the first measurement of moments in the experimentally challenging range of [1.5,2.5] GeV2/c4. The results can be used for a new determination of |Vcb| using inclusive B→Xcℓν¯ℓ decays.
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26. Can Nasal Irrigation Serve as a Complementary Strategy for Preventing COVID-associated Mucormycosis?
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Shankargouda Patil, Prashanth Panta, Archana Andhavarapu, and Prashanthi Reddy
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General Dentistry - Published
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27. CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE DIHYDRATE DEPOSITION DISEASE OF ELBOW WITH ULNAR NERVE NEUROPATHY: A CASE REPORT
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Sunil Panta, Sushil Thapa, Ramesh Thapa, Krishna Prasad Paudel, and Prajeeta Bhandari
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Crystal deposition disorders are one of the causes of inflammatory arthropathy. A rare variety of this disorder is Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate deposition disease. It is usually seen in the elderly and progresses as calcifications in and around the joint i.e. Chondrocalcinosis with repeated synovitis leading to degenerative changes of large and unusual or non-weight-bearing joints. It is a case report of 43 years housewife with a gradually enlarging mass at posteromedial aspect of the left elbow with ulnar nerve weakness for 1 year. Radiographs revealed degenerative joint with periarticular calcifications. The electrodiagnostic test showed ulnar nerve demyelination and axonal neuropathy. Surgical excision with decompression of ulnar nerve was done. Histopathology revealed features consistent with Pseudogout. Subsequent follow-up resulted in improvement of nerve function with no clinicoradiological evidence of recurrence. So, degenerative changes with periarticular calcifications in non-weight-bearing joints should be suspected for pseudogout. It may be associated with compressive neuropathy.
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28. Awareness and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients attending Dailekh District Hospital, Karnali Province, Nepal
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Niranjan Panta, Om Prakash Joshi, and Lila Bahadur Basnet
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Introduction: Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness worldwide in the age group 20-64 years. Awareness plays crucial role in management and prevention of this serious complication. There is a need of assessment of the awareness level and prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients in Nepal, especially in rural community. This study was intended with an objective to find out the awareness status and prevalence of diabetes retinopathy. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried among the patients visiting a district hospital. The district was chosen by purposeful sampling. A total of 236 required sample size was met by convenience sampling technique and asked to fill out the questionnaire prepared in Nepali to assess awareness of diabetic retinopathy. Detailed ophthalmic consultation of the patients were done. Results: Most of the patients' knowledge about DR inferred from treating physicians and other means of awareness from media and family members. About twenty-four percent of respondents had a good awareness of DR. Awareness was better in males which was statistically significant at p-value of
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29. Efficient User Grouping for MU-MIMO Visible Light Communications Based on Block Diagonalization
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Jariya Panta, Poompat Saengudomlert, and Karel L. Sterckx
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Computer Networks and Communications ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Abstract
This paper investigates efficient user grouping methods for multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) visible light communication (VLC) systems. Block diagonalization (BD) precoding is considered for interference avoidance. In addition, time division multiplexing (TDM) is applied to perform user grouping when the number of users exceeds the limit of BD precoding based on the number of light emitting diode (LED) transmitters and the total number of users' photodiodes (PDs). User grouping methods are proposed based on pairwise interference considerations among users in the same group. The proposed methods can be implemented through integer linear programming (ILP), which requires less computation than exhaustive search. The numerical results on the average minimum user throughputs over random scenarios indicate that the proposed hybrid method can significantly outperform random user grouping and performs reasonably well compared to exhaustive search. Finally, this study demonstrates that, when BD precoding greatly attenuates the desired user signals, user grouping can help improve minimum user throughputs even though BD precoding can support all users as a single group.
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30. Association Between Nutritional Knowledge, Dietary Regimen, and Excess Body Weight in Primary School Teachers
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Jacksaint Saintila, Yaquelin E Calizaya-Milla, Sergio E Calizaya-Milla, Ashly A Elejabo-Pacheco, Genesis A Sandoval-Valentin, and Shirley G Rodriguez-Panta
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Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare ,General Medicine ,General Nursing - Abstract
Jacksaint Saintila,1 Yaquelin E Calizaya-Milla,2 Sergio E Calizaya-Milla,2 Ashly A Elejabo-Pacheco,2 Genesis A Sandoval-Valentin,2 Shirley G Rodriguez-Panta2 1Medical School, Señor De Sipán University, Chiclayo, Peru; 2Research Group for Nutrition and Lifestyle, Human Nutrition School, Peruvian Union University, Lima, PeruCorrespondence: Jacksaint Saintila, Medical School, Señor De Sipán University, Km 5, Carretera a Pimentel, Chiclayo, 14001, Peru, Email jacksaintsaintila@gmail.com Yaquelin E Calizaya-Milla, Research Group for Nutrition and Lifestyle, Human Nutrition School, Peruvian Union University, Km 19, Carretera Central, Lima, 15033, Peru, Email yaquelincalizaya@upeu.edu.peIntroduction: Peru is one of the developing countries with the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in Latin America and Caribbean region. Primary school teachers are identified as a high-risk group for overweight and obesity. However, studies conducted in this population group are limited. This study evaluated the association between nutritional knowledge, dietary regimen, and excess body weight in primary school teachers.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that included 151 teachers from two state schools in the eastern region of Lima, Peru. The level of nutritional knowledge was assessed using a validated questionnaire. Dietary regimen was also determined. The body mass index (BMI) was determined through self-reported weight and height. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between possible risk factors with excess body weight among teachers.Results: Inadequate nutritional knowledge level (AOR = 5.21, 95% CI: 1.31â 20.93), being male teachers (AOR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.13â 4.45), and being married (AOR = 2.49, 95% CI: 1.17â 5.30) were the significant predictors of excess body weight. In contrast, vegetarian teachers were less likely to have excess body weight (AOR = 0.35, 95% CI: 0.47â 0.97).Conclusion: Future intervention programs should include improving nutritional knowledge with greater attention to male and married teachers to decrease the risk of excess body weight.Keywords: body mass index, dietary regimen, nutrition knowledge, obesity, overweight, vegetarians
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31. Eroded topography in Proterozoic Basement: the case of Capiá river watershed, Semi‐arid Northeastern Brazil
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João Nascimento, Genisson Panta, and Kleython Monteiro
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Earth-Surface Processes - Abstract
It is a consensus that the semi-arid depressions created in Atlantic Proterozoic Shield underwent intense denudational processes, especially during the Cenozoic. However, there are still no studies on quantifying and spatializing the fluvial incision for the Southern Sertaneja Depression, low course of the São Francisco river. Then, this study sought to quantify and spatialize the fluvial incision over the Proterozoic basement in the Capiá river basin through the integration of geoprocessing and geostatistical techniques (ordinary kriging), based on a Digital Elevation Model. Correlations were drawn between lithological resistance, basement structures and geomorphological aspects. More than half of the analyzed watershed mass has already been removed by denudational processes and the minimum bulk erosion per corresponding area is in contrast with other regions of the planet. The reconstitution of the topography allowed the delimitation of two large morphostructural compartments in the basin. Finally, apatite fission track data from studies already published in the study area were presented.
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32. Efficcacy of Sambucus peruviana (sauco) in patients with benign symptomic prostatic hyperplasia
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Segundo Bueno Ordoñez and Oscar Ferreol Panta Guardado
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Marketing ,Pharmacology ,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management ,Strategy and Management ,Drug Discovery ,Pharmaceutical Science - Published
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33. Consumo de agua de tomate en invernadero en función del número de tallos
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Jesús del Rosario Ruelas-Islas, Juan Enrique Rubiños-Panta, Luis Alberto Peinado-Fuentes, Cándido Mendoza-Pérez, Antonio Martínez-Ruiz, and Isabel Escobosa-García
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General Medicine - Abstract
La poca disponibilidad de agua observada en las presas del país y la sobreexplotación de los acuíferos subterráneos hacen urgente nuevas estrategias para optimizar este recurso. Una estrategia es la optimización del riego mediante el cálculo de las necesidades hídricas para la programación de riegos. El objetivo del este estudio fue analizar la relación entre la evapotranspiración de cultivo (ETc) y coeficiente del cultivo (Kc) en el cultivo del tomate en función del número de tallos, para el suministro el agua de riego a partir de un lisímetro de drenaje y el atmómetro. El trabajo se realizó en condiciones controladas usando tezontle como sustrato y un sistema de riego por goteo. El experimento consistió en tres tratamientos, uno (T1), dos (T2) y tres (T3) tallos por planta. Se utilizó el método del lisímetro de drenaje para medir la transpiración diaria de cultivo (ETc) y un atmómetro para estimar la evapotranspiración de referencia (ETo). La transpiración acumulada del cultivo fue de 352, 389 y 434 mm para T1, T2 y T3 y un kc de 1.06, 1.16 y 1.32 para los mismos tratamientos respectivamente, así como el requerimiento de riego de 1.04, 1.14 y 1.29 L planta-1, ambos parámetros determinados en la etapa de máxima demanda hídrica y nutrimental. Se concluye que las mediciones diarias de traspiración en tomate con el lisímetro de drenaje permiten calcular el requerimiento hídrico de los cultivos, además, el atmómetro es una alternativa para estimar la ETo con fines de calendarización del riego en diferentes cultivos.
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34. Innovación y Resiliencia Empresarial en el sector turístico del Rímac en el contexto de la pandemia COVID 19
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Bertha Miranda Guevara, Gualberto Hurtado Ramos, Quintter Salas Pittman, Elizabeth Segovia Araníbar, Lucia Panta Sifuentes, and Rossy Choccllo Sandra Crispín
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General Medicine - Abstract
El presente trabajo de investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar la innovación y la resiliencia empresarial en el sector turístico del Rímac en el contexto de la pandemia COVID 19, para alcanzar este objetivo se aplicó la metodología de enfoque cualitativo, de método inductivo, diseño fenomenológico, cuya población estuvo conformada por 24 empresarios gastronómicos del Rímac y una muestra de 10 empresarios, como técnica se utilizó la entrevista y como instrumento una guía de preguntas semiestructurada. La investigación concluye que se puede verificar que existe una relación de asociación entre las subcategorías proceso y organizativa, debido a que las empresas se organizaban para cumplir con todos los protocolos de bioseguridad, así como en la innovación en los servicios dando como resultado un producto final, que mantiene una relación de causalidad con las subcategorías mencionadas. Además, se aprecia una relación causal provocada por la subcategoría conocimiento hacia la gestión de riesgo que produce la pandemia por Covid 19 hacía el sector turístico y se evidencia una relación de contradicción entre la subcategoría gobernanza hacía la gestión de riesgo, esto se debe a que la Municipalidad del Rímac poco o nada intervino hacía el apoyo de estas empresas incrementando el riesgo de que cierren.
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35. Multi-Site Spinal Cord Transcutaneous Stimulation Facilitates Upper Limb Sensory and Motor Recovery in Severe Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Study
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Harkema, Pawan Sharma, Tudor Panta, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Robert J. Bert, Yury Gerasimenko, Gail Forrest, and Susan
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cervical spinal cord injury ,upper limb ,spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation ,neuromodulation ,spinal cord excitability ,motor rehabilitation - Abstract
Individuals with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) rank regaining arm and hand function as their top rehabilitation priority post-injury. Cervical spinal cord transcutaneous stimulation (scTS) combined with activity-based recovery training (ABRT) is known to effectively facilitate upper extremity sensorimotor recovery in individuals with residual arm and hand function post SCI. However, scTS effectiveness in facilitating upper extremity recovery in individuals with severe SCI with minimal to no sensory and motor preservation below injury level remains largely unknown. We herein introduced a multimodal neuro-rehabilitative approach involving scTS targeting systematically identified various spinal segments combined with ABRT. We hypothesized that multi-site scTS combined with ABRT will effectively neuromodulate the spinal networks, resulting in improved integration of ascending and descending neural information required for sensory and motor recovery in individuals with severe cervical SCI. To test the hypothesis, a 53-year-old male (C2, AIS A, 8 years post-injury) received 60 ABRT sessions combined with continuous multi-site scTS. Post-training assessments revealed improved activation of previously paralyzed upper extremity muscles and sensory improvements over the dorsal and volar aspects of the hand. Most likely, altered spinal cord excitability and improved muscle activation and sensations resulted in observed sensorimotor recovery. However, despite promising neurophysiological evidence pertaining to motor re-activation, we did not observe visually appreciable functional recovery on obtained upper extremity motor assessments.
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36. Insights into the size-resolved dust emission from field measurements in the Moroccan Sahara
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Cristina González-Flórez, Martina Klose, Andrés Alastuey, Sylvain Dupont, Jerónimo Escribano, Vicken Etyemezian, Adolfo Gonzalez-Romero, Yue Huang, Konrad Kandler, George Nikolich, Agnesh Panta, Xavier Querol, Cristina Reche, Jesús Yus-Díez, and Carlos Pérez García-Pando
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Mineral dust effects upon climate are strongly affected by its particle size distribution (PSD). In particular, the emitted dust PSD partly controls the dust lifetime and its global distribution. Despite the extensive research performed on this topic over the last decades, there are still substantial gaps in our understanding of the emitted PSD along with its potential variability and associated causes. In this study, we provide insights into the saltation and size-resolved dust emission process based on measurements obtained during a comprehensive wind erosion and dust emission field campaign that took place in the Moroccan Sahara in September 2019 in the context of the FRontiers in dust minerAloGical coMposition and its Effects upoN climaTe (FRAGMENT) project. The measurement site located in a remote ephemeral lake, consisting of a smooth hard-crusted paved sediment surface surrounded by small sand dunes, is characterized by strong and frequent saltation and dust emission conditions, and relatively low sandblasting efficiencies. Our study, which thoroughly analyses the number and mass PSDs of both the concentration and diffusive flux (the latter typically assumed to be equivalent to the emitted dust PSD), detects statistically significant dependencies upon friction velocity (u*), wind direction and type of event (regular events vs haboob events). We discuss the potential underlying causes of such variability, including the effect of dry deposition, an enhanced fragmentation of aggregates, and the impact of the haboob gust front. We clearly identify and quantify the major role played by dry deposition in shaping the diffusive flux PSD variations, modulated by the wind direction-dependent fetch length of our measurement location and u*. Our estimates show the importance of dry deposition relative to emission, representing up to ∼40 % for super-coarse particles (> 10 μm) and up to ∼20 % for particles as small as ∼5 μm in diameter. While we attribute the enhancement (reduction) in submicron (supermicron) particles with u* to the effect of dry deposition, an enhanced fragmentation of aggregates with u* could still play a complementary yet arguably smaller role. We additionally find clear differences in the PSDs associated to haboob events in comparison with the regular events, i.e., a higher (lower) proportion of supermicron (submicron) particles for equivalent or higher u* values, and more vigorous dry deposition and variability in the coarse and super-coarse dust mass fractions. We hypothesize that these differences are due to 1) a smaller horizontal (spatial) extent of the haboob events (which is equivalent to the effect of a smaller fetch), 2) the effect of the moving haboob gust front, where u* and dust emission are maximized, along with its changing proximity to the measurement site (which is equivalent to a variable fetch), and/or 3) the increased resistance of soil aggregates to fragmentation associated to the observed increases in relative humidity along the haboob outflow. We finally compare the obtained PSDs with both the PSDs predicted by the original and a recently updated version Brittle Fragmentation Theory (BFT), the latter accounting for super-coarse dust emission. For the comparison with the updated BFT we transform our optical diameters into geometric diameter PSDs, assuming dust particles are tri-axial ellipsoids with an index of refraction consistent with measured optical properties during the campaign. We obtain a substantially lower (higher) proportion of submicron (supermicron) particles in the diffusive flux PSDs in comparison with the original BFT PSDs. Also, our PSDs show a higher proportion of particles above ∼2 μm and a higher mass fraction of super-coarse particles, despite large effect of dry deposition upon this fraction. All in all, our results indicate that dry deposition needs to be adequately considered to estimate the emitted PSD, even in studies limited to the fine and coarse size ranges (< 10 μm), and particularly in measurement locations with long fetches.
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37. Search for a $\tau^+\tau^-$ resonance in $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow \mu^{+}\mu^{-} \tau^+\tau^-$ events with the Belle II experiment
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Adachi, I., Adamczyk, K., Aushev, T., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Aushev, V., Forti, F., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Garmash, A., Gaudino, G., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Aversano, M., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Ghosh, D., Ghumaryan, H., Giakoustidis, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Babu, V., Gogota, O., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Grammatico, T., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Bae, H., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Halder, S., Han, Y., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Hedges, M. T., Bahinipati, S., de la Cruz, I. Heredia, Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hirata, H., Hoek, M., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C.-L., Humair, T., Bambade, P., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Banerjee, Sw., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E.-J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Johnson, A., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kakuno, H., Kaleta, M., Bansal, S., Kalita, D., Kaliyar, A. B., Kandra, J., Kang, K. H., Kang, S., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Keil, F., Ketter, C., Barrett, M., Kiesling, C., Kim, C.-H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K.-H., Kim, Y.-K., Kindo, H., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Aggarwal, L., Baudot, J., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Bauer, M., Kumar, M., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y.-J., Lacaprara, S., Lai, Y.-T., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Baur, A., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Beaubien, A., Li, Y. B., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liu, Q. Y., Liu, Z. Q., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Becker, J., Ma, Y., Maggiora, M., Maharana, S. P., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Manthei, A. C., Mantovano, M., Marcantonio, D., Behera, P. K., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martellini, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuda, T., Matsuoka, K., Bennett, J. V., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Mehta, R., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Mirra, M., Miyabayashi, K., Bernieri, E., Miyake, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Mondal, S., Moneta, S., Moser, H.-G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Bernlochner, F. U., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Nakazawa, H., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Narwal, D., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Bertacchi, V., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Niebuhr, C., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Ahmed, H., Bertemes, M., Otani, F., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, J., Park, S.-H., Bertholet, E., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piccolo, M., Bessner, M., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Bettarini, S., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Bhardwaj, V., Rizzo, G., Rizzuto, L. B., Robertson, S. H., Rodríguez Pérez, D., Roehrken, M., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sahoo, D., Bhuyan, B., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schnepf, M., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Bianchi, F., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shan, W., Sharma, C., Shen, C. P., Shi, X. D., Bilka, T., Shillington, T., Shiu, J.-G., Shtol, D., Shwartz, B., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Sobotzik, M., Bilokin, S., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stavroulakis, P., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Biswas, D., Strube, J., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Aihara, H., Bobrov, A., Tanaka, S., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Bodrov, D., Tsaklidis, I., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Bolz, A., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vismaya, V. S., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Volpe, R., Borah, J., Vossen, A., Wach, B., Wakai, M., Wakeling, H. M., Wallner, S., Wang, E., Wang, M.-Z., Wang, X. L., Wang, Z., Warburton, A., Bozek, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Bračko, M., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Y., Branchini, P., Zhilich, V., Zhou, J. S., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Belle-II Collaboration, Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Akopov, N., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Cerasoli, J., Chang, M.-C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Aloisio, A., Chen, Y. Q., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H.-E., Cho, K., Cho, S.-J., Choi, S.-K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Anh Ky, N., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Cremaldi, L. M., Cunliffe, S., Czank, T., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., Asner, D. M., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Atmacan, H., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., and Dujany, G.
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KEK-B ,model, scalar ,coupling: high [lepton] ,axion-like particles ,BELLE ,branching ratio ,GeV ,lepton, family ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
We report the first search for a non-standard-model resonance decaying into $\tau$ pairs in $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrow \mu^{+}\mu^{-} \tau^+\tau^-$ events in the 3.6-10 GeV/$c^{2}$ mass range. We use a 62.8 fb$^{-1}$ sample of $e^+e^-$ collisions collected at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider. The analysis probes three different models predicting a spin-1 particle coupling only to the heavier lepton families, a Higgs-like spin-0 particle that couples preferentially to charged leptons (leptophilic scalar), and an axion-like particle, respectively. We observe no evidence for a signal and set exclusion limits at 90% confidence level on the product of cross section and branching fraction into $\tau$ pairs, ranging from 0.7 fb to 24 fb, and on the couplings of these processes. We obtain world-leading constraints on the couplings for the leptophilic scalar model for masses above 6.5 GeV/$c^2$ and for the axion-like particle model over the entire mass range.
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38. Variability in grain size, mineralogy, and mode of occurrence of Fe in surface sediments of preferential dust-source inland drainage basins: The case of the Lower Drâa Valley, S Morocco
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González-Romero, Adolfo, González-Florez, Cristina, Panta, Agnesh, Yus-Díez, Jesús, Reche, Cristina, Córdoba, Patricia, Alastuey, Andres, Kandler, Konrad, Klose, Martina, Baldo, Clarissa, Clark, Roger N., Shi, Zong Bo, Querol, Xavier, and García-Pando, Carlos Pérez
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The effect of mineral dust emitted from arid and semiarid surfaces upon climate and ecosystems depends fundamentally on their particle size distribution (PSD) and size-resolved mineralogical composition. However, soil mineralogy atlases used for mineral-speciated dust modelling are highly uncertain as they are derived extrapolating mineralogical analyses of soil samples that are particularly scarce in dust-source regions. This extrapolation neglects the processes affecting the formation of different dust-emitting surface sediments, such as dunes, crusts, and paved sediments. The Lower Drâa Valley, an inland drainage basin and preferential dust-source located in southern Morocco, was chosen for a comprehensive analysis of sediment grain size and mineralogy. Different sediment types samples were collected, including paleo-sediments, paved surfaces, crusts, and dunes, and analysed through PSD analysis of minimally and fully dispersed samples, and X-ray diffraction mineralogical analysis of bulk samples. We also performed Fe sequential wet extraction to characterize Fe mineralogy, including the contents of (oxyhydr)oxides (goethite and hematite), key to dust radiative effects, and poorly crystalline pool of Fe (readily exchangeable ionic Fe and nano-Fe-oxides), relevant to dust impacts upon ocean biogeochemistry. Based on the results we propose a conceptual model where both particle size and mineralogy are segregated by transport and deposition of sediments during runoff of water across the basin, and by the precipitation of salts, which causes a sedimentary fractionation. Coarser particles substantially richer in quartz are more present in elevated areas, and finer particles rich in clay, carbonates, and Fe-oxides are present in depressed areas, where dust emission is maximized. When water ponds and evaporates, secondary carbonates and salts precipitate, and the clays are enriched in readily exchangeable ionic Fe, due to sorption of dissolved Fe by illite. Our results differ from currently available mineralogical atlases and highlight the need for observationally-constrained global high-resolution mineralogical data for mineral-speciated dust modeling.
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39. Measurement of $C\!P$ asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for $B^\pm \to DK^\pm$ and $D\pi^\pm$ with $D\to K^0_{\rm S} K^\pm\pi^\mp$ using Belle and Belle II data
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Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ayad, R., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Garg, R., Garmash, A., Gaudino, G., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Babu, V., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Ghosh, D., Ghumaryan, H., Giakoustidis, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Gogota, O., Bae, H., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Halder, S., Han, Y., Bahinipati, S., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hazra, S., Hedges, M. T., de la Cruz, I. Heredia, Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hoek, M., Bambade, P., Hohmann, M., Hou, W.-S., Hsu, C.-L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Banerjee, Sw., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E.-J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Johnson, A., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Barrett, M., Kandra, J., Kang, K. H., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Keil, F., Ketter, C., Kiesling, C., Kim, C.-H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K.-H., Baudot, J., Kim, Y.-K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Bauer, M., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, M., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y.-J., Baur, A., Lacaprara, S., Lai, Y.-T., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Aihara, H., Beaubien, A., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Liu, Q. Y., Liu, Z. Q., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lueck, T., Becker, J., Luo, T., Lyu, C., Ma, Y., Maggiora, M., Maharana, S. P., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Mancinelli, G., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Behera, P. K., Mantovano, M., Marcantonio, D., Marinas, C., Martellini, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuda, T., Matsuoka, K., Bennett, J. V., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Mehta, R., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Mirra, M., Bernlochner, F. U., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Mondal, S., Moneta, S., Moser, H.-G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Bertacchi, V., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Bertemes, M., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Otani, F., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Bertholet, E., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S.-H., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Bessner, M., Pham, F., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Bettarini, S., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Akopov, N., Bhuyan, B., Robertson, S. H., Roehrken, M., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sahoo, D., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Bianchi, F., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schmitt, C., Schnell, G., Schnepf, M., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Bilka, T., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shan, W., Sharma, C., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Shiu, J.-G., Shtol, D., Biswas, D., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Sobotzik, M., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Bobrov, A., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stavroulakis, P., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Svidras, H., Bodrov, D., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tittel, O., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Bolz, A., Trabelsi, K., Tsaklidis, I., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Bondar, A., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Veronesi, M., Vismaya, V. S., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Volpe, R., Borah, J., Wach, B., Wakai, M., Wallner, S., Wang, E., Wang, M.-Z., Wang, Z., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Bozek, A., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Yin, J. H., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Aloisio, A., Bračko, M., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, J. S., Zhou, Q. D., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Belle-II Collaboration, Belle Collaboration, Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Anh Ky, N., Cerasoli, J., Chang, M.-C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H.-E., Asner, D. M., Cho, K., Choi, S.-K., Choi, Y., Choudhury, S., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Cremaldi, L. M., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., Aushev, T., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Aushev, V., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Aversano, M., Ecker, P., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., and Forti, F.
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CKM matrix, unitarity ,Upsilon(10570) ,electron positron ,superposition ,branching ratio, ratio ,BELLE ,asymmetry ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
We measure $C\!P$ asymmetries and branching-fraction ratios for $B^\pm \to DK^\pm$ and $D\pi^\pm$ decays with $D\to K^0_{\rm S} K^\pm\pi^\mp$, where $D$ is a superposition of $D^0$ and $\bar{D}^0$. We use the full data set of the Belle experiment, containing $772\times 10^6~B\bar{B}$ pairs, and data from the Belle~II experiment, containing $387\times 10^6~B\bar{B}$ pairs, both collected in electron-positron collisions at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. Our results provide model-independent information on the unitarity triangle angle $\phi_3$., Comment: 26 pages, 8 figures
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40. Precise measurement of the $D^+_s$ lifetime at Belle II
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Belle II Collaboration, Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Ky, N. Anh, Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Aversano, M., Babu, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bondar, A., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Cerasoli, J., Chang, M. -C., Chang, P., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Jiménez, I. Domínguez, Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferlewicz, D., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Garmash, A., Gaudino, G., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Ghosh, D., Ghumaryan, H., Giakoustidis, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Gogota, O., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Han, Y., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., de la Cruz, I. Heredia, Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hoek, M., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Humair, T., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kandra, J., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Keil, F., Ketter, C., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, M., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lai, Y. -T., Lam, T., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Leboucher, R., Diberder, F. R. Le, Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Liu, Q. Y., Liu, Z. Q., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Ma, Y., Maggiora, M., Maharana, S. P., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Mantovano, M., Marcantonio, D., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martellini, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuda, T., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Mehta, R., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Mirra, M., Miyabayashi, K., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Mondal, S., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakazawa, Y., Charan, A. Narimani, Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ono, H., Otani, F., Oxford, E. R., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schmitt, C., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shan, W., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Shtol, D., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Sobie, R. J., Sobotzik, M., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stavroulakis, P., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sumihama, M., Svidras, H., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tenchini, F., Tittel, O., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Trabelsi, K., Tsaklidis, I., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varvell, K. E., Veronesi, M., Vismaya, V. S., Vitale, L., Volpe, R., Wach, B., Wallner, S., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Wang, Z., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, J. S., Zhou, Q. D., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, R.
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lifetime ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,KEK-B ,FOS: Physical sciences ,BELLE ,meson ,statistical ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
We measure the lifetime of the $D_s^+$ meson using a data sample of 207 fb$^{-1}$ collected by the Belle II experiment running at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy $e^+ e^-$ collider. The lifetime is determined by fitting the decay-time distribution of a sample of $116\times 10^3$ $D_s^+\rightarrow\phi\pi^+$ decays. Our result is $\tau^{}_{D^+_s} = (498.7\pm 1.7\,^{+1.1}_{-0.8})$ fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. This result is significantly more precise than previous measurements., Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, to be submitted to Physical Review Letters
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41. Observation of e+e−→ωχbJ(1P) and Search for Xb→ωϒ(1S) at s near 10.75 GeV
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Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Chang, M. -C., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, Y. Q., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Eliachevitch, M., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Ganiev, E., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hirata, H., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Ketter, C., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Sibidanov, A., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Warburton, A., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Chang, M. -C., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, Y. Q., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Eliachevitch, M., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Ganiev, E., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hirata, H., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Ketter, C., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Lewis, P. M., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Maurya, S. K., Mckenna, J. A., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Sibidanov, A., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Warburton, A., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, R.
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We study the processes eþ e− → ωχ bJ ð1PÞ (J ¼ 0, 1, or 2) using samples at center-of-mass energies pffiffiffi s ¼ 10.701, 10.745, and 10.805 GeV, corresponding to 1.6, 9.8, and 4.7 fb−1 of integrated luminosity, respectively. These data were collected with the Belle II detector during special operations of the SuperKEKB collider above the ϒð4SÞ resonance. We report the first observation of ωχ bJ ð1PÞ signals at pffiffiffi pffiffiffi s ¼ 10.745 GeV. By combining Belle II data with Belle results at s ¼ 10.867 GeV, we find energy dependencies of the Born cross sections for eþ e− → ωχ b1;b2 ð1PÞ to be consistent with the shape of the ϒð10753Þ state. These data indicate that the internal structures of the ϒð10753Þ and ϒð10860Þ states may pffiffiffi differ. Including data at s ¼ 10.653 GeV, we also search for the bottomonium equivalent of the Xð3872Þ state decaying into ωϒð1SÞ. No significant signal is observed for masses between 10.45 and 10.65 GeV=c2 .
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42. Search for an Invisible Z′ in a Final State with Two Muons and Missing Energy at Belle II
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Adachi, I., Adamczyk, K., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Chang, M.C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Chen, Y. Q., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H.E., Cho, K., Cho, S.J., Choi, S.K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Haigh, H., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C.L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E.J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kakuno, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Kang, S., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kiesling, C., Kim, C.H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K.H., Kim, Y.K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y.J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Luo, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H.G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S.H., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Rodríguez Pérez, D., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shillington, T., Shiu, J.G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Strube, J., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M.Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Adachi, I., Adamczyk, K., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Chang, M. -C., Chang, P., Cheaib, R., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Chen, Y. Q., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cinabro, D., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Das, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., Dey, S., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finck, C., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Fulsom, B. G., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Haigh, H., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kakuno, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Kang, S., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Luo, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Pinna Angioni, G., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Rodríguez Pérez, D., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Sibidanov, A., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Sokolov, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Strube, J., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, R.
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The Lμ−Lτ extension of the standard model predicts the existence of a lepton-flavor-universality-violating Z′ boson that couples only to the heavier lepton families. We search for such a Z′ through its invisible decay in the process e+e−→μ+μ−Z′. We use a sample of electron-positron collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 10.58 GeV collected by the Belle II experiment in 2019–2020, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 79.7 fb−1. We find no excess over the expected standard-model background. We set 90%-confidence-level upper limits on the cross section for this process as well as on the coupling of the model, which ranges from 3×10−3 at low Z′ masses to 1 at Z′ masses of 8 GeV/c2.
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43. {Measurement of the \ensuremath{\Lambda}c+ Lifetime}
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F. Abudinén, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, J. K. Ahn, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, H. Atmacan, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, V. Babu, H. Bae, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, S. Bansal, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Baur, A. Beaubien, J. Becker, J. V. Bennett, E. Bernieri, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, V. Bhardwaj, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, G. Bonvicini, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, M. -C. Chang, P. Chang, R. Cheaib, P. Cheema, C. Chen, Y. Q. Chen, Y. -T. Chen, B. G. Cheon, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H. -E. Cho, K. Cho, S. -J. Cho, S. -K. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, L. Corona, L. M. Cremaldi, S. Cunliffe, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, D. Dossett, S. Dreyer, G. Dujany, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, G. Finocchiaro, K. Flood, A. Fodor, F. Forti, A. Frey, B. G. Fulsom, A. Gabrielli, E. Ganiev, M. Garcia-Hernandez, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, S. Granderath, D. Greenwald, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, J. Guilliams, S. Halder, K. Hara, O. Hartbrich, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, M. Hohmann, T. Humair, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, Y. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, Q. P. Ji, Y. Jin, H. Junkerkalefeld, M. Kaleta, J. Kandra, K. H. Kang, R. Karl, G. Karyan, C. Kiesling, C. -H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K. -H. Kim, Y. -K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. 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- Abstract
An absolute measurement of the Λ_{c}^{+} lifetime is reported using Λ_{c}^{+}→pK^{-}π^{+} decays in events reconstructed from data collected by the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB asymmetric-energy electron-positron collider. The total integrated luminosity of the data sample, which was collected at center-of-mass energies at or near the ϒ(4S) resonance, is 207.2 fb^{-1}. The result, τ(Λ_{c}^{+})=203.20±0.89±0.77 fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic, is the most precise measurement to date and is consistent with previous determinations.
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- 2023
44. {Measurement of the \ensuremath{\Omega}c0 lifetime at Belle II}
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F. Abudinén, I. Adachi, L. Aggarwal, H. Ahmed, H. Aihara, N. Akopov, A. Aloisio, N. Anh Ky, D. M. Asner, T. Aushev, V. Aushev, H. Bae, P. Bambade, Sw. Banerjee, J. Baudot, M. Bauer, A. Beaubien, J. Becker, P. K. Behera, J. V. Bennett, E. Bernieri, F. U. Bernlochner, V. Bertacchi, M. Bertemes, E. Bertholet, M. Bessner, S. Bettarini, B. Bhuyan, F. Bianchi, T. Bilka, D. Biswas, D. Bodrov, A. Bolz, J. Borah, A. Bozek, M. Bračko, P. Branchini, R. A. Briere, T. E. Browder, A. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Campajola, L. Cao, G. Casarosa, C. Cecchi, M. -C. Chang, P. Cheema, V. Chekelian, Y. Q. Chen, K. Chilikin, K. Chirapatpimol, H. -E. Cho, K. Cho, S. -J. Cho, S. -K. Choi, S. Choudhury, D. Cinabro, L. Corona, S. Cunliffe, S. Das, F. Dattola, E. De La Cruz-Burelo, S. A. De La Motte, G. de Marino, G. De Nardo, M. De Nuccio, G. De Pietro, R. de Sangro, M. Destefanis, S. Dey, A. De Yta-Hernandez, R. Dhamija, A. Di Canto, F. Di Capua, J. Dingfelder, Z. Doležal, I. Domínguez Jiménez, T. V. Dong, M. Dorigo, K. Dort, S. Dreyer, S. Dubey, G. Dujany, P. Ecker, M. Eliachevitch, D. Epifanov, P. Feichtinger, T. Ferber, D. Ferlewicz, T. Fillinger, G. Finocchiaro, A. Fodor, F. Forti, B. G. Fulsom, E. Ganiev, V. Gaur, A. Gaz, A. Gellrich, G. Ghevondyan, R. Giordano, A. Giri, A. Glazov, B. Gobbo, R. Godang, P. Goldenzweig, W. Gradl, S. Granderath, E. Graziani, D. Greenwald, T. Gu, Y. Guan, K. Gudkova, J. Guilliams, K. Hayasaka, H. Hayashii, S. Hazra, C. Hearty, I. Heredia de la Cruz, M. Hernández Villanueva, A. Hershenhorn, T. Higuchi, E. C. Hill, H. Hirata, M. Hohmann, C. -L. Hsu, T. Iijima, K. Inami, G. Inguglia, N. Ipsita, A. Ishikawa, S. Ito, R. Itoh, M. Iwasaki, P. Jackson, W. W. Jacobs, D. E. Jaffe, E. -J. Jang, S. Jia, Y. Jin, K. K. Joo, H. Junkerkalefeld, A. B. Kaliyar, K. H. Kang, R. Karl, G. Karyan, C. Kiesling, C. -H. Kim, D. Y. Kim, K. -H. Kim, Y. -K. Kim, H. Kindo, K. Kinoshita, P. Kodyš, T. Koga, S. Kohani, K. Kojima, T. Konno, A. Korobov, S. Korpar, E. Kovalenko, R. 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M. Podesta-Lerma, T. Podobnik, S. Pokharel, L. Polat, C. Praz, S. Prell, E. Prencipe, M. T. Prim, H. Purwar, N. Rad, P. Rados, S. Raiz, A. Ramirez Morales, M. Reif, S. Reiter, M. Remnev, I. Ripp-Baudot, G. Rizzo, S. H. Robertson, J. M. Roney, A. Rostomyan, N. Rout, G. Russo, D. A. Sanders, S. Sandilya, A. Sangal, Y. Sato, V. Savinov, B. Scavino, J. Schueler, C. Schwanda, A. J. Schwartz, B. Schwenker, Y. Seino, A. Selce, K. Senyo, J. Serrano, M. E. Sevior, C. Sfienti, C. P. Shen, X. D. Shi, T. Shillington, A. Sibidanov, J. B. Singh, J. Skorupa, R. J. Sobie, A. Soffer, E. Solovieva, S. Spataro, B. Spruck, M. Starič, S. Stefkova, Z. S. Stottler, R. Stroili, J. Strube, M. Sumihama, K. Sumisawa, W. Sutcliffe, S. Y. Suzuki, H. Svidras, M. Takizawa, U. Tamponi, K. Tanida, H. Tanigawa, F. Tenchini, A. Thaller, R. Tiwary, D. Tonelli, E. Torassa, N. Toutounji, K. Trabelsi, M. Uchida, I. Ueda, Y. Uematsu, T. Uglov, K. Unger, Y. Unno, K. Uno, S. Uno, Y. Ushiroda, S. E. Vahsen, R. van Tonder, G. S. Varner, K. E. Varvell, A. Vinokurova, L. Vitale, V. Vobbilisetti, H. M. Wakeling, E. Wang, M. -Z. Wang, X. L. Wang, A. Warburton, M. Watanabe, S. Watanuki, M. Welsch, C. Wessel, E. Won, B. D. Yabsley, S. Yamada, W. Yan, S. B. Yang, H. Ye, J. Yelton, J. H. Yin, Y. M. Yook, K. Yoshihara, C. Z. Yuan, L. Zani, Y. Zhang, V. Zhilich, Q. D. Zhou, X. Y. Zhou, V. I. Zhukova, and R. Žlebčík, Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Behera, P. K., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Biswas, D., Bodrov, D., Bolz, A., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Branchini, P., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. 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G., Ganiev, E., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gu, T., Guan, Y., Gudkova, K., Guilliams, J., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hirata, H., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Inguglia, G., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jackson, P., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Joo, K. K., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karl, R., Karyan, G., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kinoshita, K., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Konno, T., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Kraetzschmar, T. M. G., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kumar, J., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lam, T., Lanceri, L., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Lautenbach, K., Leboucher, R., Li, C., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Lieret, K., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lozar, A., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Maggiora, M., Maiti, R., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Maurya, S. K., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H. -G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakao, M., Nakayama, H., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Natkaniec, Z., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nayak, M., Nazaryan, G., Nisar, N. K., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oxford, E. R., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Paoloni, E., Pardi, S., Park, H., Park, S. -H., Passeri, A., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Piccolo, M., Piilonen, L. E., Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raiz, S., Ramirez Morales, A., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Remnev, M., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Robertson, S. H., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Russo, G., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Sato, Y., Savinov, V., Scavino, B., Schueler, J., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Schwenker, B., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shen, C. P., Shi, X. D., Shillington, T., Sibidanov, A., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stottler, Z. S., Stroili, R., Strube, J., Sumihama, M., Sumisawa, K., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Tenchini, F., Thaller, A., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Toutounji, N., Trabelsi, K., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Wakeling, H. M., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yuan, C. Z., Zani, L., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, and R.
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45. Measurement of the $B^0$ lifetime and flavor-oscillation frequency using hadronic decays reconstructed in 2019-2021 Belle II data
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Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Bansal, S., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhardwaj, V., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Bilokin, S., Biswas, D., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Cerasoli, J., Chang, P., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H.-E., Cho, K., Cho, S.-J., Choi, S.-K., Choudhury, S., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gaudino, G., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Ghosh, D., Giakoustidis, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Grammatico, T., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Halder, S., Hara, K., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Hedges, M. T., de la Cruz, I. Heredia, Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C.-L., Humair, T., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E.-J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaleta, M., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Kiesling, C., Kim, C.-H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K.-H., Kim, Y.-K., Kindo, H., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y.-J., Lacaprara, S., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liu, Z. Q., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Ma, Y., Maggiora, M., Maharana, S. P., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Manthei, A. C., Mantovano, M., Marcantonio, D., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martellini, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., McKenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Miyake, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. B., Molina-Gonzalez, N., Moneta, S., Moser, H.-G., Mrvar, M., Mussa, R., Nakamura, I., Nakamura, K. R., Nakao, M., Nakazawa, Y., Narimani Charan, A., Naruki, M., Narwal, D., Natochii, A., Nayak, L., Nazaryan, G., Niebuhr, C., Nisar, N. K., Nishida, S., Ogawa, S., Ono, H., Onuki, Y., Oskin, P., Pakhlov, P., Pakhlova, G., Paladino, A., Panta, A., Pardi, S., Parham, K., Park, J., Park, S.-H., Paschen, B., Passeri, A., Patra, S., Paul, S., Pedlar, T. K., Peruzzi, I., Peschke, R., Pestotnik, R., Pham, F., Piilonen, L. E., Angioni, G. Pinna, Podesta-Lerma, P. L. M., Podobnik, T., Pokharel, S., Polat, L., Praz, C., Prell, S., Prencipe, E., Prim, M. T., Purwar, H., Rad, N., Rados, P., Raeuber, G., Raiz, S., Reif, M., Reiter, S., Ripp-Baudot, I., Rizzo, G., Rizzuto, L. B., Roney, J. M., Rostomyan, A., Rout, N., Sakai, Y., Sanders, D. A., Sandilya, S., Sangal, A., Santelj, L., Sato, Y., Scavino, B., Schmitt, C., Schwanda, C., Schwartz, A. J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shan, W., Sharma, C., Shen, C. P., Shillington, T., Shiu, J.-G., Shtol, D., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stroili, R., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanaka, S., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Trabelsi, K., Tsaklidis, I., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vismaya, V. S., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Vossen, A., Wakai, M., Wakeling, H. M., Wallner, S., Wang, E., Wang, M.-Z., Wang, X. L., Wang, Z., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., Žlebčík, R., Belle-II Collaboration, Abudinén, F., Adachi, I., Aggarwal, L., Ahmed, H., Aihara, H., Akopov, N., Aloisio, A., Anh Ky, N., Asner, D. M., Atmacan, H., Aushev, T., Aushev, V., Bae, H., Bahinipati, S., Bambade, P., Banerjee, Sw., Bansal, S., Barrett, M., Baudot, J., Bauer, M., Baur, A., Beaubien, A., Becker, J., Bennett, J. V., Bernieri, E., Bernlochner, F. U., Bertacchi, V., Bertemes, M., Bertholet, E., Bessner, M., Bettarini, S., Bhardwaj, V., Bhuyan, B., Bianchi, F., Bilka, T., Bilokin, S., Biswas, D., Bobrov, A., Bodrov, D., Borah, J., Bozek, A., Bračko, M., Briere, R. A., Browder, T. E., Budano, A., Bussino, S., Campajola, M., Cao, L., Casarosa, G., Cecchi, C., Cerasoli, J., Chang, P., Cheema, P., Chekelian, V., Chen, C., Cheon, B. G., Chilikin, K., Chirapatpimol, K., Cho, H. -E., Cho, K., Cho, S. -J., Choi, S. -K., Choudhury, S., Cochran, J., Corona, L., Cunliffe, S., Dattola, F., De La Cruz-Burelo, E., De La Motte, S. A., de Marino, G., De Nardo, G., De Nuccio, M., De Pietro, G., de Sangro, R., Destefanis, M., De Yta-Hernandez, A., Dhamija, R., Di Canto, A., Di Capua, F., Dingfelder, J., Doležal, Z., Domínguez Jiménez, I., Dong, T. V., Dorigo, M., Dort, K., Dossett, D., Dreyer, S., Dubey, S., Dujany, G., Ecker, P., Eliachevitch, M., Epifanov, D., Feichtinger, P., Ferber, T., Ferlewicz, D., Fillinger, T., Finocchiaro, G., Fodor, A., Forti, F., Frey, A., Fulsom, B. G., Gabrielli, A., Ganiev, E., Garcia-Hernandez, M., Gaudino, G., Gaur, V., Gaz, A., Gellrich, A., Ghevondyan, G., Ghosh, D., Giakoustidis, G., Giordano, R., Giri, A., Glazov, A., Gobbo, B., Godang, R., Goldenzweig, P., Gradl, W., Grammatico, T., Granderath, S., Graziani, E., Greenwald, D., Gruberová, Z., Gu, T., Gudkova, K., Halder, S., Hara, K., Hara, T., Hayasaka, K., Hayashii, H., Hazra, S., Hearty, C., Hedges, M. T., Heredia de la Cruz, I., Hernández Villanueva, M., Hershenhorn, A., Higuchi, T., Hill, E. C., Hohmann, M., Hsu, C. -L., Humair, T., Iijima, T., Inami, K., Ipsita, N., Ishikawa, A., Ito, S., Itoh, R., Iwasaki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jaffe, D. E., Jang, E. -J., Ji, Q. P., Jia, S., Jin, Y., Junkerkalefeld, H., Kaleta, M., Kaliyar, A. B., Kang, K. H., Karyan, G., Kawasaki, T., Kiesling, C., Kim, C. -H., Kim, D. Y., Kim, K. -H., Kim, Y. -K., Kindo, H., Kodyš, P., Koga, T., Kohani, S., Kojima, K., Korobov, A., Korpar, S., Kovalenko, E., Kowalewski, R., Križan, P., Krokovny, P., Kuhr, T., Kumar, J., Kumar, R., Kumara, K., Kunigo, T., Kuzmin, A., Kwon, Y. -J., Lacaprara, S., Lange, J. S., Laurenza, M., Leboucher, R., Le Diberder, F. R., Leitl, P., Levit, D., Lewis, P. M., Li, L. K., Libby, J., Liptak, Z., Liu, Q. Y., Liu, Z. Q., Liventsev, D., Longo, S., Lueck, T., Lyu, C., Ma, Y., Maggiora, M., Maharana, S. P., Maiti, R., Maity, S., Manfredi, R., Manoni, E., Manthei, A. C., Mantovano, M., Marcantonio, D., Marcello, S., Marinas, C., Martel, L., Martellini, C., Martini, A., Martinov, T., Massaccesi, L., Masuda, M., Matsuoka, K., Matvienko, D., Maurya, S. K., Mckenna, J. A., Meier, F., Merola, M., Metzner, F., Milesi, M., Miller, C., Miyabayashi, K., Miyake, H., Mizuk, R., Mohanty, G. 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J., Seino, Y., Selce, A., Senyo, K., Serrano, J., Sevior, M. E., Sfienti, C., Shan, W., Sharma, C., Shen, C. P., Shillington, T., Shiu, J. -G., Shtol, D., Simon, F., Singh, J. B., Skorupa, J., Sobie, R. J., Soffer, A., Solovieva, E., Spataro, S., Spruck, B., Starič, M., Stefkova, S., Stroili, R., Sue, Y., Sumihama, M., Sutcliffe, W., Suzuki, S. Y., Svidras, H., Takahashi, M., Takizawa, M., Tamponi, U., Tanaka, S., Tanida, K., Tanigawa, H., Taniguchi, N., Tenchini, F., Tiwary, R., Tonelli, D., Torassa, E., Trabelsi, K., Tsaklidis, I., Uchida, M., Ueda, I., Uematsu, Y., Uglov, T., Unger, K., Unno, Y., Uno, K., Uno, S., Urquijo, P., Ushiroda, Y., Vahsen, S. E., van Tonder, R., Varner, G. S., Varvell, K. E., Vinokurova, A., Vismaya, V. S., Vitale, L., Vobbilisetti, V., Vossen, A., Wakai, M., Wakeling, H. M., Wallner, S., Wang, E., Wang, M. -Z., Wang, X. L., Wang, Z., Warburton, A., Watanabe, M., Watanuki, S., Welsch, M., Wessel, C., Won, E., Xu, X. P., Yabsley, B. D., Yamada, S., Yan, W., Yang, S. B., Ye, H., Yelton, J., Yin, J. H., Yook, Y. M., Yoshihara, K., Yusa, Y., Zani, L., Zhai, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhilich, V., Zhou, Q. D., Zhou, X. Y., Zhukova, V. I., and Žlebčík, R.
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Upsilon(10570): electroproduction ,FOS: Physical sciences ,BELLE ,annihilation [electron positron] ,electron positron: annihilation ,lifetime: measured ,meson ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,KEK-B ,B0: lifetime ,ddc:530 ,hadronic decay [B0] ,hadronic decay ,lifetime ,B0: hadronic decay ,flavor ,measured [mass difference] ,B0 anti-B0: oscillation ,lifetime [B0] ,B0 anti-B0: mixing ,statistical [error] ,electron positron: colliding beams ,oscillation [B0 anti-B0] ,mass difference: measured ,error: statistical ,Upsilon(10570) ,electroproduction [Upsilon(10570)] ,colliding beams [electron positron] ,measured [lifetime] ,mixing [B0 anti-B0] ,statistical ,experimental results - Abstract
Physical review / D 107(9), L091102 (2023). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.107.L091102, We measure the $B^0$ lifetime and flavor-oscillation frequency using $B^0\to D^{(*)-}\pi^+$ decays collected by the Belle II experiment in asymmetric-energy $e^+e^-$ collisions produced by the SuperKEKB collider operating at the $\Upsilon(4S)$ resonance. We fit the decay-time distribution of signal decays, where the initial flavor is determined by identifying the flavor of the other $B$ meson in the event. The results, based on $33000$ signal decays reconstructed in a data sample corresponding to ${190}\text{fb}^{-1}$, are $\tau_{B^0} = {1.499}\pm{0.013}\pm{0.008}\;\text{ps}$, $\Delta m_d = {0.516}\pm{0.008}\pm{0.005}\;\text{ps}^{-1}$, where the first uncertainties are statistical and the second are systematic. These results are consistent with the world-average values., Published by Inst., Woodbury, NY
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46. Size and harvest time of cladodes modulate the composition and physicochemical stability of prickly pear cactus mucilage
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Lady Daiane Costa de-Souza, Kelem Silva-Fonseca, Andréa Silva-Brrito, Yara Panta-de Araújo, Jheizon Feitoza Do Nascimento-Souza, Lucas Vínicius Pierre-de Andrada, and Adriano N. Simões
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The objective was to carry out a physicochemical characterization of the mucilage obtained from different sizes of cladodes harvested at different times. Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck cladodes were collected in two sizes (100 to 230 and 240 to 300 mm), at two different times (6 am and 8 pm), and processed for mucilage extraction. This was dried in an oven, and then hydrated and kept at 5 °C for 12 days. The mucilage yield after harvest was quantified, in addition to the characterization of the main bands in the infrared region. In the mucilage, the following physicochemical analyzes were performed: K+ and Na+ content, electrical conductivity, titratable acidity, pH, total phenolic compounds, vitamin C, total soluble solids, total soluble carbohydrates, total soluble proteins after harvest (day 0), and to the 12 days of storage at 5 ºC. Correlation between the variables was determined through principal component analysis (PCA). The highest mucilage yield was obtained in cladodes harvested at 6 am, regardless of size. The 6 am harvest showed higher acidity and protein content and lower concentrations of soluble solids, EC, Na+, K+, vitamin C, carbohydrates, and phenolic compounds. In conservation, the mucilage of the cladodes with sizes between 100 and 230 mm and the harvest at 6 am showed greater stability. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed a tendency of formed groups between different sizes, harvest times, and conservation days, indicating that different conditions for obtaining the cladodes result in differences in the composition and stability of the mucilage. Thus, the results show that, in addition to the climatic conditions, as proposed by other authors, the harvest time and the size of the cladode modulate the physicochemical and important ion composition and stability, which can change the technological and industrial applications of mucilage.
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47. Vegan diet to slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy: A review
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null Raju Panta and null Keshab Raj Paudel
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the major cause of renal disease that affects 40% of patients with diabetes. DN is characterized by the pathological urine albumin excretion rate (UAER), diabetic glomerular lesions, and loss of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Several studies have found strong association of animal protein with the glucagon activation, insulin resistance, proteinuria, microalbuminuria, and progression of renal disease in diabetic patients. Vegan diet that excludes all animal foods such as meat (including fish, shellfish, and insects), dairy, eggs, and honey, as well as products such as leather has been found significantly beneficial on enhancing insulin sensitivity, reducing glucagon activation and incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and slow the progression of DN. Other studies have suggested that avoiding animal food and shifting the source of dietary protein from animal-derived to plant-based products may be a better dietary approach than dietary protein restriction to reduce kidney disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly in CKD and diabetes patients with profound insulin resistance. Based on the literature search conducted in this study we concluded that the vegan diet is beneficial in patients with diabetes and CKD to slow the progression of the DN and renal failure. However, additional interventional studies in humans are needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the increased insulin sensitivity by vegan diets and further studies of efficacy and safety of vegan diets in patients with diabetes and DN are recommended.
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48. Preparation and characterization of a biodegradable film from cactus Nopalea sp
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Fred Augusto Lourêdo de Brito, Yara Panta de Araújo, Ariel Sharon de Araújo Nogueira Marcelino, Natanael Lucena Ferreira, Kelem Silva Fonseca, Andréa Monteiro Santana Silva Brito, Thieres George Freire da Silva, and Adriano do Nascimento Simões
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The increasing use of natural biodegradable polymers is a consequence of the concern of society with sustainability. Mucilage of forage cactus of the genus Nopalea is an attractive polymer matrix for the composition of edible films. Most studies on biodegradable films are carried out with the genus Opuntia. This makes Nopalea an important source of interest in the investigation of film formation. The objective was to study the formulation of films and evaluation of physical, optical, and mechanical characteristics of clones of Nopalea and Opuntia, through the addition of water and glycerol. The mucilage was extracted from cladodes of Nopalea cochenillifera Salm Dyck: clones IPA Sertânia (IPA) and Miúda (MIU); and, from Opuntia stricta [Haw.] Haw., clone Orelha de Elefante Mexicana (OEM). The powdered mucilage was hydrated and vacuum filtered, followed by the formulation of the films, without glycerol (just water) and with the addition of glycerol at 15%, 25%, and 14% for IPA, MIU, and OEM clones, respectively. The yield of powdered mucilage was higher for Nopalea. Optical tests with the films revealed that the addition of glycerol generated slightly yellow films (positive b* values), with less transparency than the control films, regardless of the clone and higher L* value in IPA clone films. Moisture content and thickness were increased when glycerol was added. All films, with and without glycerol, showed high water solubility. The microstructure revealed that the films with glycerol presented more compact, smooth, and linear surfaces, forming a homogeneous network. The FTIR spectra revealed that the glycerol films showed the same profile as the control samples, but with higher absorption intensities in some bands. The results found in the present work evidence the potential of the genus Nopalea to produce biodegradable films, as already widely known for the genus Opuntia.
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49. Predictors of Esophageal Varices and Risk of Variceal Bleeding in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis
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Prabesh Panta, Dipendra Khadka, Subhechhya Basnet, Rupak KC, Bibek Khanal, and Gaurav Jung Shah
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Introduction: Variceal bleeding from esophageal varices has high morbidity and mortality. There are invasive and non invasive methods by which risk of bleeding can be predicted. Upper Gastro-intestinal endoscopy is invasive, uncomfortable and expensive procedure though being the gold standard to screen Esophageal Varices (EV). Aims: To know the role of non-invasive markers for prediction of esophageal varices and variceal bleed with liver cirrhosis. Methods: A prospective hospital based study was carried in the Department of Internal Medicine, Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur from October 2021 to March 2022. A total of 70 patients who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled. The non invasive markers were done and correlated with endoscopy. Results: Our study included 70 patients with liver cirrhosis. The mean age in our study was 63.1±8.346 years. During upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, esophageal varices was present in 46 (65.71%) patients. Child Turcot Pugh Score C (81.43%) was found in majority. Significant association was found between score C (P
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50. Detection of Bacillus Species with Arsenic Resistance and Plant Growth Promoting Efficacy from Agricultural Soils of Nepal
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Lil Budha Magar, Binod Rayamajhee, Sujan Khadka, Gaurab Karki, Alina Thapa, Muhammad Yasir, Sandeep Thapa, Om Prakash Panta, Suprina Sharma, and Pramod Poudel
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Arsenic contamination in soil and water is one of the major environmental problems in multiple countries including Nepal imposing a serious threat to the ecosystem and public health. Many soil bacteria can detoxify arsenic, including genus Bacillus. With an objective to gauge the plant growth-promoting activities of arsenic-resistant Bacillus species, 36 samples (soil, rice, cauliflower, and beans) were collected from the Terai region of Nepal. For selective isolation of Bacillus species, each sample was heated at 80°C for 15 min before the inoculation into nutrient agar (NA). Following the standard protocol, arsenic-resistant Bacillus species were screened using NA supplemented with 100 ppm sodium arsenate and sodium arsenite. Among 158 randomly selected isolates, only five isolates were able to tolerate sodium arsenite concentration up to 600 ppm. Notably, all five isolates were able to produce indole acetic acid (IAA), a plant hormone, and solubilize phosphate. Based on biochemical analysis and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, isolates N4-1, RW, KR7-12, Bhw1-4, and BW2-2 were identified as B. subtilis subsp. stercosis, B. flexus, B. licheniformis, B. cereus, and B. flexus, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing the presence of arsenic-resistant B. flexus in Nepalese soil with plant growth-promoting traits. Possible utilization of these Bacillus strains could facilitate the novel bioremediation pathway to reduce the toxic effect of arsenic from the soil and water in the Terai region of Nepal.
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