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1. Latest Development in the FoTran Project - Scaling Up Language Coverage in Neural Machine Translation Using Distributed Training with Language-Specific Components

Author: Macken, L, Rufener, A, an den Bogaert, J, Daems, J, Tezcan, A, Vanroy, B, Fonteyne, M, Barrault, L, Costa-Jussa, MR, Kemp, E, Pilos, E, Declercq, C, Koponen, M, Forcada, ML, Scarton, C, Moniz, H, Vazquez, R, Boggia, M, Raganato, A, Loppi, N, Gronroos, S, Tiedemann, J, Vazquez R., Boggia M., Raganato A., Loppi N. A., Gronroos S. -A., Tiedemann J., Macken, L, Rufener, A, an den Bogaert, J, Daems, J, Tezcan, A, Vanroy, B, Fonteyne, M, Barrault, L, Costa-Jussa, MR, Kemp, E, Pilos, E, Declercq, C, Koponen, M, Forcada, ML, Scarton, C, Moniz, H, Vazquez, R, Boggia, M, Raganato, A, Loppi, N, Gronroos, S, Tiedemann, J, Vazquez R., Boggia M., Raganato A., Loppi N. A., Gronroos S. -A., and Tiedemann J.
Abstract: We give an update on the Found in Translation (FoTran) project, focusing on the study of emerging language-agnostic representations from neural machine translation (NMT). We describe our attention-bridge model, a modular NMT model which connects language-specific components through a shared network layer. Our latest implementation supports distributed training over many nodes and GPUs in order to substantially scale up the number of languages that can be included in a modern neural translation architecture.
Published: 2022

2. Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: results of the MED-PARTICLES Project

Author: Faustini, Annunziata, Alessandrini, Ester R, Pey, Jorge, Perez, Noemi, Samoli, Evangelia, Querol, Xavier, Cadum, Ennio, Perrino, Cinzia, Ostro, Bart, Ranzi, Andrea, Sunyer, Jordi, Stafoggia, Massimo, Forastiere, Francesco, Angelini, P, Berti, G, Bisanti, L, Catrambone, M, Chiusolo, M, Davoli, M, de’ Donato, F, Demaria, M, Gandini, M, Grosa, M, Ferrari, S, Pandolfi, P, Pelosini, R, Pietrodangelo, A, Pizzi, L, Poluzzi, V, Priod, G, Randi, G, Rowinski, M, Scarinzi, C, Stivanello, E, Zauli-Sajani, S, Dimakopoulou, K, Elefteriadis, K, Katsouyanni, K, Kelessis, A, Maggos, T, Michalopoulos, N, Pateraki, S, Petrakakis, M, Rodopoulou, S, Sypsa, V, Agis, D, Alguacil, J, Artiñano, B, Barrera-Gómez, J, Basagaña, X, de la Rosa, J, Diaz, J, Fernandez, R, Jacquemin, B, Karanasiou, A, Linares, C, Sanchez, AM, Tobias, A, Bidondo, M, Declercq, C, Le Tertre, A, Lozano, P, Medina, S, Pascal, L, and Pascal, M
Published: 2015
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3. The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: results from the MED-PARTICLES project

Author: Ostro, Bart, Tobias, Aurelio, Karanasiou, Angeliki, Samoli, Evangelia, Querol, Xavier, Rodopoulou, Sophia, Basagaña, Xavier, Eleftheriadis, Kostas, Diapouli, Evangelia, Vratolis, Stergios, Jacquemin, Benedicte, Katsouyanni, Klea, Sunyer, Jordi, Forastiere, Francesco, Stafoggia, Massimo, Alessandrini, E, Angelini, P, Berti, G, Bisanti, L, Cadum, E, Catrambone, M, Chiusolo, M, Davoli, M, de’ Donato, F, Demaria, M, Gandini, M, Grosa, M, Faustini, A, Ferrari, S, Pandolfi, P, Pelosini, R, Perrino, C, Pietrodangelo, A, Pizzi, L, Poluzzi, V, Priod, G, Randi, G, Ranzi, A, Rowinski, M, Scarinzi, C, Stivanello, E, ZauliSajan, S, Dimakopoulou, K, Kelessis, A G, Maggos, T, Mihalopoulos, N, Pateraki, S, Petrakakis, M, Syps, V, Agis, D, Alguacil, J, Artiñano, B, BarreraGómez, J, de la Rosa, J, Diaz, J, Fernandez, R, Linares, C, Perez, N, Pey, J, Sanchez, A M, Bidondo, M, Declercq, C, Le Tertre, A, Lozano, P, Medina, S, Pascal, L, and Pasca, M
Published: 2015
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4. An international collaborative evaluation of central serous chorioretinopathy: different therapeutic approaches and review of literature. The European Vitreoretinal Society central serous chorioretinopathy study

Author: Romano, M. R., Parolini, B., Allegrini, D., Mickalewska, Z., Adelman, R., Bonovas, S., Bopp, S., Citirik, M., Tekin, K., Fiser, I., Boon, C. J. F., Van, D., Donvito, G., Gungel, H., Ozdogan Erkul, S., Unsal, E., Osmanbasoglu, O., Dincer, N., Ercalik, N. Y., Yenerel, N. M., Amar, J. -P., Ennemoser, A., Besozzi, G., Sallam, A. A. B., Ellabban, A. A., Chang, W., Eandi, C. M., Demir, M., Lee, J., Pak, K., Arrevola, L., Sloka, A., Morawski, K., Kulig - Stochmal, A., Romanowska - Dixon, B., Striebe, N. -A., Feltgen, N., Hoerauf, H., Inan, U. U., Tanev, I., Dyrda, A., Schuler, A., Lucke, K., Brix, A., Pape, S., Kusserow-Napp, C., Loo, P. A., Kanra, A. Y., Ardagil Akcakaya, A., Ari Yaylali, S., Bae, S. H., Kim, H. K., Kim, S. J., Han, J. R., Nam, W. H., Odrobina, D., Lavaque, E., Bertelli, E., Coser, S., Ziemssen, F., Forlini, M., Benatti, C., Cavallini, G. M., Stefanickova, J., Berrod, J. -P., Saksonov, S., Lytvinchuk, L., Moussa, M., Stefaniotou, M., Christodoulou, E., Zayed, M. A., Oz, O., Tassinari, P., Koch, P., Declercq, C., Johnston, R., Rusnak, S., Penas, S., Ozdek, S., Ucgul, Y., Cisiecki, S., Dziegielewski, K., Klimczak, D., Michalewska, Z., Michalewski, J., Nawrocka, Z., Nawrocki, J., Ornafel, K., Pikulski, Z., Maciej, M., Acar, N., Elshafei, M. M., Hamon, F., Soyeur, R., Badat, I., Brousseau, B., Hermouet, E., Peiretti, E., Lee, J. -H., Ferreira, N., Yoon, H. -S., Alkhars, W. I., Dudani, A., Minu, R., Telang, O., Morepatil, V. G., Furtado, M. J., Y. -J., Jo, Piccolino, F. C., Finzi, A., Ophthalmology, and Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics
Subjects: Pars plana, medicine.medical_specialty, Visual acuity, medicine.medical_treatment, Vitrectomy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, PDT, Ophthalmology, medicine, central serous chorioretinopathy, First episode, Aspirin, Univariate analysis, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, General Medicine, Fluorescein angiography, eye diseases, laser, Serous fluid, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030221 ophthalmology & optometry, medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, medicine.drug
Abstract: Purpose: To study and compare the efficacy of different therapeutic options for the treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR). Methods: This is a nonrandomized, international multicentre study on 1719 patients (1861 eyes) diagnosed with CSCR, from 63 centres (24 countries). Reported data included different methods of treatment and both results of diagnostic examinations [fluorescein angiography and/or optical coherent tomography (OCT)] and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) before and after therapy. The duration of observation had a mean of 11 months but was extended in a minority of cases up to 7 years. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the different therapeutic options of CSCR in terms of both visual (BCVA) and anatomic (OCT) improvement. Results: One thousand seven hundred nineteen patients (1861 eyes) diagnosed with CSCR were included. Treatments performed were nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory eye drops, laser photocoagulation, micropulse diode laser photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy (PDT; Standard PDT, Reduced-dose PDT, Reduced-fluence PDT), intravitreal (IVT) antivascular endothelial growth factor injection (VEGF), observation and other treatments. The list of the OTHERS included both combinations of the main proposed treatments or a variety of other treatments such as eplerenone, spironolactone, acetazolamide, beta-blockers, anti-anxiety drugs, aspirin, folic acid, methotrexate, statins, vitis vinifera extract medication and pars plana vitrectomy. The majority of the patients were men with a prevalence of 77%. The odds ratio (OR) showed a partial or complete resolution of fluid on OCT with any treatment as compared with observation. In univariate analysis, the anatomical result (improvement in subretinal fluid using OCT at 1 month) was favoured by age 500 μm (p = 0.03). The OR for obtaining partial or complete resolution showed that anti-VEGF and eyedrops were not statistically significant; whereas PDT (8.5), thermal laser (11.3) and micropulse laser (8.9) lead to better anatomical results with less variability. In univariate analysis, the functional result at 1 month was favoured by first episode (p = 0.04), height of subretinal fluid >500 μm (p
Published: 2019

5. Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM10 Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions

Author: STAFOGGIA, MASSIMO, ALESSANDRINI, ESTER RITA, MARCHESI, STEFANO, PANDOLFI, PAOLO, RANZI, ANDREA, FORASTIERE, FRANCESCO, ANGELINI, PAOLA, DAVOLI, MARINA, FERRARI, SILVIA, PIZZI, LORENZO, POLUZZI, VANES, STIVANELLO, ELISA, Zauli Sajani, Stefano, Pey, Jorge, Samoli, Evangelia, Basagaã±a, Xavier, Cernigliaro, Achille, Chiusolo, Monica, Demaria, Moreno, Dãaz, Julio, Faustini, Annunziata, Katsouyanni, Klea, Kelessis, Apostolos G., Linares, Cristina, Medina, Sylvia, Pã©rez, Noemã, Querol, Xavier, Randi, Giorgia, Tobias, A., Berti, G., Bisanti, L., Cadum, E., Catrambone, M., Chiusolo, M., de Donato, F., Demaria, M., Gandini, M., Grosa, M., Faustini, A., Pelosini, R., Perrino, C., Pietrodangelo, A., Priod, G., Randi, G., Ranzi, A., Rowinski, M., Scarinzi, C., Zauli Sajani, S., Dimakopoulou, K., Elefteriadis, K., Katsouyanni, K., Kelessis, A., Maggos, T., Michalopoulos, N., Pateraki, S., Petrakakis, M., Rodopoulou, S., Samoli, E., Sypsa, V., Agis, D., Alguacil, J., Artiã±ano, B., Barrera GÃ³mez, J., Basagaã±a, X., de la Rosa, J., Diaz, J., Fernandez, R., Jacquemin, B., Karanasiou, A., Linares, C., Ostro, B., Perez, N., Pey, J., Querol, X., Salvador, P., Sanchez, A. M., Sunyer, J., Bidondo, M., Declercq, C., Le Tertre, A., Lozano, P., Medina, S., Pascal, L., Pascal, M., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Matemàtica Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CoDAlab - Control, Modelització, Identificació i Aplicacions, Perez, Noemi, Querol, Xavier, Tobías, Aurelio, Perez, Noemi [0000-0003-2420-6727], Querol, Xavier [0000-0002-6549-9899], Tobías, Aurelio [0000-0001-6428-6755], Stafoggia, Massimo, Zauli Sajani, Stefano, Pey, Jorge, Samoli, Evangelia, Alessandrini, ESTER RITA, Basagaã±a, Xavier, Cernigliaro, Achille, Chiusolo, Monica, Demaria, Moreno, Dãaz, Julio, Faustini, Annunziata, Katsouyanni, Klea, Kelessis, Apostolos G., Linares, Cristina, Marchesi, Stefano, Medina, Sylvia, Pandolfi, Paolo, Pã©rez, Noemã, Randi, Giorgia, Ranzi, Andrea, Tobias, A., Forastiere, Francesco, Angelini, Paola, Berti, G., Bisanti, L., Cadum, E., Catrambone, M., Chiusolo, M., Davoli, Marina, de Donato, F., Demaria, M., Gandini, M., Grosa, M., Faustini, A., Ferrari, Silvia, Pelosini, R., Perrino, C., Pietrodangelo, A., Pizzi, Lorenzo, Poluzzi, Vane, Priod, G., Randi, G., Ranzi, A., Rowinski, M., Scarinzi, C., Stivanello, Elisa, Zauli Sajani, S., Dimakopoulou, K., Elefteriadis, K., Katsouyanni, K., Kelessis, A., Maggos, T., Michalopoulos, N., Pateraki, S., Petrakakis, M., Rodopoulou, S., Samoli, E., Sypsa, V., Agis, D., Alguacil, J., Artiã±ano, B., Barrera GÃ³mez, J., Basagaã±a, X., de la Rosa, J., Diaz, J., Fernandez, R., Jacquemin, B., Karanasiou, A., Linares, C., Ostro, B., Perez, N., Pey, J., Querol, X., Salvador, P., Sanchez, A. M., Sunyer, J., Bidondo, M., Declercq, C., Le Tertre, A., Lozano, P., Medina, S., Pascal, L., and Pascal, M.
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Air pollution, 010501 environmental sciences, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, Cardiovascular Disease, Pólvores metàl·liques, Respiratory Tract Disease, Air Pollutants, Aire -- Contaminació, Dust, Particulates, Pollution, Citie, Europe, Hospitalization, Geography, Air Pollutant, Cardiovascular Diseases, Contaminació, Seasons, Desert Climate, Sand dust, geographic locations, Human, Air -- Pollution, Health outcomes, complex mixtures, Air pollutants, Environmental health, Air Pollution, medicine, Humans, Ciències de la salut::Impacte ambiental [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC], Cities, Mortality, Particle Size, Desert dust, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Desert climate, Research, fungi, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Outbreak, Metal powders, respiratory tract diseases, Particulate Matter, Season, Particulate matter, Pols -- Aspectes ambientals
Abstract: Background: Evidence on the association between short-term exposure to desert dust and health outcomes is controversial. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the short-term effects of particulate matter ≤ 10 μm (PM10) on mortality and hospital admissions in 13 Southern European cities, distinguishing between PM10 originating from the desert and from other sources. Methods: We identified desert dust advection days in multiple Mediterranean areas for 2001–2010 by combining modeling tools, back-trajectories, and satellite data. For each advection day, we estimated PM10 concentrations originating from desert, and computed PM10 from other sources by difference. We fitted city-specific Poisson regression models to estimate the association between PM from different sources (desert and non-desert) and daily mortality and emergency hospitalizations. Finally, we pooled city-specific results in a random-effects meta-analysis. Results: On average, 15% of days were affected by desert dust at ground level (desert PM10 > 0 μg/m3). Most episodes occurred in spring–summer, with increasing gradient of both frequency and intensity north–south and west–east of the Mediterranean basin. We found significant associations of both PM10 concentrations with mortality. Increases of 10 μg/m3 in non-desert and desert PM10 (lag 0–1 days) were associated with increases in natural mortality of 0.55% (95% CI: 0.24, 0.87%) and 0.65% (95% CI: 0.24, 1.06%), respectively. Similar associations were estimated for cardio-respiratory mortality and hospital admissions. Conclusions: PM10 originating from the desert was positively associated with mortality and hospitalizations in Southern Europe. Policy measures should aim at reducing population exposure to anthropogenic airborne particles even in areas with large contribution from desert dust advections. © 2016, Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services. All Rights Reserved.
Published: 2015

6. Neutrino emission from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 prior to the IceCube-170922A alert

Author: Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Al Samarai, I., Altmann, D., Andeen, K., Anderson, T., Ansseau, I., Anton, G., Argu ̈elles, C., Arsioli, B., Auffenberg, J., Axani, S., Bagherpour, H., Bai, X., Barron, J. P., Barwick, S. W., Baum, V., Bay, R., Beatty, J. J., Becker Tjus, J., Becker, K. -H., Benzvi, S., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Besson, D. Z., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Blaufuss, E., Blot, S., Bohm, C., Bo ̈rner, M., Bos, F., Bo ̈ser, S., Botner, O., Bourbeau, E., Bourbeau, J., Bradascio, F., Braun, J., Brenzke, M., Bretz, H. -P., Bron, S., Brostean-Kaiser, J., Burgman, A., Busse, R. S., Carver, T., Cheung, E., Chirkin, D., Christov, A., Clark, K., Classen, L., Coenders, S., Collin, G. H., Conrad, J. M., Coppin, P., Correa, P., Cowen, D. F., Cross, R., Dave, P., Day, M., deAndre ́, J. P. A. M., Declercq, C., Delaunay, J. J., Dembinski, H., Deridder, S., Desiati, P., de Vries, K. D., de Wasseige, G., de With, M., Deyoung, T., ́ıaz- Ve ́lez, J. C. D., di Lorenzo, V., Dujmovic, H., Dumm, J. P., Dunkman, M., Dvorak, E., Eberhardt, B., Ehrhardt, T., Eichmann, B., Eller, P., Evenson, P. A., Fahey, S., Fazely, A. R., Felde, J., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Flis, S., Franckowiak, A., Friedman, E., Fritz, A., Gaisser, T. K., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Ghorbani, K., Giommi, P., Glauch, T., Glu ̈senkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Gonzalez, J. G., Grant, D., Griffith, Z., Haack, C., Hallgren, A., Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Hebecker, D., Heereman, D., Helbing, K., Hellauer, R., Hickford, S., Hignight, J., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoffmann, R., Hoinka, T., Hokanson-Fasig, B., Hoshina, K., Huang, F., Huber, M., Hultqvist, K., Hu ̈nnefeld, M., Hussain, R., In, S., Iovine, N., Ishihara, A., Jacobi, E., Japaridze, G. S., Jeong, M., Jero, K., Jones, B. J. P., Kalaczynski, P., Kang, W., Kappes, A., Kappesser, D., Karg, T., Karle, A., Katz, U., Kauer, M., Keivani, A., Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, A., Kim, J., Kim, M., Kintscher, T., Kiryluk, J., Kittler, T., Klein, S. R., 8, Koirala, R., Kolanoski, H., Ko ̈pke, L., Kopper, C., Kopper, S., Koschinsky, J. P., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Krammer, B., Krings, K., Kroll, M., Kru ̈ckl, G., Kunwar, S., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Kyriacou, A., Labare, M., Lanfranchi, J. L., Larson, M. J., Lauber, F., Leonard, K., Lesiak-Bzdak, M., Leuermann, M., Liu, Q. R., Lozano Mariscal, C. J., Lu, L., Lu ̈nemann, J., Luszczak, W., Madsen, J., Maggi, G., Mahn, K. B. M., Mancina, S., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Maunu, R., Meagher, K., Medici, M., Meier, M., Menne, T., Merino, G., Meures, T., Miarecki, S., Micallef, J., Momente ́, G., Montaruli, T., Moore, R. W., Morse, R., Moulai, M., Nahnhauer, R., Nakarmi, P., Naumann, U., Neer, G., Niederhausen, H., Nowicki, S. C., Nygren, D. R., Obertacke Pollmann, A., Olivas, A., O’Murchadha, A., O’Sullivan, E., Padovani, P., Palczewski, T., Pandya, H., Pankova, D. V., Peiffer, P., Pepper, J. A., Pe ́rez de los Heros, C., Pieloth, D., Pinat, E., Plum, M., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Raab, C., Ra ̈del, L., Rameez, M., Rawlins, K., Rea, I. C., Reimann, R., Relethford, B., Relich, M., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Richman, M., Robertson, S., Rongen, M., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Ryckbosch, D., Rysewyk, D., Safa, I., Sahakyan, N., Sa ̈lzer, T., Sanchez Herrera, S. E., Sandrock, A., Sandroos, J., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Satalecka, K., Schlunder, P., Schmidt, T., Schneider, A., Schoenen, S., Scho ̈neberg, S., Schumacher, L., Sclafani, S., Seckel, D., Seunarine, S., Soedingrekso, J., Soldin, D., Song, M., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stachurska, J., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stasik, A., Stettner, J., Steuer, A., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Sto ̈ßl, A., Strotjohann, N. L., Stuttard, T., Sullivan, G. W., Sutherland, M., Taboada, I., Tatar, J., Tenholt, F., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terliuk, A., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tobin, M. N., Toennis, C., Toscano, S., Tosi, D., Tselengidou, M., Tung, C. F., Turcati, A., Turley, C. F., Ty, B., Unger, E., Usner, M., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Driessche, W., van Eijk, D., van Eijndhoven, N., Vanheule, S., van Santen, J., Vogel, E., Vraeghe, M., Walck, C., Wallace, A., Wallraff, M., Wandler, F. D., Wandkowsky, N., Waza, A., Weaver, C., Weiss, M. J., Wendt, C., Werthebach, J., Westerhoff, S., Whelan, B. J., Whitehorn, N., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Wille, L., Williams, D. R., Wills, L., Wolf, M., Wood, J., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., D. L., Xu, X. W., Xu, Xu, Y., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Yuan, T., Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Vriendenkring VUB, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Multidisciplinary, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma ray, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, law.invention, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 13. Climate action, law, general, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Event (particle physics), Flare
Abstract: A high-energy neutrino event detected by IceCube on 22 September 2017 was coincident in direction and time with a gamma-ray flare from the blazar TXS 0506+056. Prompted by this association, we investigated 9.5 years of IceCube neutrino observations to search for excess emission at the position of the blazar. We found an excess of high-energy neutrino events with respect to atmospheric backgrounds at that position between September 2014 and March 2015. Allowing for time-variable flux, this constitutes 3.5{\sigma} evidence for neutrino emission from the direction of TXS 0506+056, independent of and prior to the 2017 flaring episode. This suggests that blazars are the first identifiable sources of the high-energy astrophysical neutrino flux.
Published: 2018

7. Spatial variations and development of land use regression models of oxidative potential in ten European study areas

Author: Jedynska, A. Hoek, G. Wang, M. Yang, A. Eeftens, M. Cyrys, J. Keuken, M. Ampe, C. Beelen, R. Cesaroni, G. Forastiere, F. Cirach, M. de Hoogh, K. De Nazelle, A. Nystad, W. Akhlaghi, H.M. Declercq, C. Stempfelet, M. Eriksen, K.T. Dimakopoulou, K. Lanki, T. Meliefste, K. Nieuwenhuijsen, M. Yli-Tuomi, T. Raaschou-Nielsen, O. Janssen, N.A.H. Brunekreef, B. Kooter, I.M.
Abstract: Oxidative potential (OP) has been suggested as a health-relevant measure of air pollution. Little information is available about OP spatial variation and the possibility to model its spatial variability. Our aim was to measure the spatial variation of OP within and between 10 European study areas. The second aim was to develop land use regression (LUR) models to explain the measured spatial variation. OP was determined with the dithiothreitol (DTT) assay in ten European study areas. DTT of PM2.5 was measured at 16–40 sites per study area, divided over street, urban and regional background sites. Three two-week samples were taken per site in a one-year period in three different seasons. We developed study-area specific LUR models and a LUR model for all study areas combined to explain the spatial variation of OP. Significant contrasts between study areas in OP were found. OP DTT levels were highest in southern Europe. DTT levels at street sites were on average 1.10 times higher than at urban background locations. In 5 of the 10 study areas LUR models could be developed with a median R2 of 33%. A combined study area model explained 30% of the measured spatial variability. Overall, LUR models did not explain spatial variation well, possibly due to low levels of OP DTT and a lack of specific predictor variables. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Published: 2017

8. Measurement of inclusive K(0)(892), phi(1020) and K-2(0)(1430) production in hadronic Z decays

Author: Abreu, P., Adam, W., Adye, T., Agasi, E., Ajinenko, I., Aleksan, R., Alekseev, G., Alemany, R., Allport, P., Almehed, S., Amaldi, U., Amato, S., Andreazza, A., Andrieux, M., Antilogus, P., Apel, W., Arnoud, Y., Asman, B., Augustin, J., Augustinus, A., Baillon, P., Bambade, P., Barate, R., Barbi, M., Bardin, D., Baroncelli, A., Barring, O., Barrio, J., Bartl, W., Bates, M., Battaglia, M., Baubillier, M., Baudot, J., Becks, K., Begalli, M., Beilliere, P., Belokopytov, Y., Belous, K., Benvenuti, A., Berggren, M., Bertini, D., Bertrand, D., Bianchi, F., Bigi, M., Bilenky, M., Billoir, P., Bloch, D., Blume, M., Bolognese, T., Bonesini, M., Bonivento, W., Booth, P., Bosio, C., Botner, O., Boudinov, E., Bouquet, B., Bourdarios, C., Bowcock, T., Bozzo, Marco, Branchini, P., Brand, K., Brenke, T., Brenner, R., Bricman, C., Brown, R., Bruckman, P., Brunet, J., Bugge, L., Buran, T., Burgsmueller, T., Buschmann, P., Buys, A., Cabrera, S., Caccia, M., Calvi, M., Rozas, A., Camporesi, T., Canale, V., Canepa, M., Cankocak, K., Cao, F., Carena, F., Carroll, L., Caso, C., Gimenez, M., Cattai, A., Cavallo, F., Chabaud, V., Chapkin, M., Charpentier, P., Chaussard, L., Checchia, P., Chelkov, G., Chen, M., Chierici, R., Chliapnikov, P., Chochula, P., Chorowicz, V., Cindro, V., Collins, P., Contreras, J., Contri, R., Cortina, E., Cosme, G., Cossutti, F., Crawley, H., Crennell, D., Crosetti, G., Maestro, J., Czellar, S., Dahljensen, E., Dahm, J., Dalmagne, B., Dam, M., Damgaard, G., Dauncey, P., Davenport, M., Dasilva, W., Defoix, C., Deghorain, A., Dellaricca, G., Delpierre, P., Demaria, N., Deangelis, A., Deboer, W., Debrabandere, S., Declercq, C., Delavassiere, C., Delotto, B., Demin, A., Depaula, L., Desaintjean, C., Dijkstra, H., Diciaccio, L., Djama, F., Dolbeau, J., Donszelmann, M., Doroba, K., Dracos, M., Drees, J., Drees, K., Dris, M., Durand, J., Edsall, D., Ehret, R., Eigen, G., Ekelof, T., Ekspong, G., Elsing, M., Engel, J., Erzen, B., Santo, M., Falk, E., Fassouliotis, D., Feindt, M., Ferrer, A., Fichet, S., Filippas, T., Firestone, A., Fischer, P., Foeth, H., Fokitis, E., Fontanelli, Flavio, Formenti, F., Franek, B., Frenkiel, P., Fries, D., Frodesen, A., Fruhwirth, R., Fuldaquenzer, F., Fuster, J., Galloni, A., Gamba, D., Gandelman, M., Garcia, C., Garcia, J., Gaspar, C., Gasparini, U., Gavillet, P., Gazis, E., Gele, D., Gerberg, J., Gerdyukov, L., Gibbs, M., Gokieli, R., Golob, B., Gopal, G., Gorn, L., Gorski, M., Gouz, Y., Gracco, V., Graziani, E., Gresdidier, G., Grzelak, K., Gumenyuk, S., Gunnarsson, P., Gunther, M., Guy, J., Hahn, F., Hahn, S., Hajduk, Z., Hallgren, A., Hamacher, K., Hao, W., Harris, F., Hedberg, V., Henriques, R., Hernandez, J., Herquet, P., Herr, H., Hessing, T., Higon, E., Hilke, H., Hill, T., Holmgren, S., Holt, P., Holthuizen, D., Hoorelbeke, S., Houlden, M., Hrubec, J., Huet, K., Hultqvist, K., Jackson, J., Jacobsson, R., Jalocha, P., Janik, R., Jarlskog, G., Jarry, P., Jeanmarie, B., Johansson, E., Jonsson, L., Jonsson, P., Joram, C., Juillot, P., Kaiser, M., Kapusta, F., Karafasoulis, K., Karlsson, M., Karvelas, E., Katsanevas, S., Katsoufis, E., Keranen, R., Khokhlov, Y., Khomenko, B., Khovanski, N., King, B., Kjaer, N., Klein, H., Klovning, A., Kluit, P., Koene, B., Kokkinias, P., Koratzinos, M., Korcyl, K., Kostioukhine, V., Kourkoumelis, C., Kouznetsov, O., Kramer, P., Krammer, M., Kreuter, C., Kronkvist, I., Krumstein, Z., Krupinski, W., Kubinec, P., Kucewicz, W., Kurvinen, K., Lacasta, C., Laktineh, I., Lamsa, J., Lanceri, L., Lane, D., Langefeld, P., Lapin, V., Last, I., Laugier, J., Lauhakangas, R., Leder, G., Ledroit, F., Lefebure, V., Legan, C., Leitner, R., Lemoigne, Y., Lemonne, J., Lenzen, G., Lepeltier, V., Lesiak, T., Libby, J., Liko, D., Lindner, R., Lipniacka, A., Lippi, I., Loerstad, B., Loken, J., Lopez, J., Loukas, D., Lutz, P., Lyons, L., Maehlum, G., Maio, A., Malmgren, T., Malychev, V., Mandl, F., Marco, J., Marco, R., Marechal, B., Margoni, M., Marin, J., Mariotti, C., Markou, A., Maron, T., Martinezrivero, C., Martinezvidal, F., Garvia, S., Matorras, F., Matteuzzi, C., Matthiae, G., Mazzucato, M., Mccubbin, M., Mckay, R., Mcnulty, R., Medbo, J., Merk, M., Meroni, C., Meyer, S., Meyer, W., Michelotto, M., Migliore, E., Mirabito, L., Mitaroff, W., Mjoernmark, U., Moa, T., Moeller, R., Moenig, K., Monge, MARIA ROBERTA, Morettini, P., Mueller, H., Muenich, K., Mundim, L., Murray, W., Muryn, B., Myatt, G., Naraghi, F., Navarria, F., Navas, S., Nawrocki, K., Negri, P., Nemecek, S., Neumann, W., Neumeister, N., Nicolaidou, R., Nielsen, B., Niewenhuizen, M., Nikolaenko, V., Niss, P., Nomerotski, A., Normand, A., Novak, M., Oberschultebeckmann, W., Obraztsov, V., Olshevski, A., Onofre, A., Orava, R., Osterberg, K., Ouraou, A., Paganini, P., Paganoni, M., Pages, P., Pain, R., Palka, H., Papadopoulou, T., Papageorgiou, K., Pape, L., Parkes, C., Parodi, Fabrizio, Passeri, A., Pegoraro, M., Peralta, L., Pernegger, H., Pernicka, M., Perrotta, A., Petridou, C., Petrolini, Alessandro, Petrovyck, M., Phillips, H., Piana, G., Pierre, F., Pimenta, M., Plaszczynski, S., Podobrin, O., Pol, M., Polok, G., Poropat, P., Pozdniakov, V., Prest, M., Privitera, P., Pukhaeva, N., Pullia, A., Radojicic, D., Ragazzi, S., Rahmani, H., Rames, J., Ratoff, P., Read, A., Reale, M., Rebecchi, P., Redaelli, N., Regler, M., Reid, D., Renton, P., Resvanis, L., Richard, F., Richardson, J., Ridky, J., Rinaudo, G., Ripp, I., Romero, A., Roncagliolo, I., Ronchese, P., Roos, L., Rosenberg, E., Rosso, E., Roudeau, P., Rovelli, T., Ruckstuhl, W., Ruhlmannkleider, V., Ruiz, A., Rybicki, K., Saarikko, H., Sacquin, Y., Sadovsky, A., Sahr, O., Sajot, G., Salt, J., Sanchez, J., Sannino, Mario, Schimmelpfennig, M., Schneider, H., Schwickerath, U., Schyns, M., Sciolla, G., Scuri, F., Seager, P., Sedykh, Y., Segar, A., Seitz, A., Sekulin, R., Serbelloni, L., Shellard, R., Siccama, I., Siegrist, P., Simonetti, S., Simenetto, F., Sisakian, A., Sitar, B., Skaali, T., Smadja, G., Smirnov, N., Smirnova, O., Smith, G., Sosnowski, R., Souzasantos, D., Spassov, T., Spiriti, E., Sponholz, P., Squarcia, Sandro, Stanescu, C., Stapnes, S., Stavitski, I., Stevenson, K., Stichelbaut, F., Stocchi, A., Strauss, J., Strub, R., Stugu, B., Szczekowski, M., Szeptycka, M., Tabarelli, T., Tavernet, J., Tchikilev, O., Thomas, J., Tilquin, A., Timmermans, J., Tkatchev, L., Todorov, T., Todorova, S., Toet, D., Tomaradze, A., Tome, B., Tonazzo, A., Tortora, L., Transtromer, G., Treille, D., Trischuk, W., Tristram, G., Trombini, A., Troncon, C., Tsirou, A., Turluer, M., Tyapkin, I., Tyndel, M., Tzamarias, S., Ueberschaer, B., Ullaland, O., Uvarov, V., Valenti, G., Vallazza, E., Vanapeldoorn, G., Vandam, P., Vaneldik, J., Vassilopoulos, N., Vegni, G., Ventura, L., Venus, W., Verbeure, F., Verlato, M., Vertogradov, L., Vilanova, D., Vincent, P., Vitale, L., Vlasov, E., Vodopyanov, A., Vrba, V., Wahlen, H., Walck, C., Waldner, F., Weierstall, M., Weilhammer, P., Weiser, C., Wetherell, A., Wicke, D., Wickens, J., Wielers, M., Wilkinson, G., Williams, W., Winter, M., Witek, M., Woschnagg, K., Yip, K., Yushchenko, O., Zach, F., Zaitsev, A., Zalewska, A., Zalewski, P., Zavrtanik, D., Zevgolatakos, E., Zimin, N., Zito, M., Zontar, D., Zucchelli, G., Zumerle, G., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique Corpusculaire et Cosmologie - Collège de France (PCC), Collège de France (CdF)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches Subatomiques (IReS), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Cancéropôle du Grand Est-Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), DELPHI, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Delphi, Collaboration, Abreu, P., Adam, W., Canale, Vincenzo, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), and UCL - SST/IRMP - Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique
Subjects: Particle physics, Meson production, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), Meson, Electron–positron annihilation, Hadron, VECTOR, production rate, 01 natural sciences, Partícules (Física nuclear), DELPHI, neutral vector meson, tensor meson, Nuclear physics, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], MESON, GEV/C, Tensor, Neutral vector, 010306 general physics, Detectors de radiació, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Mass spectrum, Production (computer science)
Abstract: The inclusive production of the neutral vector mesons K-*0(892) and phi(1020), and of the tensor meson K-2(*0)(1430), in hadronic decays of the Z has been mea sured by the DELPHI detector at LEP. The average production rates per hadronic Z decay have been determined to be 0.77 +/- 0.08 K-2(*0)(892), 0.104 +/- 0.008 phi(1020) and 0.079 +/- 0.040 K-2(*0)(1430). The ratio of the tensor-to-vector meson production yields, [K-2(*0)(1430)]/[K-*0(892)] = 0.10 +/- 0.05, is smaller than the [f(2)(1270)]/[rho(0)(770)] and [f'(2)(1525)]/[phi(1020)] ratios measured by DELPHI. The production rates and differential cross sections are compared with the predictions of JETSET 7.4 tuned to the DELPHI data and of HERWIG 5.8. The K-*0(892) and phi(1020) data are compatible with model predictions, but a large disagreement is observed for the K-2(*0)(1430).
Published: 2016

9. Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM10 Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions

Author: Stafoggia, Massimo Zauli-Sajani, Stefano Pey, Jorge Samoli, Evangelia Alessandrini, Ester Basagana, Xavier Cernigliaro, Achille Chiusolo, Monica Demaria, Moreno Diaz, Julio and Faustini, Annunziata Katsouyanni, Klea Kelessis, Apostolos G. and Linares, Cristina Marchesi, Stefano Medina, Sylvia and Pandolfi, Paolo Perez, Noemi Querol, Xavier Randi, Giorgia and Ranzi, Andrea Tobias, Aurelio Forastiere, Francesco and Alessandrini, E. Angelini, P. Berti, G. Bisanti, L. and Cadum, E. Catrambone, M. Chiusolo, M. Davoli, M. de' Donato, F. Demaria, M. Gandini, M. Grosa, M. Faustini, A. Ferrari, S. Forastiere, F. Pandolfi, P. Pelosini, R. and Perrino, C. Pietrodangelo, A. Pizzi, L. Poluzzi, V. and Priod, G. Randi, G. Ranzi, A. Rowinski, M. Scarinzi, C. and Stafoggia, M. Stivanello, E. Zauli-Sajani, S. and Dimakopoulou, K. Elefteriadis, K. Katsouyanni, K. Kelessis, A. Maggos, T. Michalopoulos, N. Pateraki, S. Petrakakis, M. Rodopoulou, S. Samoli, E. Sypsa, V. Agis, D. and Alguacil, J. Artinano, B. Barrera-Gomez, J. Basagana, X. and de la Rosa, J. Diaz, J. Fernandez, R. Jacquemin, B. and Karanasiou, A. Linares, C. Ostro, B. Perez, N. Pey, J. and Querol, X. Salvador, Pedro Sanchez, A. M. Sunyer, J. and Tobias, A. Bidondo, M. Declercq, C. Le Tertre, A. and Lozano, P. Medina, S. Pascal, L. Pascal, M. and MED-PARTICLES Study Grp
Subjects: fungi, complex mixtures, geographic locations, respiratory tract diseases
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Evidence on the association between short-term exposure to desert dust and health outcomes is controversial. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to estimate the short-term effects of particulate matter 0 mu g/m(3)). Most episodes occurred in spring-summer, with increasing gradient of both frequency and intensity north-south and west-east of the Mediterranean basin. We found significant associations of both PM10 concentrations with mortality. Increases of 10 mu g/m(3) in non-desert and desert PM10 (lag 0-1 days) were associated with increases in natural mortality of 0.55% (95% CI: 0.24, 0.87%) and 0.65% (95% CI: 0.24, 1.06%), respectively. Similar associations were estimated for cardio-respiratory mortality and hospital admissions. CONCLUSIONS: PM10 originating from the desert was positively associated with mortality and hospitalizations in Southern Europe. Policy measures should aim at reducing population exposure to anthropogenic airborne particles even in areas with large contribution from desert dust advections.
Published: 2016

10. Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project

Author: Basagana X., Jacquemin B., Karanasiou A., Ostro B., Querol X., Agis D., Alessandrini E., Alguacil J., Artinano B., Catrambone M., de la Rosa J.D., Diaz J., Faustini A., Ferrari S., Forastiere F., Katsouyanni K., Linares C., Perrino C., Ranzi A., Ricciardelli I., Samoli E., Zauli-Sajani S., Sunyer J., Stafoggia M., Angelini P., Berti G., Bisanti L., Cadum E., Chiusolo M., Davoli M., de'Donato F., Demaria M., Gandini M., Grosa M., Pandolfi P., Pelosini R., Pietrodangelo A., Pizzi L., Poluzzi V., Priod G., Randi G., Rowinski M., Scarinzi C., Stivanello E., Dimakopoulou K., Elefteriadis K., Kelessis A., Maggos T., Michalopoulos N., Pateraki S., Petrakakis M., Rodopoulou S., Sypsa V., Barrera-Gomez J., delaRosa J., Fernandez R., Perez N., Pey J., Salvador P., Sanchez AM, Tobias A., Bidondo M., Declercq C., LeTertre A., Lozano P., Medina S., Pascal L., Pascal M., European Commission, Xavier Basagaña, Bénédicte Jacquemin, Angeliki Karanasiou, Bart Ostro, Xavier Querol, David Agi, Ester Alessandrini, Juan Alguacil, Begoña Artiñano, Maria Catrambone, Jesús D. de la Rosa, Julio Díaz, Annunziata Faustini, Silvia Ferrari, Francesco Forastiere, Klea Katsouyanni, Cristina Linare, Cinzia Perrino, Andrea Ranzi, Isabella Ricciardelli, Evangelia Samoli, Stefano Zauli-Sajani, Jordi Sunyer, Massimo Stafoggia, on behalf of the MED-PARTICLES Study group: […, E. Alessandrini, P. Angelini, G. Berti, L.Bisanti, E. Cadum, M. Catrambone, M. Chiusolo, M. Davoli, F. de' Donato, M. Demaria, M. Gandini, M. Grosa, A. Faustini, S. Ferrari, F. Forastiere, P. Pandolfi, R.Pelosini, C. Perrino, A. Pietrodangelo, L. Pizzi, V. Poluzzi, G.Priod, G. Randi, A. Ranzi, M. Rowinski, C.Scarinzi, M.Stafoggia, E. Stivanello, S.Zauli-Sajani, and …]
Subjects: Acute effects, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, genetic structures, Respiratory Tract Diseases, Chemical constituent, Nitrate, Air pollutants, Specie, Interquartile range, Environmental health, Cardiovascular Disease, Metals, Heavy, medicine, Humans, Cities, Particle Size, Mortality, Respiratory Tract Disease, lcsh:Environmental sciences, General Environmental Science, Cardiovascular mortality, Hospital admissions, lcsh:GE1-350, Species, Air Pollutants, Nitrates, business.industry, Sulfates, Particulates, Hospital admission, Sulfate, Citie, Total mortality, Hospitalization, Italy, Air Pollutant, Cardiovascular Diseases, Spain, Mediterranean area, Particulate Matter, business, Particulate matter, Human
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Few recent studies examined acute effects on health of individual chemical species in the particulate matter (PM) mixture, and most of them have been conducted in North America. Studies in Southern Europe are scarce. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between particulate matter constituents and daily hospital admissions and mortality in five cities in Southern Europe. METHODS: The study included five cities in Southern Europe, three cities in Spain: Barcelona (2003-2010), Madrid (2007-2008) and Huelva (2003-2010); and two cities in Italy: Rome (2005-2007) and Bologna (2011-2013). A case-crossover design was used to link cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions and total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality with a pre-defined list of 16 PM10 and PM2.5 constituents. Lags 0 to 2 were examined. City-specific results were combined by random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS: Most of the elements studied, namely EC, SO4(2-), SiO2, Ca, Fe, Zn, Cu, Ti, Mn, V and Ni, showed increased percent changes in cardiovascular and/or respiratory hospitalizations, mainly at lags 0 and 1. The percent increase by one interquartile range (IQR) change ranged from 0.69% to 3.29%. After adjustment for total PM levels, only associations for Mn, Zn and Ni remained significant. For mortality, although positive associations were identified (Fe and Ti for total mortality; EC and Mg for cardiovascular mortality; and NO3(-) for respiratory mortality) the patterns were less clear. CONCLUSIONS: The associations found in this study reflect that several PM constituents, originating from different sources, may drive previously reported results between PM and hospital admissions in the Mediterranean area. The research described in this article was conducted under the grant agreement European Commission, Environment LIFE10/IT/327. We thank the Instituto Nacional de Estadística and the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona for providing the mortality data, the Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona (Cat-Salut) for providing hospitalization data for Barcelona and the Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia (Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente) for providing the weather data for Spain. Sí
Published: 2015
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11. Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: An Analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project

Author: Beelen, R. Hoek, G. Raaschou-Nielsen, O. Stafoggia, M. Andersen, Z.J. Weinmayr, G. Hoffmann, B. Wolf, K. Samoli, E. Fischer, P.H. Nieuwenhuijsen, M.J. Xun, W.W. Katsouyanni, K. Dimakopoulou, K. Marcon, A. Vartiainen, E. Lanki, T. Yli-Tuomi, T. Oftedal, B. Schwarze, P.E. Nafstad, P. de Faire, U. Pedersen, N.L. Östenson, C.-G. Fratiglioni, L. Penell, J. Korek, M. Pershagen, G. Eriksen, K.T. Overvad, K. Sørensen, M. Eeftens, M. Peeters, P.H. Meliefste, K. Wang, M. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. Sugiri, D. Krämer, U. Heinrich, J. De Hoogh, K. Key, T. Peters, A. Hampel, R. Concin, H. Nagel, G. Jaensch, A. Ineichen, A. Tsai, M.-Y. Schaffner, E. Probst-Hensch, N.M. Schindler, C. Ragettli, M.S. Vilier, A. Clavel-Chapelon, F. Declercq, C. Ricceri, F. Sacerdote, C. Galassi, C. Migliore, E. Ranzi, A. Cesaroni, G. Badaloni, C. Forastiere, F. Katsoulis, M. Trichopoulou, A. Keuken, M. Jedynska, A. Kooter, I.M. Kukkonen, J. Sokhi, R.S. Vineis, P. Brunekreef, B.
Subjects: complex mixtures
Abstract: Background: Studies have shown associations between mortality and long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution. Few cohort studies have estimated the effects of the elemental composition of particulate matter on mortality. oBjectives: Our aim was to study the association between natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to elemental components of particulate matter. Methods: Mortality and confounder data from 19 European cohort studies were used. Residential exposure to eight a priori–selected components of particulate matter (PM) was characterized following a strictly standardized protocol. Annual average concentrations of copper, iron, potassium, nickel, sulfur, silicon, vanadium, and zinc within PM size fractions ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ≤ 10 μm (PM10) were estimated using land-use regression models. Cohort-specific statistical analyses of the associations between mortality and air pollution were conducted using Cox proportional hazards models using a common protocol followed by meta-analysis. results: The total study population consisted of 291,816 participants, of whom 25,466 died from a natural cause during follow-up (average time of follow-up, 14.3 years). Hazard ratios were positive for almost all elements and statistically significant for PM2.5 sulfur (1.14; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.23 per 200 ng/m3). In a two-pollutant model, the association with PM2.5 sulfur was robust to adjustment for PM2.5 mass, whereas the association with PM2.5 mass was reduced. conclusions: Long-term exposure to PM2.5 sulfur was associated with natural-cause mortality. This association was robust to adjustment for other pollutants and PM2.5. © 2015, Public Health Services, US Dept of Health and Human Services. All rights reserved.
Published: 2015

12. The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: Results from the med-particles project

Author: Ostro, B. Tobias, A. Karanasiou, A. Samoli, E. Querol, X. Rodopoulou, S. Basagaña, X. Eleftheriadis, K. Diapouli, E. Vratolis, S. Jacquemin, B. Katsouyanni, K. Sunyer, J. Forastiere, F. Stafoggia, M. Alessandrini, E. Angelini, P. Berti, G. Bisanti, L. Cadum, E. Catrambone, M. Chiusolo, M. Davoli, M. De'Donato, F. Demaria, M. Gandini, M. Grosa, M. Faustini, A. Ferrari, S. F, F. Pandolfi, P. Pelosini, R. Perrino, C. Pietrodangelo, A. Pizzi, L. Poluzzi, V. Randi, G. Ranzi, A. Rowinski, M. Scarinzi, C. S, M. Stivanello, E. ZauliSajani, S. Dimakopoulou, K. E, K. K, K. Kelessis, A.G. Maggos, T. Mihalopoulos, N. Pateraki, S. Petrakakis, M. R, S. S, E. Sypsa, V. Agis, D. Artiñano, B. BarreraGómez, J. B, X. De La Rosa, J. Diaz, J. Fernandez, R. J, B. K, A. Linares, C. O, B. Perez, N. Pey, J. Q, X. Sanchez, A.M. S, J. T, A. Bidondo, M. Declercq, C. Le Tertre, A. Lozano, P. Medina, S. Pascal, L. Pascal, M. MED-PARTICLES Study Group
Abstract: Objectives: While several studies have reported associations of daily exposures to PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 μm) with mortality, few studies have examined the impact of its constituents such as black carbon (BC), which is also a significant contributor to global climate change. Methods: We assessed the association between daily concentrations of BC and total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality in two southern Mediterranean cities. Daily averages of BC were collected for 2 years in Barcelona, Spain and Athens, Greece. We used case-crossover analysis and examined single and cumulative lags up to 3 days. Results: We observed associations between BC and all mortality measures. For a 3-day moving average, cardiovascular mortality increased by 4.5% (95% CI 0.7 to 8.5) and 2.0% (95% CI 0 to 4.0) for an interquartile change in BC in Athens and Barcelona, respectively. Considerably higher effects for respiratory mortality and for those above age 65 were observed. In addition, BC exhibited much greater toxicity per microgram than generic PM2.5. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that BC, derived in western industrialised nations primarily from diesel engines and biomass burning, poses a significant burden to public health, particularly in European cities with high-traffic density.
Published: 2015

13. Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project

Author: Basagaña, X. Jacquemin, B. Karanasiou, A. Ostro, B. Querol, X. Agis, D. Alessandrini, E. Alguacil, J. Artiñano, B. Catrambone, M. De La Rosa, J.D. Díaz, J. Faustini, A. Ferrari, S. Forastiere, F. Katsouyanni, K. Linares, C. Perrino, C. Ranzi, A. Ricciardelli, I. Samoli, E. Zauli-Sajani, S. Sunyer, J. Stafoggia, M. Angelini, P. Berti, G. Bisanti, L. Cadum, E. Chiusolo, M. Davoli, M. De'Donato, F. Demaria, M. Gandini, M. Grosa, M. Pandolfi, P. Pelosini, R. Pietrodangelo, A. Pizzi, L. Poluzzi, V. Priod, G. Randi, G. Rowinski, M. Scarinzi, C. Stivanello, E. Dimakopoulou, K. Elefteriadis, K. Kelessis, A. Maggos, T. Michalopoulos, N. Pateraki, S. Petrakakis, M. Rodopoulou, S. Sypsa, V. Barrera-Gómez, J. Fernandez, R. Perez, N. Pey, J. Salvador, P. Sanchez, A.M. Tobias, A. Bidondo, M. Declercq, C. Le Tertre, A. Lozano, P. Medina, S. Pascal, L. Pascal, M. MED-PARTICLES Study group
Abstract: Background: Few recent studies examined acute effects on health of individual chemical species in the particulate matter (PM) mixture, and most of them have been conducted in North America. Studies in Southern Europe are scarce. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between particulate matter constituents and daily hospital admissions and mortality in five cities in Southern Europe. Methods: The study included five cities in Southern Europe, three cities in Spain: Barcelona (2003-2010), Madrid (2007-2008) and Huelva (2003-2010); and two cities in Italy: Rome (2005-2007) and Bologna (2011-2013). A case-crossover design was used to link cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions and total, cardiovascular and respiratory mortality with a pre-defined list of 16 PM10and PM2.5constituents. Lags 0 to 2 were examined. City-specific results were combined by random-effects meta-analysis. Results: Most of the elements studied, namely EC, SO4 2-, SiO2,Ca, Fe, Zn, Cu, Ti, Mn, V and Ni, showed increased percent changes in cardiovascular and/or respiratory hospitalizations, mainly at lags 0 and 1. The percent increase by one interquartile range (IQR) change ranged from 0.69% to 3.29%. After adjustment for total PM levels, only associations for Mn, Zn and Ni remained significant. For mortality, although positive associations were identified (Fe and Ti for total mortality; EC and Mg for cardiovascular mortality; and NO3 -for respiratory mortality) the patterns were less clear. Conclusions: The associations found in this study reflect that several PM constituents, originating from different sources, may drive previously reported results between PM and hospital admissions in the Mediterranean area. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Published: 2015

14. Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: Results of the MED-PARTICLES project

Author: Faustini, A. Alessandrini, E.R. Pey, J. Perez, N. Samoli, E. Querol, X. Cadum, E. Perrino, C. Ostro, B. Ranzi, A. Sunyer, J. Stafoggia, M. Forastiere, F. Angelini, P. Berti, G. Bisanti, L. Catrambone, M. Chiusolo, M. Davoli, M. De'donato, F. Demaria, M. Gandini, M. Grosa, M. Ferrari, S. Pandolfi, P. Pelosini, R. Pietrodangelo, A. Pizzi, L. Poluzzi, V. Priod, G. Randi, G. Rowinski, M. Scarinzi, C. Stivanello, E. Zauli-Sajani, S. Dimakopoulou, K. Elefteriadis, K. Katsouyanni, K. Kelessis, A. Maggos, T. Michalopoulos, N. Pateraki, S. Petrakakis, M. Rodopoulou, S. Sypsa, V. Agis, D. Artiñano, B. Barrera-Gómez, J. Basagaña, X. De La Rosa, J. Diaz, J. Fernandez, R. Jacquemin, B. Karanasiou, A. Linares, C. Sanchez, A.M. Tobias, A. Bidondo, M. Declercq, C. Le Tertre, A. Lozano, P. Medina, S. Pascal, L. Pascal, M.
Abstract: Background: An association between occurrence of wildfires and mortality in the exposed population has been observed in several studies with controversial results for cause-specific mortality. In the Mediterranean area, forest fires usually occur during spring-summer, they overlap with Saharan outbreaks, are associated with increased temperature and their health effects are probably due to an increase in particulate matter. Aim and methods: We analysed the effects of wildfires and particulate matter (PM10) on mortality in 10 southern European cities in Spain, France, Italy and Greece (2003-2010), using satellite data for exposure assessment and Poisson regression models, simulating a case-crossover approach. Results: We found that smoky days were associated with increased cardiovascular mortality (lag 0-5, 6.29%, 95% CIs 1.00 to 11.85). When the effect of PM10 (per 10 mg/m3) was evaluated, there was an increase in natural mortality (0.49%), cardiovascular mortality (0.65%) and respiratory mortality (2.13%) on smoke-free days, but PM10-related mortality was higher on smoky days (natural mortality up to 1.10% and respiratory mortality up to 3.90%) with a suggestion of effect modification for cardiovascular mortality (3.42%, p value for effect modification 0.055), controlling for Saharan dust advections. Conclusions: Smoke is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in urban residents, and PM10 on smoky days has a larger effect on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality than on other days.
Published: 2015

15. Development of a general analysis and unfolding scheme and its application to measure the energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos with IceCube

Author: Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Altmann, D., Anderson, T., Arguelles, C., Arlen, T. C., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Barwick, S. W., Baum, V., Beatty, J. J., Tjus, J. Becker, Becker, K. -H, BenZvi, S., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bernhard, A., Besson, D. Z., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, David J., Bohm, C., Bos, F., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brayeur, L., Bretz, H. P., Brown, A. M., Casey, J., Casier, M., Cheung, E., Chirkin, D., Christov, A., Christy, B., Clark, K., Classen, L., Clevermann, F., Coenders, S., Cowen, D. F., Silva, A. H. Cruz, Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., Day, M., De Andre, J. P. A. M., DeClercq, C., De Ridder, S., Desiati, P., De Vries, K. D., Dewith, M., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dunkman, M., Eagan, R., Eberhardt, B., Eichmann, B., Eisch, J., Euler, Sebastian, Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Felde, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Flis, S., Franckowiak, A., Frantzen, K., Fuchs, T., Gaisser, T. K., Gaior, R., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gier, D., Gladstone, L., Glusenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Golup, G., Gonzalez, J. G., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Gretskov, P., Groh, J. C., Gro, A., Ha, C., Haack, C., Ismail, A. Haj, Hallen, P., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Hebecker, D., Heereman, D., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Hellauer, R., Hellwig, D., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoffmann, R., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Huang, F., Huelsnitz, W., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobi, E., Jacobsen, J., Jagielski, K., Japaridze, G. S., Jero, K., Jlelati, O., Jurkovic, M., Kaminsky, B., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kauer, M., Keivani, A., Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, A., Kiryluk, J., Klaes, J., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koob, A., Koepke, L., Kopper, C., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kriesten, A., Krings, K., Kroll, G., Kroll, M., Kunnen, J., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Larsen, D. T., Larson, M. J., Lesiak-Bzdak, M., Leuermann, M., Leute, J., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Maggi, G., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Maunu, R., McNally, F., Meagher, K., Medici, M., Meli, A., Meures, T., Miarecki, S., Middell, E., Middlemas, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Mohrmann, L., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Nahnhauer, R., Naumann, U., Niederhausen, H., Nowicki, S. C., Nygren, D. R., Obertacke, A., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Omairat, A., O'Murchadha, A., Palczewski, T., Paul, L., Penek, Oe., Pepper, J. A., Perez De Los Heros, Carlos, Pfendner, C., Pieloth, D., Pinat, E., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Puetz, J., Quinnan, M., Raedel, L., Rameez, M., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Rees, I., Reimann, R., Relich, M., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Richman, M., Riedel, B., Robertson, S., Rodrigues, J. P., Rongen, M., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Saba, S. M., Sander, H. -G, Sandroos, J., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Scheriau, F., Schmidt, T., Schmitz, M., Schoenen, S., Schoeneberg, S., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schulte, L., Schulz, O., Seckel, D., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Shanidze, R., Smith, M. W. E., Soldin, D., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stanisha, N. A., Stasik, A., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Strahler, E. A., Ström, Rickard, Strotjohann, N. L., Sullivan, G. W., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terliuk, A., Tesic, G., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tobin, M. N., Tosi, D., Tselengidou, M., Unger, Eva, Usner, M., Vallecorsa, S., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Vraeghe, M., Walck, C., Wallraff, M., Weaver, Ch., Wellons, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whelan, B. J., Whitehorn, N., Wichary, C., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, D. L., Xu, X. W., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Ziemann, J., Zierke, S., Zoll, M., Morik, K., Aartsen, M. G., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Aguilar, J. A., Ahlers, M., Ahrens, M., Altmann, D., Anderson, T., Arguelles, C., Arlen, T. C., Auffenberg, J., Bai, X., Barwick, S. W., Baum, V., Beatty, J. J., Tjus, J. Becker, Becker, K. -H, BenZvi, S., Berghaus, P., Berley, D., Bernardini, E., Bernhard, A., Besson, D. Z., Binder, G., Bindig, D., Bissok, M., Blaufuss, E., Blumenthal, J., Boersma, David J., Bohm, C., Bos, F., Bose, D., Boeser, S., Botner, Olga, Brayeur, L., Bretz, H. P., Brown, A. M., Casey, J., Casier, M., Cheung, E., Chirkin, D., Christov, A., Christy, B., Clark, K., Classen, L., Clevermann, F., Coenders, S., Cowen, D. F., Silva, A. H. Cruz, Danninger, M., Daughhetee, J., Davis, J. C., Day, M., De Andre, J. P. A. M., DeClercq, C., De Ridder, S., Desiati, P., De Vries, K. D., Dewith, M., DeYoung, T., Diaz-Velez, J. C., Dunkman, M., Eagan, R., Eberhardt, B., Eichmann, B., Eisch, J., Euler, Sebastian, Evenson, P. A., Fadiran, O., Fazely, A. R., Fedynitch, A., Feintzeig, J., Felde, J., Feusels, T., Filimonov, K., Finley, C., Fischer-Wasels, T., Flis, S., Franckowiak, A., Frantzen, K., Fuchs, T., Gaisser, T. K., Gaior, R., Gallagher, J., Gerhardt, L., Gier, D., Gladstone, L., Glusenkamp, T., Goldschmidt, A., Golup, G., Gonzalez, J. G., Goodman, J. A., Gora, D., Grant, D., Gretskov, P., Groh, J. C., Gro, A., Ha, C., Haack, C., Ismail, A. Haj, Hallen, P., Hallgren, Allan, Halzen, F., Hanson, K., Hebecker, D., Heereman, D., Heinen, D., Helbing, K., Hellauer, R., Hellwig, D., Hickford, S., Hill, G. C., Hoffman, K. D., Hoffmann, R., Homeier, A., Hoshina, K., Huang, F., Huelsnitz, W., Hulth, P. O., Hultqvist, K., Hussain, S., Ishihara, A., Jacobi, E., Jacobsen, J., Jagielski, K., Japaridze, G. S., Jero, K., Jlelati, O., Jurkovic, M., Kaminsky, B., Kappes, A., Karg, T., Karle, A., Kauer, M., Keivani, A., Kelley, J. L., Kheirandish, A., Kiryluk, J., Klaes, J., Klein, S. R., Koehne, J. H., Kohnen, G., Kolanoski, H., Koob, A., Koepke, L., Kopper, C., Kopper, S., Koskinen, D. J., Kowalski, M., Kriesten, A., Krings, K., Kroll, G., Kroll, M., Kunnen, J., Kurahashi, N., Kuwabara, T., Labare, M., Larsen, D. T., Larson, M. J., Lesiak-Bzdak, M., Leuermann, M., Leute, J., Luenemann, J., Madsen, J., Maggi, G., Maruyama, R., Mase, K., Matis, H. S., Maunu, R., McNally, F., Meagher, K., Medici, M., Meli, A., Meures, T., Miarecki, S., Middell, E., Middlemas, E., Milke, N., Miller, J., Mohrmann, L., Montaruli, T., Morse, R., Nahnhauer, R., Naumann, U., Niederhausen, H., Nowicki, S. C., Nygren, D. R., Obertacke, A., Odrowski, S., Olivas, A., Omairat, A., O'Murchadha, A., Palczewski, T., Paul, L., Penek, Oe., Pepper, J. A., Perez De Los Heros, Carlos, Pfendner, C., Pieloth, D., Pinat, E., Posselt, J., Price, P. B., Przybylski, G. T., Puetz, J., Quinnan, M., Raedel, L., Rameez, M., Rawlins, K., Redl, P., Rees, I., Reimann, R., Relich, M., Resconi, E., Rhode, W., Richman, M., Riedel, B., Robertson, S., Rodrigues, J. P., Rongen, M., Rott, C., Ruhe, T., Ruzybayev, B., Ryckbosch, D., Saba, S. M., Sander, H. -G, Sandroos, J., Santander, M., Sarkar, S., Schatto, K., Scheriau, F., Schmidt, T., Schmitz, M., Schoenen, S., Schoeneberg, S., Schoenwald, A., Schukraft, A., Schulte, L., Schulz, O., Seckel, D., Sestayo, Y., Seunarine, S., Shanidze, R., Smith, M. W. E., Soldin, D., Spiczak, G. M., Spiering, C., Stamatikos, M., Stanev, T., Stanisha, N. A., Stasik, A., Stezelberger, T., Stokstad, R. G., Stoessl, A., Strahler, E. A., Ström, Rickard, Strotjohann, N. L., Sullivan, G. W., Taavola, Henric, Taboada, I., Tamburro, A., Tepe, A., Ter-Antonyan, S., Terliuk, A., Tesic, G., Tilav, S., Toale, P. A., Tobin, M. N., Tosi, D., Tselengidou, M., Unger, Eva, Usner, M., Vallecorsa, S., Van Eijndhoven, N., Vandenbroucke, J., Van Santen, J., Vehring, M., Voge, M., Vraeghe, M., Walck, C., Wallraff, M., Weaver, Ch., Wellons, M., Wendt, C., Westerhoff, S., Whelan, B. J., Whitehorn, N., Wichary, C., Wiebe, K., Wiebusch, C. H., Williams, D. R., Wissing, H., Wolf, M., Wood, T. R., Woschnagg, K., Xu, D. L., Xu, X. W., Yanez, J. P., Yodh, G., Yoshida, S., Zarzhitsky, P., Ziemann, J., Zierke, S., Zoll, M., and Morik, K.
Abstract: We present the development and application of a generic analysis scheme for the measurement of neutrino spectra with the IceCube detector. This scheme is based on regularized unfolding, preceded by an event selection which uses a Minimum Redundancy Maximum Relevance algorithm to select the relevant variables and a random forest for the classification of events. The analysis has been developed using IceCube data from the 59-string configuration of the detector. 27,771 neutrino candidates were detected in 346 days of livetime. A rejection of 99.9999 % of the atmospheric muon background is achieved. The energy spectrum of the atmospheric neutrino flux is obtained using the TRUEE unfolding program. The unfolded spectrum of atmospheric muon neutrinos covers an energy range from 100 GeV to 1 PeV. Compared to the previous measurement using the detector in the 40-string configuration, the analysis presented here, extends the upper end of the atmospheric neutrino spectrum by more than a factor of two, reaching an energy region that has not been previously accessed by spectral measurements.
Published: 2015
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16. Latest Development in the FoTran Project - Scaling Up Language Coverage in Neural Machine Translation Using Distributed Training with Language-Specific Components

Author: Vazquez R., Boggia M., Raganato A., Loppi N. A., Gronroos S. -A., Tiedemann J., Macken, L, Rufener, A, an den Bogaert, J, Daems, J, Tezcan, A, Vanroy, B, Fonteyne, M, Barrault, L, Costa-Jussa, MR, Kemp, E, Pilos, E, Declercq, C, Koponen, M, Forcada, ML, Scarton, C, Moniz, H, Vazquez, R, Boggia, M, Raganato, A, Loppi, N, Gronroos, S, and Tiedemann, J
Subjects: Program processor, Shared network, Neural machine translation, Scale-up, Computational linguistic, Implementation support, Specific component, Machine translation model, Machine component, Modular, Bridge model, Latest development, Scaling-up, Network layer, Computer aided language translation
Abstract: We give an update on the Found in Translation (FoTran) project, focusing on the study of emerging language-agnostic representations from neural machine translation (NMT). We describe our attention-bridge model, a modular NMT model which connects language-specific components through a shared network layer. Our latest implementation supports distributed training over many nodes and GPUs in order to substantially scale up the number of languages that can be included in a modern neural translation architecture.
Published: 2022

17. The Language of Espionage: Mata Hari and the Creation of the Spy-Courtesan

Author: Wheelwright, J., Declercq, C., and Walker, J.
Abstract: ‘The Language of Espionage: Mata Hari and the creation of the spy courtesan’ by Julie Wheelwright offers an analysis of post-war narratives about Margaretha Zelle Macleod, the convicted espionage agent, which revived ancient fears of women using their erotic powers to extract information from men. The focus on this theme – often present in films, plays, biographies and even graphic novels – exposes concerns about women’s changing status in a time of traumatic upheaval. The enduring interest in Mata Hari, and therefore the linguistic meaning attached to her story, formed in the crucible of the Great War, offers insight into much larger themes about the individual’s relationship to the state, to their national, racial and sexual identity.
Published: 2016

18. A 24/7 Pilot Remote Emergency Multidisciplinary Discussion for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease: A 2-Year Experience.

Author: Bay P, Pineton de Chambrun M, Allenbach Y, Le Pavec J, Picard C, Zuber B, Bunel V, Hervier B, Meyer A, Miyara M, Brillet PY, Boussouar S, Declercq C, Tandjaoui-Lambiotte Y, Nunes H, Cottin V, Hachulla E, and Uzunhan Y
Abstract: Competing Interests: Financial/Nonfinancial Disclosures The authors have reported to CHEST the following: V. C. reports nonfinancial support from Actelion; personal fees and nonfinancial support from Boehringer Ingelheim; personal fees from Bayer/MSD; other from Gilead; personal fees from Novartis; personal fees, nonfinancial support, and other from Roche SAS; personal fees and nonfinancial support from Sanofi; personal fees from Promedior; other from Celgene; personal fees from Galapagos; other from Galecto, personal fees from Astra Zeneca; personal fees from ReImagine; personal fees from Soun; personal fees from BMS; personal fees from PPDi; personal fees from IQVIA; personal fees from Exepi; and personal fees from Shionogi; none of which were related to this work. P.-Y. B. reports grants from Laboratoire Boehringer Ingelheim and Laboratoire Roche and personal fees from Laboratoire Boehringer Ingelheim and Laboratoire Roche, outside the submitted work. H. N. reports grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche/Genentech and personal fees from Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Galapagos, and Roche/Genentech, outside the submitted work. Y. U. reports personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim and Roche and grants and nonfinancial support from Oxyvie, outside the submitted work. None declared (P. B., M. P. d. C., Y. A., J. L. P., C. P., B. Z., V. B., B. H., A. M., M. M., S. B., C. D., Y. T.-L., E. H.).
Published: 2024
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19. Relationship between emotion comprehension, vocabulary, and verbal working memory in intellectual developmental disorders: involvement of verbal reasoning skills.

Author: Vy M, Ferrara S, Dollion N, and Declercq C
Abstract: This study investigated the role of language-related abilities in emotion comprehension among young people with non-specific intellectual developmental disorders (NS-IDDs). Forty children and adolescents with NS-IDDs completed tasks assessing emotion comprehension, receptive vocabulary, verbal reasoning skills, and verbal working memory. Results showed that emotion comprehension was better predicted by comprehension of abstract words and verbal working memory, and that these two predictors were themselves predicted by verbal reasoning skills. These results therefore suggest a link between emotion understanding and verbal reasoning, which could be mediated by abstract vocabulary and verbal working memory. These findings provide insight into the relationships between emotion comprehension and language-related abilities in NS-IDDs.
Published: 2024
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20. Editorial: Methods and applications in educational psychology.

Author: Segretin MS, Chiu MS, Tang KY, Gutierrez de Blume AP, and Declercq C
Abstract: Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Published: 2023
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21. Psychological and nonpsychological inferences in reading comprehension in children: The role of initial level comprehension.

Author: Golly Ledoux V, Declercq C, and Caillies S
Subjects: Humans, Child, Child, Preschool, Auditory Perception, Comprehension, Reading
Abstract: This study investigated young children's ability to draw psychological and nonpsychological inferences during reading comprehension. Whereas nonpsychological inferences require the retrieval of general background knowledge, psychological inferences rely on more contextualised knowledge relating to mental states. Based on several pretests, children, who were able to read fluently, aged 7-8 years (second graders; n = 42) and 8-9 years (third graders; n = 46) were assigned to either a skilled comprehenders group or a less skilled comprehenders group, based on their listening comprehension. They were then given short stories to read, followed by comprehension questions. Some questions required the drawing of psychological or nonpsychological inferences. Generalized linear mixed models revealed that (a) psychological inferences were more difficult to generate than nonpsychological inferences for all the children, skilled and less skilled comprehenders alike, (b) both types of inference skills (psychological and nonpsychological) were associated with similar improvements as grade level increased, and (c) less skilled comprehenders had greater difficulty than skilled comprehenders generating psychological and nonpsychological inferences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
Published: 2023
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22. Identifying Optimal Locations for Potential Temporary Community Clinics During Public Health Emergencies.

Author: Mohagheghi S, Gharipour M, DeClercq C, Bui A, and Tyne IA
Subjects: Humans, Pandemics, Vulnerable Populations, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Public Health methods, Emergencies
Abstract: Objectives: This article argues that community healthcare clinics managed by dedicated medical professionals who are familiar with the special needs of the local community may serve as effective alternatives to centralized hospitals and medical facilities, which may be disconnected from these local communities., Background: The literature indicates that socioeconomic factors that affect an individual's ability to seek medical help when needed can cause vulnerability to public health emergencies. These factors include belonging to lower income populations, being African American, being dependent due to age (below 18 or above 65) or disability, being an immigrant, English-language ability, access to transportation means, and the strength of an individual's social network., Method: This study aims at developing a multifaceted methodology to identify optimal locations for deployment of temporary healthcare clinics to address health disparity issues among socially vulnerable populations, especially during pandemics and public health crises. This case study looks at the Health Enterprise Zone (HEZ) in Baltimore and ranks Census tracts based on their vulnerability, using two novel health vulnerability indices and considering their locations., Results: Using the proposed methodology, the optimal tracts within the HEZ are identified as potential locations for deploying temporary healthcare clinics., Conclusion: The analysis of vulnerabilities to public health emergencies based on socioeconomic factors can assist in identifying potential locations for setting up temporary healthcare clinics with the goal of assisting socially vulnerable populations during outbreaks and pandemics.
Published: 2023
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23. A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland.

Author: DeClercq C, Gharipour M, Mohagheghi S, Tot Bui A, Hemme NW, and Johnson E
Subjects: Humans, Baltimore, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Health Promotion, Health Services Accessibility
Abstract: Baltimore, Maryland's entrenched racial residential segregation renders the city's world-class medical facilities and services inaccessible to many Black residents living in its most divested neighborhoods. Arguing the need for post-pandemic health care facilities to address health inequities as a practice of care-giving, this article describes a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to define a novel, transdisciplinary methodology for identifying ideal vacant sites for conversion into community clinics in Baltimore's most vulnerable neighborhoods. Positioning architecture as a social determinant of health, this paper suggests ethical and methodological reorientations toward a compassionate approach to clinic design and placement.
Published: 2023
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24. Emotional Lexicon in Down Syndrome.

Author: Declercq C and Pochon R
Subjects: Child, Cognition, Comprehension, Emotions, Humans, Vocabulary, Down Syndrome psychology
Abstract: We studied comprehension of emotion versus concrete/abstract words in Down syndrome (DS). Study 1 compared 26 participants with DS and 26 typically developing (TD) children matched on verbal ability. Results showed no difference between groups. Study 2 assessed whether chronological age (CA) and (non)verbal abilities predicted developmental trajectories of comprehension in 36 children with DS and 143 TD children. For the latter, these variables predicted comprehension of all three word types. For the former, receptive vocabulary predicted comprehension of all word types, but CA and nonverbal reasoning only predicted comprehension of concrete words. This suggests that people with DS have no specific emotional lexicon deficit. Supporting their general lexical development would help them access abstract and emotional meanings., (©AAIDD.)
Published: 2022
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25. Processing Verb Meanings and the Declarative/Procedural Model: A Developmental Study.

Author: Stefaniak N, Baltazart V, and Declercq C
Abstract: According to the Declarative/Procedural Model, the lexicon depends on declarative memory while grammar relies on procedural memory. Furthermore, procedural memory underlies the sequential processing of language. Thus, this system is important for predicting the next item in a sentence. Verb processing represents a good candidate to test this assumption. Semantic representations of verbs include information about the protagonists in the situations they refer to. This semantic knowledge is acquired implicitly and used during verb processing, such that the processing of a verb preactivates its typical patients (e.g., the window for break ). Thus, determining how the patient typicality effect appears during children's cognitive development could provide evidence about the memory system that is dedicated to this effect. Two studies are presented in which French children aged 6-10 and adults made grammaticality judgments on 80 auditorily presented sentences. In Experiment 1, the verb was followed by a typical patient or by a less typical patient. In Experiment 2, grammatical sentences were constructed such that the verb was followed either by a typical patient or by a noun that could not be a patient of that verb. The typicality effect occurs in younger children and is interpreted in terms of developmental invariance. We suggest that this effect may depend on procedural memory, in line with studies that showed that meaning is necessary to allow procedural memory to learn the sequence of words in a sentence., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Stefaniak, Baltazart and Declercq.)
Published: 2021
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26. Care for adult non-ICU Covid-19 patients: early experiences from a Belgian tertiary care centre.

Author: van Halem K, Cox J, Messiaen P, Pat K, Declercq C, Meersman A, Ramaekers D, Cartuyvels R, and van der Hilst J
Subjects: Aged, Belgium epidemiology, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Efficiency, Organizational, Humans, Intensive Care Units organization & administration, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Tertiary Care Centers organization & administration, Workflow, Coronavirus Infections therapy, Patient Care Team organization & administration, Pneumonia, Viral therapy
Abstract: The current Covid-19 outbreak poses many challenges on hospital organisation and patient care. Our hospital lies at the epicentre of the Belgian epidemic. On April 1st, a total of 235 Covid-19 patients had been admitted to our hospital. This demanded an unprecedented adaptation of our hospital organisation, and we have met many clinical issues in the care for Covid-19 patients. In this article, we share our experience in the handling of some of the practical and organisational issues in the care for Covid-19 patients.
Published: 2020

27. Role of implicit learning abilities in metaphor understanding.

Author: Drouillet L, Stefaniak N, Declercq C, and Obert A
Subjects: Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Probability Learning, Young Adult, Comprehension physiology, Learning physiology, Metaphor, Psycholinguistics
Abstract: Although the use of metaphors is a central component of language, the processes that sustain their comprehension have yet to be specified. Work in the fields of both metaphors and implicit learning suggests that implicit learning abilities facilitate the comprehension of metaphors. However, to date, no study has directly explored the relationships between the understanding of metaphors and so-called implicit learning tasks. We used a meaning decision task comparing literal, metaphorical and meaningless expressions to assess metaphor understanding and a probabilistic serial reaction time task for assessing implicit learning. Our results show that implicit learning positively predicts the time gap between responses to literal and metaphorical expressions and negatively predicts the difference between metaphorical and meaningless expressions. Thus, when confronted with novel metaphors, participants with higher implicit learning abilities are better able to identify that the expressions have some meaning. These results are interpreted in the context of metaphor understanding and psycholinguistic theories., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2018
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28. Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: an analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project.

Author: Beelen R, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Stafoggia M, Andersen ZJ, Weinmayr G, Hoffmann B, Wolf K, Samoli E, Fischer PH, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Xun WW, Katsouyanni K, Dimakopoulou K, Marcon A, Vartiainen E, Lanki T, Yli-Tuomi T, Oftedal B, Schwarze PE, Nafstad P, De Faire U, Pedersen NL, Östenson CG, Fratiglioni L, Penell J, Korek M, Pershagen G, Eriksen KT, Overvad K, Sørensen M, Eeftens M, Peeters PH, Meliefste K, Wang M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Sugiri D, Krämer U, Heinrich J, de Hoogh K, Key T, Peters A, Hampel R, Concin H, Nagel G, Jaensch A, Ineichen A, Tsai MY, Schaffner E, Probst-Hensch NM, Schindler C, Ragettli MS, Vilier A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Declercq C, Ricceri F, Sacerdote C, Galassi C, Migliore E, Ranzi A, Cesaroni G, Badaloni C, Forastiere F, Katsoulis M, Trichopoulou A, Keuken M, Jedynska A, Kooter IM, Kukkonen J, Sokhi RS, Vineis P, and Brunekreef B
Subjects: Europe, Humans, Particle Size, Proportional Hazards Models, Air Pollutants toxicity, Environmental Exposure, Particulate Matter toxicity
Abstract: Background: Studies have shown associations between mortality and long-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution. Few cohort studies have estimated the effects of the elemental composition of particulate matter on mortality., Objectives: Our aim was to study the association between natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to elemental components of particulate matter., Methods: Mortality and confounder data from 19 European cohort studies were used. Residential exposure to eight a priori-selected components of particulate matter (PM) was characterized following a strictly standardized protocol. Annual average concentrations of copper, iron, potassium, nickel, sulfur, silicon, vanadium, and zinc within PM size fractions ≤ 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ≤ 10 μm (PM10) were estimated using land-use regression models. Cohort-specific statistical analyses of the associations between mortality and air pollution were conducted using Cox proportional hazards models using a common protocol followed by meta-analysis., Results: The total study population consisted of 291,816 participants, of whom 25,466 died from a natural cause during follow-up (average time of follow-up, 14.3 years). Hazard ratios were positive for almost all elements and statistically significant for PM2.5 sulfur (1.14; 95% CI: 1.06, 1.23 per 200 ng/m3). In a two-pollutant model, the association with PM2.5 sulfur was robust to adjustment for PM2.5 mass, whereas the association with PM2.5 mass was reduced., Conclusions: Long-term exposure to PM2.5 sulfur was associated with natural-cause mortality. This association was robust to adjustment for other pollutants and PM2.5.
Published: 2015
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29. Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six European cohorts (ESCAPE).

Author: Jacquemin B, Siroux V, Sanchez M, Carsin AE, Schikowski T, Adam M, Bellisario V, Buschka A, Bono R, Brunekreef B, Cai Y, Cirach M, Clavel-Chapelon F, Declercq C, de Marco R, de Nazelle A, Ducret-Stich RE, Ferretti VV, Gerbase MW, Hardy R, Heinrich J, Janson C, Jarvis D, Al Kanaani Z, Keidel D, Kuh D, Le Moual N, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Marcon A, Modig L, Pin I, Rochat T, Schindler C, Sugiri D, Stempfelet M, Temam S, Tsai MY, Varraso R, Vienneau D, Vierkötter A, Hansell AL, Krämer U, Probst-Hensch NM, Sunyer J, Künzli N, and Kauffmann F
Subjects: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Asthma chemically induced, Europe epidemiology, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Incidence, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Nitrogen Oxides analysis, Particulate Matter analysis, Prospective Studies, Young Adult, Air Pollutants analysis, Asthma epidemiology, Environmental Exposure
Abstract: Background: Short-term exposure to air pollution has adverse effects among patients with asthma, but whether long-term exposure to air pollution is a cause of adult-onset asthma is unclear., Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and adult onset asthma., Methods: Asthma incidence was prospectively assessed in six European cohorts. Exposures studied were annual average concentrations at home addresses for nitrogen oxides assessed for 23,704 participants (including 1,257 incident cases) and particulate matter (PM) assessed for 17,909 participants through ESCAPE land-use regression models and traffic exposure indicators. Meta-analyses of cohort-specific logistic regression on asthma incidence were performed. Models were adjusted for age, sex, overweight, education, and smoking and included city/area within each cohort as a random effect., Results: In this longitudinal analysis, asthma incidence was positively, but not significantly, associated with all exposure metrics, except for PMcoarse. Positive associations of borderline significance were observed for nitrogen dioxide [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 1.10; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.21 per 10 μg/m3; p = 0.10] and nitrogen oxides (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.99, 1.08 per 20 μg/m3; p = 0.08). Nonsignificant positive associations were estimated for PM10 (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.88, 1.23 per 10 μg/m3), PM2.5 (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI: 0.88, 1.23 per 5 μg/m3), PM2.5absorbance (adjusted OR = 1.06; 95% CI: 0.95, 1.19 per 10-5/m), traffic load (adjusted OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 0.93, 1.30 per 4 million vehicles × meters/day on major roads in a 100-m buffer), and traffic intensity (adjusted OR = 1.10; 95% CI: 0.93, 1.30 per 5,000 vehicles/day on the nearest road). A nonsignificant negative association was estimated for PMcoarse (adjusted OR = 0.98; 95% CI: 0.87, 1.14 per 5 μg/m3)., Conclusions: Results suggest a deleterious effect of ambient air pollution on asthma incidence in adults. Further research with improved personal-level exposure assessment (vs. residential exposure assessment only) and phenotypic characterization is needed.
Published: 2015
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30. Development of land use regression models for elemental, organic carbon, PAH, and hopanes/steranes in 10 ESCAPE/TRANSPHORM European study areas.

Author: Jedynska A, Hoek G, Wang M, Eeftens M, Cyrys J, Keuken M, Ampe C, Beelen R, Cesaroni G, Forastiere F, Cirach M, de Hoogh K, De Nazelle A, Nystad W, Declercq C, Eriksen KT, Dimakopoulou K, Lanki T, Meliefste K, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Yli-Tuomi T, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Brunekreef B, and Kooter IM
Subjects: Europe, Geographic Information Systems, Humans, Industry, Motor Vehicles, Population Density, Regression Analysis, Air Pollutants analysis, Carbon analysis, Models, Theoretical, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons analysis, Triterpenes analysis
Abstract: Land use regression (LUR) models have been used to model concentrations of mainly traffic-related air pollutants (nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM) mass or absorbance). Few LUR models are published of PM composition, whereas the interest in health effects related to particle composition is increasing. The aim of our study was to evaluate LUR models of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), hopanes/steranes, and elemental and organic carbon (EC/OC) content of PM2.5. In 10 European study areas, PAH, hopanes/steranes, and EC/OC concentrations were measured at 16-40 sites per study area. LUR models for each study area were developed on the basis of annual average concentrations and predictor variables including traffic, population, industry, natural land obtained from geographic information systems. The highest median model explained variance (R(2)) was found for EC - 84%. The median R(2) was 51% for OC, 67% for benzo[a]pyrene, and 38% for sum of hopanes/steranes, with large variability between study areas. Traffic predictors were included in most models. Population and natural land were included frequently as additional predictors. The moderate to high explained variance of LUR models and the overall moderate correlation with PM2.5 model predictions support the application of especially the OC and PAH models in epidemiological studies.
Published: 2014
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31. Cross-sectional associations between air pollution and chronic bronchitis: an ESCAPE meta-analysis across five cohorts.

Author: Cai Y, Schikowski T, Adam M, Buschka A, Carsin AE, Jacquemin B, Marcon A, Sanchez M, Vierkötter A, Al-Kanaani Z, Beelen R, Birk M, Brunekreef B, Cirach M, Clavel-Chapelon F, Declercq C, de Hoogh K, de Nazelle A, Ducret-Stich RE, Valeria Ferretti V, Forsberg B, Gerbase MW, Hardy R, Heinrich J, Hoek G, Jarvis D, Keidel D, Kuh D, Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Ragettli MS, Ranzi A, Rochat T, Schindler C, Sugiri D, Temam S, Tsai MY, Varraso R, Kauffmann F, Krämer U, Sunyer J, Künzli N, Probst-Hensch N, and Hansell AL
Subjects: Air Pollution adverse effects, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Environmental Monitoring, Global Health, Humans, Incidence, Risk Factors, Bronchitis, Chronic epidemiology, Bronchitis, Chronic etiology, Bronchitis, Chronic prevention & control
Abstract: Background: This study aimed to assess associations of outdoor air pollution on prevalence of chronic bronchitis symptoms in adults in five cohort studies (Asthma-E3N, ECRHS, NSHD, SALIA, SAPALDIA) participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE) project., Methods: Annual average particulate matter (PM(10), PM(2.5), PM(absorbance), PM(coarse)), NO(2), nitrogen oxides (NO(x)) and road traffic measures modelled from ESCAPE measurement campaigns 2008-2011 were assigned to home address at most recent assessments (1998-2011). Symptoms examined were chronic bronchitis (cough and phlegm for ≥3 months of the year for ≥2 years), chronic cough (with/without phlegm) and chronic phlegm (with/without cough). Cohort-specific cross-sectional multivariable logistic regression analyses were conducted using common confounder sets (age, sex, smoking, interview season, education), followed by meta-analysis., Results: 15 279 and 10 537 participants respectively were included in the main NO(2) and PM analyses at assessments in 1998-2011. Overall, there were no statistically significant associations with any air pollutant or traffic exposure. Sensitivity analyses including in asthmatics only, females only or using back-extrapolated NO(2) and PM10 for assessments in 1985-2002 (ECRHS, NSHD, SALIA, SAPALDIA) did not alter conclusions. In never-smokers, all associations were positive, but reached statistical significance only for chronic phlegm with PM(coarse) OR 1.31 (1.05 to 1.64) per 5 µg/m(3) increase and PM(10) with similar effect size. Sensitivity analyses of older cohorts showed increased risk of chronic cough with PM(2.5abs) (black carbon) exposures., Conclusions: Results do not show consistent associations between chronic bronchitis symptoms and current traffic-related air pollution in adult European populations., (Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.)
Published: 2014
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32. Differential bilateral involvement of the parietal gyrus during predicative metaphor processing: an auditory fMRI study.

Author: Obert A, Gierski F, Calmus A, Portefaix C, Declercq C, Pierot L, and Caillies S
Subjects: Adult, Analysis of Variance, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reference Values, Statistics as Topic, Young Adult, Comprehension physiology, Functional Laterality physiology, Memory, Short-Term physiology, Metaphor, Parietal Lobe physiology, Semantics
Abstract: Despite the growing literature on figurative language processing, there is still debate as to which cognitive processes and neural bases are involved. Furthermore, most studies have focused on nominal metaphor processing without any context, and very few have used auditory presentation. We therefore investigated the neural bases of the comprehension of predicative metaphors presented in a brief context, in an auditory, ecological way. The comprehension of their literal counterparts served as a control condition. We also investigated the link between working memory and verbal skills and regional activation. Comparisons of metaphorical and literal conditions revealed bilateral activation of parietal areas including the left angular (lAG) and right inferior parietal gyri (rIPG) and right precuneus. Only verbal skills were associated with lAG (but not rIPG) activation. These results indicated that predicative metaphor comprehension share common activations with other metaphors. Furthermore, individual verbal skills could have an impact on figurative language processing., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2014
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1. Latest Development in the FoTran Project - Scaling Up Language Coverage in Neural Machine Translation Using Distributed Training with Language-Specific Components

2. Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: results of the MED-PARTICLES Project

3. The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: results from the MED-PARTICLES project

4. An international collaborative evaluation of central serous chorioretinopathy: different therapeutic approaches and review of literature. The European Vitreoretinal Society central serous chorioretinopathy study

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6. Neutrino emission from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 prior to the IceCube-170922A alert

7. Spatial variations and development of land use regression models of oxidative potential in ten European study areas

8. Measurement of inclusive K(0)(892), phi(1020) and K-2(0)(1430) production in hadronic Z decays

9. Desert Dust Outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to Daily PM10 Concentrations and Short-Term Associations with Mortality and Hospital Admissions

10. Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project

11. Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: An Analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project

12. The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: Results from the med-particles project

13. Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project

14. Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: Results of the MED-PARTICLES project

15. Development of a general analysis and unfolding scheme and its application to measure the energy spectrum of atmospheric neutrinos with IceCube

16. Latest Development in the FoTran Project - Scaling Up Language Coverage in Neural Machine Translation Using Distributed Training with Language-Specific Components

17. The Language of Espionage: Mata Hari and the Creation of the Spy-Courtesan

18. A 24/7 Pilot Remote Emergency Multidisciplinary Discussion for Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease: A 2-Year Experience.

19. Relationship between emotion comprehension, vocabulary, and verbal working memory in intellectual developmental disorders: involvement of verbal reasoning skills.

20. Editorial: Methods and applications in educational psychology.

21. Psychological and nonpsychological inferences in reading comprehension in children: The role of initial level comprehension.

22. Identifying Optimal Locations for Potential Temporary Community Clinics During Public Health Emergencies.

23. A Novel Approach to Locating Community Clinics to Promote Health Care Accessibility and Reduce Health Disparities in Baltimore, Maryland.

24. Emotional Lexicon in Down Syndrome.

25. Processing Verb Meanings and the Declarative/Procedural Model: A Developmental Study.

26. Care for adult non-ICU Covid-19 patients: early experiences from a Belgian tertiary care centre.

27. Role of implicit learning abilities in metaphor understanding.

28. Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: an analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project.

29. Ambient air pollution and adult asthma incidence in six European cohorts (ESCAPE).

30. Development of land use regression models for elemental, organic carbon, PAH, and hopanes/steranes in 10 ESCAPE/TRANSPHORM European study areas.

31. Cross-sectional associations between air pollution and chronic bronchitis: an ESCAPE meta-analysis across five cohorts.

32. Differential bilateral involvement of the parietal gyrus during predicative metaphor processing: an auditory fMRI study.

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